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1, 2004 and a Finding of no Significant 

Impacts was issued on June 14, 2006. 

17. Project: U.S. Highway 160 from 

Durango to Bayfield. Location: Cities of 

Durango Gem Village, and Bayfield, La 

Plata County. Project Reference Number 

FC–NH(CX) 160–2 (048). The project 

proposes a 25.9km (16.2 mi) long, fourlane highway with shifts, realignments 

and grade separations in some locations. 

The project will also correct 

substandard roadway design, 

intersection deficiencies and relocate 

the existing U.S. 160/550 intersection. 

This fully access-controlled facility 

improvement will begin at milepost 88.0 

east of Durango and end at milepost 

104.2 located east of Bayfield. The 

project length is 1.9km (1.2 mi) 

extending from milepost 16.6, located at 

the U.S. 160/550 (south) intersection, to 

milepost 15.4, located south of the U.S. 

550/County Road 220 intersection. A 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the project was approved on May 12, 

2006. A Record of Decision was issued 

on November 7, 2006. The FHWA FEIS 

and ROD can be viewed and 

downloaded from the project Web site at 

http://www.dot.state.co.us/US160/EIS/ 

index.cfm or viewed at public libraries 

in the project area. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program) 

Authority: U.S.C. 139(1)(1). 

David A. Nicol, 

Federal Highway Administration, Colorado 

Division Administrator, Lakewood, CO. 

[FR Doc. 07–2350 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) received 

a request for a waiver of compliance 

from certain requirements of its safety 

standards. The individual petition is 

described below, including the party 

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions 

involved, the nature of the relief being 

requested, and the petitioner’s 

arguments in favor of relief. 

Union Pacific Railroad Company 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2007–

28049] 

The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP) seeks a waiver of compliance with 

the Locomotive Safety Standards of 49 

CFR 229.123, which requires each lead 

locomotive to be equipped with an end 

plate, pilot plate, or snow plow that 

extends across both rails at a maximum 

clearance of 6 inches. UP requests the 

waiver for four locomotive hump sets 

utilized in hump yard service in 

Houston, Texas. UP also requests that 

they be able to use these locomotives for 

transfer movements between Settagast 

Yard and Englewood Yard, a distance of 

less than 1 mile, at a speed not to 

exceed 10 mph. The railroad indicates 

that due to the height of the retarders, 

it is not uncommon for locomotive 

pilots to strike the retarders. If the 

waiver is granted, UP would increase 

the height of the pilot plates on 

locomotives assigned to hump yard 

service in Houston to eight and threefourths inches. With the exception of 

transfer movements between Settagast 

and Englewood yards, the locomotives 

would be restricted to trailing position 

outside the hump yard and when 

moving over the railroad for service or 

reassignment. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA in writing before the 

end of the comment period and specify 

the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (FRA–2007–

28049) and must be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Communications received within 

45 days of the date of this notice will 

be considered by FRA before final 

action is taken. Comments received after 

that date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). The 

Statement may also be found at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 7, 2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–9169 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 of the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR), notice is hereby given that the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance with certain requirements of 

its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

City of Placentia, California 

[Docket Number FRA–2006–24654] 

The City of Placentia, California (the 

City) and BNSF Railway Company 

(BNSF) have petitioned for a third 

extension to the waiver originally 

granted on June 21, 2006, in FRA Docket 

Number FRA–2006–24654. In the 

aforementioned waiver, FRA agreed to 

extend the original deadline of June 24, 

2006, set forth in 49 CFR 222.42 for 

continuation of an intermediate partial 

quiet zone, until September 22, 2006. 

On September 21, 2006, FRA granted a 

joint request from the City and BNSF to 

extend the September 22 deadline until 

January 20, 2007. Subsequently, on 

January 19, 2007, FRA granted another 

joint request from the City and BNSF to 

extend the January 20 deadline to May 

20, 2007. 

In the current request, the City and 

BNSF state that they are working 

towards establishing a new 24-hour 

quiet zone and that the City has 

completed installation of its quiet zone 

safety improvements, but they will be 

unable to meet the May 20, 2007, 

deadline due to technical problems with 

BNSF’s radio communications system 

and the need to conduct a 30-day test 


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period of the radio communications 

system after the installation of necessary 

radio equipment has been completed. 

The City and BNSF seek to retain the 

current partial quiet zone in order to 

avoid disruption and confusion in the 

interim, and state that safety will not be 

compromised. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. Each comment shall 

specifically set forth the basis upon 

which it is made and contain a concise 

statement of the interest of the 

commenter in the proceeding. FRA does 

not anticipate the need to schedule a 

public hearing in connection with this 

proceeding since the facts do not appear 

to warrant a hearing. If any interested 

party desires an opportunity to 

comment, they should notify FRA in 

writing within 15 days of the date of 

publication of this notice and specify 

the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the docket 

number set forth above and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site; 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251; 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 

Communications received within 15 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. FRA reserves the right to 

grant temporary relief to avoid lapse of 

the existing partial quiet zone while the 

comment period is open, after 

considering any comments filed prior to 

the initial date of decision. All written 

communications concerning this 

proceeding are available for 

examination during regular business 

hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the above 

facility. All documents in the public 

docket are available for inspection and 

copying on the Internet at the docket 

facility’s Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the Department of 

Transportation’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement, which was published in the 

Federal Register on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78). The Privacy Act Statement may also 

be found at http://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–9167 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

the Requirements of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 236 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as 

detailed below. 

[Docket Number FRA–2007–27972] 

Applicant: CSX Transportation, 

Incorporated, Mr. C. M. King, Chief 

Engineer, Communications and 

Signals, 500 Water Street, SC J–350, 

Jacksonville, Florida 32202. 

CSX Transportation, Incorporated 

(CSXT) seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of the traffic control 

system on the yard track at Milepost 

293.00 near Florence, South Carolina, 

on the Florence Division, Charleston 

Subdivision. The proposed changes 

consist of a reduction of the limits of the 

control point, including: conversion of 

the Number 5 power-operated switch to 

hand operation, removal of associated 

controlled signals S3 and N3, and 

installation of the new controlled signal 

SE1 to govern movements over the 

Number 3 power-operated switch. 

The reason given for the proposed 

changes is that present day operation 

does not warrant retention of the poweroperated switch. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

FRA expects to be able to determine 

these matters without a public hearing. 

However, if a specific request for an oral 

hearing is accompanied by a showing 

that the party is unable to adequately 

present his or her position by written 

statements, an application may be set 

for public hearing. 

All communications concerning this 

proceeding should be identified by 

Docket Number FRA–2007–27972 and 

may be submitted by one of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic site; 

• Fax: 202–493–2251; 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001; or 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at http:// 

dms.dot.gov. 

FRA wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 7, 2007. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–9168 Filed 5–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Delays in Processing of 

Special Permits Applications 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 


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