[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 194 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59499-59500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25628]


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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 railroads have 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 No. FRA-2000-7780]

    Applicant: Paducah & Louisville Railway, Incorporated, Mr. D. 
Edwards, General Supervisor of Signals and Structures, 1500 Kentucky 
Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky 42003.
    Paducah & Louisville Railway, Incorporated seeks approval of the 
proposed modification of the traffic control system, on the single main 
track, near Charleston, Kentucky, Hopkins County, milepost JK 157.13, 
consisting of the discontinuance and removal of Control Point Six Vein 
and associated controlled signals 2R and 2L. The proposed changes are 
associated with the installation of electronic coded track circuits and 
pole line elimination.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that Six Vein Mine has 
long been closed and all switches and tracks have been removed; the 
location is no longer needed, and maintenance costs will be reduced.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the 
protestant in the proceeding. Additionally, one copy of the protest 
shall be furnished to the applicant at the address listed above.
    All communications concerning this proceeding should be identified 
by the docket number and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT 
Central Docket

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Management Facility, Room PI-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. 
Communications received within 45 days of the date of this notice will 
be considered by the 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 DOT 
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401 (Plaza Level), 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. 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 expects to be able to determine these matters without an oral 
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.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 1, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-25628 Filed 10-4-00; 8:45 am]
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