62804 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 203 / Thursday, October 19, 2000 / Notices

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–2000–7700]

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad

Company, Mr. Lee A. Roach, Director—

Operating Practices, 1416 Dodge Street,

Room 625, Omaha, Nebraska 68179.

The Union Pacific Railroad Company

(UP) seeks relief from the requirements

of the Rules, Standard and Instructions,

Title 49 CFR, Part 236, §§ 236.566,

236.567, and 236.587, in all UP

automatic cab signal (ACS) territory

west of Council Bluffs, Iowa and Kansas

City, Missouri, to the extent as follows:

Section 236.566—That UP be permitted

to operate non-equipped foreign or

detour train movements, in ACS

territory, by wayside signal

indications, at maximum

authorized timetable speeds,

without establishing an absolute

block.

Section 236.567—That UP be permitted

to operate failure en route, ACS

locomotives, by wayside signal

indications, at maximum

authorized timetable speeds,

without establishing an absolute

block.

Section 236.587—That UP be permitted

to operate a previously tested ACS

equipped locomotive, without

another departure test, when the

locomotive changes direction more

than 24 hours after its initial

terminal departure test.

Applicant’s justification for relief: To

place UP on equal footing with

competitors that do not have ACS and

are allowed to operate solely as

governed by regulations applicable to

their wayside signal systems. The

application of the referenced regulations

serves to impede UP operations and

effectively place UP at a competitive

disadvantage compared to competitors

that do not have ACS.

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

Management Facility, Room PI–401,

Washington, D.C. 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 (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) at

DOT Central Docket Management

Facility, Room PI–401 (Plaza Level), 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

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 12,

2000.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 00–26812 Filed 10–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Announcement of Selected Fiscal Year

2000 Projects for the Job Access and

Reverse Commute Competitive Grant

Program

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of

Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit

Administration (FTA) solicited

competitive grants under the Job Access

and Reverse Commute grant program,

authorized under Section 3037 of the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st

Century (TEA–21). The solicitation was

announced in the Federal Register of

Friday, March 10, 2000, Vol. 65, No. 48,

pp. 13210–13220. This notice

announces the successful applicants for

fiscal year (FY) 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the

appropriate FTA Regional

Administrator for application-specific

information and issues (Appendix A).

For general program information,

contact Doug Birnie, Office of Research

Management, (202) 366–1666, email

douglas.birnie@fta.dot.gov, or refer to

the Job Access and Reverse Commute

Competitive Grants Notice, 65 Fed. Reg.

13210 et seq., March 10, 2000. A TDD

is available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/

FIRS). The notice can also be accessed

through FTA’s web site,

[www.fta.dot.gov/wtw].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Job

Access and Reverse Commute grant

program is intended to establish an areawide regional approach to job access

challenges through the establishment of

an Area-Wide Job Access and Reverse

Commute Transportation Plan. Projects

derived from this plan support the

implementation of a variety of

transportation services that may be

needed to connect welfare recipients to

jobs and related employment activities.

All projects funded under the Job

Access and Reverse Commute grant

program must be derived from this areawide plan. The Job Access and Reverse

Commute Program has two major goals:

to provide transportation services in

urban, suburban and rural areas to assist

welfare recipients and low income

individuals in gaining access to

employment opportunities; and to

increase collaboration among

transportation providers, human service

agencies, employers, metropolitan

planning organizations (MPOs), states,

and affected communities and

individuals.

The following table lists the

successful competitive applicants for

fiscal year 2000, by state:

State Locality Applicant (sub-applicant) FTA funds

Arkansas ............ Fort Smith ...................................... City of Fort Smith ................................................................................... $346,930

Arkansas ............ Little Rock ...................................... Central Arkansas Transit ........................................................................ 500,000

California ............ Marysville ....................................... Yuba-Sutter Transit Authority ................................................................. 98,500