[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 231 (Thursday, November 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71351-71352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30527]


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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 Requirements

    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-2000-8036

    Applicant: CSX Transportation, Mr. E.G. Peterson, Assistant 
Chief Engineer, Signal Design and Construction, 4901 Belfort Road, 
Suite 130 (S/C J-370), Jacksonville, Florida 32256.

    CSX Transportation requests reconsideration of BS-AP-No. 3462, 
seeking approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the 
automatic block signal system, on the single main track and sidings, 
between Howell, milepost OOH-323.5 and Mount Vernon, milepost OOH-
344.9, Indiana, St. Louis Subdivision, Nashville Service Lane. The 
proposed method of operation will be by a Direct Traffic Control Block 
system, and will provide for the installation of inoperative approach 
signals at Howell and the Mt. Vernon rail crossing at grade.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to eliminate 
facilities no longer needed in present day operations. The recent 
acquisition of portions of Conrail and its effects on this segment of 
trackage has reduced traffic from eight to four trains daily since the 
original application was submitted in January 1998, and traffic is not 
expected to increase in the future.
    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

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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, 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, DC on November 27, 2000.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 00-30527 Filed 11-29-00; 8:45 am]
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