### 9296 Federal Register/ Vol. 77, No. 32 / Thursday, February 16, 2012 / Notices

be transmitted to the appropriate committees in Congress.

Dated: February 6, 2012. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State.

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity**  **and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)**  **During the Week Ending February 4, 2012** 

The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation’s Procedural Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.). The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2012–
0016.

Date Filed: January 30, 2012. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: February 21, 2012.

Description: Application of Helicopteros Dominicanos, S.A. requesting a foreign air carrier permit and exemption authority to engage in (i) charter foreign air transportation of persons and property between points in the Dominican Republic and points in the United States and beyond, with or without stopovers, and (ii) Fifth Freedom charter service pursuant to the prior approval requirements.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2012–
0017.

Date Filed: January 30, 2012. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: February 21, 2012.

Description: Application of Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. (‘‘LOT’’) requesting an exemption and amended foreign air carrier permit authorizing LOT to engage in foreign air transportation to the full extentpermitted by the United StatesEuropean Union Air Transport Agreement. More specifically, LOT requests authority to engage in: (a) Foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond; (b) foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area; (c) other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements; and (d) transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Union carriers in the future.

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.

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**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Federal Railroad Administration**

**[Docket Number FRA–2012–0012]**

**Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a**  **Railroad Signal System**

In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that by a document dated January 18, 2012, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) has petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA–2012–

0012.

UP seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance of the automatic block signal (ABS) system between Control Point (CP) Troost and Neff Yard on UP’s KC Metro Subdivision, at approximately Milepost 281. UP’s plans call for the discontinuance of ABS Signals Numbers 2805L, 2805R, 2806L, and 2806R, on Track 112 and Main 2; as well as aswitch circuit controller on a handoperated switch on Track 112.

The reason given is that the ABS system is not needed for efficient and safe operation of trains in this area.

A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications concerning the petition, is available for review online at www.regulations.gov and in person at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

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 and may be submitted by any of the following methods:

• Web site: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.

• Fax: 202–493–2251.

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, Washington, DC 20590.

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Communications received by April 2, 2012 will be considered by FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be considered as far as practicable.

Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written communications and 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).

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 9,

2012. Ron Hynes, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative Operations.

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