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###### Department of Transportation

###### Federal Railroad Administration

          - [Docket Number FRA-2014-0114]

In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that by a document dated October 20, 2014, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0114.

*Applicant:*                     Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. Neal Hathaway, AVP Engineering-Signal, 1400 Douglas Street, MS 0910, Omaha, NE 68179.                

UP seeks approval of the discontinuance of Control Point K905 at Milepost 4.9, Armourdale, KS, on the Kansas City Metro Kansas Subdivision. All signals will be discontinued and all power-operated switches will be converted to hand operation. The purpose of the discontinuance is to reestablish remote control locomotive operations through 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                            ( print page 68751)                          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 January 2, 2015 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 document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). See                     *http://www.regulations.gov/​#!privacyNotice*                     for the privacy notice of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the                     **Federal Register**                     published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).                

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2014.

Ron Hynes,

Director of Technical Oversight.

[FR Doc. 2014-27219 Filed 11-17-14; 8:45 am]

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