Document ID: FRA-2012-0064-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Discontinuances or Modifications of Railroad Signal Systems; Approvals
Posted Date: 2012-08-13T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 156 (Monday, August 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 48204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19765]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0064]

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

    In accordance with Part 235 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice 
that by a document dated July 16, 2012, the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (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-2012-0064.
    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Phillip A. Danner, 
AVP Engineering-Signal, 1400 Douglas Street, MS 0910, Omaha, Nebraska 
68179.
    UP seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance of the rail locks 
on the Atchafalaya River Bridge located at Milepost 610.8 on the UP 
Beaumont Subdivision in Louisiana. The rail locks would be removed in 
conjunction with the installation of CMI Promex Ridex miter rails. The 
reasons given for the proposed changes is that rail locks are not 
needed for safe operation of the bridge with Ridex miter rails 
installed.
    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 Ave. 
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 September 27, 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 (65 FR 19477-78), or online at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2012-19765 Filed 8-10-12; 8:45 am]
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