Document ID: FRA-2022-0052-0004
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2022-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37911-37912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-13494]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2022-0052]

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

    Under part 235 of title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and 49 
U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that on May 
18, 2022, The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (BRC) petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to discontinue 
or modify a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2022-0052.
    Specifically, BRC requests permission to make permanent 
modifications to multiple locations on its 59th Street Line between 
milepost (MP) 2.0 and MP 4.0, on Main Tracks 1 and 2. The modifications 
would include the removal of an interlocking plant, removal of signals 
and switches, and conversion of a power-operated switch to an electric 
lock. BRC states that the removal of these signals will eliminate 
obsolete and redundant assets and that the installation of a 
microprocessor-based train control system for the electric lock will 
offer a higher level of safety and reliability.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.

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    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 and a public hearing, 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by August 8, 2022 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable. Anyone can 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.). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT) solicits comments from the public to better inform 
its processes. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any 
personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can 
be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-13494 Filed 6-23-22; 8:45 am]
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