Document ID: FRA-2013-0004-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications for Approvals of Discontinuances or Modifications of Railroad Signal Systems
Posted Date: 2013-02-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12823-12824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04246]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0004]

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

    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 January 10, 2013, The Belt Railway Company of 
Chicago (BRC) and

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CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) have jointly petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance 
or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2013-0004.

Applicants:
    The Belt Railway Company of Chicago, Mr. Randall D. Smith, Chief 
Engineer, 6900 South Central Avenue, Bedford Park, Illinois 60638.
    CSX Transportation, Inc., Mr. David B. Olson, Chief Engineer 
Communication and Signals, 500 Water Street, Speed Code J-350, 
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.

    BRC and CSX seek joint approval of the proposed discontinuance and 
removal of the power operated derails, Numbers 11 and 13, on BRC Main 
Track (MT) 1 and MT 2 at Milepost 13.32 on the Kenton Subdivision, in 
Chicago, IL. The location is referred to as the Forest Hill 
Interlocking by BRC and as the 75th Street Interlocking by CSX. The 
subject interlocking is equipped with absolute signals in all quadrants 
and is controlled by CSX. The maximum authorized speed is 25 mph. BRC 
and CSX seek to make these changes in order to improve fluidity through 
the interlocking.
    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 11, 2013 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 February 20, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-04246 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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