Document ID: FRA-2013-0125-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2013-12-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77785-77786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30535]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0125]

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 
and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that 
by a document dated September 3, 2013, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and 
BNSF Railway (BNSF) 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-2013-0125.
    Applicants:

Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. Phillip A. Danner, AVP Engineering-Signal, 
1400 Douglas Street, MS 0910, Omaha, NE 68179
BNSF Railway, Mr. James G. Levere, AVP Signal, 2600 Lou Menk Drive, 
OOB-3, Fort Worth, TX 76131

    UP and BNSF jointly seek approval of the proposed temporary 
discontinuance of the signal system at Tower 55 in Fort Worth, TX. The 
limits of the temporary discontinuance are as follows:

 Fort Worth Subdivision from Milepost (MP) 249.5 to MP 251.0
 Fort Worth Subdivision Ney Bypass from MP 248.84 to MP 250.50
 Dallas Subdivision from MP 247.8 to MP 244.20
 Choctaw Subdivision 1 Track and Gauntlet Track from 
MP 754.20 to MP 755.50
 Choctaw Subdivision 2 Track and North Yard Siding 
from MP 752.20 to MP 754.40

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 Duncan Subdivision from MP 611.90 to MP 612.90

    The purpose of the temporary discontinuance is to support the 
installation of new track and a revised signal system. UP and BNSF 
estimate the discontinuance to be no more than 120 consecutive days, 
within a time period starting after July 1, 2014, and ending before 
April 1, 2015. During the discontinuance, trains will operate through 
the area via Form ``C'' rules, under the direction of the Employee-In-
Charge.
    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 February 7, 2014 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.
Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30535 Filed 12-23-13; 8:45 am]
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