Document ID: FRA-2014-0071-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2014-08-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 51393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20510]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2014-0071]

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 June 5, 2014, the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak) petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of a 
signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0071.
    Applicant: National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Mr. E. Keith 
Holt, Deputy Chief Engineer, Communications & Signals, Engineering 
Department, 4th Floor, 30th and Market Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
    Amtrak seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of 
automatic block signals and replacement of them with a cab signal-only 
system between County Interlocking, Milepost (MP) 32.8, in New 
Brunswick, NJ, and Ham Interlocking, MP 55.7, in Trenton, NJ, on 
Amtrak's Northeast Division West, formerly the New York Division. The 
tracks involved are Main Tracks 1 through 4. All four main tracks will 
be signaled in both directions using a cab signal without wayside 
signals system.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that this work is 
associated with the work being done under a high-speed rail grant from 
FRA for Amtrak to make improvements in the affected area and eventually 
raise passenger train speeds up to 160 mph.
    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 October 14, 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, on August 20, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-20510 Filed 8-27-14; 8:45 am]
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