Document ID: FRA-2015-0025-0002
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Approvals of Discontinuance; Applications: Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2015-04-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 64 (Friday, April 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 18282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07618]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2015-0025]

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 February 20, 2015, the Ann Arbor Railroad 
(AAR) 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-2015-0025.
    Applicant: Ann Arbor Railroad, Mr. Ronald L. Chadwick, General 
Manager, 4058 Chrysler Drive, Toledo, OH 43608.
    AAR seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance of an automatic 
interlocking at the junction of the AAR Main Line with the AAR Saline 
Industrial Track, Milepost (MP) 40.5, on the Ann Arbor Subdivision, at 
Pittsfield, near Ann Arbor, MI.
    The reason given for the proposed discontinuance is that the Saline 
Industrial Track has no active customers along it and serves only as a 
storage track. The main track has only an average of two trains per 
day. The automatic interlocking will be discontinued and replaced with 
manually operated gates with stop indications.
    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 May 18, 2015 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.). 
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 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 www.dot.gov/privacy. 
See also http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy 
notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC on March 27, 2015.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Technical Oversight.
[FR Doc. 2015-07618 Filed 4-2-15; 8:45 am]
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