Document ID: FRA-2013-0018-0005
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications for Approvals of Discontinuances or Modifications of Railroad Signal Systems
Posted Date: 2013-03-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 17282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06364]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2013-0018]

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 December 26, 2102, CSX Transportation, Inc. 
(CSX) seeks approval from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for 
the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned the 
petition Docket Number FRA-2013-0018.
    CSX proposes to discontinue the use of, and to remove, the pipe-
connected approach-locked derails at the Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad 
Company's (A&R) crossing at Milepost A210.62 in CSX's Florence 
Division, South End Subdivision, in Fayetteville, NC. A&R, which 
operates the intersecting rail line, has been notified of the 
modifications. CSX has been granted approval, through an application in 
Docket Number FRA-2010-0160, for other modifications that it will make 
to the signal system at the A&R crossing in preparation for the 
installation of Positive Train Control.
    CSX intends to modernize this location by installing new 
microprocessor-based equipment, houses, and signals. The existing dwarf 
signals on A&R will be replaced with high signals for improved 
visibility and push-button operation. A one-way, low-speed diamond frog 
will also be installed at this location, limiting the speed on A&R to 
10 mph or less.
    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 6, 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 March 14, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-06364 Filed 3-19-13; 8:45 am]
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