Document ID: FRA-2023-0004-0002
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2023-01-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4880-4881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01451]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2023-0004]

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

    Under 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 
letter dated January 9, 2023, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval 
to discontinue or modify a signal system. FRA assigned the petition 
Docket Number FRA-2023-0004.
    Specifically, UPRR requests a suspension of block signals between 
CP Reynard (F 417) and CP Phil (F 430) on the Winnemucca Subdivision, 
near Gerlach, Nevada. UPRR explains that this suspension would be 
temporary, and UPRR would later request to ``remove [Centralized 
Traffic Control (CTC)] limits and replace with [Track Warrant Control 
(TWC)] limits through the same area.'' In support of its request, UPRR 
states that its dispatching software cannot grant track warrants 
through the subject area, but when they can grant track warrants, UPRR 
will notify FRA prior to implementation of TWC limits. UPRR requests 
the suspension of block signals for up to six months from the date of 
approval. UPRR explains that the reason for the proposed suspension is 
that UPRR ``has an uncurable situation with contaminated track 
conditions that will not allow the signal system to function 
properly.''
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
www.regulations.gov.
    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 and a public hearing, 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 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Communications received by February 24, 2023 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date 
will be considered if practicable. FRA notes that it may consider the 
application before the end of this comment period, but any final action 
would be contingent on subsequent consideration of any comments that 
may be received in this docket.
    Anyone can 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.). 
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 
solicits comments from the public to

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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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01451 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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