Document ID: FRA-2012-0019-0001
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2012-04-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 22840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9138]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0019]

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

    Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad has petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance 
or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of 
49 CFR part 236, as detailed below. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2012-0019.

Applicant

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Mr. B. L. Sykes, Chief Engineer, C&S 
Engineering, 1200 Peachtree Street NE., Atlanta, GA 30309.

    The Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of a traffic control system. The modifications consist of 
the replacement of a power-operated switch with a hand-operated switch 
and the shortening of the control point limits by replacing the 4E-1 
and 4E-2 signals with the 4E signal, which will be moved east of the 
Horseheads Industrial Track at Control Point Horseheads on the Southern 
Tier (Milepost SR-276.9 in Horseheads, NY). The reason given for the 
replacement is that the power-operated switch is no longer needed in 
today's operation.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth, specifically, the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and include a concise statement of the interest of the 
party in the proceeding. Additionally, one copy of the protest shall be 
furnished to the applicant at the address listed above.
    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 be 
identified by Docket Number FRA-2012-0019 and may be submitted by any 
of the following methods:
     Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic site.
     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 June 1, 2012 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered as far as practicable. All written communications concerning 
these proceedings are available for examination during regular business 
hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All documents in the 
public docket are also available for inspection and copying on the 
Internet at the docket facility's Web site at http://www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477, or online at http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-9138 Filed 4-16-12; 8:45 am]
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