Document ID: FRA-2022-0096-0004
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2023-01-17T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 2754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00688]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2022-0096]

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 on 
November 2, 2022, and December 1, 2022, Amtrak petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to discontinue or modify 
a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2022-0096.
    Specifically, Amtrak requests permission to retire fixed wayside 
signals between Bridge Interlocking at milepost (MP) 98.2, Baltimore, 
Maryland, and Grove Interlocking at MP 112.4, Severn, Maryland, on 
Amtrak's Mid-Atlantic Division, from Main Line Philadelphia to 
Washington, Northeast Corridor. In its petition, Amtrak states that it 
plans to ``convert approximately [14] miles of its cab signal with 
fixed automatic block signal system to a signal system having cab 
signals without fixed automatic block signals, operated under NORAC 
Rule 562.'' Therefore, Amtrak determined that ``the automatic block 
signals are not necessary and require additional maintenance.'' Amtrak 
seeks permission to remove wayside signals at automatic block points in 
three locations: 1) 994 and 1014 on Track Nos. 1, 2, 3, and A Track; 2) 
1031 and 1034 on Track Nos. 2 and 3; and 3) 1054, 1078, and 1102 on 
Track Nos. 1, 2, and 3. Amtrak adds that all locations will remain in 
service as block points without wayside signals.
    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 March 20, 2023 will be considered by FRA 
before final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be 
considered if practicable. 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 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. 2023-00688 Filed 1-13-23; 8:45 am]
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