Document ID: FRA-2017-0040-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Discontinuances or Modifications of Railroad Signal Systems; Applications for Approvals
Posted Date: 2017-06-20T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 117 (Tuesday, June 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28220-28221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12796]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2017-0040]

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

    Under part 235 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations and 
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that on 
April 24, 2017, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval 
for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned 
the petition Docket Number FRA-2017-0040.
    Applicant: National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Mr. Nicholas J. 
Croce III, PE, Deputy Chief Engineer C&S, Acting, 2995 Market Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104.
    Amtrak seeks to remove the wayside automatic signals' Numbers 532-
2, 532-3, 533-2 and 533-3, milepost (MP) 53.3, and automatic signals' 
Numbers 552-2, 552-3, 553-2 and 553-3, MP 55.2, between interlockings 
Prince and Bacon, on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, Mid-Atlantic 
Division, Perryville, MD.
    The reason for removal of the signals is that Amtrak is installing 
new clear block signals at Prince and Bacon interlockings to establish 
Northeast Operating Rules Advisory Committee Rule 562 territory, cab 
signals without fixed automatic block signals, on Amtrak's Northeast 
Corridor, Mid-Atlantic Division, Main Line Philadelphia to Washington. 
With the proposed addition of the clear block signals at Prince and 
Bacon the automatic block signals are not necessary and require 
additional maintenance. The changes proposed are to remove the wayside 
signals on both Track No. 2 and No. 3 at automatic block points 553 and 
552. Both 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 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 parties 
desire 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

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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 August 4, 2017 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), 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/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-12796 Filed 6-19-17; 8:45 am]
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