Document ID: FRA-2017-0017-0005
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Railroad Signal Systems; Discontinuances or Modifications
Posted Date: 2017-05-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 96 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 23128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10246]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2017-0017]

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 (CFR) 
and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice that 
on April 28, 2017, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) submitted an 
amended petition to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking 
approval for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA 
assigned the original and amended petitions Docket Number FRA-2017-
0017.

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

    NS seeks a waiver from compliance with cab signal system 
requirements in 49 CFR 236.566, Locomotive of each train operating in 
train stop, train control, or cab signal territory; equipped, at the 
following geographic locations:
     Between control point (CP) Bright, milepost (MP) PC28.2 
and CP Rochester, MP PC25.9 in the area of Rochester, PA.
     Movements on Fort Wayne Main 1 or Main 2 to or from 
Youngstown Line.
    After turnout rationalization and installation of new cab signal 
operations east of CP Rochester, completed in conjunction with PTC 
implementation, NS requests that FRA expand the limits of the waiver to 
include operations between:
     CP Rochester on Fort Wayne Line Main 1 for movements to or 
from the Cleveland Line.
     CP West Conway, MP PC24.5 on Fort Wayne Line Main 1 or 
Main 2 for movements to or from Youngstown Line track #101 or #102.
    All movements will be made with an absolute block at Restricted 
Speed.
    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 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 July 3, 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. 2017-10246 Filed 5-18-17; 8:45 am]
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