Document ID: FRA-2022-0091-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2022-11-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68793-68794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24962]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2022-0091]

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 
September 20, 2022, Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad (PSAP) petitioned 
the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to 
discontinue or modify a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2022-0091.
    Specifically, PSAP requests permission to discontinue the signal 
interlocking system on the Elma Mainline Subdivision in Aberdeen, 
Washington, at the swing bridge at mile post (MP) 68.8. This permanent 
change would include removing block signals at MP 68.5 and 68.7 and the 
distant signal at 68.3. Additionally, the signals would be turned 
facing the field and removed. PSAP requests the change because the 
interlocking system is ``no longer essential for the safe movement of 
traffic'' and the discontinuance will ``improve the efficient 
operations of the railroad.'' In support of its petition, PSAP states 
that ``there has been no navigational traffic requested for the bridge 
to be turned in over two years'' and that ``the bridge stays lined for 
mainline movement.''
    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 January 16, 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

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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. 2022-24962 Filed 11-15-22; 8:45 am]
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