Document ID: FRA-2022-0077-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2022-11-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 212 (Thursday, November 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 66366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23973]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2022-0077]

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 July 
22, 2022,\1\ Kansas City Southern (KCS) petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) seeking approval to discontinue or modify a signal 
system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2022-0077.
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    \1\ On October 13, 2022, KCS submitted a revised petition. Both 
the original and revised petitions are available in the docket 
(https://www.regulations.gov/document/FRA-2022-0077-0001).
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    Specifically, KCS requests permission to decrease the limits of a 
centralized traffic control (CTC) block signal system, from mile post 
(MP) 9.9 to MP 11.2, near Laredo, Texas, as part of its Serrano Yard 
expansion project. This permanent change would include removing control 
point (CP) 10 and changing 1.3 miles of current CTC territory to yard 
limits at restricted speed. KCS requests the change to expand capacity 
for building trains in the Serrano Yard. In support of its petition, 
KCS states that the change will minimally affect the safety of 
operations because the maximum authorized speed in the area will 
decrease from 59 miles per hour to restricted speed yard limits. KCS 
also notes that this proposed change would bring the CTC/yard limits 
``in coincidence between the main track and switching lead at CP 11, 
reducing the risk of confusion for on track equipment.''
    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 3, 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. 2022-23973 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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