Document ID: FRA-2020-0055-0002
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2020-07-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42974-42975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15186]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2020-0055]

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 June 18, 2020, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) petitioned the 
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval to discontinue 
or modify a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-
2020-0055.
    Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. Neal Hathaway, AVP 
Signal Maintenance & Construction, 1400 Douglas Street MS/RM 0910, 
Omaha, NE 68179.
    Specifically, UPRR requests permission to return a portion of a 
traffic control system to yard track on the Moffat Tunnel Subdivision, 
between milepost (MP) 3.64 and MP 4.68, in or near Denver, Colorado.
    Returning Moffat Runner (Track 101) to yard track will allow a 
remote control locomotive pullback on Track 102 to be extended to 
DS005, at Federal Boulevard, stopping the pullback control 290 feet 
short of the insulated joints for signal 2W(S) CD.
    In its petition, UPRR states the reason for the change is to allow 
its Operating Practices team to pull longer car cuts out of the yard, 
which will in turn help with congestion and conflict in the North Yard.
    A copy of the petition, as well as any written communications 
concerning the petition, is available for review online at 
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at the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Docket Operations 
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590. The 
Docket Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.

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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:
     Website: 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 Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey Ave. 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 31, 2020 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 www.dot.gov/privacy. See also 
http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 
regulations.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-15186 Filed 7-14-20; 8:45 am]
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