Document ID: FRA-2014-0059-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Railroad Signal System; Discontinuances or Modifications
Posted Date: 2014-08-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44965-44966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18213]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FR A-2014-0059]

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

    In accordance with part 235 of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) and 49 U.S.C. 20502(a), this document provides the public notice 
that by a document dated February 24, 2014, Norfolk Southern 
Corporation (NS) and the Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY) have jointly 
petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval 
for the discontinuance or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned 
the petition Docket Number FRA-2014-0059.
    Applicants:

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

Indiana and Ohio Railway Mr. Charles McBride Senior Vice President Ohio 
Valley Region 2856 Cypress Way Cincinnati, OH 45212.

    NS and IORY seek approval of the proposed discontinuance of a 
traffic control system (TCS) in Cincinnati, OH, on the IORY Oasis 
Subdivision, IORY

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Midland Subdivision, NS New Castle District, NS Cincinnati District, 
and the following tracks connecting these lines:
     NS Cincinnati District from Red Bank, Milepost (MP) CV 
111.9, to Clare, MP CV 110.7; NS Connecting Track from Red Bank, MP CV 
111.9, to Valley, MP CF 7.5; IORY Oasis Subdivision from Valley, MP CF 
7.5, to Mill, MP CF 16.4; NS New Castle District from Mill, MP CF 16.4 
to Vaughn, MP CF 17.2; NS Connecting Track from Mill, MP CF 16.4, to 
Control Point (CP) 248, MP CJ 248.4; IORY Connecting Track, from 
Oakley, MP CF 10.1, to East Norwood, MP 10.9; IORY Connecting Track, 
from Ridge, MP CF 10.6, to Penn, MP C 10.3; IORY Midland Sub, from East 
Norwood, MP 10.9, to NA Tower, MP 7.5.
    The reason for the proposed changes is a TCS is no longer desirable 
to handle current train operations. The movement of through freight 
trains has been mostly eliminated from these lines for several years 
and, today, consists of a few local shifter movements per day.
    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 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 party 
desires an opportunity for oral comment, 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 September 15, 2014 will be considered by 
FRA before final action is taken. Comments received after that date 
will be considered as far as practicable.
    Anyone is able to 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.). 
See http://www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice for the privacy notice 
of regulations.gov or interested parties may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2014.
Ron Hynes,
Director, Office of Safety Assurance and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-18213 Filed 7-31-14; 8:45 am]
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