Document ID: FRA-2002-14116-0011
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Discontinuances or Modifications of Railroad Signal Systems or Relief from Requirements
Posted Date: 2013-02-25T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12824-12825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04287]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2002-14116]

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

    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 January 21, 2013, the Grand Trunk Western 
Railroad Company (GTW), which operates under the trade name of the 
Canadian National Railway Company (CN), has petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) for an extension of relief from the 
requirements of the rules, standards, and instructions contained in 49 
CFR part 236. FRA assigned the petition Docket Number FRA-2002-14116.
    In 2002, CN sought relief from 49 CFR 236.408 so that route locking 
need not be provided for the power-operated switches at the 32nd Street 
crossover at Milepost 333.28 in the existing traffic control system at 
Port Huron, MI, on the Midwest Division, Flint Subdivision. The request 
was based on the fact that the design of the 32nd Street crossover is 
not uncommon in the railroad industry, and it provides all the 
requisite components and safety features of a standard interlocking, or 
an electric lock location. FRA issued the initial relief to CN in 2003. 
CN subsequently requested an extension of relief, which FRA granted in 
2008.
    GTW has operated under this waiver for nearly 10 years without 
incident, and it therefore believes that extending this waiver and 
making it permanent is appropriate.
    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 Ave. 
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 April 11, 2013 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

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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 February 20, 2013.
Robert C. Lauby,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-04287 Filed 2-22-13; 8:45 am]
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