Document ID: FRA-2017-0034-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2017-05-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 96 (Friday, May 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23128-23129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10247]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2017-0034]

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 public notice that on 
April 20, 2017, Union Pacific Railroad (UP) petitioned the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance 
or modification of a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2017-0034.

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad, Mr. Kevin D. Hicks, AVP Engineering-
Design, 1400 Douglas Street, MS 0910, Omaha, NE 68179.

    UP seeks approval to discontinue the traffic control system on the 
Pequot Subdivision, between milepost (MP) 56.90 and MP 62.75 in the 
cities of Mazon, Braceville, and Coal City, IL. The subdivision will be 
converted to a non-signaled industrial lead.
    The reason given for the proposed discontinuance is to allow the 
track currently out of service per Timetable Special Instruction SI-01, 
between MP 58.69 and MP 62.75, to be re-opened to service an industry 
project for Hoffman Transportation, whose facility will begin at the 
end of the proposed industrial lead at MP 59.77. UP will discontinue 
its common carrier operation between MP 59.77 and MP 56.75 per Surface 
Transportation Board Docket AB-333X. UP will upgrade and return to 
service the highway-rail grade crossing warning equipment within the 
project's limits at MP's 58.69 Spring Road, MP 59.78 Reed Road, and MP 
61.71, Braceville Road. The north switch on the BNSF Railway at MP 
56.90 was previously removed.
    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 
Avenue 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, 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 June 23, 2017 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 https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. See also https://www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice for the 
privacy notice of regulations.gov.

Robert C. Lauby,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-10247 Filed 5-18-17; 8:45 am]
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