Document ID: FRA-2012-0012-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of Railroad Signal System
Posted Date: 2012-02-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 9296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3679]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket Number FRA-2012-0012]

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

    In accordance with 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 by a document dated January 18, 2012, the Union 
Pacific Railroad (UP) has petitioned the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or 
modification of a signal system. FRA assigned the petition Docket 
Number FRA-2012-0012.
    UP seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance of the automatic 
block signal (ABS) system between Control Point (CP) Troost and Neff 
Yard on UP's KC Metro Subdivision, at approximately Milepost 281. UP's 
plans call for the discontinuance of ABS Signals Numbers 2805L, 2805R, 
2806L, and 2806R, on Track 112 and Main 2; as well as a switch circuit 
controller on a hand-operated switch on Track 112.
    The reason given is that the ABS system is not needed for efficient 
and safe operation of trains in this area.
    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. 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 2, 2012 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 comment, 
if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Regulatory and Legislative 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-3679 Filed 2-15-12; 8:45 am]
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