[Federal Register: July 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 137)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance
or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of
49 CFR Part 236 as detailed below.
Docket No. FRA-2004-17994
Applicant: CSX Transportation, Incorporated
Mr. N. M Choat, Chief Engineer, Communications and Signal, 4901 Belfort
Road, Suite 130, Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control system, on the main and siding
tracks, on the Aberdeen Subdivision, Florence Service Lane, in North
Carolina, consisting of the following:
1. At N.E. Apex, milepost S-169.94, convert the power-operated
switch to hand operation, equipped with an electric lock, and remove
the three associated controlled signals;
2. At Apex, milepost S-170.92, convert the north power-operated
switch to hand operation, equipped with an electric lock, relocate the
southbound controlled signal on the main track, and remove the
southbound controlled signal and signal system from the north siding;
3. At A&R Connection, milepost S-228.60, convert the power-operated
switch to hand operation, and remove the three associated controlled
signals;
4. At Aberdeen, milepost S-228.70, convert the north power-operated
switch to hand operation, equipped with an electric lock, relocate the
southbound controlled signal on the main track, and remove the
southbound controlled signal and signal system from the north siding;
5. At S. Aberdeen, milepost S-230.14, convert the south power-
operated switch to hand operation, equipped with an electric lock,
relocate the northbound controlled signal on the main track, and remove
the northbound controlled signal from the north siding; and
6. At Addor, milepost S-232.7, convert the power-operated switch to
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hand operation, equipped with an electric lock, and remove the three
associated controlled signals.
The reason given for the proposed changes is to eliminate
facilities no longer needed in present day operation.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and include a concise statement of the interest of the
party in the proceeding. Additionally, one copy of the protest shall be
furnished to the applicant at the address listed above.
All communications concerning this proceeding should be identified
by the docket number and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT
Central Docket Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Communications received within
45 days of the date of this notice will be considered by the FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable. All written communications concerning
these proceedings are available for examination during regular business
hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at the above facility. All documents in the
public docket are also available for inspection and copying on the
internet at the docket facility's Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.
FRA wishes to inform all potential commenters that anyone is able
to search the electronic form of all 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) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without an oral
hearing. However, if a specific request for an oral hearing is
accompanied by a showing that the party is unable to adequately present
his or her position by written statements, an application may be set
for public hearing.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2004.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.
[FR Doc. 04-16250 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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