Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Comment Period, 13570 [05-5490]
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Issued on: March 14, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–5491 Filed 3–18–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2004–18961]
Union Pacific Railroad Company;
Notice of Public Hearing and Extension
of Comment Period
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
of the proposed discontinuance and
removal of the traffic control system
(TCS), on Track No. 1 between Control
Point River, milepost 247.4, and Control
Point Ft. Worth, milepost 250.0, on the
Dallas Subdivision, Dallas/Ft. Worth
area, near Ft. Worth, Texas. The
proposed changes include removal of
CP University Avenue, milepost 248.01,
and conversion of the existing
dispatcher controlled, power-operated
switch to a radio-controlled, poweroperated switch, operated by the
Remote Control Locomotive (RCL)
Operator. The proposed changes are in
conjunction with the installation of a
new TCS track between CP West Ft.
Worth and CP River. This block signal
application proceeding is identified as
Docket No. FRA–2004–18961.
FRA has issued a public notice
seeking comments of interested parties
and has conducted its own field
investigation in this matter. After
examining the carrier’s proposal, letters
of protest, and the field report, FRA has
determined that a public hearing is
necessary before a final decision is
made on this proposal. FRA is also
extending the comment period to one
week beyond the date of the public
hearing. If information received at the
public hearing warrants the need to
extend the comment period further, a
separate notice will be published
indicating such extension.
Accordingly, a public hearing is
hereby set for 9 a.m. on Wednesday,
April 20, 2005, in Room 120 of the
Texas-New Mexico Power Building,
Tower II, 4100 International Plaza, Ft.
Worth, Texas 76109. Interested parties
are invited to present oral statements at
the hearing. The hearing will be an
informal one and will be conducted in
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA
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Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25), by a
representative designated by the FRA.
The hearing will be a non adversary
proceeding and, therefore, there will be
no cross-examination of persons
presenting statements. The FRA
representative will make an opening
statement outlining the scope of the
hearing. After all initial statements have
been completed, those persons wishing
to make brief rebuttal statements will be
given the opportunity to do so in the
same order in which they made their
initial statements. Additional
procedures, if necessary for the conduct
of the hearing, will be announced at the
hearing.
In addition, FRA is extending the
comment period to April 28, 2005. All
communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2004–
18961) and must be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management
Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level),
400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. 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
https://dms.dot.gov.
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). The
Statement may also be found at https://
dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 15,
2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety,
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 05–5490 Filed 3–18–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–170 (Sub–No. 2X); STB
Docket No. AB–398 (Sub–No. 10X)]
Sunset Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Kern
County, CA; San Joaquin Valley
Railroad Company—Discontinuance
Exemption—in Kern County, CA
Sunset Railway Company (SRY) and
San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company
(SJVR) (collectively, petitioners) have
jointly filed a notice of exemption under
49 CFR part 1152, subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service for SRY to abandon, and SJVR
to discontinue service over, a 0.20-mile
line of railroad, known as the Sunset
Subdivision near Levee, between
milepost 19.80 and milepost 20.00, in
Kern County, CA. The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Code
93268.
SRY and SJVR have certified that: (1)
No local traffic has moved over the line
for at least 2 years; (2) no overhead
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years and any overhead traffic on
the line can be rerouted over other lines;
(3) no formal complaint filed by a user
of rail service on the line (or by a state
or local government entity acting on
behalf of such user) regarding cessation
of service over the line either is pending
with Surface Transportation Board
(Board) or with any U.S. District Court
or has been decided in favor of
complainant within the 2-year period;
and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR
1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR
1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR
1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR
1105.12 (newspaper publication), and
49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to the
governmental agencies) have been meet.
As a condition to these exemptions,
any employee adversely affected by the
abandonment or discontinuance shall be
protected under Oregon Short Line R.
Co.-Abandonment-Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91
(1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed. Provided no formal
expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been
received, these exemptions will be
effective on April 20, 2005, unless
stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve
environmental issues,1 formal
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Section of
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2004-18961]
Union Pacific Railroad Company; Notice of Public Hearing and
Extension of Comment Period
The Union Pacific Railroad Company has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system (TCS), on
Track No. 1 between Control Point River, milepost 247.4, and Control
Point Ft. Worth, milepost 250.0, on the Dallas Subdivision, Dallas/Ft.
Worth area, near Ft. Worth, Texas. The proposed changes include removal
of CP University Avenue, milepost 248.01, and conversion of the
existing dispatcher controlled, power-operated switch to a radio-
controlled, power-operated switch, operated by the Remote Control
Locomotive (RCL) Operator. The proposed changes are in conjunction with
the installation of a new TCS track between CP West Ft. Worth and CP
River. This block signal application proceeding is identified as Docket
No. FRA-2004-18961.
FRA has issued a public notice seeking comments of interested
parties and has conducted its own field investigation in this matter.
After examining the carrier's proposal, letters of protest, and the
field report, FRA has determined that a public hearing is necessary
before a final decision is made on this proposal. FRA is also extending
the comment period to one week beyond the date of the public hearing.
If information received at the public hearing warrants the need to
extend the comment period further, a separate notice will be published
indicating such extension.
Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, April 20, 2005, in Room 120 of the Texas-New Mexico Power
Building, Tower II, 4100 International Plaza, Ft. Worth, Texas 76109.
Interested parties are invited to present oral statements at the
hearing. The hearing will be an informal one and will be conducted in
accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of Practice (49 CFR 211.25),
by a representative designated by the FRA. The hearing will be a non
adversary proceeding and, therefore, there will be no cross-examination
of persons presenting statements. The FRA representative will make an
opening statement outlining the scope of the hearing. After all initial
statements have been completed, those persons wishing to make brief
rebuttal statements will be given the opportunity to do so in the same
order in which they made their initial statements. Additional
procedures, if necessary for the conduct of the hearing, will be
announced at the hearing.
In addition, FRA is extending the comment period to April 28, 2005.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2004-18961) and must be submitted to the Docket Clerk, DOT Docket
Management Facility, Room PL-401 (Plaza Level), 400 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. 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 https://dms.dot.gov.
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). The Statement
may also be found at https://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 15, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-5490 Filed 3-18-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
