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, 60599-60600 [05-20835]
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11400 South, and widening 10600
South to six lanes from just west of
River Front Parkway to Jordan Gateway.
Selection of the Preferred Alternative
was based on a comparison of all the
alternatives advanced for detailed study
in terms of mobility improvements, and
environmental, social, economic and
Section 4(f) impacts. In addition, the
project team considered public and
resource agency input and city council
recommendations or resolutions
regarding the project.
This project requires Federal approval
of a proposed new Interstate access and
may involve Federal Highway
Administration funding as authorized
by Title 23 of the United States Code.
Consequently, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) in
coordination with the Utah Department
of Transportation (UDOT), prepared an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the project’s impact on the human
environment. The Final EIS (FEIS) was
issued on June 3, 2005.
Pursuant to Section 6002 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (23 U.S.C. 139(l)) any person or
entity wishing to file a claim for judicial
review challenging this decision must
do so within 180 days of the publication
of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Berna, Environmental Specialist,
Federal Highway Administration, 2520
West 4700 South, Suite 9A, Salt Lake
City, Utah 84118, Telephone: (801) 963–
0078 ext, 235; or Joe Kammerer, Project
Manager, Utah Department of
Transportation, Region 2, 2010 South
2760 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84104–
4592, Telephone: (801) 887–3435.
Copies of the FEIS and ROD are
available for review at the addresses
mentioned above and can be viewed
and downloaded from the project Web
site https://www.udot.utah.gov/
11400south/.
Comments or questions concerning
this proposed action and the ROD
should be directed to the FHWA or
UDOT at the addresses provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,
Planning and Construction. The regulations
impending Executive Order 12372 regarding
intergovernmental consultation on Federal
programs and activities apply to this
program)
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Issued on: October 13, 2005.
Jeffrey Berna,
Environmental Specialist, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2005–21015]
Notice of Request for Reduction in
Scope of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System and Extension
of Comment Period
The Central New York Railroad
Corporation, Norfolk Southern
Corporation, and New York,
Susquehanna and Western Railway
Corporation have jointly petitioned the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
requesting a reduction in scope of their
original block signal application
identified as Docket Number FRA–
2005–21015. The joint application is
now seeking approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the
automatic block signal systems, on the
two main tracks, between CP Coles,
milepost 209.5 and CP BD, milepost
213.0, near Binghamton, New York, a
distance of approximately 3.5 miles.
FRA has conducted its own
investigation and held a public hearing
on September 28, 2005. At this public
hearing the involved railroads requested
a reduction in scope of the application.
In an effort to allow interested parties an
opportunity to comment on this
reduction in scope of the original
application, FRA is extending the
comment period in this matter to
November 9, 2005.
FRA expects to be able to determine
this matter without further oral
hearings. FRA may conduct additional
oral hearings if a specific request is
received. However, any such request for
an oral hearing must be accompanied by
specific documentation establishing that
the party is unable to adequately present
his or her position by written
statements.
All communications concerning this
proceeding should be identified by the
docket number (FRA–2005–21015) 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
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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 https://
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 https://dms.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 6,
2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety,
Standards and Program Development.
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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 Number FRA–2005–22133
Applicant: Saginaw Bay Southern
Railway, Mr. Wilford G. Gamble, Vice
President—Operations, 23 Newman
Street, P.O. Box 232, East Tawas,
Michigan 48730.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated,
Mr. N. Michael Choat, Chief Engineer,
Communications and Signal, 4901
Belfort Road, Suite 130, Jacksonville,
Florida 32256.
The Saginaw Bay Southern Railway
(SBS) and CSX Transportation,
Incorporated (CSXT) jointly seek
approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the
traffic control system, on the single
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main track and sidings, between
Saginaw Terminal, milepost CC 0.0,
near Saginaw, Michigan and Mount
Morris, Michigan, milepost CC 26.2, on
the CSXT Chicago Division, Saginaw
Subdivision. The proposal is that the
uses of the existing signal system be
waived upon startup by SBS. The signal
aspects are to be covered and all poweroperated switches disconnected and
converted to hand operation; the
wayside signals will be subsequently
retired and removed as soon as possible
after the acquisition by SBS. The
proposed method of operation is by
TrackAcess, Track Warrant Control,
with a maximum authorized speed of 25
mph; all highway-rail grade crossing
warning systems will be retained.
The reason given for the proposed
changes is that the current traffic
density and SBS operating method do
not warrant retention of the signal
system.
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
https://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 https://dms.dot.gov.
FRA expects to be able to determine
these matters without an oral hearing.
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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 October 6,
2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety,
Standards and Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 232X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Orange
County, CA
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service and Trackage Rights to abandon
a 1.46-mile line of railroad known as the
Tustin Industrial Lead from milepost
514.84 to milepost 516.10 and from
milepost 514.70 to 514.90 in the City of
Orange, Orange County, CA. The line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Code 92867.
UP has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the line; (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 the
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
governmental agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment 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, this
exemption will be effective on
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November 17, 2005, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,1 formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by October 28, 2005. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by November 7, 2005, with the
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to UP’s
representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr.,
Senior General Attorney, Union Pacific
Railroad Company, 101 North Wacker
Dr., Room 1920, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
UP has filed an environmental report
which addresses the effects, if any, of
the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. SEA will issue
an environmental assessment (EA) by
October 21, 2005. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
to SEA (Room 500, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202)
565–1539. [Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] Comments
on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed
within 15 days after the EA becomes
available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the line. If
consummation has not been effected by
UP’s filing of a notice of consummation
by October 18, 2006, and there are no
legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
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
Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the
exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any
request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible
so that the Board may take appropriate action before
the exemption’s effective date.
2 Each offer of financial assistance must be
accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is
set at $1,200. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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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 Number FRA-2005-22133
Applicant: Saginaw Bay Southern Railway, Mr. Wilford G. Gamble,
Vice President--Operations, 23 Newman Street, P.O. Box 232, East Tawas,
Michigan 48730.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. N. Michael Choat, Chief
Engineer, Communications and Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130,
Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
The Saginaw Bay Southern Railway (SBS) and CSX Transportation,
Incorporated (CSXT) jointly seek approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the traffic control system, on the single
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main track and sidings, between Saginaw Terminal, milepost CC 0.0, near
Saginaw, Michigan and Mount Morris, Michigan, milepost CC 26.2, on the
CSXT Chicago Division, Saginaw Subdivision. The proposal is that the
uses of the existing signal system be waived upon startup by SBS. The
signal aspects are to be covered and all power-operated switches
disconnected and converted to hand operation; the wayside signals will
be subsequently retired and removed as soon as possible after the
acquisition by SBS. The proposed method of operation is by TrackAcess,
Track Warrant Control, with a maximum authorized speed of 25 mph; all
highway-rail grade crossing warning systems will be retained.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the current
traffic density and SBS operating method do not warrant retention of
the signal system.
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 https://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 https://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 October 6, 2005.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05-20835 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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