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BNSF Railway Company; Notice of
Public Hearing and Extension of
Comment Period
The BNSF Railway Company has
petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
to expand the existing waiver, granted
on June 23, 2004, to include the area
from Fort Worth, Texas, milepost
346.67, to Arkansas City, Kansas,
milepost 264.11, on the Fort Worth and
Red Rock Subdivisions, a distance of
approximately 329 miles. This
expansion request is identified as
Docket No. FRA–2003–15432.
The FRA had issued a public notice
seeking comments of interested parties.
After examining the railroad’s proposal
and the comments received, 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 even
further, a separate notice will be
published indicating such extension.
Accordingly, a public hearing is
hereby set for 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard
Time), on Thursday, February 23, 2006,
at the Wyndham Hotel, Vista Ballroom
C, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC
20005. Interested parties are invited to
present oral statements at the hearing.
The hearing will be informal and will be
conducted by a representative
designated by the FRA, in accordance
with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of
Practice (49 CFR part 211.25). 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
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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 March 2, 2006. All
communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver
Petition Docket Number FRA–2003–
15432) 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 and entered into 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 January 30,
2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA-2003-15432]
BNSF Railway Company; Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of
Comment Period
The BNSF Railway Company has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval to expand the existing waiver,
granted on June 23, 2004, to include the area from Fort Worth, Texas,
milepost 346.67, to Arkansas City, Kansas, milepost 264.11, on the Fort
Worth and Red Rock Subdivisions, a distance of approximately 329 miles.
This expansion request is identified as Docket No. FRA-2003-15432.
The FRA had issued a public notice seeking comments of interested
parties. After examining the railroad's proposal and the comments
received, 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 even further, a separate notice will be published
indicating such extension.
Accordingly, a public hearing is hereby set for 1 p.m. (Eastern
Standard Time), on Thursday, February 23, 2006, at the Wyndham Hotel,
Vista Ballroom C, 1400 M Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. Interested
parties are invited to present oral statements at the hearing. The
hearing will be informal and will be conducted by a representative
designated by the FRA, in accordance with Rule 25 of the FRA Rules of
Practice (49 CFR part 211.25). 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 March 2, 2006.
All communications concerning these proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA-
2003-15432) 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 and entered into 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 January 30, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-1425 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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