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, 27783-27784 [E6-7290]
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Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109–59,
‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’), the 2005 surface
transportation authorization act,
requires FRA to issue requirements for
inspection of joint bars in continuous
welded rail (CWR) to detect cracks that
could affect the integrity of the track
structure. 49 U.S.C. 20142(e). FRA
published an Interim Final Rule
establishing new requirements for
inspections on November 2, 2005, (70
FR 66288). On October 11, 2005, FRA
offered the RSAC a task to review
comments on this IFR, but the
conditions could not be established
under which the Committee could have
undertaken this with a view toward
consensus. Comments on the IFR were
received through December 19, 2005.
FRA is reviewing the comments. On
February 22, 2006, the RSAC accepted
this task to review and revise the CWR
related to provisions of the Track Safety
Standards, with particular emphasis on
reduction of derailments and
consequent injuries and damage caused
by defective conditions, including joint
failures, in track using CWR. A Working
Group has been established. The
Working Group will report any planned
activity to the full Committee at each
scheduled full RSAC meeting, including
milestones for completion of projects
and progress toward completion. The
first Working Group meeting was held
April 3–4, 2006, at which time the
Working Group reviewed comments on
the IFR. The second Working Group
meeting was held April 26–28, 2006.
Contact: Ken Rusk, (202) 493–6236.
Completed Tasks
Task 96–1—(Completed) Revising the
Freight Power Brake Regulations.
Task 96–2—(Completed) Reviewing
and recommending revisions to the
Track Safety Standards (49 CFR Part
213).
Task 96–3—(Completed) Reviewing
and recommending revisions to the
Radio Standards and Procedures (49
CFR Part 220).
Task 96–5—(Completed) Reviewing
and recommending revisions to Steam
Locomotive Inspection Standards (49
CFR Part 230).
Task 96–6—(Completed) Reviewing
and recommending revisions to
miscellaneous aspects of the regulations
addressing Locomotive Engineer
Certification (49 CFR Part 240).
Task 96–7—(Completed) Developing
Roadway Maintenance Machines (OnTrack Equipment) Safety Standards.
Task 96–8—(Completed) This
Planning Task evaluated the need for
action responsive to recommendations
contained in a report to Congress
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entitled, Locomotive Crashworthiness &
Working Conditions.
Task 97–3—(Completed) Developing
event recorder data survivability
standards.
Task 97–4 and Task 97–5—
(Completed) Defining Positive Train
Control (PTC) functionalities, describing
available technologies, evaluating costs
and benefits of potential systems, and
considering implementation
opportunities and challenges, including
demonstration and deployment.
Task 97–6—(Completed) Revising
various regulations to address the safety
implications of processor-based signal
and train control technologies,
including communications-based
operating systems.
Task 97–7—(Completed) Determining
damages qualifying an event as a
reportable train accident.
Task 00–1—(Completed—task
withdrawn) Determining the need to
amend regulations protecting persons
who work on, under, or between rolling
equipment and persons applying,
removing or inspecting rear end
marking devices (Blue Signal
Protection).
Task 01–1—(Completed) Developing
conformity of FRA’s regulations for
accident/incident reporting (49 CFR Part
225) to revised regulations of the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), U.S.
Department of Labor, and to make
appropriate revisions to the FRA Guide
for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports
(Reporting Guide).
Please refer to the notice published in
the Federal Register on March 11, 1996,
(61 FR 9740) for more information about
the RSAC.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 9, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E6–7299 Filed 5–11–06; 8:45 am]
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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
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requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as
detailed below.
Docket No. FRA–2006–24528
Applicant: CSX Transportation,
Incorporated, Mr. C.M. King, Chief
Engineer, Communications and
Signals, 500 Water Street, SC J–350,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated
(CSXT) seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control
system on the single main track, at
milepost BE 65.65, near Vandalia, Ohio,
and milepost BE 87.26, near Piqua,
Ohio, on the Toledo Subdivision,
Louisville Division. The proposed
changes consist of the discontinuance
and removal of the electric locks from
the two independently operated derails,
and are associated with the installation
of shunt and break type circuits to open
the signal control circuits when the
derails are not in the derailing position.
The reason given for the proposed
changes is that the modification will
allow these locations to comply with
present CSXT standards for
independently operated derails.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
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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 May 9, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr. ,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety,
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E6–7290 Filed 5–11–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
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.
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Docket Number FRA–2006–24529
Applicant: CSX Transportation,
Incorporated, Mr. C.M. King, Chief
Engineer, Communications and
Signals, 500 Water Street, SC J–350,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated
(CSXT) seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control
system on the two main tracks, near
milepost BE 22.60, in Cincinnati, Ohio,
on the Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision,
Louisville Division. The proposed
changes consist of the discontinuance
and removal of three electric locks from
independently operated derails ‘‘M’’
and ‘‘N,’’ and inside crossover switch
‘‘G.’’ The proposed changes are
associated with the installation of shunt
and break type circuits to open the
signal control circuits when the derails
are not in the derailing position, or if
the inside switch is not in the normal
position.
The reason given for the proposed
changes is that the modification will
allow these switch locations to comply
with present CSXT standards for
independently operated derails and the
inside switch of a crossover between a
main track and a yard track.
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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 May 9, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E6–7291 Filed 5–11–06; 8:45 am]
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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–2006–24530
Applicant: CSX Transportation,
Incorporated, Mr. C. M. King, Chief
Engineer, Communications and
Signals, 500 Water Street, SC J–350,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated
seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control
system on the single main track, at
South Gillespie, South Carolina,
milepost S280.20, on the Hamlet
Subdivision, Florence Division. The
proposed changes consist of the
conversion of the power-operated
switch to hand operation, and the
discontinuance and removal controlled
signal RB94.
The reason given for the proposed
changes is that current operation at this
location, no longer warrants the
retention of a power-operated switch.
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
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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-2006-24528
Applicant: CSX Transportation, Incorporated, Mr. C.M. King, Chief
Engineer, Communications and Signals, 500 Water Street, SC J-350,
Jacksonville, Florida 32202.
CSX Transportation, Incorporated (CSXT) seeks approval of the
proposed modification of the traffic control system on the single main
track, at milepost BE 65.65, near Vandalia, Ohio, and milepost BE
87.26, near Piqua, Ohio, on the Toledo Subdivision, Louisville
Division. The proposed changes consist of the discontinuance and
removal of the electric locks from the two independently operated
derails, and are associated with the installation of shunt and break
type circuits to open the signal control circuits when the derails are
not in the derailing position.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the modification
will allow these locations to comply with present CSXT standards for
independently operated derails.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
[[Page 27784]]
(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 May 9, 2006.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr. ,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E6-7290 Filed 5-11-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
