[Federal Register: June 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 108)]
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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 Requirements

    Pursuant to title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 
49 U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroads have 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-2002-12267.
    Applicant: Kansas City Southern Railway, Mr. Vernon A. Jones, 
Signal Engineer, 4601 Blanchard Highway, Shreveport, Louisiana 71107-
5799.
    Kansas City Southern Railway seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the Mississippi River Drawbridge, milepost 274.50 on 
Mid-Continent Division, near Louisiana, Missouri, consisting of the 
removal of the antiquated pipeline driven rail lock surface detection 
system; allowing proximity sensors attached to the self-

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aligning Conley joints, monitored by logic controllers, to continuity 
detect and verify rail surfaces and alignment.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is to improve safety and 
reliability.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and contain 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 PI-401, Washington, D.C. 
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 DOT Central Docket Management Facility, Room PI-401 (Plaza 
Level), 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC. 20590-0001. 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 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, D.C. on May 29, 2002.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 02-14049 Filed 6-4-02; 8:45 am]
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