
[Federal Register: March 3, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 41)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

 
Notice of Informational Filing

    In accordance with Section 236.913 of Title 49 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby given that the Federal 
Railroad Administration (FRA) has received an informational filing from 
the Marquette Rail, LLC to permit field testing of the TrackAccess 
System in the autonomous mode without a dispatcher. The informational 
filing is described below, including the requisite docket number where 
the informational filing and any related information may be found. The 
document is also available for public inspection; however, FRA is not 
accepting public comments.

Marquette Rail, LLC

[Docket Number FRA-2008-0081]

    The Marquette Rail, LLC has submitted an informational filing to 
permit field testing of the software-based dispatch system for low 
density lines identified as TrackAccess System. The informational 
filing addresses the requirements under 49 CFR 236.913(j)(1). 
Specifically, the informational filing contains a description of the 
TrackAccess product and an operational concepts document, pursuant to 
49 CFR 236.913(j)(1).
    TrackAccess is an electronic track occupancy system similar to the 
conventional block register. It is designed to protect the area of 
exclusive track occupancy given to roadway

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workers or train crew members by excluding the possibility of 
electronic issuance of conflicting track occupancy authorities. 
TrackAccess aims to reduce the potential for human errors associated 
with issuance of track occupancy authorities to roadway workers and 
train crews by the dispatcher. In its autonomous mode of operation, the 
TrackAccess System assumes electronic delivery of track occupancy 
authorities to roadway workers and train crews.
    The Marquette Rail, LLC desires to commence field testing of the 
product on or about March 1, 2010, or as soon thereafter as 
practicable, contingent upon FRA acceptance and approval of their 
informational filing.
    Interested parties are invited to review the informational filing 
and associated documents at DOT's Docket Management Facility during 
regular business hours (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) at 1200 New Jersey Avenue. SE., 
Room W12-140, Washington DC 20590. All documents in the public docket 
are available for inspection and copying on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov.
    Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any written 
communications received into any of our dockets by name of the 
individual submitting the document (or signing the document, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, number 70; Pages 
19477-78).

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 25, 2010.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety, Standards and Program 
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-4334 Filed 3-2-10; 8:45 am]
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