Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor, 79223 [E8-30651]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 24, 2008 / Notices techniques or other forms of information technology. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Anne Suissa, Director, Office of Airline Information. [FR Doc. E8–30666 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am] [STB Finance Docket No. 35208] BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2009–1)] Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor AGENCY: ACTION: Surface Transportation Board. Approval of rail cost adjustment factor. SUMMARY: The Board has approved the first quarter 2009 rail cost adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The first quarter 2009 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.022. The first quarter 2009 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.467. The first quarter 2009 RCAF–5 is 0.442. DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2009. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. (Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the Board’s decision, which is available on our Web site https://www.stb.dot.gov. This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the human environment or energy conservation. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), we conclude that our action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. Decided: December 18, 2008. By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner Buttrey. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. E8–30651 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am] mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 4915–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:52 Dec 23, 2008 Jkt 217001 Surface Transportation Board Winamac Southern Railway Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—A. & R. Line, Inc. Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement,1 A. & R. Line, Inc. (A&R) has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Winamac Southern Railway Company (WSRY) between milepost 71.5 at or near Van and milepost 74.5 at or near Logansport, a distance of approximately 3.0 miles in Cass County, IN.2 The earliest this transaction may be consummated is January 10, 2009, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). The purpose of the trackage rights is to achieve operating economies and to improve rail service by making operations by WSRY more efficient. As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption. Stay petitions must be filed by January 2, 2009 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). 1 A redacted version of the trackage rights agreement was filed with the notice of exemption. 2 The involved line was acquired by A&R from WSRY in A. & R. Line, Inc.—Acquisition Exemption—Winamac Southern Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32694 (ICC served July 6, 1995). However, WSRY continued to operate the line, as well as its connecting lines. Although WSRY and A&R entered into a trackage rights agreement for WSRY to conduct operations over the line, through oversight no Interstate Commerce Commission or Surface Transportation Board approval of the trackage rights was ever sought. According to WSRY, WSRY’s operations under the trackage rights agreement have continued for 13 years and, in the interim, Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis took over the operations of WSRY, as WSRY’s agent, and A&R was taken over by Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation. WSRY states that this filing was made to remedy the prior oversight. In a revised notice of exemption filed on December 17, 2008 in STB Finance Docket No. 35205, US Rail Corporation—Lease and Operation Exemption—Winamac Southern Railway Company and Kokomo Grain Co., Inc., US Rail Corporation seeks to acquire the trackage rights involved in this transaction. PO 00000 Frm 00185 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 79223 Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. 110– 161, § 193, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007), nothing in this decision authorizes the following activities at any solid waste rail transfer facility: collecting, storing or transferring solid waste outside of its original shipping container; or separating or processing solid waste (including baling, crushing, compacting and shredding). The term ‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6903. An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 35208, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Thomas F. McFarland, 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at ‘‘https:// www.stb.dot.gov.’’ Decided: December 18, 2008. By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings. Kulunie L. Cannon, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. E8–30664 Filed 12–23–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Open Meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission Departmental Offices, Treasury. Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: ACTION: SUMMARY: This notice announces the sixteenth meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission, established by the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003). DATES: The sixteenth meeting of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and Education Commission meeting will be held in the Cash Room at the Department of the Treasury, located at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220. 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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2009-1)]


Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Approval of rail cost adjustment factor.

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SUMMARY: The Board has approved the first quarter 2009 rail cost 
adjustment factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of 
American Railroads. The first quarter 2009 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.022. 
The first quarter 2009 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.467. The first quarter 2009 
RCAF-5 is 0.442.

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245-0333. 
(Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-
800-877-8339.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision, which is available on our Web site https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or energy conservation.
    Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), we conclude that our action will not 
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small 
entities within the meaning of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

    Decided: December 18, 2008.

    By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice Chairman Mulvey, and 
Commissioner Buttrey.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. E8-30651 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P

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