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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35312]
Massachusetts Department of
Transportation—Acquisition
Exemption—Certain Assets of CSX
Transportation, Inc.
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Massachusetts Department of
Transportation (MassDOT), a noncarrier,
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) certain
physical assets of railroad lines and
associated rights-of-way in
Massachusetts, including: (1) Portions of
the Grand Junction Branch, extending
4.87 miles between milepost QBG 0.00
and milepost QBG 2.70, and between
milepost QBG 5.70 and milepost QBG
7.87; (2) a portion of the Boston
Terminal Running Track, extending 1.10
miles between milepost QBB 0.00 and
milepost QBB 1.10; (3) the New Bedford
Secondary, extending 18.48 miles
between milepost QN 13.40 (at Cotley
Junction) and milepost QN 31.80 (at
New Bedford), including CSXT’s
property interests in the right-of-way
and track assets of the North Dartmouth
Industrial Track (also known as the
Watuppa Branch) between milepost
QND 0.0 and milepost QND 0.08 and
CSXT’s property interests in the rightof-way but not the track assets between
milepost QND 0.08 and milepost QND
6.0; 1 (4) the Fall River Secondary,
1 CSXT previously sold the track and material,
and leased the underlying real estate, on the
Watuppa Branch between mileposts QND 0.08 and
QND 6.0 to the Bay Colony Railroad Corporation
(BCLR). See Bay Colony Railroad Corporation—
Acquisition and Operation Exemption—CSX
Transportation, Inc., as Operator for New York
Central Lines, LLC, STB Finance Docket No. 34446
(STB served Jan. 16, 2004). CSXT states that, in this
transaction, it will convey the full scope of its
ownership interest in the Watuppa Branch to
MassDOT, subject to BCLR’s rights and interests
and CSXT’s retained easement over the first 0.08
miles of the branch. Pursuant to an agreement
between CSXT and MassDOT, BCLR will continue
to provide common carrier service over the 5.92
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extending 14.20 miles between milepost
QNF 0.00 (at Myricks) and milepost
QNF 14.2 (at Fall River,
Massachusetts—Rhode Island state
line); (5) the Framingham to Worcester
segment of the Boston Main Line (the
BML-West), extending approximately
22.92 miles between milepost QB 21.38
(at Framingham) and milepost QB 44.30
(at Worcester); and (6) the track assets,
but not the underlying real estate,
constituting the 9.71-mile rail line
between milepost QB 1.12 (at CP Cove)
and milepost QB 10.83 (at Newton/
Riverside) (the BML-East). These
properties, which include
approximately 71.28 miles of rail line,
will be referred to collectively as ‘‘the
Railroad Assets.’’ 2
The transaction is scheduled to take
place in two stages, pursuant to two
separate closings later than the
December 24, 2009 effective date of the
exemption. One closing is scheduled to
take place on May 14, 2010,3 and the
second is scheduled to take place after
the first closing but on or before
September 15, 2012.4
If the notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.5 Petitions to reopen the
proceeding to revoke the exemption
under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed
at any time. The filing of a petition to
miles of the Watuppa Branch west of milepost QND
0.08, and MassDOT will acquire only the real estate
underlying this section of the branch. Because of
BCLR’s interest in 5.92 miles of the Watuppa
Branch, those 5.92 miles have been excluded here
from the mileage total for the New Bedford
Secondary.
2 In the transaction, CSXT states that it will not
transfer to MassDOT the right or obligation to
conduct common carrier freight operations.
According to CSXT, pursuant to its retained
easements, it will have the exclusive right and
ability to provide rail freight service on the Railroad
Assets.
3 The first closing will encompass the sale of the
Grand Junction Branch, the Boston Terminal
Running Track Assets, the New Bedford Secondary
(including CSXT’s interests in the Watuppa
Branch), and the Fall River Secondary. At the time
that MassDOT and CSXT close on the sale of the
New Bedford Secondary (including CSXT’s
interests in the Watuppa Branch) and the Fall River
Secondary (collectively, the South Coast Assets),
CSXT simultaneously will convey its retained
permanent freight easement rights over the South
Coast Assets (excluding the 5.92 miles of the
Watuppa Branch, over which CSXT does not now
possess such rights) to the Massachusetts Coastal
Railroad, LLC (Mass Coastal), a Class III rail carrier,
pursuant to a separate proceeding, STB Finance
Docket No. 35314, Massachusetts Coastal Railroad,
LLC—Acquisition—CSX Transportation, Inc. Upon
consummation of the easement sale at issue in that
proceeding, if approved, Mass Coastal will assume
freight service operations on the South Coast
Assets.
4 The second closing will encompass the sale of
the BML-West and BML-East assets.
5 A motion to dismiss has been filed in this
proceeding. The motion will be addressed in a
subsequent Board decision.
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revoke will not automatically stay the
transaction. Petitions for stay must be
filed no later than December 17, 1009 (at
least 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 35312, 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 Keith G.
O’Brien, Baker & Miller, PLLC, 2401
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20037.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at:
https://www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: December 7, 2009.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2009 0146]
Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before February 8, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Yarrington, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–1915 or e-mail:
Michael.yarrington@dot.gov.
Copies of this collection also can be
obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Procedures for
Determining Vessel Services Categories
for Purposes of the Cargo Preference
Act.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0540.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval.
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Summary of Collection of
Information: The purpose is to provide
information to be used in the
designation of service categories of
individual vessels for purposes of
compliance with the Cargo Preference
Act under a Memorandum of
Understanding entered into by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, U.S. Agency
for International Development, and the
Maritime Administration.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Maritime Administration will use the
data submitted by vessel operators to
create a list of Vessel Self-Designations
and determine whether the Agency
agrees or disagrees with a vessel owner’s
designation of a vessel.
Description of Respondents: Owners
or operators of U.S.-registered vessels
and foreign-registered vessels.
Annual Responses: 100 responses.
Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at https://
www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Privacy Act: 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://www.regulations.gov/
search/index.jsp.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
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Dated: December 3, 2009.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Availability of a Final
Environmental Assessment (Final EA)
and a Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI)/Record of Decision (ROD) for
the Proposed Airport Traffic Control
Tower With Associated Base Building
and Airport Surveillance Radar, Model
9, Replacement/Relocation at
Cleveland Hopkins International
Airport, Cleveland, OH
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Final
Environmental Assessment (EA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI)/Record of Decision (ROD) for a
Proposed Airport Traffic Control Tower
with Associated Base Building and an
Airport Surveillance Radar, Model 9,
Replacement/Relocation at Cleveland
Hopkins International Airport,
Cleveland, Ohio.
SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) is issuing this
notice to advise the public that the FAA
has prepared, and approved on
November 18, 2009, a Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI)/Record of
Decision (ROD) based on the Final
Environmental Assessment (Final EA)
for a Proposed Airport Traffic Control
Tower (ATCT) with Associated Base
Building and an Airport Surveillance
Radar, Model 9 (ASR–9), Replacement/
Relocation at Cleveland Hopkins
International Airport, (CLE) Cleveland,
Ohio. The FAA prepared the Final EA
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act and the
FAA’s regulations and guidelines for
environmental documents. The Final
EA was reviewed and evaluated by the
FAA, and was accepted on October 22,
2009 as a Federal document by the
FAA’s Responsible Federal Official.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Virginia Marcks, Manager, Infrastructure
Engineering Center, AJW–C14D, Federal
Aviation Administration, 2300 East
Devon Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois
60018. Telephone number: (847) 294–
7494.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Final
EA evaluated the construction and
operation of a new ATCT and
replacement and relocation of the ASR–
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9 at CLE. The ATCT would be
constructed in the southeast portion of
CLE on Taxiway KI and have a
maximum height of 325 feet above
ground level (AGL). The facility would
include a Base Building/Terminal Radar
Approach Control (TRACON) Facility,
employee parking, security fence and an
access road across abandoned Taxiway
Q from Postal Road. The facility
components will consist of the ATCT
cab, tower shaft, Base Building,
personnel parking, and guardhouse. The
new ATCT and Base Building/TRACON
shall be designed to incorporate, as
practicable, energy-efficient design,
equipment, systems and other measures
in their construction in order to reduce
energy consumption and improve
environmental performance of the new
facilities. There will be a maximum of
150 parking spaces for ATCT
controllers, the TRACON staff, technical
operations staff, administrative
personnel, visitors, and Systems
Support Center personnel. There will
also be a two-story Base Building/
TRACON facility with approximately
45,000SF of space. The tower will have
an 850 SF cab and a cab eye level
elevation of 305 feet AGL. The total
space will accommodate the needed
staffing and new communications and
surveillance equipment. The ATCI’s
water, sewer, and electrical feeds will be
extended and connected to the existing
utility lines on the airport. Drainage and
runoff will be collected for conveyance
via the airport’s stormwater drainage
system, which is reported by CLE to
have excess capacity.
The project also includes replacing
and relocating the ASR–9 surveillance
radar equipment to a location that is
adjacent to the future expansion area of
the CLE’s Riveredge employee parking
lot. Relocation of the ASR–9 is needed
because the preferred location for the
ATCT lies within the 1,500-foot Clear
Area of the airport’s existing ASR–9,
and the new ATCT shaft would block
the radar antenna’s coverage to the
southeast of the airport. The ASR–9 will
be relocated to the Riveredge site to
provide unobstructed radar coverage of
the ASR–9’s 60-mile service area. The
base of the ASR–9 tower will be four
concrete pylons set on a 30-foot by 30foot grid, with an equipment shelter,
HVAC pads, and security fence. Utility
feeds will be from adjacent services in
the employee parking lot, as well as
from the nearby Remote Transmitter/
Receiver (RTR) facility. Access will be
via a stub driveway from the existing
Riveredge employee parking lot gate.
The new ASR–9 will provide enhanced
coverage prior to the old ASR–9 being
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2009 0146]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before February 8, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Yarrington, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202-366-1915 or e-mail: Michael.yarrington@dot.gov.
Copies of this collection also can be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Procedures for Determining Vessel Services
Categories for Purposes of the Cargo Preference Act.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0540.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval.
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Summary of Collection of Information: The purpose is to provide
information to be used in the designation of service categories of
individual vessels for purposes of compliance with the Cargo Preference
Act under a Memorandum of Understanding entered into by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, U.S. Agency for International Development,
and the Maritime Administration.
Need and Use of the Information: The Maritime Administration will
use the data submitted by vessel operators to create a list of Vessel
Self-Designations and determine whether the Agency agrees or disagrees
with a vessel owner's designation of a vessel.
Description of Respondents: Owners or operators of U.S.-registered
vessels and foreign-registered vessels.
Annual Responses: 100 responses.
Annual Burden: 800 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic
means via the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Specifically address whether this information collection is necessary
for proper performance of the functions of the agency and will have
practical utility, accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to minimize
this burden, and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected. All comments received will be
available for examination at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5
p.m. EDT (or EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An
electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web
at https://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Privacy Act: 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://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: December 3, 2009.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-29402 Filed 12-9-09; 8:45 am]
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