Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Line of Lancaster & Chester Railway Company, 68399-68400 [2010-27975]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 214 / Friday, November 5, 2010 / Notices complied with the requirements of 49 CFR 1150.32(e) on October 20, 2010, by providing notice to employees and their labor unions on the affected line. Under 49 CFR 1150.32(e), this exemption cannot become effective until 60 days after the date notice was provided. If the verified 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. Petitions to stay must be filed no later than December 10, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35430, 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 Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD. 21204. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https:// www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: November 1, 2010. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2010–27995 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35431] mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC— Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Operating Division Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC (PAW), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Operating Division (Woods RR), and to operate approximately 21.5 miles of rail line 1 between milepost 8.5 (the connection with the Columbia & 1 PAW states that Woods RR has been used as a spur line only to serve the facilities of Weyerhaeuser NR Company, not as a common carrier railroad. PAW will hold itself out to perform common carrier service for any shipper and intends to operate the line for the purpose of becoming a rail carrier. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:16 Nov 04, 2010 Jkt 223001 Cowlitz Railway Company 2 at Ostrander Junction) and milepost 30.0 (Green Mountain), including auxiliary and temporary storage tracks, in Cowlitz County, Wash. This transaction is related to a transaction in which Patriot Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries entered into an asset purchase agreement on July 21, 2010, to acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR Company certain rail assets and the rail assets of five of its subsidiaries. This transaction is also related to six other transactions for which notices of exemption have been concurrently filed: Docket No. FD 35425, Tennessee Southern Railroad Company, Patriot Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings LLC, and Patriot Rail Corp.—Continuance in Control Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries seek to continue in control of PAW in this proceeding and five other newly created noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter becoming Class III rail carriers in the following proceedings: (1) Docket No. FD 35426, Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company; (2) Docket No. FD 35427, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—DeQueen and Eastern Railroad Company; (3) Docket No. FD 35428, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Golden Triangle Railroad Company; (4) Docket No. FD 35429, Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad Company; and (5) Docket No. FD 35430, Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, LLC— Acquisition and Operation Exemption— Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company. The parties intend to consummate the transaction on or after December 21, 2010. PAW certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of the transaction will not exceed those that would make it a Class III rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 2 After these transactions are consummated, PAW will connect with Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company, LLC. PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 68399 may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than November 12, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35431, 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 Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https:// www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: November 1, 2010. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2010–27992 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35413] Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC— Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Line of Lancaster & Chester Railway Company AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT. Correction to Notice of Exemption. ACTION: This document contains a correction to the Notice of Exemption served and published in the Federal Register on Friday, October 15, 2010 (75 FR 63,532–33). In the notice, noncarrier Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC (L&C Railroad) seeks to acquire and operate under 49 CFR 1150.31 approximately 62 miles of rail line owned by Class III rail carrier Lancaster & Chester Railway Company. The correction relates to the name of the connecting railroad in the description of the rail line. The notice incorrectly indicated that L&C Railroad would connect with Consolidated Rail Corporation at former Survey Station 0+06 (milepost SG–346+2210) in Chester County, S.C. Instead, L&C Railroad will connect with CSX Transportation, Inc. at the specified station in Chester County. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 245–0395. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05NON1.SGM 05NON1 68400 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 214 / Friday, November 5, 2010 / Notices Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: (800) 877–8339.] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is related to a concurrently filed notice of exemption also served and published on October 15, 2010 in Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., Inc., H. Peter Claussen and Linda C. Claussen— Continuance in Control Exemption— Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC, Docket No. FD 35414, wherein the above parties seek to continue in control of L&C Railroad, upon L&C Railroad’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. Decided: October 28, 2010. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Andrea Pope-Matheson, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2010–27975 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35426] mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC— Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC (CLC), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company and to operate approximately 8.5 miles of rail line between milepost 0.0 (Longview) and milepost 8.5 (Ostrander Junction), including auxiliary and spur tracks, in Cowlitz County, Wash.1 This transaction is related to a transaction in which Patriot Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries entered into an asset purchase agreement on July 21, 2010, to acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR Company certain rail assets and the rail assets of five of its subsidiaries. This transaction is also related to six other transactions for which notices of exemption have been concurrently filed: Docket No. FD 35425, Tennessee Southern Railroad Company, Patriot Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings LLC, and Patriot Rail Corp.—Continuance in Control Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC, Dequeen and Eastern Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma & 1 CLC states that it intends to interchange traffic at Rocky Point, Wash., with BNSF Railway Company and Union Pacific Railroad Company, and at Ostrander Junction, with its affiliate, Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:16 Nov 04, 2010 Jkt 223001 Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries seek to continue in control of CLC in this proceeding and five other newly created noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter becoming Class III rail carriers in the following proceedings: (1) Docket No. FD 35427, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—DeQueen and Eastern Railroad Company; (2) Docket No. FD 35428, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Golden Triangle Railroad Company; (3) Docket No. FD 35429, Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad Company; (4) Docket No. FD 35430, Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company; and (5) Docket No. FD 35431, Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC— Acquisition and Operation Exemption— Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad Operating Division. The parties intend to consummate the transaction on or after December 21, 2010. CLC certified that its projected annual revenues as a result of the transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier. Because CLC’s projected annual revenues will exceed $5 million, CLC certified to the Board on October 20, 2010, that it had complied on October 20, 2010, with the requirements of 49 CFR 1150.32(e) providing for notice to employees and their labor unions on the affected line. Under 49 CFR 1150.32(e), this exemption cannot become effective until 60 days after the date notice was provided. If the verified 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. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than December 10, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35426 must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. In addition, a copy must be served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https:// www.stb.dot.gov. PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Decided: November 1, 2010. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2010–27978 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35438] Eighteen Thirty Group, LLC— Acquisition Exemption—in Allegany County, MD Eighteen Thirty Group, LLC (Eighteen Thirty), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire an 8.54-mile line of railroad between milepost BAI 27.0 near Morrison and milepost BAI 18.46 at the end of the track near Carlos, in Allegany County, Md. (the Line). Eighteen Thirty is seeking to acquire the Line as a result of the bankruptcy of James Riffin 1 through an agreement with Mark J. Friedman, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of James Riffin.2 This transaction is related to two simultaneously filed notices of exemption: (1) Docket No. FD 35437, Georges Creek Railway, LLC—Operation Exemption—in Allegany County, Md., in which Georges Creek Railway, LLC (Georges Creek), seeks an exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate the Line; and (2) Docket No. FD 35436, Duncan Smith and Gerald Altizer— Continuance in Control Exemption— Eighteen Thirty Group, LLC and Georges Creek Railway, LLC, in which Duncan Smith and Gerald Altizer, the owners of Eighteen Thirty and Georges Creek, seek an exemption to continue in control of Eighteen Thirty and Georges Creek upon their becoming Class III rail carriers. This transaction is also related to a petition simultaneously filed by Eighteen Thirty in Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 659X), CSX Transportation, Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in Allegany County, Md., seeking an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from 1 The Board authorized abandonment of the Line in CSX Transportation, Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in Allegany County, Md., Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 659X) (STB served Aug. 25, 2005). By decision served December 14, 2005, WMS, LLC (WMS) was authorized to acquire the Line pursuant to the Board’s offer of financial assistance (OFA) provisions at 49 U.S.C. 10904 and 49 CFR 1152.27, and by decision served August 18, 2006, James Riffin was substituted as the acquiring entity in lieu of WMS. 2 Applicants state that consummation of this transaction is subject to approval by the bankruptcy court. Consummation is also subject to a grant of the petition filed in AB 55 (Sub-No. 659X). E:\FR\FM\05NON1.SGM 05NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68399-68400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27975]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35413]


Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Line of Lancaster & Chester Railway Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Correction to Notice of Exemption.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the Notice of Exemption 
served and published in the Federal Register on Friday, October 15, 
2010 (75 FR 63,532-33). In the notice, noncarrier Lancaster & Chester 
Railroad, LLC (L&C Railroad) seeks to acquire and operate under 49 CFR 
1150.31 approximately 62 miles of rail line owned by Class III rail 
carrier Lancaster & Chester Railway Company. The correction relates to 
the name of the connecting railroad in the description of the rail 
line. The notice incorrectly indicated that L&C Railroad would connect 
with Consolidated Rail Corporation at former Survey Station 0+06 
(milepost SG-346+2210) in Chester County, S.C. Instead, L&C Railroad 
will connect with CSX Transportation, Inc. at the specified station in 
Chester County.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 245-0395. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal

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Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: (800) 877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is related to a concurrently 
filed notice of exemption also served and published on October 15, 2010 
in Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., Inc., H. Peter Claussen and Linda 
C. Claussen--Continuance in Control Exemption--Lancaster & Chester 
Railroad, LLC, Docket No. FD 35414, wherein the above parties seek to 
continue in control of L&C Railroad, upon L&C Railroad's becoming a 
Class III rail carrier.

    Decided: October 28, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-27975 Filed 11-4-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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