Missouri Central Railroad Company-Abandonment and Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Cass County, MO.; Central Midland Railway Company-Discontinuance of Service and Operating Rights Exemption-in Cass County, MO., 72861-72862 [2010-29712]

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[FR Doc. 2010–29741 Filed 11–24–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB 1068X; Docket No. AB 1070X] Missouri Central Railroad Company— Abandonment and Discontinuance of Service Exemption—in Cass County, MO.; Central Midland Railway Company—Discontinuance of Service and Operating Rights Exemption—in Cass County, MO. Missouri Central Railroad Company (MCRR) and Central Midland Railway Company (CMR) (collectively, applicants) have jointly filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service for MCRR to abandon and discontinue, and for CMR to discontinue, service over approximately 5.6 miles of rail line extending between milepost 257.283 (near Wingate) and milepost 262.906 (near Pleasant Hill) in Cass County, Mo. Specifically, MCRR proposes to: (1) Abandon the line extending between milepost 257.283 and milepost 262.906; and (2) discontinue service over a portion of the line extending between PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72861 milepost 262.8 and milepost 262.906, the portion not covered by CMR leased operating rights. CMR proposes to discontinue service and operating rights on the portion of the line extending between milepost 257.283 and milepost 262.8.1 The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 64080. Applicants have certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years and overhead traffic, if there were any, could be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFE 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. As a condition to these exemptions, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment or discontinuance shall be protected under Oregon Short Line— Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. § 10502(d) must be filed. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, these exemptions will be effective on December 28, 2010, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,2 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by December 6, 2010. Petitions to 1 In 2004, CMR received an exemption to lease and operate a 243.8-mile line of railroad that includes this portion of line. See Cent. Midland Ry.—Lease and Operation Exemption—Missouri Cent. Ry., FD 34363 (STB served Feb.11, 2004). 2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) cannot be made before the exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption’s effective date. 3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 C.F.R. § 1002.2 (f)(25). E:\FR\FM\26NON1.SGM 26NON1 72862 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 227 / Friday, November 26, 2010 / Notices srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by December 16, 2010, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 0001. A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to applicants’ representatives: For MCRR, Sandra L. Brown, Thompson Hine LLP, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036; for CMR, Lon Van Gemert, Chief Executive Officer, Central Midland Railway, c/o Progressive Rail Incorporated, 21778 Highview Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemptions are void ab initio. Applicants have filed a combined environmental and historic report that addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment and discontinuances on the environment and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by December 3, 2010. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 245–0305. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 800–877–8339. Comments on environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes available to the public. Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent decision. Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), MCRR shall file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If consummation has not been effected by MCRR’s filing of a notice of consummation by November 26, 2011, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at ‘‘https:// www.stb.dot.gov.’’ Decided: November 19, 2010. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Andrea Pope-Matheson, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2010–29712 Filed 11–24–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:32 Nov 24, 2010 Jkt 223001 Daviess and Greene Counties. Notice is hereby given that, subsequent to the Federal Highway Administration earlier FHWA notice, the USACE has taken final agency actions within the Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by on Proposed Highway in Indiana issuing permits and approvals for the highway project. The actions by the AGENCY: Federal Highway USACE, related final actions by other Administration (FHWA), DOT. Federal agencies, and the laws under ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA which such actions were taken, are described in the USACE decisions and and United States Army Corps of its project records, referenced as Section Engineers (USACE), DoD. 404 Water Quality Permit, Number SUMMARY: This notice announces actions LRL–2010–39-djd. That information is taken by the FHWA and the USACE that available by contacting the USACE at the address provided above. are final within the meaning of 23 As part of the Section 3 project, which U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to begins at the terminus of the Section 2 proposed highway projects for a 25.73 project, there are six crossings of water mile segment of I–69 in the Counties of resources requiring individual permits Daviess and Greene, State of Indiana, from the USACE, including streams, and grant licenses, permits, and open water and emergent, scrub-shrub approvals for the project. and forested wetlands. Subject to the DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is permit conditions, INDOT is permitted advising the public of final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) and to discharge fill material below the are final within the meaning of that law. Ordinary Highway Water mark of 8,925 A claim seeking judicial review of those linear feet of Doan’s Creek and intermittent and ephemeral tributaries Federal agency actions that are covered of Eagan Ditch and Doan’s Creek, and to by this notice will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before May 25, 2011. discharge fill material into 4.64 acres of open water and emergent, scrub-shrub If the Federal law that authorizes and forested wetlands adjacent to First judicial review of a claim provides a Creek and Doan’s Creek in constructing time period of less than 180 days for these crossings. In addition, in two filing such claim, then the shorter time letters dated January 20, 2010 and May period applies. 4, 2010, the USACE has authorized FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For impacts at 32 other sites under their the FHWA: Ms. Michelle Allen, Federal jurisdiction within Section 3 of the I–69 Highway Administration, Indiana project in Daviess and Greene Counties Division, 575 North Pennsylvania via the Regional General Permit No. 1 Street, Room 254, Indianapolis, IN issued jointly by the Louisville and 46204–1576; telephone: (317) 226–7344; Chicago Districts on December 15, 2009. e-mail: Michelle.Allen@dot.gov. The On January 7, 2010, INDOT filed an FHWA Indiana Division Office’s normal application with the USACE for business hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., authorization under Section 404 of the e.t. For the USACE: Mr. Greg Mckay, Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1344, to Chief, North Section Regulatory Branch, construct the 25.73 mile Section 3 I–69 Louisville District, United States Army project. On July 14, 2010, the USACE Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 59, took final action in issuing the Section Louisville, KY 40201–0059; telephone: 404 Water Quality Permit for the (502) 315–6685; e-mail: Section 3 I–69 project, Number LRL– gregory.a.mckay@usace.army.mil. 2010–39-djd, as described in the USACE Normal business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 decision and its administrative record p.m., e.t. You may also contact Mr. for the project. A Notice of Limitation Thomas Seeman, Project Manager, on Claims for Judicial Review of Actions Indiana Department of Transportation by FHWA, United States Fish and (INDOT), 100 North Senate Avenue, Wildlife Service (USFWS), DOI, and Indianapolis, IN 46204; telephone: (317) USACE was published in the Federal 232–5336; e-mail: Register on August 13, 2010 (75 FR TSeeman@indot.IN.gov. Normal 49547). On September 7, 2010, the business hours for the Indiana USACE suspended the Section 404 Department of Transportation are: 8 a.m. Water Quality Permit, Number LRL– to 4:30 p.m., e.t. 2010–39-djd, after a review of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August permit file revealed that the procedural 13, 2010, the FHWA published a ‘‘Notice requirements of 33 CFR 327.4, the of Final Federal Agency Actions on USACE regulation regarding public hearing determinations, had not been Proposed Highway in Indiana’’ in the Federal Register at (75 FR 49547) for the followed prior to issuance of the permit. On September 15, 2010, after ensuring Section 3, 25.73 mile I–69 project in DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26NON1.SGM 26NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2010)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. AB 1068X; Docket No. AB 1070X]


Missouri Central Railroad Company--Abandonment and Discontinuance 
of Service Exemption--in Cass County, MO.; Central Midland Railway 
Company--Discontinuance of Service and Operating Rights Exemption--in 
Cass County, MO.

    Missouri Central Railroad Company (MCRR) and Central Midland 
Railway Company (CMR) (collectively, applicants) have jointly filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F--Exempt 
Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service for MCRR to abandon and 
discontinue, and for CMR to discontinue, service over approximately 5.6 
miles of rail line extending between milepost 257.283 (near Wingate) 
and milepost 262.906 (near Pleasant Hill) in Cass County, Mo. 
Specifically, MCRR proposes to: (1) Abandon the line extending between 
milepost 257.283 and milepost 262.906; and (2) discontinue service over 
a portion of the line extending between milepost 262.8 and milepost 
262.906, the portion not covered by CMR leased operating rights. CMR 
proposes to discontinue service and operating rights on the portion of 
the line extending between milepost 257.283 and milepost 262.8.\1\ The 
line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 64080.
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    \1\ In 2004, CMR received an exemption to lease and operate a 
243.8-mile line of railroad that includes this portion of line. See 
Cent. Midland Ry.--Lease and Operation Exemption--Missouri Cent. 
Ry., FD 34363 (STB served Feb.11, 2004).
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    Applicants have certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over 
the line for at least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has moved over 
the line for at least 2 years and overhead traffic, if there were any, 
could be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a 
user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government 
entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service 
over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board 
(Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of 
complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 
CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal 
letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFE 
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met.
    As a condition to these exemptions, any employee adversely affected 
by the abandonment or discontinuance shall be protected under Oregon 
Short Line--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in 
Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address 
whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a 
petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. Sec.  10502(d) must be 
filed.
    Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, these exemptions will be 
effective on December 28, 2010, unless stayed pending reconsideration. 
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\2\ formal 
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\3\ and 
trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by 
December 6, 2010. Petitions to

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reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 
be filed by December 16, 2010, with the Surface Transportation Board, 
395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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    \2\ The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on 
environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board's 
Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent 
investigation) cannot be made before the exemption's effective date. 
See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 
request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the 
Board may take appropriate action before the exemption's effective 
date.
    \3\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is 
currently set at $1,500. See 49 C.F.R. Sec.  1002.2 (f)(25).
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    A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to 
applicants' representatives: For MCRR, Sandra L. Brown, Thompson Hine 
LLP, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036; for CMR, Lon 
Van Gemert, Chief Executive Officer, Central Midland Railway, c/o 
Progressive Rail Incorporated, 21778 Highview Avenue, Lakeville, MN 
55044.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemptions are void ab initio.
    Applicants have filed a combined environmental and historic report 
that addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment and 
discontinuances on the environment and historic resources. OEA will 
issue an environmental assessment (EA) by December 3, 2010. Interested 
persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, 
Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423-0001) or by calling 
OEA, at (202) 245-0305. Assistance for the hearing impaired is 
available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339. Comments on environmental and historic preservation 
matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes available to 
the public.
    Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail 
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent 
decision.
    Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), MCRR shall file 
a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has 
exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If 
consummation has not been effected by MCRR's filing of a notice of 
consummation by November 26, 2011, and there are no legal or regulatory 
barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically 
expire.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``https://www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: November 19, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-29712 Filed 11-24-10; 8:45 am]
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