North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC-Acquisition Exemption-Union Pacific Railroad Company, 31008-31009 [2011-13092]

Download as PDF 31008 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 103 / Friday, May 27, 2011 / Notices hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M–30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. You may also send comments electronically via the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. All comments will become part of this docket and will be available for inspection and copying at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. An electronic version of this document and all documents entered into this docket is available on the World Wide Web at https:// www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 366–5979, e-mail Joann.Spittle@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As described by the applicant the intended service of the vessel INTRUDER is: Intended Commercial Use of Vessel: ‘‘Charter fishing and other excursions.’’ Geographic Region: ‘‘Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and their respective inland tribituaries.’’ 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). By Order of the Maritime Administration. Dated: May 23, 2011. Christine Gurland, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. 2011–13162 Filed 5–26–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 0.56-mile rail line on its Northern Region, Albany Division, Buffalo Subdivision, known as the Erie Running Track, between milepost QCQ 5.02 near E. Ferry Street and milepost QCQ 5.58 near E. Delavan Avenue, in Buffalo, Erie County, NY The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 14211 and 14215. CSXT has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line; (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 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line Railroad— 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, this exemption will be effective on June 28, 2011, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,1 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by June 6, 2011. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by June 16, 2011, 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 CSXT’s representative: Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. CSXT has filed a combined environmental and historic report which addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by June 3, 2011. 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), CSXT 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 CSXT’s filing of a notice of consummation by May 27, 2012, 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: May 24, 2011. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Andrea Pope-Matheson, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2011–13243 Filed 5–26–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION jdjones on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 706X)] CSX Transportation, Inc.— Abandonment Exemption—in Erie County, NY CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:25 May 26, 2011 Jkt 223001 1 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. 2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35507] North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC—Acquisition Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC (NCIRC), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 E:\FR\FM\27MYN1.SGM 27MYN1 jdjones on DSK8KYBLC1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 103 / Friday, May 27, 2011 / Notices CFR 1150.31 to acquire approximately 27.83 miles of rail line owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), referred to as the Forest City Line. The Forest City Line extends between milepost 48.12 at Belmond, Iowa, and milepost 79.95 at Forest City, Iowa, and includes 600 feet of connecting track at Garner, Iowa, in Hancock, Winnebago, and Wright Counties, Iowa. This transaction is related to 2 other filed verified notices of exemption, filed in: (1) Docket No. FD 35508, Iowa Northern Railway Company—Operation Exemption—North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC, in which Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR) seeks to operate the Forest City Line in accordance with a rail service and lease agreement with NCIRC; and (2) Docket No. FD 35511, Iowa Northern Railway Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific, in which IANR seeks authority to exercise certain specified overhead trackage rights from Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific. The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after June 10, 2011, which will be after the June 9, 2011 effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). NCIRC certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier and further certifies that its projected annual revenue 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) 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 June 2, 2011 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35507, 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 T. Scott Bannister, Iowa Northern Railway Company, 305 Second Street, SE., Suite 400, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https:// www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: May 23, 2011. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:25 May 26, 2011 Jkt 223001 By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Andrea Pope-Matheson, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2011–13092 Filed 5–26–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35508] Iowa Northern Railway Company— Operation Exemption—North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR), a Class III, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate approximately 27.83 miles of rail line owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), referred to as the Forest City Line. The Forest City Line extends between milepost 48.12 at Belmond, Iowa, and milepost 79.95 at Forest City, Iowa, and includes 600 feet of connecting track at Garner, Iowa, in Hancock, Winnebago, and Wright Counties, Iowa. This transaction is related to 2 other verified notices of exemption, filed in: (1) Docket No. FD 35507, North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC—Acquisition Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company, in which North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC seeks to acquire from Union Pacific Railroad Company the Forest City Line; and (2) Docket No. FD 35511, Iowa Northern Railway Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific, in which IANR seeks authority to exercise certain specified overhead trackage rights from Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific. The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after June 10, 2011, which will be after the June 9, 2011 effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). IANR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier and further certifies that its projected annual revenues 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) 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 June 2, 2011 (at least PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31009 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35508, 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 T. Scott Bannister, Iowa Northern Railway Company, 305 Second Street, SE., Suite 400, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https:// www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: May 23, 2011. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2011–13091 Filed 5–26–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35503] BNSF Railway Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc. Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc. (YVRR) has agreed to grant, pursuant to a prospective written trackage rights agreement,1 restricted local and overhead trackage rights to BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) over a rail line that it leases from BNSF between milepost 78.6, near Snowden, Mont., and milepost 43.0, at Crane, Mont., a distance of 35.6 miles.2 YVRR states that the use of the trackage rights line by BNSF is restricted to movements of BNSF unit trains originating or terminating on the line and overhead trackage rights. The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after June 11, 2011, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed). 1 YVRR states that the parties currently are negotiating a trackage rights agreement. YVRR states that it will file a copy of the agreement with the Board within 10 days of its execution. See 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii). 2 YVRR indicates that this transaction is related to Docket No. AB 991X, Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc.—Discontinuance Exemption—in Richland and Dawson Counties, Montana, in which YVRR will seek to discontinue its lease operations over the BNSF-owned line between milepost 43.0, at Crane, and milepost 6.0, near Glendive, Mont. This filing has not been received by the Board. YVRR received an exemption to lease and operate 171.97 miles of BNSF rail lines in Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Inc.—Lease and Operation Exemption—BNSF Railway Company, Docket No. FD 34737 (STB served Sept. 1, 2005). E:\FR\FM\27MYN1.SGM 27MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31008-31009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13092]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35507]


North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC--Acquisition Exemption--
Union Pacific Railroad Company

    North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC (NCIRC), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49

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CFR 1150.31 to acquire approximately 27.83 miles of rail line owned by 
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), referred to as the Forest City 
Line. The Forest City Line extends between milepost 48.12 at Belmond, 
Iowa, and milepost 79.95 at Forest City, Iowa, and includes 600 feet of 
connecting track at Garner, Iowa, in Hancock, Winnebago, and Wright 
Counties, Iowa.
    This transaction is related to 2 other filed verified notices of 
exemption, filed in: (1) Docket No. FD 35508, Iowa Northern Railway 
Company--Operation Exemption--North Central Iowa Rail Corridor, LLC, in 
which Iowa Northern Railway Company (IANR) seeks to operate the Forest 
City Line in accordance with a rail service and lease agreement with 
NCIRC; and (2) Docket No. FD 35511, Iowa Northern Railway Company--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad 
Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific, in which IANR seeks authority to 
exercise certain specified overhead trackage rights from Dakota, 
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific.
    The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after June 10, 
2011, which will be after the June 9, 2011 effective date of the 
exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed).
    NCIRC certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of 
this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class 
III rail carrier and further certifies that its projected annual 
revenue 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) 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 June 2, 2011 
(at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35507, 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 T. Scott Bannister, Iowa Northern Railway 
Company, 305 Second Street, SE., Suite 400, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: May 23, 2011.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-13092 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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