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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35627]
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
Company—Acquisition Exemption—
Laurel Hill Development Corporation
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad
Company (SPRC), a Class III rail carrier,
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire a 0.66mile line of railroad owned by Laurel
Hill Development Corporation (LHDC)
(formerly Fay Penn Industrial
Development Corporation) (Fay Penn).1
The trackage to be acquired by SPRC is
known as the Redstone Branch,
extending between Rail Valuation
Stations 874+34 and 839+30 in
Uniontown, Pa., and more particularly
described on Valuation Maps V. 23.24/
16+17, containing 12.21 acres. SPRC,
the current operator of the line, states
that it intends to expand and upgrade
wye track facilities and branch line
tracks to improve operational
efficiencies and to better serve its
customers.
SPRC certifies 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
and will not exceed $5 million.
The transaction may be consummated
on or after June 20, 2012, the effective
date of the exemption.
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 June 13, 2012 (at
least 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35627, 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 Richard R. Wilson, 518 N.
Center Street, Ste. 1, Ebensburg, PA
15931.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 1, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Clearance Clerk,
Raina White.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35628]
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1 In
Fay Penn Industrial Development
Corporation—Acquisition Exemption—CSX
Transportation, Inc., FD 33051 (STB served Oct. 4,
1996), Fay Penn was authorized to acquire certain
rail lines extending between specified points in
Pennsylvania, and in Southwest Pennsylvania
Railroad Company—Operation Exemption—CSX
Transportation, Inc., FD 33051 (Sub-No. 1) (STB
served Oct. 4, 1996), SPRC was authorized to
operate the lines acquired by Fay Penn and also was
authorized to acquire four miles of incidental
trackage rights. In CSX Transportation, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in Fayette and
Westmoreland Counties, Pa., AB 55 (Sub-No. 420X)
(ICC served Nov. 28, 1994), Fay Penn, successor in
interest to Fay-Penn Land Trust, obtained authority
as the designee of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, along with the Westmoreland County
Industrial Development Corporation, to acquire a
rail line between specified points in Fayette and
Westmoreland Counties, Pa., under the agency’s
offer of financial assistance procedures. In
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company—Lease
and Operation Exemption—Lines of Westmoreland
County Industrial Development Corporation and
Fay-Penn Land Trust, FD 32737 (ICC served July 21,
1995), SPRC was authorized to lease and operate
that rail line. Most recently, in Southwest
Pennsylvania Railroad Company—Acquisition
Exemption—Laurel Hill Development Corporation,
FD 35584 (STB served Jan. 13, 2012), SPRC was
authorized to acquire a number of rail lines totaling
29.09 miles in length from LHDC extending
generally between Everson and Broadford, Pa., and
between Greene Junction and Smithfield, Pa.,
including Bowest Yard and various branch lines.
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The earliest this transaction may be
consummated is June 20, 2012, the
effective date of the exemption.
Woodland Rail 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 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 13, 2012 (at least
7 days before the exemption becomes
effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35628, 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 James E. Howard, 1
Thompson Square, Suite 201,
Charlestown, MA 02129.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 1, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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Woodland Rail, LLC—Acquisition and
Operation Exemption—Line of Maine
Central Railroad Co.
Woodland Rail, LLC (Woodland Rail),
a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire and operate a rail line known as
the Calais Industrial Track (the Line)
from Maine Central Railroad Co. The
Line is approximately 11.83 track miles
in length, with approximately 6.75 track
miles located in Maine, and
approximately 5.08 track miles located
in New Brunswick, Canada. As
Woodland Rail acknowledges in its
notice, the jurisdiction of the Board only
extends to the acquisition of the
portions of the Line within the United
States. The end points of the Line are at
engineering station 64+17 in Baileyville
and engineering station 6978+84 in
Calais, in Washington County, Me. The
transaction includes a spur track
between Woodland Junction, Me.,
which is engineering station 363+45,
and engineering station 393+37, and
another spur track at St. Croix Junction,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35629]
Eastern Maine Railway Company—
Trackage Rights Exemption—
Woodland Rail, LLC
Pursuant to a written trackage rights
agreement dated April 30, 2012,
Woodland Rail, LLC (Woodland Rail)
has agreed to grant limited,
nonexclusive trackage rights to Eastern
Maine Railway Company (EMR) over a
rail line known as the Calais Industrial
Track (the Line). The Line is
approximately 11.83 track miles in
length, with approximately 6.75 track
miles located in Maine and
1 In a related transaction, Woodland Rail has
agreed to grant trackage rights to Eastern Maine
Railway Co. (EMR) to enable EMR to serve a pulp
mill owned and operated by Woodland Pulp, LLC.
See E. Me. Ry.—Trackage Rights Exemption—
Woodland Rail, LLC, FD 35629 (STB served June 6,
2012).
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approximately 5.08 track miles located
in New Brunswick, Canada. As EMR
acknowledges in its notice, the
jurisdiction of the Board only extends to
the portions of the Line within the
United States. The end points of the
Line are at engineering station 64+17 in
Baileyville and engineering station
6978+84 in Calais, in Washington
County, Me. The transaction includes a
spur track between Woodland Junction,
Me., which is engineering station
363+45, and engineering station 393+37
and another spur track at St. Croix
Junction, Me., which is engineering
station 6817+12.1
The transaction is scheduled to be
consummated on June 21, 2012, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the exemption was filed).
The purpose of the transaction is to
permit EMR to directly serve a pulp mill
owned by Woodland Pulp, LLC in
Baileyville. EMR will be able to serve
the mill with both inbound and
outbound traffic, and EMR will also
have all rights needed to interchange or
provide run-through service with New
Brunswick Southern Railway. Other
than direct service to the mill, EMR’s
rights on the Line will be overhead only,
and EMR will be prohibited from
serving any other locations or shippers
on the Line.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employees affected by the trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions imposed in Norfolk &
Western Railway—Trackage Rights—
Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605
(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast
Railway—Lease & Operate—California
Western Railroad, 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. Petitions for stay must
be filed by June 14, 2012 (at least 7 days
before the exemption becomes
effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35629, 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 David E. Benz; Thompson
1 In
a related transaction, Woodland Rail has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR
1150.31 to acquire and operate the Line from Maine
Central Railroad Co. See Woodland Rail, LLC—
Acquis. & Operation Exemption—Line of Me. Cent.
R.R., FD 35628 (STB served June 6, 2012).
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Hine LLP; Suite 700; 1919 M Street
NW., Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 1, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons
Pursuant to Executive Order 12978
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the
names of the individuals and entities
whose property and interests in
property have been unblocked pursuant
to Executive Order 12978 of October 21,
1995, ‘‘Blocking Assets and Prohibiting
Transactions With Significant Narcotics
Traffickers’’.
DATES: The unblocking and removal
from the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN
List’’) of the individuals and entities
identified in this notice whose property
and interests in property were blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of
October 21, 1995, is effective on May 24,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, Department
of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel:
(202) 622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on demand
service at (202) 622–0077.
Background
On October 21, 1995, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706)
(‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order
12978 (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995)
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(the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the
President declared a national emergency
to deal with the threat posed by
significant foreign narcotics traffickers
centered in Colombia and the harm that
they cause in the United States and
abroad.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The foreign persons listed in an Annex
to the Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of
Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General and the Secretary of
State: (a) to play a significant role in
international narcotics trafficking
centered in Colombia; or (b) to
materially assist in, or provide financial
or technological support for or goods or
services in support of, the narcotics
trafficking activities of persons
designated in or pursuant to the Order;
and (3) persons determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Attorney General
and the Secretary of State, to be owned
or controlled by, or to act for or on
behalf of, persons designated pursuant
to the Order.
On May 24, 2012, the Director of
OFAC removed from the SDN List the
individuals and entities listed below,
whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to the
Order:
Individuals
1. AGUILAR ROJAS, Luz Elena, c/o
PARQUE INDUSTRIAL PROGRESO
S.A., Yumbo, Colombia; c/o
GEOPLASTICOS S.A., Cali, Colombia;
DOB 14 Mar 1966; POB Cali, Valle,
Colombia; Cedula No. 31940893
(Colombia); Passport 31940893
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
2. LARES RANGEL, Jose Luis, c/o
GRUPO C.L.P. CONSTRUCTORA S.A.
DE C.V.; Calle Lopez Cotilla 2032, Piso
10, Colonia Americana, Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico; Ignacio Ramos Praslow
640, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; DOB
18 Apr 1942; POB Ciudad Guzman,
Jalisco, Mexico; citizen Mexico;
nationality Mexico; C.U.R.P.
LARL420418HJCRNS01 (Mexico)
(individual) [SDNT]
Entities
1. CORPORACION CLUB
DEPORTIVO TULUA (a.k.a.
CORTULUA), Carrera 26 No. 32–70 B.
Salesiano, Tulua, Valle, Colombia; NIT
# 800097185–2 (Colombia) [SDNT]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35629]
Eastern Maine Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Woodland Rail, LLC
Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated April 30,
2012, Woodland Rail, LLC (Woodland Rail) has agreed to grant limited,
nonexclusive trackage rights to Eastern Maine Railway Company (EMR)
over a rail line known as the Calais Industrial Track (the Line). The
Line is approximately 11.83 track miles in length, with approximately
6.75 track miles located in Maine and
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approximately 5.08 track miles located in New Brunswick, Canada. As EMR
acknowledges in its notice, the jurisdiction of the Board only extends
to the portions of the Line within the United States. The end points of
the Line are at engineering station 64+17 in Baileyville and
engineering station 6978+84 in Calais, in Washington County, Me. The
transaction includes a spur track between Woodland Junction, Me., which
is engineering station 363+45, and engineering station 393+37 and
another spur track at St. Croix Junction, Me., which is engineering
station 6817+12.\1\
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\1\ In a related transaction, Woodland Rail has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate the
Line from Maine Central Railroad Co. See Woodland Rail, LLC--Acquis.
& Operation Exemption--Line of Me. Cent. R.R., FD 35628 (STB served
June 6, 2012).
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The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on June 21, 2012,
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was
filed).
The purpose of the transaction is to permit EMR to directly serve a
pulp mill owned by Woodland Pulp, LLC in Baileyville. EMR will be able
to serve the mill with both inbound and outbound traffic, and EMR will
also have all rights needed to interchange or provide run-through
service with New Brunswick Southern Railway. Other than direct service
to the mill, EMR's rights on the Line will be overhead only, and EMR
will be prohibited from serving any other locations or shippers on the
Line.
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk
& Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington Northern, Inc., 354
I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease &
Operate--California Western Railroad, 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. Petitions for
stay must be filed by June 14, 2012 (at least 7 days before the
exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 35629, 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 David E. Benz; Thompson Hine LLP; Suite 700;
1919 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 1, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012-13699 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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