Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-In Branch and St. Joseph Counties, MI, 61657-61658 [2012-24797]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2012–0054]
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Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
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15, 2012, the National Railroad
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Docket Number FRA–2012–0054.
The Confidential Close Call Reporting
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and the United Transportation Union
desire to shield the reporting employee
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in selected sections of 49 CFR Part 242,
to encourage conductor reporting of
close calls and protect conductors and
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arising from the incidents reported
pursuant to the Memorandum of
Understanding for the C3RS, dated May
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1102X]
Indiana Northeastern Railroad
Company—Abandonment Exemption—
In Branch and St. Joseph Counties, MI
Indiana Northeastern Railroad
Company (IN) has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to
abandon 19.37 miles of rail line located
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between milepost 81.32 near Coldwater
in Branch County, Mich., and milepost
100.69 near Sturgis in St. Joseph
County, Mich. (the Line). The Line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 49036, 49028, 49030 and
49091.
IN has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the Line for at
least two years; (2) overhead traffic on
the Line, if any, can 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 a complainant
within the two-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
November 8, 2012, 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 October 19, 2012. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by October 29, 2012, with the
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
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 $1,600. See
Regulations Governing Fees for Servs. Performed in
Connection with Licensing and Related Servs.—
2012 Update, EP 542 (Sub-No. 20) (STB served July
27, 2012).
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A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to applicant’s
representative: Carl M. Miller, Miller &
Harants, 618 Professional Park Drive,
New Haven, IN 46774.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
IN has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
October 12, 2012. 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) 877–3339. 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), IN 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
filing of a notice of consummation by
October 9, 2013, 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
‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: October 2, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
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[Docket No. AB 433 (Sub-No. 4X)]
Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad
Company—Discontinuance of
Trackage Rights Exemption—in
Canyon, Payette and Washington
Counties, ID
On September 19, 2012, Idaho
Northern & Pacific Railroad Company
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(INPR) filed with the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) a petition
under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption
from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903
to discontinue overhead trackage rights
over a 53.09-mile line of railroad owned
by Union Pacific Railroad Company,
between milepost 519.0 at Weiser, and
milepost 465.91, at Caldwell Junction,
in Canyon, Payette and Washington
Counties, Idaho.1 The line traverses U.S.
Postal Service Zip Codes 83605, 83607,
83660, 83661, 83672, and 97914.
The interest of railroad employees
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
By issuance of this notice, the Board
is instituting an exemption proceeding
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final
decision will be issued by January 7,
2013.
Because this is a discontinuance
proceeding and not an abandonment,
trail use/rail banking and public use
conditions are not appropriate.
Similarly, no environmental or historic
documentation is required under 49
CFR 1105.6(c)(2) and 1105.8(b).
Any offer of financial assistance
(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) to
subsidize continued rail service will be
due no later than 10 days after service
of a decision granting the petition for
exemption. Each OFA must be
accompanied by the filing fee, which is
currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
All filings in response to this notice
must refer to Docket No. AB 433 (SubNo. 4X) and must be sent to: (1) Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2)
Karl Morell, 655 Fifteenth Street NW.,
Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.
Replies to the petition are due on or
before October 29, 2012.
Persons seeking further information
concerning discontinuance procedures
may contact the Board’s Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer
to the full abandonment and
discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR
1 INPR
was granted authority to acquire the
trackage rights as part of the transaction in Idaho
Northern & Pacific Railroad Company—Lease,
Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Union
Pacific Railroad Company, FD 32370 (ICC served
Dec. 7, 1993). According to INPR, the portion of the
trackage rights located between milepost 465.91, at
Caldwell Junction, and milepost 454.0, at Nampa,
was assigned to Boise Valley Railroad, Inc., in Boise
Valley Railroad, Inc.—Assignment of Lease
Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company and
Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company, FD
35259 (STB served Oct. 2, 2009).
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1152. Questions concerning
environmental issues may be directed to
the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis at (202) 245–0305. [Assistance
for the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: October 3, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1102X]
Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--In
Branch and St. Joseph Counties, MI
Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company (IN) has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt
Abandonments to abandon 19.37 miles of rail line located between
milepost 81.32 near Coldwater in Branch County, Mich., and milepost
100.69 near Sturgis in St. Joseph County, Mich. (the Line). The Line
traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 49036, 49028, 49030
and 49091.
IN has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the Line
for at least two years; (2) overhead traffic on the Line, if any, can
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 a
complainant within the two-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 November 8, 2012, 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
October 19, 2012. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by October 29, 2012, with
the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
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Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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\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 $1,600. See Regulations Governing Fees for Servs.
Performed in Connection with Licensing and Related Servs.--2012
Update, EP 542 (Sub-No. 20) (STB served July 27, 2012).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
applicant's representative: Carl M. Miller, Miller & Harants, 618
Professional Park Drive, New Haven, IN 46774.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
IN has filed a combined environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA)
by October 12, 2012. 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) 877-3339. 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), IN 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 filing of a notice of consummation by October 9,
2013, 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
``www.stb.dot.gov.''
Decided: October 2, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012-24797 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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