Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Calhoun County, AL, 11733 [2013-03730]
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BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 334X)]
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Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Calhoun
County, AL
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152
subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 1.81 miles of
rail line extending between former
Eastern Alabama Railway milepost LAM
508.08 (near the intersection of W. 10th
and Pipe Streets) and milepost LAM
509.89 (to the east of the eastern end of
W. 30th Street), in Anniston, in Calhoun
County, Ala. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 36201.
NSR has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least two years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over 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 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.
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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 March
21, 2013, 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 March 1,
2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by March 11,
2013, 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 NSR’s
representative: Robert A. Wimbish, 2401
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20037.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
NSR 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
February 22, 2013. 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 at
(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), NSR shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
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 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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granted and fully abandoned the line. If
consummation has not been effected by
NSR’s filing of a notice of
consummation by February 19, 2014,
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: February 13, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013–03730 Filed 2–15–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1000 (Sub-No. 2X); Docket
No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 344X)]
Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc.—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Chattahoochee, Marion,
and Schley Counties, GA.; Central of
Georgia Railroad Company—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Chattahoochee, Marion,
and Schley Counties, GA
Central of Georgia Railroad Company
(CGA) and Georgia Southwestern
Railroad, Inc. (GSWR) (collectively,
applicants) have jointly filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part
1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments
and Discontinuances of Service for each
carrier to discontinue service over
approximately 33 miles of rail line
between milepost 12.0 at or near
Ochillee and milepost 45.0 near
Ellaville, in Chattahoochee, Marion, and
Schley Counties, GA (the line).
Applicants state that the line is a
portion of a CGA-owned rail line
extending between Ochillee and
milepost 61.5 in Americus, GA, that is
leased to GSWR. The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
31803, 31805, 31806, and 31905.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the line for
at least two years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over the line for at least two
years and overhead traffic, if any, could
be transported over other rail routes; (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
or with any U.S. District Court or has
been decided in favor of complainant
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 334X)]
Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--in
Calhoun County, AL
Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F-Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 1.81 miles of rail line extending between former
Eastern Alabama Railway milepost LAM 508.08 (near the intersection of
W. 10th and Pipe Streets) and milepost LAM 509.89 (to the east of the
eastern end of W. 30th Street), in Anniston, in Calhoun County, Ala.
The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 36201.
NSR has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
line for at least two years; (2) no overhead traffic has moved over 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 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 March 21, 2013, 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
March 1, 2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by March 11, 2013, with
the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 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 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to NSR's
representative: Robert A. Wimbish, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite
300, Washington, DC 20037.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
NSR 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 February 22, 2013. 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 at (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), NSR 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 NSR's filing of a notice of
consummation by February 19, 2014, 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: February 13, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-03730 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
