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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 6 (Sub-No. 487X)]
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BNSF Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Cook
County, Ill.
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has
filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F–
Exempt Abandonments to abandon
approximately 1.1 miles of rail line in
Chicago, in Cook County, Ill., as follows:
(1) Approximately 0.50 miles of track
(Sangamon Street Line) from south of
Western Avenue Yard at 16th Street
(Station 186+79), extending to the red
board south of Cullerton Street (Station
163+50); and (2) approximately 0.60
miles of track (Lumber Street Line) from
West Cermak Road at the Colonial Brick
switch (Station 157+65), extending to
the end of the line on Lumber Street
(Station 197+81). The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
60608 and 60616.
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BNSF has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least two 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 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 April 5,
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 18,
2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by March 26,
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 BNSF’s
representative: Karl Morell, BALL
JANIK LLP, Suite 225, 655 Fifteenth
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
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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BNSF has filed environmental and
historic reports that address the effects,
if any, of the abandonment on the
environment and historic resources.
OEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by March 11, 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), BNSF 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
BNSF’s filing of a notice of
consummation by March 6, 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: March 1, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 6 (Sub-No. 487X)]
BNSF Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Cook County, Ill.
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F-Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 1.1 miles of rail line in Chicago, in Cook
County, Ill., as follows: (1) Approximately 0.50 miles of track
(Sangamon Street Line) from south of Western Avenue Yard at 16th Street
(Station 186+79), extending to the red board south of Cullerton Street
(Station 163+50); and (2) approximately 0.60 miles of track (Lumber
Street Line) from West Cermak Road at the Colonial Brick switch
(Station 157+65), extending to the end of the line on Lumber Street
(Station 197+81). The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip
Codes 60608 and 60616.
BNSF has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
line for at least two 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 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 April 5, 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 18, 2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by March 26, 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
BNSF's representative: Karl Morell, BALL JANIK LLP, Suite 225, 655
Fifteenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
BNSF has filed environmental and historic reports that address the
effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic
resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by March 11,
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), BNSF 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 BNSF's filing of a notice of
consummation by March 6, 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: March 1, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-05175 Filed 3-5-13; 8:45 am]
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