Central of Georgia Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Newton County, Ga., 43273-43274 [2013-17282]

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The ITS Joint Program Office requests that written comments be submitted not later than July 31, 2013. Notice of this meeting is provided in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the General Services Administration regulations (41 CFR Part 102–3) covering management of Federal advisory committees. Issued in Washington, DC, on the 15th day of July 2013. John Augustine, Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office. [FR Doc. 2013–17358 Filed 7–18–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 343X)] Central of Georgia Railroad Company—Abandonment Exemption— in Newton County, Ga. Central of Georgia Railroad Company (CGA) 1 has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 14.90 miles of rail line between milepost E 65.80 (at the point of the line’s crossing of Route 229 in Newborn) and milepost E 80.70 (near the intersection of Washington Street SW., and Turner Lake Road SW., in Covington), in Newton County, Ga. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 30014, 30055, and 30056. CGA 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 for at least two years, and if there were any overhead traffic, it could 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 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 1 CGA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway Company. PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 43273 (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 August 20, 2013, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,2 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by July 29, 2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by August 8, 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 CGA’s representative: Robert A. Wimbish, Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. CGA 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 July 26, 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 2 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. 3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 43274 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 139 / Friday, July 19, 2013 / Notices 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), CGA 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 CGA’s filing of a notice of consummation by July 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: July 12, 2013. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Derrick A. Gardner, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2013–17282 Filed 7–18–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35750] emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority—Acquisition Exemption— Right to Restore Rail Service Over a Railbanked Right-of-Way in Ramsey County, Minn. Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority (RCRRA), a noncarrier political subdivision of the State of Minnesota, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from the City of Maplewood, Minn. (the City), the right to restore rail service over a rail banked right-of-way, a distance of .67 miles, extending between milepost 7.19, approximately 100 feet north of Interstate Highway I–694 in White Bear Township, and milepost 6.52, approximately 50 feet north of Beam Avenue in the City (the line), in Ramsey County, Minn. In a related prior transaction, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) filed a verified notice of exemption to abandon the line,1 and the Board issued a Notice of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment (NITU) under section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. 1247(d), and 49 CFR 1152.29 to permit the City to negotiate with BNSF to acquire the line for use as a trail (rail 1 BNSF Railway—Aban. Exemption—in Ramsey Cnty., Minn., AB 6 (Sub.-No. 429X) (STB served Aug. 10, 2005). VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:33 Jul 18, 2013 Jkt 229001 banking/interim trail use).2 On October 28, 2005, the parties filed, in the abandonment docket, a notice that a rail banking/interim trail use agreement had been reached.3 By quitclaim deed dated September 26, 2005, BNSF conveyed the line to the City along with BNSF’s right to restore service over the right-of-way. The City obtained Board authority to acquire the right to restore rail service in 2010.4 The City stated that it or an operator contracted by the City would operate over the line if service were restored. The City and RCRRA now seek to convey the right to restore rail service over the right-of-way from the City to RCRRA.5 The parties state that an agreement between RCRRA and the City has been reached for RCRRA’s acquisition of the City’s right to restore rail service over the right-of-way. RCRRA or an operator contracted by RCRRA would operate the rail line if rail service were to be restored. The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after August 2, 2013 (30 days after the exemption was filed). RCRRA certifies that its projected annual revenues from the acquisition involved in this proceeding do not exceed $5 million or exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III carrier. 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 to stay must be filed no later than July 26, 2013 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35750, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. In addition, one copy of each pleading must be served on Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. McFarland, P.C., 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604–1112. 2 BNSF Railway—Aban. Exemption—in Ramsey Cnty., Minn., AB 6 (Sub.-No. 429X) (STB served Sept. 8, 2005). 3 See Notice of Interim Trail Use Agreement, BNSF Railway—Aban. Exemption—in Ramsey Cnty., Minn., AB 6 (Sub.-No. 429X) (filed Oct. 28, 2005). 4 City of Maplewood, Minn.—Aquis. Exemption— Right to Restore Rail Serv. Over a Railbanked Rightof-Way in Ramsey Cnty., Minn., FD 35450 (STB served Dec. 23, 2010). 5 RCRRA and the City have also filed a petition to substitute trail user, pursuant to which RCRRA seeks to become the trail sponsor of the line. BNSF Railway—Aban. Exemption—in Ramsey Cnty., Minn., AB 6 (Sub.-No. 429X) (filed July 3, 2013). PO 00000 Frm 00135 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: July 12, 2013. By the Board, Rachel D. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43273-43274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17282]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 343X)]


Central of Georgia Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in 
Newton County, Ga.

    Central of Georgia Railroad Company (CGA) \1\ has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt 
Abandonments to abandon approximately 14.90 miles of rail line between 
milepost E 65.80 (at the point of the line's crossing of Route 229 in 
Newborn) and milepost E 80.70 (near the intersection of Washington 
Street SW., and Turner Lake Road SW., in Covington), in Newton County, 
Ga. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 30014, 
30055, and 30056.
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    \1\ CGA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway 
Company.
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    CGA 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 for at least two years, and if there were any overhead traffic, it 
could 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 
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 August 20, 2013, unless stayed pending reconsideration. 
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\2\ formal 
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\3\ and 
trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by 
July 29, 2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use 
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by August 8, 2013, with 
the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 
20423-0001.
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    \2\ 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.
    \3\ 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 CGA's 
representative: Robert A. Wimbish, Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio.
    CGA 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 July 26, 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

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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), CGA 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 CGA's filing of a notice of 
consummation by July 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: July 12, 2013.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-17282 Filed 7-18-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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