City of Belfast, Me.-Acquisition Exemption-Certain Assets of Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company, 78507 [2013-30824]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35766]
78507
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 January 2, 2014.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35766, 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 Kristin M. Collins, Kelly &
Collins, LLC, 96 High Street, Belfast, ME
04915.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’
Decided: December 20, 2013.
By the Board,
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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City of Belfast, Me.—Acquisition
Exemption—Certain Assets of Belfast
and Moosehead Lake Railroad
Company
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The City of Belfast, Me. (the City), a
noncarrier municipality, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1150.31 to acquire a line of railroad
between Pierce Street in downtown
Belfast, Me., to the Belfast/Waldo town
line at milepost 3.14 (the Line).1
The City states that it acquired the
Line from Unity Property Management
by Release Deed dated July 2, 2010. The
City now seeks Board authorization for
that transaction. The City states that it
has not provided any freight service
over the Line and was not aware at the
time that it needed Board authorization
to acquire the Line.
The City certifies that it derives only
de minimis revenue from the Line and
that the projected annual revenues as a
result of this transaction will not exceed
those that would qualify the City as a
Class III rail carrier.
The exemption will become effective
on January 9, 2014.2
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)
Surface Transportation Board
1 In a related proceeding currently held in
abeyance, the City is seeking authorization to
abandon a portion of the Line. See City of Belfast,
Me.—Aban. Exemption—in Belfast, Me., Docket No.
AB 1109X.
2 This notice was scheduled to be published in
the Federal Register during the time that the agency
was closed due to a lapse in appropriations.
Publication of this notice was further delayed by
the unique circumstances of this case and the
related abandonment proceeding. As a result, the
effective date of the exemption has been delayed.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. FD 35724 (Sub-No. 1)]
California High-Speed Rail Authority—
Construction Exemption—In Fresno,
Kings, Tulare, and Kern Counties, CA
By petition filed on September 26,
2013, California High-Speed Rail
Authority (Authority), a state agency
formed in 1996, seeks an exemption
under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.
10901 for authority to construct an
approximately 114-mile high-speed
passenger rail line between Fresno and
Bakersfield, Cal. (the Line).1
In a decision served December 4,
2013, and published in the Federal
Register on December 9, 2013 (78 Fed.
Reg. 73,921), the Board instituted a
proceeding and extended the deadline
for comments on the transportation
merits of the proposed construction to
December 24, 2013. The Board also
denied the Authority’s request that the
Board conditionally grant the exemption
authority by addressing the
transportation aspects of the proposed
project before the environmental review
process has been completed.
1 By decision served June 13, 2013, in California
High-Speed Rail Authority—Construction
Exemption—in Merced, Madera, & Fresno Counties,
Cal., FD 35724 (the main docket), the Board granted
an exemption for the Authority to construct the first
65-mile segment of the planned California HighSpeed Train System (HST System), between Merced
and Fresno, California. The Line is the second
segment of the proposed HST System.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35766]
City of Belfast, Me.--Acquisition Exemption--Certain Assets of
Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad Company
The City of Belfast, Me. (the City), a noncarrier municipality, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire a
line of railroad between Pierce Street in downtown Belfast, Me., to the
Belfast/Waldo town line at milepost 3.14 (the Line).\1\
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\1\ In a related proceeding currently held in abeyance, the City
is seeking authorization to abandon a portion of the Line. See City
of Belfast, Me.--Aban. Exemption--in Belfast, Me., Docket No. AB
1109X.
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The City states that it acquired the Line from Unity Property
Management by Release Deed dated July 2, 2010. The City now seeks Board
authorization for that transaction. The City states that it has not
provided any freight service over the Line and was not aware at the
time that it needed Board authorization to acquire the Line.
The City certifies that it derives only de minimis revenue from the
Line and that the projected annual revenues as a result of this
transaction will not exceed those that would qualify the City as a
Class III rail carrier.
The exemption will become effective on January 9, 2014.\2\
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\2\ This notice was scheduled to be published in the Federal
Register during the time that the agency was closed due to a lapse
in appropriations. Publication of this notice was further delayed by
the unique circumstances of this case and the related abandonment
proceeding. As a result, the effective date of the exemption has
been delayed.
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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 January 2,
2014.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 35766, 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 Kristin M. Collins, Kelly & Collins, LLC, 96
High Street, Belfast, ME 04915.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: December 20, 2013.
By the Board,
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-30824 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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