Grenada Railway LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, 3663 [2014-01130]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1087 (Sub-No. 2X)]
Grenada Railway LLC—Abandonment
Exemption—in Yalobusha County,
Mississippi
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Grenada Railway LLC (GRYR) has
filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—
Exempt Abandonments to abandon its
Water Valley Branch railroad line
between milepost 604.0 at Water Valley
Junction and milepost 614.42 at Bruce
Junction, a distance of 10.42 miles, in
Yalobusha County, Miss. The line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 38965 and 38915, and
includes the Water Valley and Bruce
Stations.
GRYR has certified that no local or
overhead traffic has moved over the line
for at least two years and that 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. GRYR further has
certified that 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
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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 February
21, 2014, 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 February
3, 2014. Petitions to reopen or requests
for public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by February 11,
2014, 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 GRYR’s
representative: Fritz R. Kahn, Fritz R.
Kahn, P.C., 1919 M Street NW., (7th
Floor), Washington, DC 20036.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
GRYR has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
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.
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abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
January 27, 2014. 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 1–
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), GRYR 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
GRYR’s filing of a notice of
consummation by January 22, 2015, 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.
Dated: January 15, 2014.
By the Board,
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1087 (Sub-No. 2X)]
Grenada Railway LLC--Abandonment Exemption--in Yalobusha County,
Mississippi
Grenada Railway LLC (GRYR) has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon its
Water Valley Branch railroad line between milepost 604.0 at Water
Valley Junction and milepost 614.42 at Bruce Junction, a distance of
10.42 miles, in Yalobusha County, Miss. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 38965 and 38915, and includes the Water
Valley and Bruce Stations.
GRYR has certified that no local or overhead traffic has moved over
the line for at least two years and that 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. GRYR further has certified that
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 February 21, 2014, 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
February 3, 2014. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by February 11, 2014,
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.
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
GRYR's representative: Fritz R. Kahn, Fritz R. Kahn, P.C., 1919 M
Street NW., (7th Floor), Washington, DC 20036.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
GRYR 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 January 27, 2014. 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 1-800-877-8339. 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), GRYR 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 GRYR's filing of a notice of
consummation by January 22, 2015, 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.
Dated: January 15, 2014.
By the Board,
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-01130 Filed 1-21-14; 8:45 am]
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