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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1109X]
City of Belfast, Me.—Abandonment
Exemption—in Belfast, Me.
On January 10, 2014,1 the city of
Belfast, Maine (the City) filed with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) a
petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for
exemption from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to
abandon approximately 2.0 miles of rail
line known as the Belfast and
Moosehead Lake Railroad, extending
between milepost 0.33 in downtown
Belfast at the U.S. Route 1 overpass and
milepost 2.33, located approximately at
Oak Hill Road in the City of Belfast,
Waldo County, Me. (the Line). The Line
1 The City originally submitted a verified notice
of exemption seeking abandonment of the Line on
June 25, 2013. However, this abandonment
proceeding was held in abeyance on August 13,
2013, to permit the City to seek the requisite
regulatory authority to acquire the Line. City of
Belfast, Me.—Acquis. Exemption—Certain Assets of
Belfast & Moosehead Lake R.R., FD 35766 (STB
Served Dec. 26, 2013). The acquisition exemption
sought by the City in Docket No. FD 35766 became
effective on January 9, 2014. On December 9, 2013,
the City filed a verified statement and amendment
in Docket No. AB 1109X asking the Board to
convert the notice of exemption seeking
abandonment into a petition for abandonment. By
publication of this notice, the abandonment
proceeding is removed from abeyance, and the
petition for abandonment is deemed to have been
filed on January 10, 2014.
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traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Code 04915 and includes the station
of City Point at milepost 2.16.2
The City states that, based on
information in its possession, the Line
does not contain federally granted
rights-of-way. Any documentation in
the City’s possession will be made
available promptly to those requesting
it.
The interest of railroad employees
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
By issuing this notice, the Board is
instituting an exemption proceeding
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final
decision will be issued no later than
April 30, 2014.
Any offer of financial assistance
(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will
be due no later than May 9, 2014, or 10
days after service of a decision granting
the petition for exemption, whichever
occurs sooner. Each OFA must be
accompanied by a $1,600 filing fee. See
49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
All interested persons should be
aware that, following abandonment of
rail service and salvage of the line, the
line may be suitable for other public
use, including interim trail use. Any
request for a public use condition under
49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail
banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be
due no later than February 19, 2014.3
Each trail use request must be
accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49
CFR 1002.2(f)(27).
All filings in response to this notice
must refer to Docket No. AB 1109X and
must be sent to: (1) Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2)
Kristin M. Collins, Kelly & Collins, LLC,
96 High Street, Belfast, ME 04915.
Replies to the petition are due on or
before February 19, 2014.
Persons seeking further information
concerning abandonment procedures
may contact the Board’s Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer
2 The City states that there has been no freight
traffic on the Line since 1990.
3 The City states that it has determined that the
best use of the line is a scenic recreational walking
and bicycling trail and asks the Board to issue a
notice of interim trail use (NITU). It is well
established that OFAs to acquire rail lines for
continued rail service or to subsidize rail operations
take priority over interim trail use/rail banking. See,
e.g., Mid-Michigan R.R.—Aban. Exemption—In
Kent, Ionia, & Montcalm Cntys., Mich., AB 364
(Sub-No. 12X) (STB served Apr. 4, 2008). Thus, any
NITU the Board may issue cannot take effect until
after the OFA process has been allowed to proceed.
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to the full abandonment or
discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR
part 1152. Questions concerning
environmental issues may be directed to
the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0305.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
An environmental assessment (EA) (or
environmental impact statement (EIS), if
necessary) prepared by OEA will be
served upon all parties of record and
upon any agencies or other persons who
commented during its preparation.
Other interested persons may contact
OEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS).
The EA in this abandonment proceeding
was made available on January 24, 2014.
The deadline for submission of
comments on the EA is February 3,
2014.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: January 27, 2014.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB 1095 (Sub-No. 1)]
Paulsboro Refining Company LLC—
Adverse Abandonment—In Gloucester
County, NJ.
On January 10, 2014, Paulsboro
Refining Company LLC (PRC) filed an
application under 49 U.S.C. 10903,
requesting that the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) authorize
the third-party or adverse abandonment
of approximately 5.8 miles of rail line
(the Line) owned by PRC and currently
operated by SMS Rail Service, Inc.
(SMS). The Line is in Gloucester
County, N.J., and traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Code 08066. There
are no mileposts or stations associated
with the Line. The application is
available on the Board’s Web site at
https://www.stb.dot.gov, or a copy can be
secured from applicant’s counsel, whose
name and address appear below.
PRC owns a 970-acre refinery in
Paulsboro, N.J. Within this facility, it
owns the Line, which consists of
approximately 5.8 miles of railroad
tracks. SMS has provided service over
the Line since August 2000, when it
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entered into an operating agreement
with the facility’s prior owner, Valero
Refining Company—New Jersey (ValeroNJ).1 Under the agreement, as amended,
SMS provides common carrier service
by interchanging traffic with
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail),
on behalf of Norfolk Southern Railway
Company (NSR) and CSX
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT). SMS also
provides plant switching services under
the agreement.
PRC states that it no longer needs or
seeks to use the common carrier services
of SMS, and it wishes to receive its
common carrier service from NSR,
CSXT, or their agent Conrail, and to
have its internal switching performed by
a noncarrier switching contractor. PRC
states that SMS currently serves only it
and, to a minor extent, ExxonMobil
Corporation (ExxonMobil). PRC adds
that ExxonMobil ‘‘can also be served by
PRC’s contract switching carrier’’ and
does not object to the abandonment.
PRC advises that it has given SMS
proper notice of termination, as
provided by their contract, but that SMS
has refused to vacate the Line or file for
abandonment authority to terminate its
operations. According to PRC, it filed
the instant application to remove Board
jurisdiction from SMS’s operation of the
Line so that PRC can proceed to evict
SMS under New Jersey state law.
In a decision served in this
proceeding on July 26, 2012, PRC was
granted exemptions from several
statutory provisions as well as waivers
of certain Board regulations at 49 CFR
part 1152 that were not relevant to its
adverse abandonment application or
that sought information not available to
it. Specifically, PRC was granted
waivers of certain requirements
pertaining to the notice of intent
prescribed at 49 CFR 1152.21;
exemption from 49 U.S.C. 10903(c) and
waiver of 49 CFR 1152.22(a)(5)
pertaining to System Diagram Maps;
waiver of 49 CFR 1152.20(a)(2)(x) that
notice be served on Amtrak; waiver of
49 CFR 1152.20(a)(2)(xii) that notice be
served on the headquarters of all duly
certified labor organizations; exemption
from 49 U.S.C. 10903(a)(3)(B) and
waiver of 49 CFR 1152.20(a)(3)
concerning posting the notice of intent;
waiver of 49 CFR 1152.33(d) pertaining
to revenue and cost data; waiver of 49
CFR 1152.22(i) concerning the wording
of this notice; exemption from 49 U.S.C.
10904 and waiver of 49 CFR 1152.27,
which govern an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) to continue common
1 See SMS Rail Service—Acquis. and Operation
Exemption—Valero Refining Co.—N. J., FD 33927
(STB served Sept. 22, 2000).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1109X]
City of Belfast, Me.--Abandonment Exemption--in Belfast, Me.
On January 10, 2014,\1\ the city of Belfast, Maine (the City) filed
with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49
U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the prior approval requirements of 49
U.S.C. 10903 to abandon approximately 2.0 miles of rail line known as
the Belfast and Moosehead Lake Railroad, extending between milepost
0.33 in downtown Belfast at the U.S. Route 1 overpass and milepost
2.33, located approximately at Oak Hill Road in the City of Belfast,
Waldo County, Me. (the Line). The Line
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traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 04915 and includes the
station of City Point at milepost 2.16.\2\
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\1\ The City originally submitted a verified notice of exemption
seeking abandonment of the Line on June 25, 2013. However, this
abandonment proceeding was held in abeyance on August 13, 2013, to
permit the City to seek the requisite regulatory authority to
acquire the Line. City of Belfast, Me.--Acquis. Exemption--Certain
Assets of Belfast & Moosehead Lake R.R., FD 35766 (STB Served Dec.
26, 2013). The acquisition exemption sought by the City in Docket
No. FD 35766 became effective on January 9, 2014. On December 9,
2013, the City filed a verified statement and amendment in Docket
No. AB 1109X asking the Board to convert the notice of exemption
seeking abandonment into a petition for abandonment. By publication
of this notice, the abandonment proceeding is removed from abeyance,
and the petition for abandonment is deemed to have been filed on
January 10, 2014.
\2\ The City states that there has been no freight traffic on
the Line since 1990.
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The City states that, based on information in its possession, the
Line does not contain federally granted rights-of-way. Any
documentation in the City's possession will be made available promptly
to those requesting it.
The interest of railroad employees will be protected by the
conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad--Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties,
Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
By issuing this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption
proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be
issued no later than April 30, 2014.
Any offer of financial assistance (OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2)
will be due no later than May 9, 2014, or 10 days after service of a
decision granting the petition for exemption, whichever occurs sooner.
Each OFA must be accompanied by a $1,600 filing fee. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
All interested persons should be aware that, following abandonment
of rail service and salvage of the line, the line may be suitable for
other public use, including interim trail use. Any request for a public
use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail banking under
49 CFR 1152.29 will be due no later than February 19, 2014.\3\ Each
trail use request must be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(27).
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\3\ The City states that it has determined that the best use of
the line is a scenic recreational walking and bicycling trail and
asks the Board to issue a notice of interim trail use (NITU). It is
well established that OFAs to acquire rail lines for continued rail
service or to subsidize rail operations take priority over interim
trail use/rail banking. See, e.g., Mid-Michigan R.R.--Aban.
Exemption--In Kent, Ionia, & Montcalm Cntys., Mich., AB 364 (Sub-No.
12X) (STB served Apr. 4, 2008). Thus, any NITU the Board may issue
cannot take effect until after the OFA process has been allowed to
proceed.
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All filings in response to this notice must refer to Docket No. AB
1109X and must be sent to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001; and (2) Kristin M. Collins,
Kelly & Collins, LLC, 96 High Street, Belfast, ME 04915. Replies to the
petition are due on or before February 19, 2014.
Persons seeking further information concerning abandonment
procedures may contact the Board's Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245-0238 or refer to the
full abandonment or discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.
Questions concerning environmental issues may be directed to the
Board's Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245-0305.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
An environmental assessment (EA) (or environmental impact statement
(EIS), if necessary) prepared by OEA will be served upon all parties of
record and upon any agencies or other persons who commented during its
preparation. Other interested persons may contact OEA to obtain a copy
of the EA (or EIS). The EA in this abandonment proceeding was made
available on January 24, 2014. The deadline for submission of comments
on the EA is February 3, 2014.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: January 27, 2014.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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