Fortress Investment Group LLC-Continuance in Control Exemption-Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C. and Central Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc., 11498-11499 [2014-04461]
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60 days before this exemption is to
become effective, to send notice of the
transaction to the national offices of the
labor unions with employees on the
affected lines, post a copy of the notice
at the workplace of the employees on
the affected lines, and certify to the
Board that it has done so. 49 CFR
1150.32(e). CMQR, concurrently with its
notice of exemption, filed a petition for
waiver of the 60-day advance labor
notice period. CMQR’s waiver request
will be addressed in a separate decision.
CMQR states that it intends to
consummate the transaction as soon as
practicable after the effective date of this
exemption. The Board will establish in
a separate decision on the waiver
request the earliest date that this
transaction may be consummated.
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 for stay must
be filed no later than March 7, 2014.4
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35805 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 Robert J. Keach, Esq.
(as Trustee for MMA), c/o Bernstein,
Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., 100
Middle Street, Portland, ME 04104–
5029, and on Terence M. Hynes, Sidley
Austin LLP, 1501 K Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: February 25, 2014.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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4 A stay would normally be due in this case by
April 8, 2014. Here, however, the due date for stays
will be March 7, 2014. The date is set earlier in case
the Board grants CMQR’s petition for waiver of the
60-day notice period and allows the exemption to
become effective on March 17, 2014. Having stays
due on March 7 for this case also creates uniformity
with the due date for stays in Docket No. FD 35806.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35806]
Fortress Investment Group LLC—
Continuance in Control Exemption—
Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C. and
Central Maine & Quebec Railway US
Inc.
Fortress Investment Group LLC
(Fortress Investment) has filed a verified
notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2), for the benefit of an
investment fund managed by an affiliate
of Fortress Investment, Fortress
Worldwide Transportation and
Infrastructure General Partnership
(Fortress Worldwide), to continue in
control of Central Maine & Quebec
Railway US Inc. (CMQR), a noncarrier,
upon CMQR’s becoming a Class III
railroad.
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in Central Maine & Quebec
Railway US Inc.—Acquisition and
Operation Exemption—Montreal, Maine
& Atlantic Railway, Ltd., Docket No. FD
35805, wherein CMQR seeks Board
approval under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire and operate approximately
244.2 miles of rail line in Maine and
Vermont currently owned and operated
by the bankrupt Montreal, Maine &
Atlantic Railway, Ltd. (MMA).1 As
discussed in that notice, CMQR is a
subsidiary of Rail Acquisition Holdings
LLC (RAH), which is, in turn, owned
and controlled by Fortress Worldwide.2
The purpose of this verified notice of
exemption and the concurrently filed
one in Docket No. FD 35805 is to restore
and preserve rail service on and over the
rail lines of the bankrupt MMA located
in Maine and Vermont. Although MMA
has continued to provide certain rail
services while in bankruptcy, east-west
through service between points in
Quebec and points in Maine has not
been available to shippers since the July
´
2013 Lac Megantic rail accident in
1 MMA and MMA’s Canadian affiliate, Montreal
Maine & Atlantic Canada Co. (MMA Canada) filed
bankruptcy petitions with the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine and the
Superior Court for the Province of Quebec, District
of Montreal, respectively, on August 7, 2013,
´
following a rail accident in Lac Megantic, Que., on
July 6, 2013.
2 Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement
(Agreement) between the trustee, MMA, and MMA
Canada, RAH will assign its rights to CMQR and to
a Canadian subsidiary of RAH, Central Maine &
Quebec Railway Canada, Inc. (CMQR Canada), to
enable CMQR to acquire the U.S. rail assets of MMA
and CMQR Canada to acquire the Canadian rail
assets of MMA Canada. CMQR Canada will file an
application with the Canada Transportation Agency
to seek authority concerning the Canadian lines.
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Quebec. CMQR and CMQR Canada will
provide rail service over the entire prebankruptcy rail network of MMA and
MMA Canada.
The parties intend to consummate the
proposed transaction as soon as
practicable after the effective date of this
notice of exemption and the concurrent
notice of exemption filed in Docket No.
FD 35805.3
Fortress Investment notes that another
rail carrier subject to the Board’s
jurisdiction, Florida East Coast Railway,
L.L.C. (FECR), is currently owned by
FECR Rail Holding LLC, which is, in
turn, owned by investment funds
managed by an affiliate of Fortress
Investment. FECR, a Class II carrier,
operates approximately 350 miles of rail
lines in Florida extending between
Jacksonville and the Miami
metropolitan area.
Fortress Investment represents that:
(1) The railroads would not connect
with each other or any railroads in its
corporate family; (2) the continuance in
control is not part of a series of
anticipated transactions that would
connect CMQR’s rail lines with the lines
of any other rail carrier owned by
Fortress Investment or any investment
fund managed by any affiliate of
Fortress Investment; and (3) the
transaction does not involve a Class I
rail carrier. Therefore, the transaction is
exempt from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49
CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board
may not use its exemption authority to
relieve a rail carrier of its statutory
obligation to protect the interests of its
employees. As a condition to the use of
this exemption, any employees
adversely affected by this transaction
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in Wisconsin Central Ltd.—
Acquisition Exemption—Lines of Union
Pacific Railroad, 2 S.T.B. 218 (1997).
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 for stay must
be filed no later than March 7, 2014.
3 Pursuant to the 49 CFR 1150.32(e), CMQR must
provide notice to labor regarding the line
acquisition and certify to the Board that it has done
so 60 days before the exemption becomes effective;
the parties cannot close this transaction until April
15, 2014. CMQR has petitioned the Board to waive
this period so that the parties can consummate their
sale transaction on or before March 31, 2014, in
accordance with the Agreement and the bankruptcy
court’s expectations. The Board will rule on this
waiver request in a separate decision.
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An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35806 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 Terence M. Hynes,
Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20005, and on Robert J.
Keach, Esq. (as Trustee for MMA), c/o
Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A.,
100 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04104–
5029.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: February 25, 2014.
By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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collection.
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multi-year spend trajectories (e.g., spend
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and to understand the factors that
contribute to these trajectories.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
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Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35806]
Fortress Investment Group LLC--Continuance in Control Exemption--
Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C. and Central Maine & Quebec Railway
US Inc.
Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress Investment) has filed a
verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2), for the
benefit of an investment fund managed by an affiliate of Fortress
Investment, Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure
General Partnership (Fortress Worldwide), to continue in control of
Central Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc. (CMQR), a noncarrier, upon
CMQR's becoming a Class III railroad.
This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice
of exemption in Central Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc.--Acquisition and
Operation Exemption--Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd., Docket
No. FD 35805, wherein CMQR seeks Board approval under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire and operate approximately 244.2 miles of rail line in Maine and
Vermont currently owned and operated by the bankrupt Montreal, Maine &
Atlantic Railway, Ltd. (MMA).\1\ As discussed in that notice, CMQR is a
subsidiary of Rail Acquisition Holdings LLC (RAH), which is, in turn,
owned and controlled by Fortress Worldwide.\2\
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\1\ MMA and MMA's Canadian affiliate, Montreal Maine & Atlantic
Canada Co. (MMA Canada) filed bankruptcy petitions with the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maine and the Superior
Court for the Province of Quebec, District of Montreal,
respectively, on August 7, 2013, following a rail accident in Lac
M[eacute]gantic, Que., on July 6, 2013.
\2\ Pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (Agreement) between
the trustee, MMA, and MMA Canada, RAH will assign its rights to CMQR
and to a Canadian subsidiary of RAH, Central Maine & Quebec Railway
Canada, Inc. (CMQR Canada), to enable CMQR to acquire the U.S. rail
assets of MMA and CMQR Canada to acquire the Canadian rail assets of
MMA Canada. CMQR Canada will file an application with the Canada
Transportation Agency to seek authority concerning the Canadian
lines.
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The purpose of this verified notice of exemption and the
concurrently filed one in Docket No. FD 35805 is to restore and
preserve rail service on and over the rail lines of the bankrupt MMA
located in Maine and Vermont. Although MMA has continued to provide
certain rail services while in bankruptcy, east-west through service
between points in Quebec and points in Maine has not been available to
shippers since the July 2013 Lac M[eacute]gantic rail accident in
Quebec. CMQR and CMQR Canada will provide rail service over the entire
pre-bankruptcy rail network of MMA and MMA Canada.
The parties intend to consummate the proposed transaction as soon
as practicable after the effective date of this notice of exemption and
the concurrent notice of exemption filed in Docket No. FD 35805.\3\
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\3\ Pursuant to the 49 CFR 1150.32(e), CMQR must provide notice
to labor regarding the line acquisition and certify to the Board
that it has done so 60 days before the exemption becomes effective;
the parties cannot close this transaction until April 15, 2014. CMQR
has petitioned the Board to waive this period so that the parties
can consummate their sale transaction on or before March 31, 2014,
in accordance with the Agreement and the bankruptcy court's
expectations. The Board will rule on this waiver request in a
separate decision.
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Fortress Investment notes that another rail carrier subject to the
Board's jurisdiction, Florida East Coast Railway, L.L.C. (FECR), is
currently owned by FECR Rail Holding LLC, which is, in turn, owned by
investment funds managed by an affiliate of Fortress Investment. FECR,
a Class II carrier, operates approximately 350 miles of rail lines in
Florida extending between Jacksonville and the Miami metropolitan area.
Fortress Investment represents that: (1) The railroads would not
connect with each other or any railroads in its corporate family; (2)
the continuance in control is not part of a series of anticipated
transactions that would connect CMQR's rail lines with the lines of any
other rail carrier owned by Fortress Investment or any investment fund
managed by any affiliate of Fortress Investment; and (3) the
transaction does not involve a Class I rail carrier. Therefore, the
transaction is exempt from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.
11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board may not use its exemption
authority to relieve a rail carrier of its statutory obligation to
protect the interests of its employees. As a condition to the use of
this exemption, any employees adversely affected by this transaction
will be protected by the conditions set forth in Wisconsin Central
Ltd.--Acquisition Exemption--Lines of Union Pacific Railroad, 2 S.T.B.
218 (1997).
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 for stay must be filed no later than March 7, 2014.
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An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 35806 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 Terence M. Hynes, Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005, and on Robert J. Keach, Esq. (as
Trustee for MMA), c/o Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A., 100
Middle Street, Portland, ME 04104-5029.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: February 25, 2014.
By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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