Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority-Acquisition Exemption-Certain Assets of City of Tacoma in Pierce County, Wash., 24811-24812 [2014-09978]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 84 / Thursday, May 1, 2014 / Notices physical activity and physical fitness training on the driving performance of adults 70 and older. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposes to collect information from licensed older drivers about their driving habits and levels of physical activity in order to determine whether they are eligible to participate in a study of the effects of physical activity on driving performance. Drivers will volunteer for the study by responding to flyers posted at a community center, and/or announcements in newsletters and on community listserves, and/or sign-ups at a weekly farmer’s market and other local events. Interested older drivers will contact a designated research team member through a toll-free number. Researchers will ask drivers a brief (<15 minutes) series of questions to determine eligibility to participate in the study, then describe the proposed study to respondents who qualify. Each driver who meets study inclusion criteria will then be asked if he or she wishes to participate. If yes, a project assistant will ask for a description of the car in order to identify it and install a data collection system that will collect driving data necessary for the study. The questions will allow research staff to ensure that prospective participants meet study inclusion criteria, are able and willing to wear fitness monitors to measure physical activity levels, and facilitate installing data collection instruments in each participant’s vehicle. Analyses of these fitness/ activity level and driving data will provide information about whether people age 70 and older who participate in regular physical activity perform better in a driving evaluation and/or drive more than do healthy, sedentary drivers of a similar age; whether particular physical training activities relate to improved functioning in specific driving tasks; and the extent to which driving performance and/or exposure of sedentary older adults will improve, following participation in physical activity. NHTSA will use the information to inform recommendations to the public regarding how improved physical fitness can result in better driving performance for the purpose of reducing injuries and loss of life on the highway. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for Department of VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:30 Apr 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or by email at oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or fax: 202–395–5806. Comments Are Invited On: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department of Transportation, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication of this notice. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Issued in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2014. Jeffrey Michael, Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development. [FR Doc. 2014–09945 Filed 4–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 35812] Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority—Acquisition Exemption— Certain Assets of City of Tacoma in Pierce County, Wash. The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from the City of Tacoma the physical assets and right-of-way of an approximately one-mile segment of the rail line commonly known as the Mountain Division, approximately located between milepost 1.0, at the BNSF Railway Company mainline near the Port of Tacoma, and milepost 1.99, at East D Street in the City of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. (the Tacoma Dome Segment). According to Sound Transit, the City of Tacoma, through its Department of Public Utilities, d/b/a Tacoma Rail, operates rail service over the Tacoma Dome Segment pursuant to an operating agreement with the General Government of the City of Tacoma, another subdivision of the city that owns the real property and physical assets comprising the Tacoma Dome Segment. Sound Transit states that, under the proposed transaction, it PO 00000 Frm 00145 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 24811 would not acquire any right or obligation to provide freight service on the Tacoma Dome Segment and that Tacoma Rail would retain the exclusive, permanent right to operate freight service on the Tacoma Dome Segment to all existing and new customers, even after Sound Transit acquires the Tacoma Dome Segment.1 Sound Transit states that it is in the final stage of negotiating a Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Use Agreement for the Tacoma Dome Segment with the City of Tacoma. According to Sound Transit, it is acquiring the Tacoma Dome Segment for the purpose of providing wholly intrastate passenger commuter rail operations and would not acquire any freight operating rights. Sound Transit also states that no interchange agreements, and no limitation on any future interchange agreements, are being imposed in connection with the proposed transaction. Sound Transit certifies that, because it will conduct no freight operations on the line segment being acquired, its revenues from freight operations will not result in the creation of a Class I or Class II carrier. Sound Transit states that it expects to consummate the proposed transaction on or as soon as practicable after the effective date of the exemption, May 15, 2014 (30 days after the exemption is filed). 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 May 8, 2014 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and ten copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35812, 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 Charles A. Spitulnik, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: April 28, 2014. 1 A motion to dismiss the notice of exemption on grounds that the transaction does not require authorization from the Board was concurrently filed with this notice of exemption. The motion to dismiss will be addressed in a subsequent Board decision. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 84 (Thursday, May 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24811-24812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09978]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35812]


Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority--Acquisition 
Exemption--Certain Assets of City of Tacoma in Pierce County, Wash.

    The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit), 
a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1150.31 to acquire from the City of Tacoma the physical assets and 
right-of-way of an approximately one-mile segment of the rail line 
commonly known as the Mountain Division, approximately located between 
milepost 1.0, at the BNSF Railway Company mainline near the Port of 
Tacoma, and milepost 1.99, at East D Street in the City of Tacoma, 
Pierce County, Wash. (the Tacoma Dome Segment). According to Sound 
Transit, the City of Tacoma, through its Department of Public 
Utilities, d/b/a Tacoma Rail, operates rail service over the Tacoma 
Dome Segment pursuant to an operating agreement with the General 
Government of the City of Tacoma, another subdivision of the city that 
owns the real property and physical assets comprising the Tacoma Dome 
Segment. Sound Transit states that, under the proposed transaction, it 
would not acquire any right or obligation to provide freight service on 
the Tacoma Dome Segment and that Tacoma Rail would retain the 
exclusive, permanent right to operate freight service on the Tacoma 
Dome Segment to all existing and new customers, even after Sound 
Transit acquires the Tacoma Dome Segment.\1\
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    \1\ A motion to dismiss the notice of exemption on grounds that 
the transaction does not require authorization from the Board was 
concurrently filed with this notice of exemption. The motion to 
dismiss will be addressed in a subsequent Board decision.
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    Sound Transit states that it is in the final stage of negotiating a 
Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Use Agreement for the Tacoma Dome 
Segment with the City of Tacoma. According to Sound Transit, it is 
acquiring the Tacoma Dome Segment for the purpose of providing wholly 
intrastate passenger commuter rail operations and would not acquire any 
freight operating rights. Sound Transit also states that no interchange 
agreements, and no limitation on any future interchange agreements, are 
being imposed in connection with the proposed transaction.
    Sound Transit certifies that, because it will conduct no freight 
operations on the line segment being acquired, its revenues from 
freight operations will not result in the creation of a Class I or 
Class II carrier.
    Sound Transit states that it expects to consummate the proposed 
transaction on or as soon as practicable after the effective date of 
the exemption, May 15, 2014 (30 days after the exemption is filed).
    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 May 8, 2014 
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and ten copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket 
No. FD 35812, 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 Charles A. Spitulnik, Kaplan Kirsch & 
Rockwell LLP, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 
20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: April 28, 2014.


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    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-09978 Filed 4-30-14; 8:45 am]
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