V and S Railway, LLC-Abandonment Exemption-in Pueblo, Crowley, and Kiowa Counties, Colo., 50922 [2015-20718]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 603 (Sub-No. 4X)]
V and S Railway, LLC—Abandonment
Exemption—in Pueblo, Crowley, and
Kiowa Counties, Colo.
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V and S Railway, LLC (V&S) has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon a line of
railroad extending between milepost
747.5 near Towner and milepost 869.4
near NA Junction, a distance of 121.9
miles in Pueblo, Crowley, and Kiowa
Counties, Colo. (the Towner Line). The
Towner Line traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Codes 81022, 80125,
81062, 81033, 81063, 81076, 81021,
81045, 81036, and 81071.
V&S has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the Towner Line
for at least two years; (2) any overhead
traffic on the Towner Line can be
rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal
complaint filed by a user of rail service
on the Towner Line (or by a state or
local government entity acting on behalf
of such user) regarding cessation of
service over the Towner Line is either
pending with the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of a complainant
within the two-year period; 1 and (4) the
1 In Docket No. NOR 42140, the Colorado Wheat
Administrative Committee, the Colorado
Association of Wheat Growers, the Colorado Wheat
Research Foundation, and KCVN, LLC (collectively,
the Colorado Interests) filed a complaint alleging
that V&S has violated 49 U.S.C. 11101 and 10903
by removing certain track and related assets from
a segment of the Towner Line over which the Board
had previously permitted V&S to discontinue
service. See V&S Ry.—Discontinuance of Serv.
Exemption—in Pueblo, Crowley, & Kiowa Cntys.,
Colo., AB 603 (Sub-No. 2X) (STB served June 28,
2012). This segment of the Towner Line, known as
the Western Segment, extends between milepost
808.3 near Haswell, Colo., and milepost 868.5. The
Board granted the joint petition of V&S and the
Colorado Interests asking that the agency stay that
complaint proceeding so that V&S could file for the
abandonment exemption it seeks here. See Colo.
Wheat Admin. Comm. v. V&S Ry., NOR 42140 (STB
served July 17, 2015). Based on these facts, the
certification is accurate.
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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 government
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
September 20, 2015, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,2 formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),3 and interim trail use/rail
banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29
must be filed by August 31, 2015.
Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by September 10,
2015, 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 applicant’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.
V&S 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
August 28, 2015. 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
2 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.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at (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), V&S shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the
Towner Line. If consummation has not
been effected by filing of a notice of
consummation by August 21, 2016, 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.
Decided: August 18, 2015.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015–20718 Filed 8–20–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35938]
New England Central Railroad, Inc.—
Acquisition and Operation
Exemption—Claremont Concord
Railroad Corp.
New England Central Railroad, Inc.
(NECR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1150.41 to acquire from Claremont
Concord Railroad Corp. (CCRR) its
rights in a line of railroad between
milepost 0.29 and milepost 2.1 in
Claremont, Sullivan County, N.H., and
its rights in a line of railroad between
milepost 141.00 +/¥ and milepost
142.78+/¥ 1 in West Lebanon, Graton
County, N.H.2
The transaction is expected to be
consummated on or after September 8,
2015.
1 CCRR has recently obtained authority to
discontinue service over 0.97 miles of rail line
between approximately milepost 140 and milepost
141. See Claremont Concord R.R.—Discontinuance
of Serv. Exemption—in Grafton Cnty., N.H., AB
1120 (Sub-No. 1X) et al. (STB served Feb. 12, 2015).
NECR is not acquiring any rights with respect to the
portion of the rail line over which service is being
discontinued.
2 CCRR owns the line in Claremont and leases the
line in West Lebanon from the State of New
Hampshire’s Department of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 603 (Sub-No. 4X)]
V and S Railway, LLC--Abandonment Exemption--in Pueblo, Crowley,
and Kiowa Counties, Colo.
V and S Railway, LLC (V&S) has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a line
of railroad extending between milepost 747.5 near Towner and milepost
869.4 near NA Junction, a distance of 121.9 miles in Pueblo, Crowley,
and Kiowa Counties, Colo. (the Towner Line). The Towner Line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes 81022, 80125, 81062, 81033,
81063, 81076, 81021, 81045, 81036, and 81071.
V&S has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
Towner Line for at least two years; (2) any overhead traffic on the
Towner Line can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint
filed by a user of rail service on the Towner Line (or by a state or
local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding
cessation of service over the Towner Line is either pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or
has been decided in favor of a complainant within the two-year period;
\1\ and (4) 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 government agencies)
have been met.
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\1\ In Docket No. NOR 42140, the Colorado Wheat Administrative
Committee, the Colorado Association of Wheat Growers, the Colorado
Wheat Research Foundation, and KCVN, LLC (collectively, the Colorado
Interests) filed a complaint alleging that V&S has violated 49
U.S.C. 11101 and 10903 by removing certain track and related assets
from a segment of the Towner Line over which the Board had
previously permitted V&S to discontinue service. See V&S Ry.--
Discontinuance of Serv. Exemption--in Pueblo, Crowley, & Kiowa
Cntys., Colo., AB 603 (Sub-No. 2X) (STB served June 28, 2012). This
segment of the Towner Line, known as the Western Segment, extends
between milepost 808.3 near Haswell, Colo., and milepost 868.5. The
Board granted the joint petition of V&S and the Colorado Interests
asking that the agency stay that complaint proceeding so that V&S
could file for the abandonment exemption it seeks here. See Colo.
Wheat Admin. Comm. v. V&S Ry., NOR 42140 (STB served July 17, 2015).
Based on these facts, the certification is accurate.
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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 September 20, 2015, unless stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\2\ formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\3\ and
interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by August 31, 2015. Petitions to reopen or requests for public
use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by September 10,
2015, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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\2\ 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.
\3\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is
currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
applicant'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.
V&S 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 August 28, 2015. 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 (FIRS) at (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), V&S shall file
a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has
exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the Towner Line. If
consummation has not been effected by filing of a notice of
consummation by August 21, 2016, 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.
Decided: August 18, 2015.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-20718 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
