The Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District-Abandonment Exemption-in the City of St. Louis, MO, 76617 [2015-31006]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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[Docket No. AB 331 (Sub-No. 2X)]
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The Bi-State Development Agency of
the Missouri–Illinois Metropolitan
District—Abandonment Exemption—in
the City of St. Louis, MO
The Bi-State Development Agency of
the Missouri–Illinois Metropolitan
District (Metro) has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part
1152 subpart F–Exempt Abandonments
to abandon 1.43 miles of rail line
extending from milepost 1.8 to milepost
3.23 within the City of St. Louis,
Missouri (the Line). The Line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
63110 and 63108.
Metro has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the Line for at
least two years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over the Line for at least two
years, and if there were any overhead
traffic, it could be rerouted over other
lines; (3) 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; 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 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
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assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on January
8, 2016, 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
interim trail use/rail banking requests
under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
December 21, 2015. Petitions to reopen
or requests for public use conditions
under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by
December 29, 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 Metro’s
representative: James C. Hetlage, Lashly
& Baer, P.C., 714 Locust Street, St.
Louis, MO 63101.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Metro 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
December 14, 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 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), Metro 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
Metro’s filing of a notice of
consummation by December 9, 2016,
and there are no legal or regulatory
barriers to consummation, the authority
to abandon will automatically expire.
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. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’
Decided: December 4, 2015.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 331 (Sub-No. 2X)]
The Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois
Metropolitan District--Abandonment Exemption--in the City of St. Louis,
MO
The Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois
Metropolitan District (Metro) has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F-Exempt Abandonments to abandon 1.43
miles of rail line extending from milepost 1.8 to milepost 3.23 within
the City of St. Louis, Missouri (the Line). The Line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 63110 and 63108.
Metro has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
Line for at least two years; (2) no overhead traffic has moved over the
Line for at least two years, and if there were any overhead traffic, it
could be rerouted over other lines; (3) 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; 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 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 January 8, 2016, 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
interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by December 21, 2015. Petitions to reopen or requests for public
use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by December 29, 2015,
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. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
Metro's representative: James C. Hetlage, Lashly & Baer, P.C., 714
Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63101.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
Metro 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 December 14, 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 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), Metro 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 Metro's filing of a notice of
consummation by December 9, 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: December 4, 2015.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-31006 Filed 12-8-15; 8:45 am]
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