Release of Waybill Data, 81879 [2015-32930]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 251 / Thursday, December 31, 2015 / Notices
By the Board, Julia M. Farr, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015–32960 Filed 12–30–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has
received a request Neville Peterson LLP
on behalf of Trinity Industries, Inc.
(WB605–12—12/22/15) for permission
to use certain data from the Board’s
2014 Carload Waybill Sample. A copy of
this request may be obtained from the
Office of Economics.
The waybill sample contains
confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics within 14
calendar days of the date of this notice.
The rules for release of waybill data are
codified at 49 CFR 1244.9.
Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202)
245–0319.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35985]
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Fortress Investment Group LLC—
Continuance in Control Exemption—
Ohio River Partners LLC
Fortress Investment Group LLC
(Fortress) has filed a verified notice of
exemption pursuant to 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2) for the benefit of Fortress
Transportation and Infrastructure
Investors LLC (FTAI), which is managed
by an affiliate of Fortress, to continue in
control of Ohio River Partners LLC
(ORP), a noncarrier, upon ORP
becoming a Class III rail carrier.
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in Ohio River Partners LLC—
Acquisition & Operation Exemption—
Hannibal Development, LLC, Docket No.
FD 35984, wherein ORP seeks Board
approval under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire and operate a line of railroad,
known as the Omal Secondary Track,
that extends between milepost 60.5 at or
near Powhatan Point and milepost 72.7
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at or near Hannibal, a distance of 12.2
miles in Monroe County, Ohio (the
Line). ORP, a Delaware limited liability
company, is controlled by Ohio River
Partners Shareholder LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (ORPS).1
ORPS is indirectly owned and
controlled by FTAI, which is managed
by an affiliate of Fortress.
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 35984.
Two other rail carriers subject to the
Board’s jurisdiction, Florida East Coast
Railway, L.L.C. (FECR) and Central
Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc.
(CMQR), are currently controlled by
companies managed by affiliates of
Fortress.2 FECR, a Class II carrier
operates approximately 350 miles of rail
lines in the State of Florida extending
between Jacksonville and the Miami
metropolitan area. CMQR, a Class III
carrier, operates approximately 244
miles of rail lines in the States of Maine
and Vermont.
Fortress represents that: (1) The rail
lines operated by FECR and CMQR do
not connect with each other, nor do they
connect with the Line that ORP
proposes to acquire and operate in
Docket No. FD 35984; (2) the transaction
that is the subject of Docket No. FD
35984 is not part of a series of
anticipated transactions that would
connect the Line that ORP proposes to
acquire with the lines of any other rail
carrier owned by Fortress, any affiliate
of Fortress, or any investment fund or
entity managed by an affiliate of
Fortress; 3 and (3) ORP, CMQR, and
FECR are not Class I carriers. 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
1 Upon consummation of the proposed
transaction, ORPS will own a 75% interest in ORP.
The remaining 25% interest in ORP will be held by
Hannibal Development, LLC, which currently owns
the rail line that is the subject of ORP’s verified
notice of exemption in Docket No. FD 35984.
2 FECR is currently owned by FECR Rail Holding
LLC, which is, in turn, owned by investment funds
managed by an affiliate of Fortress. CMQR is a
subsidiary of Rail Acquisition Holdings LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, which is, in
turn, owned by FTAI.
3 Fortress’ representation concerning Docket No.
FD 35984 is sufficient for purposes of the
continuance in control exemption sought here
through 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) given that the two
transactions are so closely related.
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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 January 8, 2016.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35985, 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.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: December 23, 2015.
By the Board, Julia M. Farr, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35976]
Roanoke Southern, LLC—Acquisition
and Operation Exemption—Norfolk
Southern Railway Company
Roanoke Southern, LLC (RSRL),1 a
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire, by donation from Norfolk
Southern Railway Company (NSR), and
to operate an approximately 2.42-mile
portion of a rail line known as the
Roanoke Belt Line between milepost R–
4.5 (at a point north of Rolfe St., SW)
and milepost R–6.92 (at a point east of
the intersection of U.S. Business 220
and Brandon Ave., SW), all of which is
located in Roanoke, Va.
RSRL states that the line is being
acquired to facilitate the
commencement of the VMT-sponsored,
intrastate excursion operations. RSRL
notes that in the event that a demand for
freight service was to emerge following
consummation of the proposed
transaction, RSRL acknowledges that it
1 RSRL is directly controlled by the Virginia
Museum of Transportation, Inc. (VMT), a
noncarrier.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has received a request Neville
Peterson LLP on behalf of Trinity Industries, Inc. (WB605-12--12/22/15)
for permission to use certain data from the Board's 2014 Carload
Waybill Sample. A copy of this request may be obtained from the Office
of Economics.
The waybill sample contains confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these requests, they should file
their objections with the Director of the Board's Office of Economics
within 14 calendar days of the date of this notice. The rules for
release of waybill data are codified at 49 CFR 1244.9.
Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 245-0319.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-32930 Filed 12-30-15; 8:45 am]
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