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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35984]
Ohio River Partners LLC—Acquisition
and Operation Exemption—Hannibal
Development, LLC
Ohio River Partners LLC (ORP), a
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire from Hannibal Development,
LLC (Hannibal), and to operate 12.2
miles of rail line known as the Omal
Secondary Track (the Line).1 The Line
extends between milepost 60.5 at or
near Powhatan Point and milepost 72.7
at or near Hannibal, in Monroe County,
Ohio.
Hannibal acquired the Line from the
bankruptcy estate of ORMET Railroad
Corporation (ORMET) in 2014. Prior to
entering bankruptcy, ORMET granted
Hannibal Real Estate, LLC (HRE) 2 an
easement to use the Line for the purpose
of providing rail service to an industrial
park owned by HRE on property located
adjacent to ORMET’s property. Ohio
Terminal Railway Company currently
serves customers in the HRE industrial
park pursuant to the easement.3 The
1 ORP, a Delaware limited liability company, is
controlled by Ohio River Partners Shareholder LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (ORPS). ORPS
is indirectly owned and controlled by Fortress
Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC,
which is managed by an affiliate of Fortress
Investment Group LLC (Fortress). 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.
2 Hannibal and HRE are not affiliated companies.
3 See Ohio Terminal Ry.—Operation Exemption—
Hannibal Real Estate, FD 35703 (STB served Jan.
11, 2013).
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customers in the HRE industrial park
are currently the only rail shippers on
the Line. ORP will acquire certain assets
including the Line (collectively, the
Hannibal Property) from Hannibal, and
plans to redevelop the Hannibal
Property for industrial use. ORP
anticipates that industries located on
the Hannibal Property may require rail
service. Accordingly, ORP has filed the
instant verified notice of exemption to
acquire and operate the Line.4
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in Fortress Investment Group
LLC—Continuance in Control
Exemption—Ohio River Partners, LLC,
Docket No. FD 35985, wherein Fortress
seeks Board approval to continue in
control of ORP and two other rail
carriers (Central Maine & Quebec
Railway US Inc. and Florida East Coast
Railway, L.L.C.) currently controlled by
other companies managed by affiliates
of Fortress following consummation of
the proposed transaction.
The transaction may not be
consummated until January 17, 2016 (30
days after the notice of exemption was
filed).
ORP certifies that its projected annual
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not result in its becoming a Class
II or Class I rail carrier and will not
exceed $5 million.
ORP states that the transaction does
not impose any interchange
commitment on it.
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 January 8, 2016 (at
least seven days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35984, 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 Terence M. Hynes, Sidley
Austin LLP, 1501 K St. NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’
Decided: December 23, 2015.
4 The easement granted by ORMET gives HRE the
right to use the Line only for the purpose of
providing rail service to HRE’s property.
Accordingly, any new industries that locate on the
Hannibal Property would be served by ORP.
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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]
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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.
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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
[Docket No. FD 35984]
Ohio River Partners LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
Hannibal Development, LLC
Ohio River Partners LLC (ORP), a noncarrier, has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Hannibal
Development, LLC (Hannibal), and to operate 12.2 miles of rail line
known as the Omal Secondary Track (the Line).\1\ The Line extends
between milepost 60.5 at or near Powhatan Point and milepost 72.7 at or
near Hannibal, in Monroe County, Ohio.
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\1\ ORP, a Delaware limited liability company, is controlled by
Ohio River Partners Shareholder LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (ORPS). ORPS is indirectly owned and controlled by Fortress
Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, which is managed by
an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC (Fortress). 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.
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Hannibal acquired the Line from the bankruptcy estate of ORMET
Railroad Corporation (ORMET) in 2014. Prior to entering bankruptcy,
ORMET granted Hannibal Real Estate, LLC (HRE) \2\ an easement to use
the Line for the purpose of providing rail service to an industrial
park owned by HRE on property located adjacent to ORMET's property.
Ohio Terminal Railway Company currently serves customers in the HRE
industrial park pursuant to the easement.\3\ The customers in the HRE
industrial park are currently the only rail shippers on the Line. ORP
will acquire certain assets including the Line (collectively, the
Hannibal Property) from Hannibal, and plans to redevelop the Hannibal
Property for industrial use. ORP anticipates that industries located on
the Hannibal Property may require rail service. Accordingly, ORP has
filed the instant verified notice of exemption to acquire and operate
the Line.\4\
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\2\ Hannibal and HRE are not affiliated companies.
\3\ See Ohio Terminal Ry.--Operation Exemption--Hannibal Real
Estate, FD 35703 (STB served Jan. 11, 2013).
\4\ The easement granted by ORMET gives HRE the right to use the
Line only for the purpose of providing rail service to HRE's
property. Accordingly, any new industries that locate on the
Hannibal Property would be served by ORP.
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This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice
of exemption in Fortress Investment Group LLC--Continuance in Control
Exemption--Ohio River Partners, LLC, Docket No. FD 35985, wherein
Fortress seeks Board approval to continue in control of ORP and two
other rail carriers (Central Maine & Quebec Railway US Inc. and Florida
East Coast Railway, L.L.C.) currently controlled by other companies
managed by affiliates of Fortress following consummation of the
proposed transaction.
The transaction may not be consummated until January 17, 2016 (30
days after the notice of exemption was filed).
ORP certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of
this transaction will not result in its becoming a Class II or Class I
rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
ORP states that the transaction does not impose any interchange
commitment on it.
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 January 8,
2016 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 35984, 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 Terence M. Hynes, Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K
St. NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: December 23, 2015.
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By the Board, Julia M. Farr, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
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