Watco Holdings, Inc.-Continuance in Control Exemption-Kanawha River Railroad, LLC, 46151-46152 [2016-16795]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 136 / Friday, July 15, 2016 / Notices For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.21 Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016–16724 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 383X)] sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Norfolk Southern Railway Company— Discontinuance of Service Exemption—In Shenandoah County, VA Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152, subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuance of Service to discontinue service over an approximately 16.9-mile rail line extending from milepost B 62.0 (at Strasburg, VA) to milepost B 78.9 (near Edinburg, VA) in Shenandoah County, VA (the Line). The Line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 22657, 22660, 22644, 22664, and 22824. NSR has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the Line for at least two years; (2) because the Line is not a through route, no overhead traffic has operated, and, therefore, none needs to 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 is pending either 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 1105.12 (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 discontinuance of service 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) to subsidize continued rail service has been received, this exemption will be effective on August 21 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Jul 14, 2016 Jkt 238001 16, 2016, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues and formal expressions of intent to file an OFA to subsidize continued rail service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 1 must be filed by July 25, 2016.2 Petitions to reopen must be filed by August 4, 2016, 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 NSR’s representative: William A. Mullins, Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. Decided: July 12, 2016. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Raina S. Contee, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2016–16773 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36029] Watco Holdings, Inc.—Continuance in Control Exemption—Kanawha River Railroad, LLC Watco Holdings, Inc. (Watco), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of Kanawha River Railroad, LLC (KNWA), upon KNWA’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. Watco owns, indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of KNWA, a limited liability company.1 This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in Kanawha River Railroad, L.L.C.—Lease Exemption Containing Interchange Commitment—Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Docket No. FD 36028, wherein KNWA seeks Board approval to lease and operate 1 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 2 Because this is a discontinue proceeding and not an abandonment, interim trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are not appropriate. Because there will be an environmental review during abandonment, this discontinuance does not require an environmental review. 1 The notice of exemption was initially filed on June 28, 2016. After representative consultation with the Board, the filing was resubmitted on July 1, 2016, and therefore that is the official filing date and the basis for all dates in this notice. PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 46151 approximately nine rail segments, totaling 308.85 miles of rail line from the Norfolk Southern Railway Company. The line segments run (1) between mileposts V 382.0 at Maben, W. Va., and V 435.0 at DB (Deepwater Bridge), W. Va.; (2) between milepost RR 7.0 at Refugee, Ohio, and milepost RR 116.5 at Hobson Yard, Ohio; (3) between milepost WV 125.6 at Conco, Ohio and milepost WV 253.4 at Cornelia, W. Va.; (4) between milepost VC 0.0 at Vaco Junction, W. Va., and milepost VC 0.84 at Deepwater, W. Va. (5) between Hitop RT at milepost TP 0.0 at Charleston, W. Va., and the end of the track at milepost TP 1.0; (6) between Jones IT at milepost JT 0.0 at Jones, W. Va., and the end of the track at milepost JT 1.3; (7) between milepost VG 0.0 at Virwest, W. Va., and milepost VG 12.1 at Bolt, W. Va., (8) between milepost MY 0.0 at Milam, W. Va., and the end of the track at MY 1.0l; and (9) between milepost PE 0.0 at Putt, W. Va., and milepost PE 2.3 at Putt End Branch, W. Va. The transaction may be consummated on or after July 31, 2016, the effective date of the exemption, 30 days after the supplemental notice of exemption was filed. Watco currently controls, indirectly, 33 Class III rail carriers and one Class II rail carrier, collectively operating in 23 states. For a complete list of these rail carriers, and the states in which they operate, see Watco’s notice of exemption filed on July 1, 2016. The notice is available on the Board’s Web site at WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. Watco represents that: (1) The rail lines to be operated by KNWA do not connect with any other railroads operated by the carrier in the Watco’s corporate family; (2) the continuance in control is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that would connect the rail lines to be operated by KNWA with any other railroad in applicant’s corporate family; and (3) the transaction does not involve a Class I rail carrier. 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. Section 11326(c), however, does not provide for labor protection for transactions under 11324 and 11325 that involve only Class III rail carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not impose labor protective conditions here, because all of the carriers involved are Class III carriers. If the notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1 46152 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 136 / Friday, July 15, 2016 / Notices 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. Stay petitions must be filed no later than July 22, 2016 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36029, 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 Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606, and Karl Morell, Karl Morell & Associates, Suite 225, 655 Fifteenth St. NW., Washington, DC 20005. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. Decided: July 12, 2016. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Tia Delano, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2016–16795 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36045] Paul Didelius—Continuance in Control Exemption—CWW, LLC sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Paul Didelius (Didelius), an individual and noncarrier,1 has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of CWW, LLC (CWW), upon CWW’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in CWW, LLC—Lease & Operation Exemption—Port of Columbia, Wash., Docket No. FD 36044, wherein CWW seeks Board approval under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from the Port of Columbia, Wash., and to operate, approximately 37.1 miles of rail line, referred to as the Dayton Line, between 1 Didelius currently owns 100% of LRY, LLC d/b/a Lake Railway (LRY), a Class III carrier that leases and operates rail lines owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company in California and Oregon; 49% of YCR Corporation (YCR), a Class III rail carrier established for the purpose of leasing and operating a line of railroad owned by Yakima County, Wash.; 100% of CCET, LLC (CCET), a Class III short line rail carrier organized for the purpose of leasing and operating a rail line owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Company in Ohio; and 100% of WRL, LLC (WRL), a Class III carrier that leases and operates a rail line owned by Port of Royal Slope, a Washington state municipal corporation, in Washington. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:03 Jul 14, 2016 Jkt 238001 milepost 33.0 near Walla Walla, Wash., and milepost 70.1 at Dayton, Wash. The transaction may be consummated on or after July 30, 2016, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice of exemption was filed). Didelius represents that: (1) The rail properties that will be operated and controlled by Didelius, namely LRY, YCR, CCET, WRL, and CWW, do not physically connect; (2) there are no plans to acquire additional rail lines for the purpose of making a connection; and (3) each of the carriers involved in the continuance in control transaction is a Class III carrier. 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. Section 11326(c), however, does not provide for labor protection for transactions under §§ 11324 and 11325 that involve only Class III rail carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not impose labor protective conditions here, because all of the carriers involved are Class III carriers. 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 for stay must be filed no later than June 22, 2016 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective). An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36045, 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 James H.M. Savage, 22 Rockingham Court, Germantown, MD 20874. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: July 12, 2016. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Kenyatta Clay, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2016–16782 Filed 7–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 387X)] Chesapeake Western Railway— Discontinuance of Service Exemption—in Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, VA Chesapeake Western Railway (CW), a wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway Company, filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over an approximately 15.1-mile rail line, between milepost CW 84.4 at Mt. Jackson, VA, and milepost CW 99.5 at Broadway, VA, in Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties, VA (the Line). The Line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 22842, 22844, 22847, 22853, and 22815. CW 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 before the Surface Transportation Board or any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of a complainant within the twoyear period; and (4) the requirements at 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 discontinuance 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) to subsidize continued rail service has been received, this exemption will become effective on August 16, 2016 (50 days after the filing of the exemption), unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues and formal expressions of intent to file an OFA to subsidize continued E:\FR\FM\15JYN1.SGM 15JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 136 (Friday, July 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46151-46152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16795]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36029]


Watco Holdings, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Kanawha 
River Railroad, LLC

    Watco Holdings, Inc. (Watco), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 
notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in 
control of Kanawha River Railroad, LLC (KNWA), upon KNWA's becoming a 
Class III rail carrier. Watco owns, indirectly, 100% of the issued and 
outstanding stock of KNWA, a limited liability company.\1\
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    \1\ The notice of exemption was initially filed on June 28, 
2016. After representative consultation with the Board, the filing 
was resubmitted on July 1, 2016, and therefore that is the official 
filing date and the basis for all dates in this notice.
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    This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice 
of exemption in Kanawha River Railroad, L.L.C.--Lease Exemption 
Containing Interchange Commitment--Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 
Docket No. FD 36028, wherein KNWA seeks Board approval to lease and 
operate approximately nine rail segments, totaling 308.85 miles of rail 
line from the Norfolk Southern Railway Company. The line segments run 
(1) between mileposts V 382.0 at Maben, W. Va., and V 435.0 at DB 
(Deepwater Bridge), W. Va.; (2) between milepost RR 7.0 at Refugee, 
Ohio, and milepost RR 116.5 at Hobson Yard, Ohio; (3) between milepost 
WV 125.6 at Conco, Ohio and milepost WV 253.4 at Cornelia, W. Va.; (4) 
between milepost VC 0.0 at Vaco Junction, W. Va., and milepost VC 0.84 
at Deepwater, W. Va. (5) between Hitop RT at milepost TP 0.0 at 
Charleston, W. Va., and the end of the track at milepost TP 1.0; (6) 
between Jones IT at milepost JT 0.0 at Jones, W. Va., and the end of 
the track at milepost JT 1.3; (7) between milepost VG 0.0 at Virwest, 
W. Va., and milepost VG 12.1 at Bolt, W. Va., (8) between milepost MY 
0.0 at Milam, W. Va., and the end of the track at MY 1.0l; and (9) 
between milepost PE 0.0 at Putt, W. Va., and milepost PE 2.3 at Putt 
End Branch, W. Va.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after July 31, 2016, the 
effective date of the exemption, 30 days after the supplemental notice 
of exemption was filed.
    Watco currently controls, indirectly, 33 Class III rail carriers 
and one Class II rail carrier, collectively operating in 23 states. For 
a complete list of these rail carriers, and the states in which they 
operate, see Watco's notice of exemption filed on July 1, 2016. The 
notice is available on the Board's Web site at WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
    Watco represents that: (1) The rail lines to be operated by KNWA do 
not connect with any other railroads operated by the carrier in the 
Watco's corporate family; (2) the continuance in control is not part of 
a series of anticipated transactions that would connect the rail lines 
to be operated by KNWA with any other railroad in applicant's corporate 
family; and (3) the transaction does not involve a Class I rail 
carrier. 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. Section 11326(c), however, does 
not provide for labor protection for transactions under 11324 and 11325 
that involve only Class III rail carriers. Accordingly, the Board may 
not impose labor protective conditions here, because all of the 
carriers involved are Class III carriers.
    If the notice contains false or misleading information, the 
exemption

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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. Stay 
petitions must be filed no later than July 22, 2016 (at least seven 
days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 36029, 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 Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 
N. Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606, and Karl Morell, Karl 
Morell & Associates, Suite 225, 655 Fifteenth St. NW., Washington, DC 
20005.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: July 12, 2016.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016-16795 Filed 7-14-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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