West Branch Intermediate Holdings, LLC and Continental Rail LLC-Continuance in Control Exemption-New Mexico Central Railroad, LLC, 9106-9107 [2017-02227]
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Direct requests for additional
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for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
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who may be reached on 202–663–2588
or at ZaidiIF@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Title of Information Collection:
PEPFAR Program Expenditures.
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0208.
• Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection.
• Originating Office: Office of the U.S.
Global AIDS Coordinator and Health
Diplomacy (S/GAC).
• Form Number: DS–4213.
• Respondents: Recipients of U.S.
government funds appropriated to
carry out the President’s Emergency
Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,627.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
1,627.
• Average Time per Response: 24 hours.
• Total Estimated Burden Time: 39,048
hours.
• Frequency: Annually.
• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
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• Evaluate whether the proposed
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Abstract of proposed collection: The
US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS
Relief (PEPFAR) was established
through enactment of the United States
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
(Pub. L. 108–25), as amended by the
Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United
States Global Leadership Against HIV/
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110–293) (HIV/AIDS Leadership Act) to
support the global response to HIV/
AIDS. In order to improve program
monitoring, the interagency Finance and
Economics Work Group supporting
PEPFAR has added reporting of
expenditures by program area to the
current routine reporting of program
results for the annual report. Data are
collected from implementing partners in
countries with PEPFAR programs using
a standard tool (DS–4213) via an
electronic web-based interface into
which users directly input data. These
data are analyzed to produce mean and
range in expenditures by partner per
result/achievement for all PEPFAR
program areas. These analyses then feed
into partner and program reviews at the
country level for monitoring and
evaluation on an ongoing basis.
Summaries of these data provide key
information about program costs under
PEPFAR on a global level. Applying
expenditure results will improve
strategic budgeting, identification of
efficient means of delivering services,
accuracy in defining program targets,
and will inform allocation of resources
to ensure the program is accountable
and using public funds for maximum
impact.
Methodology: Data will be collected in
a web-based interface available to all
partners receiving funds under PEPFAR.
To minimize the respondents’ reporting
burden and need for information
technology investment, a new module
capturing expenditure data was added
to an already functional system. System
upgrades now allow collection of the
same information but no longer require
uploading and downloading of
spreadsheet templates. This approach
has minimized U.S. government start-up
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Max L. Aguilar,
Deputy Coordinator for Management, Budget,
and Operations, Office of the U.S. Global
AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy,
Department of State.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36087]
West Branch Intermediate Holdings,
LLC and Continental Rail LLC—
Continuance in Control Exemption—
New Mexico Central Railroad, LLC
West Branch Intermediate Holdings,
LLC (West Branch) and Continental Rail
LLC (Continental) have filed a verified
notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2) for West Branch to
continue in control of, and Continental
to manage, New Mexico Central
Railroad, LLC (NMCR), upon NMCR’s
becoming a Class III rail carrier. West
Branch is a noncarrier limited liability
company that currently controls Delta
Southern Railroad, Inc. (Delta), a Class
III carrier. Continental is a noncarrier
formed for the purpose of managing and
operating short line railroads.
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in New Mexico Central
Railroad—Acquisition & Operation
Exemption—Southwestern Railroad,
Whitewater Division, Docket No. FD
36085, in which NMCR has filed for
authority under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire and operate certain
Southwestern assets. In particular,
NMRC will acquire Southwestern’s
leasehold interest in a line between
Deming (MP 1134) and Rincon (MP
1080) and Southwestern’s ownership
interest in lines: Between Deming (MP
0.0) and Peruhill (MP 5+3,763 feet);
between Peruhill (MP 5+3,763 feet) and
Whitewater (MP 30+2,972 feet); between
Whitewater (near MP 30+2,972 feet) and
the Tyrone Industrial Spur at Burro
Mountain Jct. (near MP 33+5,256 feet);
between Whitewater (MP 0+0750 feet)
and Santa Rita (MP 16+1,500 feet); and
between Hannover, Jct. (MP 14+1,345.4
feet) and the connection line at the
Fierro Industrial Spur at the Sharon
Steel Plant (near MP 6+1,804 feet). The
total Southwestern mileage NMCR will
acquire (by purchase or lease) and
operate is approximately 116 miles.1
1 In Docket No. FD 36084, West Branch and
Continental have invoked the class exemption at 49
CFR 1180.2(d)(2) for West Branch to acquire control
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The applicants certify that: (1) The
carriers that are the subject of this notice
do not connect with each other; (2) that
this transaction is not part of a series of
anticipated transactions that would
connect these rail carriers with each
other; and (3) the transaction does not
involve a Class I carrier. The proposed
transaction is therefore exempt from the
prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.
11323 pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
The earliest the transaction could be
consummated is February 16, 2017, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the verified notice of exemption
was filed). The parties expect to
consummate the transaction on or about
February 17, 2017.
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 to stay must be
filed by February 9, 2017 (at least seven
days before the exemption becomes
effective).
An original and ten copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
36087, 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: John D. Heffner,
Strasburger & Price, LLP, 1025
Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 717,
Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Decided: January 30, 2017.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
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of, and for Continental to manage, the following
Class III rail carriers: Cimarron Valley Railroad,
L.C., Clarksdale Arizona Central Railroad, L.C., and
Wyoming and Colorado Railroad Company, Inc.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36067]
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad—
Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—Illinois Central Railroad
Company
On January 12, 2017, New Orleans
Public Belt Railroad (NOPB), a Class III
rail carrier, filed a request under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8) for a one-year extension of
temporary overhead trackage rights over
a line of railroad of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company (IC), over two
segments of IC’s rail lines as follows: (1)
IC’s McComb Subdivision, between IC’s
connection with the Kansas City
Southern Railway Company (KCS) at or
near IC milepost 906.4 at East Bridge
Junction in Shrewsbury, La., and IC
milepost 900.8 at Orleans Junction in
New Orleans, La. (approximately 5.6
miles); and (2) IC’s Baton Rough
Subdivision, between IC milepost 444.2
at Orleans Junction and IC milepost
443.5 at Frellsen Junction in New
Orleans, La. (approximately 0.7 miles),
for a total distance of approximately 6.3
miles (the Line).
NOPB was authorized to acquire the
temporary overhead trackage rights over
the Line by notice of exemption served
and published in the Federal Register
on October 14, 2016 (81 FR 71,161).
According to NOPB, the temporary
trackage rights permit it to interchange
traffic with the Kansas City Southern
Railway Company (KCS) on KCS
trackage in New Orleans on a trial basis.
Under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8), the
parties may, prior to the expiration of
the temporary trackage rights, file a
request for a renewal of the temporary
rights for an additional period of up to
one year, including the reasons for the
extension. NOPB states that the
temporary trackage rights are scheduled
to expire on January 31, 2017. NOPB
further states that the initial operations
have been successful, and NOPB and IC
have agreed to extend the rights for an
additional year, to January 31, 2018, to
confirm the longer-term feasibility of
operations.
NOPB filed a copy of the amendment
to the temporary trackage rights
agreement with its request for the oneyear extension. NOPB also
acknowledges that any further extension
of these rights, or a conversion of the
rights from temporary to permanent,
would require a separate notice of
exemption filing pursuant to 49 CFR
1180.4(g).
In accordance with 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8), NOPB’s temporary
trackage rights over the Line will be
extended for one year and will expire on
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January 31, 2018. The employee
protective conditions imposed in the
October 14, 2016 notice remain in effect.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’
Decided: January 27, 2017.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36091]
David L. Durbano, Wyoming and
Colorado Railroad Company, Inc., and
Saratoga Railroad, LLC—Corporate
Family Transaction
David L. Durbano (Durbano), an
individual, Saratoga Railroad, LLC
(Saratoga), a noncarrier corporation
wholly owned by Durbano, and
Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
Company, Inc. (WYCO), a Class III rail
carrier controlled by Durbano,1
(collectively, the Parties) have filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1180.2(d)(3) for a corporate family
transaction in which: (1) Saratoga will
acquire from WYCO and operate an
approximately 23.71-mile rail line
between milepost 0.57 at Walcott and
milepost 24.28 at Saratoga in Carbon
County, Wyo. (the EB Line); and (2)
Durbano will continue in control of
Saratoga when it becomes a Class III rail
carrier, upon Saratoga’s acquisition of
the EB line, while remaining in control
of WYCO and Durbano’s three other
Class III rail carriers: Southwestern
Railroad, Inc. (SWRR), Cimarron Valley
1 Durbano has controlled WYCO since WYCO
acquired a 131.52-mile line from Union Pacific
Railroad Company (UP) in 1987. See Wyo. & Colo.
R.R.—Acquis. & Operation Exemption—Certain
Lines of Union Pac. R.R., FD 31140 (ICC served
Nov. 30, 1987) (1987 Acquisition). The line being
acquired by Saratoga was part of the l987
Acquisition and is known as Encampment Branch
or the EB Line. The remainder of the former UP line
acquired in the 1987 Acquisition has either been
abandoned or sold through a series of proceedings.
See Wyo. & Colo. R.R.—Aban. Exemption—in
Jackson Cty., Colo., AB 307 (Sub-No. 1X) (ICC
served June 25, 1990); Wyo. & Colo. R.R.—Aban.
Exemption—in Jackson Cty., Colo., AB 307 (Sub-No.
2X) (ICC served May 19, 1995 and Sept. 15, 1995);
Wyo. & Colo. R.R.—Aban. Exemption—in Albany
Cty., Wyo., AB 307 (Sub-No. 3X) (STB served Sept.
16, 1996, as modified by subsequent decisions
served on May 16, 2003, and December 31, 2003;)
Wyo. & Colo. R.R.—Aban. Exemption—in Albany
Cty., Wyo., AB 307 (Sub-No. 4X) (STB served Oct.
10, 2003, as modified by subsequent decisions
served on Nov. 10, 2003, and Feb. 27, 2009).
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36087]
West Branch Intermediate Holdings, LLC and Continental Rail LLC--
Continuance in Control Exemption--New Mexico Central Railroad, LLC
West Branch Intermediate Holdings, LLC (West Branch) and
Continental Rail LLC (Continental) have filed a verified notice of
exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) for West Branch to continue
in control of, and Continental to manage, New Mexico Central Railroad,
LLC (NMCR), upon NMCR's becoming a Class III rail carrier. West Branch
is a noncarrier limited liability company that currently controls Delta
Southern Railroad, Inc. (Delta), a Class III carrier. Continental is a
noncarrier formed for the purpose of managing and operating short line
railroads.
This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice
of exemption in New Mexico Central Railroad--Acquisition & Operation
Exemption--Southwestern Railroad, Whitewater Division, Docket No. FD
36085, in which NMCR has filed for authority under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire and operate certain Southwestern assets. In particular, NMRC
will acquire Southwestern's leasehold interest in a line between Deming
(MP 1134) and Rincon (MP 1080) and Southwestern's ownership interest in
lines: Between Deming (MP 0.0) and Peruhill (MP 5+3,763 feet); between
Peruhill (MP 5+3,763 feet) and Whitewater (MP 30+2,972 feet); between
Whitewater (near MP 30+2,972 feet) and the Tyrone Industrial Spur at
Burro Mountain Jct. (near MP 33+5,256 feet); between Whitewater (MP
0+0750 feet) and Santa Rita (MP 16+1,500 feet); and between Hannover,
Jct. (MP 14+1,345.4 feet) and the connection line at the Fierro
Industrial Spur at the Sharon Steel Plant (near MP 6+1,804 feet). The
total Southwestern mileage NMCR will acquire (by purchase or lease) and
operate is approximately 116 miles.\1\
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\1\ In Docket No. FD 36084, West Branch and Continental have
invoked the class exemption at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) for West Branch
to acquire control of, and for Continental to manage, the following
Class III rail carriers: Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C., Clarksdale
Arizona Central Railroad, L.C., and Wyoming and Colorado Railroad
Company, Inc.
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The applicants certify that: (1) The carriers that are the subject
of this notice do not connect with each other; (2) that this
transaction is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that
would connect these rail carriers with each other; and (3) the
transaction does not involve a Class I carrier. The proposed
transaction is therefore exempt from the prior approval requirements of
49 U.S.C. 11323 pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
The earliest the transaction could be consummated is February 16,
2017, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified
notice of exemption was filed). The parties expect to consummate the
transaction on or about February 17, 2017.
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 to stay must be filed by February 9, 2017 (at
least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and ten copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket
No. FD 36087, 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: John D. Heffner, Strasburger & Price, LLP,
1025 Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 717, Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Decided: January 30, 2017.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2017-02227 Filed 2-1-17; 8:45 am]
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