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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36089]
Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad—
Operation Exemption—The
Jacksonville Port Authority
Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad
(JXPT), a noncarrier, has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR
1150.31 to operate approximately 10.0
miles of rail line owned by the
Jacksonville Port Authority (Authority)
at the Talleyrand Docks and Terminal,
in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. (the
Line), pursuant to an operating
agreement with the Authority. The Line
runs from F&J Junction (between
Norfolk Southern Railway milepost 5–C
and CSX Transportation milepost
632.08) in an easterly direction to
Municipal Docks Railway milepost
10.33 within the Talleyrand Marine
Terminal.
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in Watco Holdings, Inc.—
Continuance in Control Exemption—
Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad,
L.L.C., Docket No. FD 36090, in which
Watco Holdings, Inc., seeks Board
approval to continue in control of JXPT
upon JXPT’s becoming a Class III rail
carrier.
The transaction may be consummated
on or after February 23, 2017, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the verified notice was filed).
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JXPT certifies that, as a result of this
transaction, its projected revenues will
not result in the creation of a Class II or
Class I rail carrier and will not exceed
$5 million.
JXPT states that the operating
agreement does not involve a provision
or agreement which may limit future
interchange with a third party
connecting carrier.
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 February 16, 2017 (at
least seven days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
36089, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, a copy must be served on 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.GOV.’’
rights agreement and two subsequent
supplements to that agreement dated as
of August 1, 2009, and November 20,
2009, INRD holds trackage rights over a
line of railroad of CSX Transportation,
Inc. (CSXT) from Sullivan to Carlisle
and Oaktown, Ind.1 The purpose of
these trackage rights is to allow INRD to
handle unit coal trains from mines at
Carlisle and Oaktown to specified
destinations on INRD or other railroads
with which INRD interchanges.
INRD states in its petition in this subdocket that CSXT agreed to temporarily
expand the existing trackage rights to
allow INRD to handle loaded and empty
coal trains between the Oaktown Mine
and the Kentucky Utilities Generating
Station in Harrodsburg, Ky., in interline
service with other rail carriers.2 That
temporary trackage rights agreement,
entitled Supplemental Agreement No. 6
and dated September 1, 2016
(Agreement), provides that the
expanded trackage rights will expire on
December 31, 2017.3 INRD argues that
granting its petition to allow the
trackage rights to expire on that date
will promote the rail transportation
policy, will be consistent with the
limited scope of the transaction, and
will not adversely affect the current
competitive situation of any shipper.
Decided: February 3, 2017.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
Discussion and Conclusions
Although INRD and CSXT have
expressly agreed on the duration of the
proposed Agreement, trackage rights
approved under the class exemption at
49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) typically remain
effective indefinitely, regardless of any
contract provisions. Occasionally,
however, trackage rights exemptions
have been granted for a limited time
period rather than in perpetuity. See,
e.g., Ind. S. R.R.—Temporary Trackage
Rights Exemption—Norfolk S. Ry., FD
35965 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Nov. 25,
2015).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board
may exempt a person, class of persons,
or a transaction or service, in whole or
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[Docket No. FD 36068 (Sub-No. 1)]
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The Indiana Rail Road Company—
Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX
Transportation, Inc.
On September 29, 2016, The Indiana
Rail Road Company (INRD) filed a
verified notice of exemption in Docket
No. FD 36068 for trackage rights under
the class exemption at 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(7) and simultaneously filed a
petition in this sub-docket to partially
revoke the exemption to allow the
trackage rights to expire on December
31, 2017. Notice of the exemption in
Docket No. FD 36068 was served and
published in the Federal Register on
October 14, 2016 (81 FR 71160), and
became effective on October 29, 2016.
This decision addresses INRD’s petition
to partially revoke the exemption.
As explained by INRD in its notice of
exemption in Docket No. FD 36068,
pursuant to a May 15, 2008 trackage
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1 See Ind. Rail Rd.—Trackage Rights Exemption—
CSX Transp., Inc., FD 35328 (STB served Dec. 31,
2009); Ind. Rail Rd.—Trackage Rights Exemption—
CSX Transp., Inc., FD 35287 (STB served Sept. 2,
2009); Ind. Rail Rd.—Amended Trackage Rights
Exemption—CSX Transp., Inc., FD 35137 (STB
served May 22, 2008).
2 INRD’s notice of exemption initially described
the trackage rights as ‘‘local.’’ However, on October
4, 2016, INRD filed a supplement in which it states
that, beyond serving the mine at Oaktown, the
temporary trackage rights will not allow INRD to
provide local service at any points between
Sullivan and Oaktown.
3 INRD explained in its notice of exemption that
because the temporary trackage rights under the
Agreement were to be more than a year in duration,
the class exemption for temporary trackage rights
under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) was not available.
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in part, when it finds that: (1) Continued
regulation is not necessary to carry out
the rail transportation policy of 49
U.S.C. 10101; and (2) either the
transaction or service is of limited
scope, or regulation is not necessary to
protect shippers from the abuse of
market power.
INRD’s trackage rights were already
authorized under the class exemption at
49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). Granting partial
revocation in these circumstances
would promote the rail transportation
policy by eliminating the need to file a
second pleading seeking discontinuance
when the agreement expires, thereby
promoting rail transportation policy
goals at 49 U.S.C. 10101(2), (7), and (15).
Moreover, limiting the term of the
trackage rights is consistent with the
limited scope of the transaction
previously exempted. Therefore, the
Board will grant the petition and permit
the trackage rights exempted in Docket
No. FD 36068 to expire on December 31,
2017.
To provide the statutorily mandated
protection to any employee adversely
affected by the discontinuance of
trackage rights, the Board will impose
the employee protective conditions set
forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
This action is categorically excluded
from environmental review under 49
CFR 1105.6(c).
It is ordered:
1. The petition for partial revocation
is granted.
2. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the trackage
rights described in Docket No. FD 36068
are exempted, as discussed above, to
permit the trackage rights to expire on
December 31, 2017, subject to the
employee protective conditions set forth
in Oregon Short Line.
3. Notice will be published in the
Federal Register on February 9, 2017.
4. This decision is effective on March
11, 2017. Petitions to stay must be filed
by February 21, 2017. Petitions for
reconsideration must be filed by March
1, 2017.
Decided: February 3, 2017.
By the Board, Acting Chairman Begeman,
Vice Chairman Elliott, and Commissioner
Miller.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36089]
Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad--Operation Exemption--The
Jacksonville Port Authority
Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad (JXPT), a noncarrier, has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate
approximately 10.0 miles of rail line owned by the Jacksonville Port
Authority (Authority) at the Talleyrand Docks and Terminal, in
Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla. (the Line), pursuant to an operating
agreement with the Authority. The Line runs from F&J Junction (between
Norfolk Southern Railway milepost 5-C and CSX Transportation milepost
632.08) in an easterly direction to Municipal Docks Railway milepost
10.33 within the Talleyrand Marine Terminal.
This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice
of exemption in Watco Holdings, Inc.--Continuance in Control
Exemption--Jacksonville Port Terminal Railroad, L.L.C., Docket No. FD
36090, in which Watco Holdings, Inc., seeks Board approval to continue
in control of JXPT upon JXPT's becoming a Class III rail carrier.
The transaction may be consummated on or after February 23, 2017,
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice
was filed).
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JXPT certifies that, as a result of this transaction, its projected
revenues will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class I rail
carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
JXPT states that the operating agreement does not involve a
provision or agreement which may limit future interchange with a third
party connecting carrier.
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 February 16,
2017 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 36089, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy must be
served on 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.GOV.''
Decided: February 3, 2017.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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