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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36152]
Ohio River Partners Shareholders
LLC—Exemption for Intra-Corporate
Family Transaction—Ohio River
Partners LLC
Ohio River Partners Shareholder LLC
(ORPS) and Ohio River Partners LLC
(ORP) (collectively, the Parties) have
jointly filed a verified notice of
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exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3)
for an intra-corporate family transaction.
ORP is a Delaware limited liability
company, and in 2016 the Board
authorized it to acquire and operate a
12.2-mile rail line between milepost
60.5 at or near Powhatan Point, Ohio,
and milepost 72.2 at or near Hannibal,
Ohio (the Omal Line).1 ORPS, a
Delaware limited liability company,
owns 100% of the member interests of
ORP.2
According to the Parties, the purpose
of this transaction is to vest both fee title
to the Omal Line and the right (and
common carrier obligation) to operate
the Omal Line in a single entity
(ORPS).3 They state that the transaction
will streamline administration and
enhance corporate efficiency for the
Parties, which are already closely
integrated. They note, for example, that
the proposed merger will eliminate the
need for ORP and ORPS to prepare
separate tax returns and maintain
separate corporate records.
The Parties state that the transaction
does not impose or involve any
interchange commitment by, or
affecting, the Parties.4
Unless stayed, the exemption will be
effective on November 15, 2017 (30 days
after the verified notice was filed). The
Parties state that they intend to
consummate the proposed transaction
as soon as practicable after the effective
date of the exemption.
This is a transaction within a
corporate family of the type specially
exempted from prior review and
approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3).
The Parties state that the transaction
will not result in any adverse change in
service levels or significant operational
changes because ORP has not yet
commenced operations over the Omal
Line. Nor will the merger of ORP with
and into ORPS result in any change in
1 See Ohio River Partners LLC—Acquis. &
Operation Exemption—Hannibal Development,
LLC, FD 35984 (STB served Apr. 1, 2016).
2 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).
3 The Parties state that the Omal Line acquisition
was part of a broader real estate transaction
pursuant to which ORPS acquired certain industrial
property (including the land upon which the Omal
Line is located) from Hannibal Development LLC
(Hannibal Development). The parties originally
contemplated that ORP would acquire and operate
the Omal Line, while ORPS would acquire the other
real property from Hannibal Development.
However, as consummated, the transaction resulted
in ORPS becoming the owner of all the property
conveyed by Hannibal Development, including the
Omal Line.
4 An unexecuted draft copy of the Parties’
agreement was filed with the verified notice of
exemption.
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the competitive balance with carriers
outside the corporate family.
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 Sections 11324 and
11325 that involve only Class III rail
carriers. The exemption here was filed
by ORP and ORPS. Only Class III
carriers are involved. Accordingly, labor
protective conditions will not be
imposed.
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 exemption.
Petitions for stay must be filed no later
than November 8, 2017 (at least seven
days before the exemption becomes
effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
36152, 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 Terrence M. Hynes,
Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
According to the Parties, this action is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c).
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Decided: October 27, 2017.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment and Discontinuance of
Service Exemption—in Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F—
Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuance of Service for UP to: (1)
Abandon a 2.0-mile portion of UP’s
Rockwell Industrial Lead in Mason City,
Iowa, between milepost 155.5 near Elm
Street and milepost 157.5 near 19th
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Street; and (2) discontinue service over
a 0.5-mile portion of UP’s Rockwell
Industrial Lead near Swifts, Iowa,
between milepost 157.5 and milepost
158.0, near Swifts, Iowa (the Line).1 The
Line is entirely within Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa, and traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 50401.
UP has certified that: (1) No local or
overhead traffic has moved over the
Line for at least two years; (2) there is
no need to reroute any traffic 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 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 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 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
abandonment 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) has been received, this
exemption will become effective on
December 1, 2017, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,2 formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),3 and interim trail use/rail
1 In the verified notice, UP states that after the
proposed abandonment, UP will continue to
provide rail service from the remaining portion of
the Rockwell Industrial Lead, as well as the Mason
City and Albert Lea Subdivisions of the Spine Line,
which lie within one mile of the Line.
2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5
I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may
take appropriate action before the exemption’s
effective date.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,800. See
Regulations Governing Fees for Servs. Performed in
Connection with Licensing & Related Servs.—2017
Update, EP 542 (Sub-No. 25), slip op. App. C at 20
(STB served July 28, 2017).
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banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29
must be filed by November 9, 2017.
Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by November 21,
2017, 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 UP’s
representative: Jeremy M. Berman,
General Attorney, 1400 Douglas Street,
Stop 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
UP has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
November 6, 2017. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
to OEA (Room 1100, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202)
245–0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339. Comments on
environmental and historic preservation
matters must be filed within 15 days
after the EA becomes available to the
public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or interim trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed,
where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the Line. If
consummation has not been effected by
UP’s filing of a notice of consummation
by November 1, 2018, and there are no
legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’
Decided: October 26, 2017.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36152]
Ohio River Partners Shareholders LLC--Exemption for Intra-
Corporate Family Transaction--Ohio River Partners LLC
Ohio River Partners Shareholder LLC (ORPS) and Ohio River Partners
LLC (ORP) (collectively, the Parties) have jointly filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3) for an intra-corporate
family transaction. ORP is a Delaware limited liability company, and in
2016 the Board authorized it to acquire and operate a 12.2-mile rail
line between milepost 60.5 at or near Powhatan Point, Ohio, and
milepost 72.2 at or near Hannibal, Ohio (the Omal Line).\1\ ORPS, a
Delaware limited liability company, owns 100% of the member interests
of ORP.\2\
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\1\ See Ohio River Partners LLC--Acquis. & Operation Exemption--
Hannibal Development, LLC, FD 35984 (STB served Apr. 1, 2016).
\2\ 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).
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According to the Parties, the purpose of this transaction is to
vest both fee title to the Omal Line and the right (and common carrier
obligation) to operate the Omal Line in a single entity (ORPS).\3\ They
state that the transaction will streamline administration and enhance
corporate efficiency for the Parties, which are already closely
integrated. They note, for example, that the proposed merger will
eliminate the need for ORP and ORPS to prepare separate tax returns and
maintain separate corporate records.
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\3\ The Parties state that the Omal Line acquisition was part of
a broader real estate transaction pursuant to which ORPS acquired
certain industrial property (including the land upon which the Omal
Line is located) from Hannibal Development LLC (Hannibal
Development). The parties originally contemplated that ORP would
acquire and operate the Omal Line, while ORPS would acquire the
other real property from Hannibal Development. However, as
consummated, the transaction resulted in ORPS becoming the owner of
all the property conveyed by Hannibal Development, including the
Omal Line.
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The Parties state that the transaction does not impose or involve
any interchange commitment by, or affecting, the Parties.\4\
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\4\ An unexecuted draft copy of the Parties' agreement was filed
with the verified notice of exemption.
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Unless stayed, the exemption will be effective on November 15, 2017
(30 days after the verified notice was filed). The Parties state that
they intend to consummate the proposed transaction as soon as
practicable after the effective date of the exemption.
This is a transaction within a corporate family of the type
specially exempted from prior review and approval under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(3). The Parties state that the transaction will not result in
any adverse change in service levels or significant operational changes
because ORP has not yet commenced operations over the Omal Line. Nor
will the merger of ORP with and into ORPS result in any change in
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the competitive balance with carriers outside the corporate family.
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 Sections 11324
and 11325 that involve only Class III rail carriers. The exemption here
was filed by ORP and ORPS. Only Class III carriers are involved.
Accordingly, labor protective conditions will not be imposed.
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 exemption. Petitions
for stay must be filed no later than November 8, 2017 (at least seven
days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 36152, 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 Terrence M. Hynes, Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
According to the Parties, this action is categorically excluded
from environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c).
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Decided: October 27, 2017.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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