Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor, 60788 [2017-27634]
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of these determinations be published in
the Federal Register.
Alyson Grunder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2017–27619 Filed 12–21–17; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36068 (Sub-No. 2)]
The Indiana Rail Road Company—
Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—CSX Transportation, Inc.
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The Indiana Rail Road Company
(INRD), a Class II rail carrier, has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for its acquisition of
limited, temporary overhead trackage
rights over a line of railroad of CSX
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) between its
connection with CSXT at approximately
CSXT milepost OZA 204.5 at Sullivan,
Ind., and the connection with trackage
serving the Oaktown Mine at
approximately CSXT milepost OZA
219.05 at Oaktown, Ind., a distance of
approximately 14.55 miles.
As explained by INRD in its notice of
exemption in Docket No. FD 36068,
pursuant to a May 15, 2008 trackage
rights agreement and two subsequent
supplements to that agreement dated
August 1, 2009, and November 20, 2009,
INRD holds trackage rights over a line
of railroad of CSXT from Sullivan to
Carlisle and Oaktown, Ind.1 The
purpose of those 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. In 2016, the Board
authorized temporarily expanding 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 The current
temporary trackage rights agreement is
scheduled to expire on December 31,
2017. INRD states that it intends to
consummate the transaction on January
1 See Indiana R.R.—Trackage Rights Exemption—
CSX Transp., Inc., FD 35328 (STB served Dec. 31,
2009); Indiana R.R.—Trackage Rights Exemption—
CSX Transp., Inc., FD 35287 (STB served Sept. 2,
2009); Indiana R.R.—Amended Trackage Rights
Exemption—CSX Transp., Inc., FD 35137 (STB
served May 22, 2008, and Dec. 4, 2009).
2 Indiana R.R.—Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX
Transp., Inc., FD 36068 (STB served Oct. 14, 2016);
Indiana R.R.—Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX
Transp., Inc., FD 36068 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served
Feb. 9, 2017).
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6, 2018. The sole purpose of the
trackage rights is to allow INRD to
handle loaded and empty unit coal
trains between the Oaktown Mine and
the Kentucky Utilities Generating
Station in Harrodsburg, Ky., in interline
service with other rail carriers. The
temporary trackage rights will expire on
December 31, 2018.3
As a condition to this exemption, any
employees affected by the acquisition of
the temporary trackage rights will be
protected by the conditions imposed in
Norfolk & Western Railway—Trackage
Rights—Burlington Northern, Inc., 354
I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in
Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease &
Operate—California Western Railroad,
360 I.C.C. 653 (1980), and any
employees affected by the
discontinuance of those trackage rights
will be protected by the conditions set
out in Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8). 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.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
36068 (Sub-No. 2), 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 INRD’s
representative, Thomas J. Litwiler,
Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker
Dr., Ste. 920, Chicago, IL 60606–2832.
According to INRD, this action is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c) and historic reporting under
49 CFR 1105.8(b)(3).
Board decisions and notices are
available on our website at
‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’
Decided: December 19, 2017.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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3 INRD states that, upon expiration of the
temporary trackage rights, its underlying trackage
rights authorized in Docket Nos. FD 35137, FD
35287, and FD 35328 will remain in place.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2018–1)]
Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
Surface Transportation Board.
Approval of rail cost adjustment
AGENCY:
ACTION:
factor.
The Board has approved the
first quarter 2018 Rail Cost Adjustment
Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by
the Association of American Railroads.
A new base level for the index is
calculated in the Board’s decision, as
the statute requires be done every five
years. The first quarter 2018 RCAF
(Unadjusted) is 1.027. The first quarter
2018 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.422. The first
quarter 2018 RCAF–5 is 0.402.
DATES: Applicability Date: January 1,
2018.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional information is contained in
the Board’s decision, which is available
on our website, https://www.stb.gov.
Copies of the decision may be
purchased by contacting the Office of
Public Assistance, Governmental
Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245–
0238. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through FIRS at
(800) 877–8339.
This action is categorically excluded
from environmental review under 49
CFR 1105.6(c).
Decided: December 18, 2017.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman
and Miller.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2017–0199]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
CHASIN TAIL 2; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-
SUMMARY:
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2018-1)]
Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Approval of rail cost adjustment factor.
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SUMMARY: The Board has approved the first quarter 2018 Rail Cost
Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of
American Railroads. A new base level for the index is calculated in the
Board's decision, as the statute requires be done every five years. The
first quarter 2018 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.027. The first quarter 2018
RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.422. The first quarter 2018 RCAF-5 is 0.402.
DATES: Applicability Date: January 1, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245-0333. Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: (800) 877-
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the
Board's decision, which is available on our website, https://www.stb.gov. Copies of the decision may be purchased by contacting the
Office of Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance at
(202) 245-0238. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available
through FIRS at (800) 877-8339.
This action is categorically excluded from environmental review
under 49 CFR 1105.6(c).
Decided: December 18, 2017.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman and Miller.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2017-27634 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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