City of Yelm-Abandonment Exemption-in Thurston and Pierce Counties, Wash., 35493-35494 [2020-12504]
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Passport Demand Forecasting Survey.
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The Secretary of State is authorized to
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211a. The Department of State, Passport
Services administers the U.S. passport
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The Passport Demand Forecasting
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survey data will cover an estimated
30,000 respondents annually.
Zachary Parker,
Director.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 1295X]
City of Yelm—Abandonment
Exemption—in Thurston and Pierce
Counties, Wash.
The City of Yelm (the City) has filed
a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon an
approximately 4.57-mile railroad line
that runs between milepost 20.99, near
Roy, Wash., and milepost 25.56, in
Yelm, Wash. (the Line). The Line
traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes
98597 and 98580.1
1 Although the City initially submitted its verified
notice on May 5, 2020, it subsequently submitted
several supplements, the last of which was
submitted on May 21, 2020. As such, that date will
be considered the filing date and the basis for all
dates in this notice.
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The City has certified that: (1) No
freight traffic has moved over the Line
for two years; (2) any overhead freight
traffic on the Line can be rerouted over
other lines; (3) no formal complaint
filed by a user of rail service on the Line
(or 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 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 1105.7 and 1105.8 (notice of
environmental and historic report), 49
CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication),
and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to
government agencies) have been met.
Any railroad employees who may be
adversely affected by the proposed
abandonment will 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,2 the
exemption will be effective on July 10,
2020, unless stayed pending
reconsideration.3 Petitions to stay that
do not involve environmental issues
must be filed by June 19, 2020,4 and
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and
interim trail use/rail banking requests
under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
June 22, 2020.5 Petitions to reopen or
requests for public use conditions must
be filed by June 30, 2020, with the
2 Persons interested in submitting an OFA must
first file a formal expression of intent to file an
offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they
wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or purchase) and
demonstrating that they are preliminarily
financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i).
3 The City states in its verified notice that the
proposed consummation date of this transaction is
May 1, 2020, but this transaction cannot be
consummated until July 10, 2020 (50 days from the
May 21, 2020 filing date). See 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2).
4 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.
5 Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can
be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27),
respectively.
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Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to the City’s
representative, Brent Dille, Dille Law,
PLLC, 2010 Caton Way SW, Suite 101,
Olympia, WA 98502.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
The City has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the potential effects, if any, of
the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. OEA will issue a
Draft Environmental Assessment (EA)
by June 15, 2020. The Draft EA will be
available to interested persons on the
Board’s website, by writing to OEA, or
by calling OEA at (202) 245–0305.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339. Comments
on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed
within 15 days after the Draft 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), the City 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 the City’s filing of a notice
of consummation by June 10, 2021, and
there are no legal or regulatory barriers
to consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
The base year for railroads is 1991.
The inflation-adjusted indexes and
deflator factors are presented as follows:
Decided: June 4, 2020.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director,
Office of Proceedings.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED INDEX
AND DEFLATOR FACTOR TABLE
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 748]
Indexing the Annual Operating
Revenues of Railroads
The Surface Transportation Board (the
Board) is publishing the annual
inflation-adjusted index and deflator
factors for 2019. The deflator factors are
used by the railroads to adjust their
gross annual operating revenues for
classification purposes. This indexing
methodology ensures that railroads are
classified based on real business
expansion and not on the effects of
inflation. Classification is important
because it determines the extent to
which individual railroads must comply
with the Board’s reporting requirements.
The Board’s deflator factors are based
on the annual average Railroad Freight
Price Index developed by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. The Board’s deflator
factor is used to deflate revenues for
comparison with established revenue
thresholds.
Year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
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Index
Deflator
1 100.00
409.50
411.80
415.50
418.80
418.17
417.46
419.67
424.54
423.01
428.64
436.48
445.03
454.33
473.41
522.41
567.34
588.30
656.78
619.73
652.29
708.80
740.61
764.19
778.41
749.22
732.38
758.95
801.61
825.94
99.45
98.55
97.70
97.85
98.02
97.50
96.38
96.72
95.45
93.73
91.92
90.03
86.40
78.29
72.09
69.52
62.28
66.00
62.71
57.71
55.23
53.53
52.55
54.60
55.85
53.90
51.03
49.52
Application of the annual deflator
factors results in the following annual
revenue thresholds:
RAILROAD REVENUE THRESHOLDS
Year
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
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The inflation-adjusted indexes
and deflator factors are effective January
1, 2019.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Factor
Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245–0333.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
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457,913,998
447,621,226
463,860,933
489,935,956
504,803,294
Class II
36,633,120
35,809,698
37,108,875
39,194,876
40,384,263
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No.—2020–45]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Airlines for America
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
1 In Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin Central
Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking with Respect to
49 CFR Part 1201, 8 I.C.C.2d 625 (1992), the Board’s
predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission,
raised the revenue classification level for Class I
railroads from $50 million (1978 dollars) to $250
VerDate Sep<11>2014
Decided: June 4, 2020.
By the Board, Dr. William J. Brennan,
Director, Office of Economics.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
0.5460
0.5585
0.5390
0.5103
0.4952
Class I
million (1991 dollars), effective for the reporting
year beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II
threshold was also raised from $10 million (1978
dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars). On May 14,
2020, the Board opened a rulemaking proceeding
and invited comment on issues related to the Class
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I carrier revenue threshold determination in
response to a petition for rulemaking. Mont. Rail
Link, Inc.—Pet. For Rulemaking—Classification of
Carriers, EP 763 (STB served May 14, 2020).
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 1295X]
City of Yelm--Abandonment Exemption--in Thurston and Pierce
Counties, Wash.
The City of Yelm (the City) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to
abandon an approximately 4.57-mile railroad line that runs between
milepost 20.99, near Roy, Wash., and milepost 25.56, in Yelm, Wash.
(the Line). The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 98597 and
98580.\1\
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\1\ Although the City initially submitted its verified notice on
May 5, 2020, it subsequently submitted several supplements, the last
of which was submitted on May 21, 2020. As such, that date will be
considered the filing date and the basis for all dates in this
notice.
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The City has certified that: (1) No freight traffic has moved over
the Line for two years; (2) any overhead freight traffic on the Line
can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a
user of rail service on the Line (or 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 or any
U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of a complainant
within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7
and 1105.8 (notice of environmental and historic report), 49 CFR
1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to
government agencies) have been met.
Any railroad employees who may be adversely affected by the
proposed abandonment will 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,\2\ the exemption will be
effective on July 10, 2020, unless stayed pending reconsideration.\3\
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues must be
filed by June 19, 2020,\4\ and formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and interim trail use/rail banking
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by June 22, 2020.\5\
Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions must be filed
by June 30, 2020, with the
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Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001.
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\2\ Persons interested in submitting an OFA must first file a
formal expression of intent to file an offer, indicating the type of
financial assistance they wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or
purchase) and demonstrating that they are preliminarily financially
responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i).
\3\ The City states in its verified notice that the proposed
consummation date of this transaction is May 1, 2020, but this
transaction cannot be consummated until July 10, 2020 (50 days from
the May 21, 2020 filing date). See 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2).
\4\ 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.
\5\ Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can be found at
49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), respectively.
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to the
City's representative, Brent Dille, Dille Law, PLLC, 2010 Caton Way SW,
Suite 101, Olympia, WA 98502.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
The City has filed a combined environmental and historic report
that addresses the potential effects, if any, of the abandonment on the
environment and historic resources. OEA will issue a Draft
Environmental Assessment (EA) by June 15, 2020. The Draft EA will be
available to interested persons on the Board's website, by writing to
OEA, or by calling OEA at (202) 245-0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339. Comments on environmental and historic preservation matters must
be filed within 15 days after the Draft 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), the City 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 the City's filing of a notice of
consummation by June 10, 2021, and there are no legal or regulatory
barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically
expire.
Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: June 4, 2020.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
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