Notification of Meetings of the United States-Bahrain Subcommittee on Environmental Affairs and Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation; Withdrawal, 13800 [2024-03694]

Download as PDF 13800 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 37 / Friday, February 23, 2024 / Notices ADDRESSES: DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 12338] Notification of Meetings of the United States-Bahrain Subcommittee on Environmental Affairs and Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation; Withdrawal ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. The Department of State published a document in the Federal Register of February 14, 2024, concerning meetings of the United States-Bahrain Subcommittee on Environmental Affairs and Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation. The meetings have been postponed and are pending new dates to reschedule. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merideth Manella, (202) 286–5271, ManellaM@state.gov or Tia Potskhverashvili, (202) 395–5414, tiapots@ustr.eop.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Withdrawal. In the Federal Register of February 14, 2024, we withdraw FR Doc 2024– 03027 [Public Notice: 12330]. SUMMARY: Scott B. Ticknor, Director, Office of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of State. [FR Doc. 2024–03694 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–09–P DEPARTMENT OF STATE [Public Notice: 12337] Regional Meeting of the Binational Bridges and Border Crossings Group in Mexico City, Mexico ACTION: Notice of a meeting. Delegates from the United States and Mexican governments, the states of New Mexico and Texas, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Laredo, and Tamaulipas will participate in a regional meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Binational Bridges and Border Crossings Group. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss operational matters involving existing and proposed international bridges and border crossings and their related infrastructure and to exchange technical information as well as views on policy. This meeting will include a public session. This session will allow proponents of proposed bridges and border crossings and related projects to make presentations to the delegations and members of the public. DATES: March 13, 2024 at 9 a.m. Public session from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:19 Feb 22, 2024 Mexico City, Mexico. For further information on the meeting and to attend the public session, please contact Beney Lee, Border Affairs Officer, via email at leebj2@state.gov, by phone at 202–647–9894, or by mail at Office of Mexican Affairs, Room 3924, Department of State, 2201 C St. NW, Washington, DC 20520. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jkt 262001 Hillary C. Quam, Border Coordinator, Office of Mexican Affairs, Department of State. [FR Doc. 2024–03639 Filed 2–22–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4710–29–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36753] Wilmington Terminal Railroad, Limited Partnership—Operation Exemption— North Carolina State Ports Authority Wilmington Terminal Railroad, Limited Partnership (WTR), a Class III railroad, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.42 to exempt from regulation WTR’s entry into an amendment (Amendment) with the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) to extend a 2002 Rail Operating Agreement (Original Agreement) between WTR and NCSPA relating to WTR’s continued operations as a common carrier over approximately 18 miles of track in three segments (the Line).1 The Line encompasses: (1) the Front Street Spur, extending from the east line of Third Street at CSX Rail Valuation Station 91+37.3 and extending generally in a northerly direction a distance of approximately 0.66 miles to CSX Rail Valuation Station 56+39; (2) the New River Spur, extending from the CSX Rail Valuation Station 0+00, also being Rail Valuation Station 86+20 on the Front Street Spur 1 WTR originally received acquisition and operation authority for the Line in 2002 using the Board’s expedited notice-of-exemption process. See Wilmington Terminal R.R.—Acquis. & Operation Exemption—N.C. Ports Ry. Comm’n, FD 34257 (STB served Oct. 31, 2002). The verified notice here states that the Original Agreement has been amended three other times since 2002 and that it does not appear Board authority was sought for those amendments. WTR asserts that it is not clear that amendments to the Original Agreement require Board authority because, in a proceeding related to Docket No. FD 34257, the Board held that WTR’s acquisition of a permanent and exclusive railroad operating easement over the Line means that WTR ‘‘will continue to have a common carrier obligation until we permit that obligation to be transferred to [an]other carrier[ ] or the line[ ] to be abandoned.’’ See N.C. State Ports Auth.—Acquis. Exemption— N.C. Ports Ry. Comm’n, FD 34258, slip op. at 5 (STB served Oct. 31, 2002). WTR states that it is seeking authority for the Amendment out of an abundance of caution. PO 00000 Frm 00122 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 at the west line of Second Street and extending generally in a southerly direction approximately 3.5 miles to CSX Rail Valuation Station 185+00; and (3) the line extending from the north entrance to the Port of Wilmington at Transit Road, near its intersection with Burnett Blvd., to the south entrance to the Port of Wilmington at River Road near its intersection with Shipyard Blvd., through and including the classification yards and including all of the railroad tracks on the Port of Wilmington, whether denominated as spurs, side tracks, industrial tracks, or otherwise (but excluding crane rails). According to the verified notice, WTR currently operates the Line and has owned a permanent and exclusive railroad operating easement for the Line since 2002. WTR states that it has entered into the Amendment with NCSPA to extend the term of the Original Agreement and amend other commercial terms related to WTR’s operations over the Line. The verified notice states that the Amendment will be effective on the effective date of the exemption. WTR certifies that neither the Original Agreement nor the Amendment include an interchange commitment. WTR also certifies that its projected annual revenue are not expected to exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III carrier and that its revenues currently exceed $5 million. Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), if a carrier’s projected annual revenues will exceed $5 million, it must, at least 60 days before the exemption becomes effective, post a notice of its intent to undertake the proposed transaction at the workplace of the employees on the affected lines, serve a copy of the notice on the national offices of the labor unions with employees on the affected lines, and certify to the Board that it has done so. However, WTR has filed a request for waiver of the 60-day advance labor notice requirements to allow the transaction to become effective 30 days after WTR’s notice of exemption was filed. WTR’s waiver request will be addressed in a separate decision. The Board will establish the effective date of the exemption in its separate decision on the waiver request. 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 for stay must be filed no later than March 1, 2024. All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36753, must be filed with the E:\FR\FM\23FEN1.SGM 23FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12338]


Notification of Meetings of the United States-Bahrain 
Subcommittee on Environmental Affairs and Joint Forum on Environmental 
Cooperation; Withdrawal

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State published a document in the Federal 
Register of February 14, 2024, concerning meetings of the United 
States-Bahrain Subcommittee on Environmental Affairs and Joint Forum on 
Environmental Cooperation. The meetings have been postponed and are 
pending new dates to reschedule.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merideth Manella, (202) 286-5271, 
[email protected] or Tia Potskhverashvili, (202) 395-5414, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Withdrawal.
    In the Federal Register of February 14, 2024, we withdraw FR Doc 
2024-03027 [Public Notice: 12330].

Scott B. Ticknor,
Director, Office of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-03694 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4710-09-P
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