San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co.-Lease and Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment-BNSF Railway Company, 47197-47198 [2024-11912]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 106 / Friday, May 31, 2024 / Notices whether there are ways to minimize the burden, including through the use of automated techniques or other forms of information technology; and (d) whether there are ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information. All other information in the original declaration remains unchanged. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008) Francisco Sánchez, Jr., Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. [FR Doc. 2024–11935 Filed 5–30–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026–09–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Data Collection Available for Public Comments 60-Day notice and request for comments ACTION: The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. 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Respondents can be individuals and firms making application to the 8(a) BD Program, or those who are already Participants in the program. Form Number: SBA Form 1010–NHO, SBA Form 1010-Business, SBA Form 1010–CDC, SBA Form 1010 ANC, SBA Form 1010 AIT, SBA Form 1010Individual, SBA Form 1010 Questionnaire; SBA 1010C; 1010AIT, 1010–ANC, 1010–NHO, 1010–IND. Total Estimated Annual Responses: 13,621. Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 60,070. Curtis B. Rich, Agency Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2024–11949 Filed 5–30–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026–09–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36765] San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co.— Lease and Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment— BNSF Railway Company San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co. (SJVR), a Class III railroad, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.41 to enter into a lease amendment to extend the term of, and to make other minor changes to, its lease of the Landco spur between the Porterville Subdivision, MP 111 + 4029 feet, near Oil Junction, Cal., and milepost 113 + 3717 feet, at or near Bakersfield, Cal., a distance of approximately 2.0 miles (the Line). According to the verified notice, the original lease for the Line was part of a broader agreement between SJVR’s predecessor and the predecessor of BNSF Railway Company (BNSF). See Tulare Valley R.R.—Acquis. & Operation Exemption—the Atchison, PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47197 Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., FD 32215 (ICC served Jan. 13, 1993). SJVR states that it is currently operating the Line pursuant to that lease, which has been renewed and amended numerous times, most recently in 2015. See San Joaquin Valley R.R.—Lease Amendment & Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment—BNSF Ry., FD 35772 (STB served May 15, 2015). The verified notice indicates that SJVR and BNSF have reached an agreement to amend the agreement and further extend the term of the lease, pursuant to which SJVR will continue to operate the Line. SJVR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier and that its annual revenues currently exceed $5,000,000. 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, SJVR has filed a request for waiver of the 60-day advance labor notice requirements to allow the exemption to take effect 30 days after the filing of SJVR’s verified notice of exemption. SJVR’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. According to the verified notice, the lease contains an existing interchange commitment. SJVR has provided additional information regarding the interchange commitment, as required by 49 CFR 1150.43(h).1 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 June 7, 2024. All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36765, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board either via e-filing on the Board’s website or in writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on SJVR’s representative, Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, Two 1 SJVR filed a copy of the agreement under seal with the verified notice. See 49 CFR 1150.43(h)(1). E:\FR\FM\31MYN1.SGM 31MYN1 47198 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 106 / Friday, May 31, 2024 / Notices Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 19103. According to SJVR, this action is categorically excluded from environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic preservation reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov. Decided: May 24, 2024. By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office of Proceedings. Stefan Rice, Clearance Clerk. 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A mockup of the 301 Exclusion Request/ Response/Reply Form is attached as an annex to this notice. OMB initially approved an information collection request for Section 301 Exclusion Requests on June 20, 2019, and assigned Control Number 0350–0015, which expired on December 31, 2019. OMB approved a prior extension for this collection that expired in January 2023. USTR now is seeking to reinstate the expired collection and to extend the approval for three years. Affected Public: U.S. stakeholders who want to request that certain enumerated subheadings under Chapters 84 and 85 of the HTSUS for machinery used in domestic manufacturing be excluded from the additional duties on products of China. Frequency of Submission: One submission per request. Respondent Universe: U.S. stakeholders. Reporting Burden: Total Estimated Responses: 5,000 requests to exclude a particular product. 1,000 responses in support or PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 opposition to exclude a particular product. Total Estimated Annual Burden: USTR estimates that preparing and submitting a request to exclude a particular product will take approximately 60 minutes, and the total time burden for the public to submit requests is 5,000 hours. USTR estimates that preparing and submitting a response to a product exclusion request will take approximately 30 minutes, and the total time burden for responses is approximately 500 hours. USTR estimates that the cost to the Federal government to evaluate each request is 1.0 hours, for a total time burden of 5,300 hours and will cost about $150 per submission. The estimated total cost is $813,000. The total cost estimate includes the average annual salary plus benefits, for the federal employees and contractors expected to work on the exclusion process. The process is expected to continue on a rolling basis. Status: After reviewing comments received in response to this notice, under the PRA and its implementing regulations, USTR plans to submit a request to OMB to reinstate the ICR for three years. C. Requirements for Submissions You must submit written comments by the deadline set forth in this notice. You must make all submissions in English via https://www.regulations.gov, using Docket Number USTR–2024– 0008. USTR will not accept handdelivered submissions. To make a submission using https:// www.regulations.gov, enter the appropriate docket number in the ‘search for’ field on the home page and click ‘search.’ The site will provide a search-results page listing all documents associated with this docket. 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47197-47198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11912]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36765]


San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co.--Lease and Operation Exemption 
Including Interchange Commitment--BNSF Railway Company

    San Joaquin Valley Railroad Co. (SJVR), a Class III railroad, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
enter into a lease amendment to extend the term of, and to make other 
minor changes to, its lease of the Landco spur between the Porterville 
Subdivision, MP 111 + 4029 feet, near Oil Junction, Cal., and milepost 
113 + 3717 feet, at or near Bakersfield, Cal., a distance of 
approximately 2.0 miles (the Line).
    According to the verified notice, the original lease for the Line 
was part of a broader agreement between SJVR's predecessor and the 
predecessor of BNSF Railway Company (BNSF). See Tulare Valley R.R.--
Acquis. & Operation Exemption--the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., FD 
32215 (ICC served Jan. 13, 1993). SJVR states that it is currently 
operating the Line pursuant to that lease, which has been renewed and 
amended numerous times, most recently in 2015. See San Joaquin Valley 
R.R.--Lease Amendment & Operation Exemption Including Interchange 
Commitment--BNSF Ry., FD 35772 (STB served May 15, 2015). The verified 
notice indicates that SJVR and BNSF have reached an agreement to amend 
the agreement and further extend the term of the lease, pursuant to 
which SJVR will continue to operate the Line.
    SJVR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of 
this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class 
III rail carrier and that its annual revenues currently exceed 
$5,000,000. 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, SJVR has filed a request for 
waiver of the 60-day advance labor notice requirements to allow the 
exemption to take effect 30 days after the filing of SJVR's verified 
notice of exemption. SJVR'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.
    According to the verified notice, the lease contains an existing 
interchange commitment. SJVR has provided additional information 
regarding the interchange commitment, as required by 49 CFR 
1150.43(h).\1\
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    \1\ SJVR filed a copy of the agreement under seal with the 
verified notice. See 49 CFR 1150.43(h)(1).
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    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 June 7, 2024.
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36765, must be filed with 
the Surface Transportation Board either via e-filing on the Board's 
website or in writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 
20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on 
SJVR's representative, Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, Two

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Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street, Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 
19103.
    According to SJVR, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic 
preservation reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: May 24, 2024.

    By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-11912 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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