Delmarva Central Railroad Company-Acquisition Exemption-Line of The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company, 80982 [2024-22951]

Download as PDF 80982 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 193 / Friday, October 4, 2024 / Notices Notice is hereby given that as a result of the President’s major disaster declaration on September 29, 2024, applications for disaster loans may be submitted online using the MySBA Loan Portal https:// lending.sba.gov or other locally announced locations. Please contact the SBA disaster assistance customer service center by email at disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further assistance. Incident: Hurricane Helene. Incident Period: September 25, 2024 and continuing. The following areas have been determined to be adversely affected by the disaster: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 59008) Rafaela Monchek, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. [FR Doc. 2024–22949 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8026–09–P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD [Docket No. FD 36805] Delmarva Central Railroad Company— Acquisition Exemption—Line of The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company Delmarva Central Railroad Company (DCR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1150.41 to acquire from The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company (MDDE) an approximately 3.0mile rail line known as the Snow Hill North Line, extending between the connection with DCR at milepost 39.0 at Frankford, Del., and milepost 42.0 immediately south of Fava Road at Selbyville, Del. (the Line). The verified notice states that Carload Express, Inc. (the parent company of DCR), Old Line Holding Company, Inc. (the parent company of MDDE), and MDDE have entered into a purchase agreement dated August 1, 2024, pursuant to which the Line will be acquired by DCR as a designated corporate affiliate of Carload Express. DCR states that it will operate the Line as an extension of its existing rail line to Frankford from Harrington, Del.1 Percent DCR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result this transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or 5.625 Class I rail carrier. Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), if a carrier’s projected 2.813 annual revenues will exceed $5 million, it must, at least 60 days before the 8.000 exemption is to become effective, post a notice of its intent to undertake the 4.000 proposed transaction at the workplace of the employees on the affected lines, 3.250 serve a copy of the notice on the national offices of the labor unions with 3.250 employees on the affected lines, and certify to the Board that it has done so. On August 20, 2024, DCR certified that it posted the required 60-day notice at Primary Counties (Physical Damage and Economic Injury Loans): Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Lexington, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg. Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury Loans Only): South Carolina: Abbeville, Allendale, Calhoun, Colleton, Edgefield, Fairfield, Hampton, Laurens, McCormick, Orangeburg, Richland, Union, York. Georgia: Burke, Elbert, Franklin, Habersham, Hart, Rabun, Richmond, Stephens. North Carolina: Cleveland, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES The Interest Rates are: For Physical Damage: Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... Homeowners without Credit Available Elsewhere .............. Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... Businesses without Credit Available Elsewhere .............. Non-Profit Organizations with Credit Available Elsewhere ... Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... For Economic Injury: Business and Small Agricultural Cooperatives without Credit Available Elsewhere .............. Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 4.000 3.250 The number assigned to this disaster for physical damage is 207038 and for economic injury is 207040. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:26 Oct 03, 2024 Jkt 265001 1 According to DCR, the purchase agreement further provides that, after DCR’s acquisition of the Line, Carload Express, Inc., will file for Board authority to control MDDE, and Old Line Holding Company, Inc., will file for Board authority to acquire from MDDE the ‘‘Snow Hill South Line,’’ which extends south from milepost 42.0 at Selbyville. PO 00000 Frm 00128 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the workplaces of current MDDE employees who work on the Line.2 DCR also certifies that the proposed acquisition and operation of the Lines does not involve a provision or agreement that may limit future interchange with a third-party connecting carrier. The transaction may be consummated on or after October 20, 2024, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice was filed). 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 October 11, 2024 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective). All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36805, 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 DCR’s representative, Thomas J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606–3208. According to DCR, 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: September 30, 2024. By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting Director, Office of Proceedings. Stefan Rice, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2024–22951 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No. FAA–2024–0640] Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: National Airspace System Data Release Request Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. AGENCY: 2 According to the verified notice, MDDE employees are not represented by any labor union. E:\FR\FM\04OCN1.SGM 04OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22951]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36805]


Delmarva Central Railroad Company--Acquisition Exemption--Line of 
The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company

    Delmarva Central Railroad Company (DCR), a Class III rail carrier, 
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1150.41 to 
acquire from The Maryland and Delaware Railroad Company (MDDE) an 
approximately 3.0-mile rail line known as the Snow Hill North Line, 
extending between the connection with DCR at milepost 39.0 at 
Frankford, Del., and milepost 42.0 immediately south of Fava Road at 
Selbyville, Del. (the Line).
    The verified notice states that Carload Express, Inc. (the parent 
company of DCR), Old Line Holding Company, Inc. (the parent company of 
MDDE), and MDDE have entered into a purchase agreement dated August 1, 
2024, pursuant to which the Line will be acquired by DCR as a 
designated corporate affiliate of Carload Express. DCR states that it 
will operate the Line as an extension of its existing rail line to 
Frankford from Harrington, Del.\1\
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    \1\ According to DCR, the purchase agreement further provides 
that, after DCR's acquisition of the Line, Carload Express, Inc., 
will file for Board authority to control MDDE, and Old Line Holding 
Company, Inc., will file for Board authority to acquire from MDDE 
the ``Snow Hill South Line,'' which extends south from milepost 42.0 
at Selbyville.
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    DCR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result this 
transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class I 
rail carrier. 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 is to become 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. On August 20, 
2024, DCR certified that it posted the required 60-day notice at the 
workplaces of current MDDE employees who work on the Line.\2\
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    \2\ According to the verified notice, MDDE employees are not 
represented by any labor union.
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    DCR also certifies that the proposed acquisition and operation of 
the Lines does not involve a provision or agreement that may limit 
future interchange with a third-party connecting carrier.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after October 20, 2024, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice 
was filed).
    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 October 11, 
2024 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36805, 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 
DCR's representative, Thomas J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 
North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606-3208.
    According to DCR, 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: September 30, 2024.

    By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-22951 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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