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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36744 (Sub-No. 3) 1]
Canadian National Railway Company
and Grand Trunk Corporation
—Control—Iowa Northern Railway
Company (General Oversight)
Surface Transportation Board.
Decision No. 1; Notice of
General Oversight Proceeding and
Guidance on Reporting Requirements.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
On January 30, 2024,
Canadian National Railway Company
(CNR) and Grand Trunk Corporation
(GTC), together with the Iowa Northern
Railway Company (IANR) (collectively,
Applicants) filed an application seeking
approval for CNR and GTC to acquire
control of IANR and operate IANR’s
218-mile rail system in Iowa. By
decision served on January 14, 2025
(Decision No. 3), the Board approved
Applicants’ application. As a condition
of its approval, the Board imposed a
three-year oversight period, during
which the Board will closely monitor
Applicants’ compliance with, and the
effectiveness of, the conditions imposed
by the Board. Throughout the oversight
period, Applicants are required to report
service, operational, and competitionrelated metrics at prescribed
frequencies, as described in Decision
No. 3. The Board now institutes this
proceeding to implement the general
oversight condition and provide further
guidance regarding Applicants’
reporting obligations.
DATES: Any person who wishes to
participate in this proceeding as a party
of record must file, by March 24, 2025,
SUMMARY:
1 A copy of this decision is being served on all
parties of record on the service list in the main
docket, FD 36744.
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a notice of intent to participate.
Applicants’ first data submission,
including information for the required
two-year lookback period and Q1 2025,
is due by April 30, 2025. Subsequent
quarterly files must be submitted 30
days following the end of each calendar
quarter. Applicants’ initial plan and
report regarding scheduled local service
is due by November 13, 2025.
Applicants’ first quarterly narrative
regarding changes to any operating
plans on the former IANR system shall
be submitted to the Board and any
impacted shippers by January 30, 2026.
Subsequent quarterly narratives must be
submitted 30 days following the end of
each quarter.
ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this
proceeding must be filed with the Board
via e-filing on the Board’s website or in
writing addressed to 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each filing must
be sent to (1) CNR and GTC’s
representative, Matthew J. Warren,
Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street NW,
Washington, DC 20005; (2) IANR’s
representative, Kevin M. Sheys, Law
Office of Kevin M. Sheys LLC, 42 Brush
Hill Road, Sherborn, MA 01770; and (3)
any other person designated as a party
of record on the service list for this
subdocket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Fancher at (202) 740–5507. If you
require an accommodation under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, please
call (202) 245–0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
Decision No. 3,2 the Board established
oversight for a period of three years,
during which the Board will closely
monitor Applicants’ compliance with,
and the effectiveness of, the conditions
imposed on the control transaction.
Decision No. 3, FD 36744 et al., slip op.
at 21, 27–28 (STB served Jan. 14, 2025).
The Board is now instituting this
proceeding to implement the general
oversight condition and provide further
guidance regarding Applicants’
reporting obligations during the
oversight period.
Reporting Guidance and Clarification.
As part of the Board’s oversight
conditions, for the duration of the
oversight period, Applicants will report
on competition-related, service, and
operational metrics at prescribed
frequencies, as described in Decision
No. 3, FD 36744 et al., slip op. at 27–
28. Applicants will also submit a plan
for scheduled local service and
2 The Board corrected the employee protective
conditions in a subsequent decision. See Canadian
Nat’l Ry.—Control—Iowa N. Ry., FD 36744 et al.
(STB served Jan. 31, 2025).
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quarterly narratives regarding changes
to any operating plans on the former
IANR system. Id. at 27.
Quarterly Reports on Volumes
Interchanged at Gateways. In Decision
No. 3, the Board explained that
Applicants would be required to
provide, during the oversight period, the
total count of cars interchanged,
categorized by two-digit STCC and
broken out by interchange partner. Id. at
19. With the first submission,
Applicants are also to provide, to the
extent possible, the same historical
quarterly information for a two-year
period dating back from the effective
date of Decision No. 3. Id. The Board’s
decision noted that a report on this data
would allow the Board to monitor traffic
levels at gateways and take appropriate
action if necessary. Id.
By letter filed on January 31, 2025,
POET Bioprocessing (POET), a railroad
shipper of biofuels and other hazardous
commodities that would be affected by
the transaction, requests that the Board
clarify or revisit the reporting
requirement in Decision No. 3 that
directs Applicants to provide quarterly
reports on interchange volumes. POET
Letter 1–2, Canadian Nat’l Ry.—
Control—Iowa N. Ry., FD 36744. POET
states that it is the only biofuels
producer on the IANR system and that
its volumes are currently transported
through all the interchange points on
the IANR. Id. at 2. Accordingly, POET
argues that the public disclosure of its
interchanged carloads by two-digit
STCC code would reveal not only the
volumes of biofuels shipped by POET
from its facilities, but also the markets
to which such shipments are being sent.
Id. To balance the Board’s oversight
goals with confidentiality, POET,
therefore, requests that the Board
instead require Applicants to publicly
report only the count of cars
interchanged in total and for each
interchange partner. Id. POET suggests,
however, that should the Board elect to
retain the two-digit STCC requirement,
this information be submitted under
seal pursuant to the protective order in
Docket No. FD 36744. Id.
As the Board found in Decision No. 3,
data reflecting traffic volumes
interchanged at gateways, categorized
by two-digit STCC and broken out by
interchange partner, will allow the
Board to monitor the traffic levels at
gateways and take appropriate action as
necessary. Decision No. 3, FD 36744 et
al., slip op. at 27–28. The Board,
however, finds that public reporting at
the STCC level might unnecessarily
make commercially sensitive
information public. Therefore, the Board
will require Applicants to publicly
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report only the count of cars
interchanged in total and for each
interchange partner. Applicants also,
however, will be required to file under
seal the total count of cars interchanged,
categorized by two-digit STCC. As
previously directed in Decision No. 3,
with the first submission, Applicants
will be required to provide, to the extent
possible, the same historical quarterly
information for a two-year period dating
back from the effective date of Decision
No. 3, and subject to the same
requirements regarding what should be
public and what should be filed under
seal.
Reporting Format. Applicants must
submit reports on interchange volumes
as filings to the Board, consisting of an
electronic copy of the data. Templates
have been posted in this docket to help
facilitate Applicants’ data submissions.
Reports on service will be in narrative
form.
Protective Order. For the oversight
subdocket, the Board adopts the
protective order imposed in the main
docket of this proceeding. See Canadian
Nat’l Ry.—Control—Iowa N. Ry., FD
36744 et al. (STB served Feb. 8, 2024).
Parties may submit filings, as
appropriate, under seal marked
Confidential or Highly Confidential
pursuant to the protective order.
Service List. A copy of this decision
is being served on all parties of record
in Docket No. FD 36744. This decision
will serve as notice that persons who
were parties of record in Docket No. FD
36744 will not automatically be placed
on the service list as parties of record in
the general oversight proceeding, Docket
No. FD 36744 (Sub-No. 3). Any person
who wishes to participate in this
oversight proceeding as a party of record
must file, in this subdocket, no later
than March 24, 2025, a notice of intent
to participate, accompanied by a
certificate of service indicating that the
notice has been properly served on
Applicants’ representatives.
It is ordered:
1. Any person who wishes to
participate in this oversight proceeding
as a party of record must file, in this
subdocket, a notice of intent to
participate, no later than March 24,
2025, accompanied by a certificate of
service indicating that the notice has
been properly served on Applicants’
representatives.
2. POET’s request to modify the
reporting requirement for volumes
interchanged at gateways is granted to
the extent discussed above.
3. Applicants’ first data submission,
including information for the two-year
lookback period, is due by April 30,
2025. Subsequent filings shall contain
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quarterly files and must be submitted 30
days following the end of each quarter.
4. Applicants’ initial plan and report
regarding scheduled local service is due
by November 13, 2025. Applicants’ first
quarterly narrative regarding changes to
any operating plans on the former IANR
system shall be filed with the Board and
submitted to any impacted shippers by
January 30, 2026. Subsequent quarterly
narratives must be filed and submitted
30 days following the end of each
quarter.
5. This decision will be published in
the Federal Register.
6. This decision is effective on its
service date.
By the Board, Board Members Fuchs,
Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz. Board
Member Primus concurred with a
separate expression.
Board Member Primus, concurring:
I concur with today’s decision.
However, I maintain my objections to
the Board’s approval of the transaction,
as stated in my January 14, 2025 dissent.
Decided: March 13, 2025.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025–04525 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
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Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has
received a request from the University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (WB25–
07—2/11/25) for permission to use data
from the Board’s 1986–2023 unmasked
Carload Waybill Samples. A copy of this
request may be obtained from the
Board’s website under docket no.
WB25–07.
The waybill sample contains
confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics within 14
calendar days of the date of this notice.
The rules for release of waybill data are
codified at 49 CFR 1244.9.
Any inquiries on this request should
be directed to waybill@stb.gov.
Brendetta Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA–2025–0073; Summary
Notice No. –2025–15]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in, the
FAA’s exemption process. Neither
publication of this notice nor the
inclusion nor omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before April 7,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2025–0073
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
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https://www.regulations.gov, as
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Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
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Follow the online instructions for
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Operations in Room W12–140 of the
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20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
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Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Dan Ngo,
Manager, Part 11 Petitions Branch, Office of
Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2025–0073.
Petitioner: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University.
Section of 14 CFR Affected: § 141.33.
Description of Relief Sought: EmbryRiddle Aeronautical University
petitions for an exemption from 14 CFR
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does not hold a flight instructor
certificate, but otherwise meets the
requirements in § 141.47, to instruct in
a full-flight simulator in an approved
airline transport pilot certification
program (ATP CTP) special preparation
course under part 141, subpart K.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA–2024–1862; Summary
Notice No. 2025–07]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Dynamic Ventures
Inc.
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in, the
FAA’s exemption process. Neither
publication of this notice nor the
inclusion nor omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
SUMMARY:
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36744 (Sub-No. 3) \1\]
Canadian National Railway Company and Grand Trunk Corporation --
Control--Iowa Northern Railway Company (General Oversight)
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Decision No. 1; Notice of General Oversight Proceeding and
Guidance on Reporting Requirements.
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SUMMARY: On January 30, 2024, Canadian National Railway Company (CNR)
and Grand Trunk Corporation (GTC), together with the Iowa Northern
Railway Company (IANR) (collectively, Applicants) filed an application
seeking approval for CNR and GTC to acquire control of IANR and operate
IANR's 218-mile rail system in Iowa. By decision served on January 14,
2025 (Decision No. 3), the Board approved Applicants' application. As a
condition of its approval, the Board imposed a three-year oversight
period, during which the Board will closely monitor Applicants'
compliance with, and the effectiveness of, the conditions imposed by
the Board. Throughout the oversight period, Applicants are required to
report service, operational, and competition-related metrics at
prescribed frequencies, as described in Decision No. 3. The Board now
institutes this proceeding to implement the general oversight condition
and provide further guidance regarding Applicants' reporting
obligations.
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\1\ A copy of this decision is being served on all parties of
record on the service list in the main docket, FD 36744.
DATES: Any person who wishes to participate in this proceeding as a
party of record must file, by March 24, 2025,
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a notice of intent to participate. Applicants' first data submission,
including information for the required two-year lookback period and Q1
2025, is due by April 30, 2025. Subsequent quarterly files must be
submitted 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter.
Applicants' initial plan and report regarding scheduled local service
is due by November 13, 2025. Applicants' first quarterly narrative
regarding changes to any operating plans on the former IANR system
shall be submitted to the Board and any impacted shippers by January
30, 2026. Subsequent quarterly narratives must be submitted 30 days
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following the end of each quarter.
ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this proceeding must be filed with
the Board via e-filing on the Board's website or in writing addressed
to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one copy of
each filing must be sent to (1) CNR and GTC's representative, Matthew
J. Warren, Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005;
(2) IANR's representative, Kevin M. Sheys, Law Office of Kevin M. Sheys
LLC, 42 Brush Hill Road, Sherborn, MA 01770; and (3) any other person
designated as a party of record on the service list for this subdocket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Fancher at (202) 740-5507. If
you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act,
please call (202) 245-0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Decision No. 3,\2\ the Board established
oversight for a period of three years, during which the Board will
closely monitor Applicants' compliance with, and the effectiveness of,
the conditions imposed on the control transaction. Decision No. 3, FD
36744 et al., slip op. at 21, 27-28 (STB served Jan. 14, 2025). The
Board is now instituting this proceeding to implement the general
oversight condition and provide further guidance regarding Applicants'
reporting obligations during the oversight period.
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\2\ The Board corrected the employee protective conditions in a
subsequent decision. See Canadian Nat'l Ry.--Control--Iowa N. Ry.,
FD 36744 et al. (STB served Jan. 31, 2025).
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Reporting Guidance and Clarification. As part of the Board's
oversight conditions, for the duration of the oversight period,
Applicants will report on competition-related, service, and operational
metrics at prescribed frequencies, as described in Decision No. 3, FD
36744 et al., slip op. at 27-28. Applicants will also submit a plan for
scheduled local service and quarterly narratives regarding changes to
any operating plans on the former IANR system. Id. at 27.
Quarterly Reports on Volumes Interchanged at Gateways. In Decision
No. 3, the Board explained that Applicants would be required to
provide, during the oversight period, the total count of cars
interchanged, categorized by two-digit STCC and broken out by
interchange partner. Id. at 19. With the first submission, Applicants
are also to provide, to the extent possible, the same historical
quarterly information for a two-year period dating back from the
effective date of Decision No. 3. Id. The Board's decision noted that a
report on this data would allow the Board to monitor traffic levels at
gateways and take appropriate action if necessary. Id.
By letter filed on January 31, 2025, POET Bioprocessing (POET), a
railroad shipper of biofuels and other hazardous commodities that would
be affected by the transaction, requests that the Board clarify or
revisit the reporting requirement in Decision No. 3 that directs
Applicants to provide quarterly reports on interchange volumes. POET
Letter 1-2, Canadian Nat'l Ry.--Control--Iowa N. Ry., FD 36744. POET
states that it is the only biofuels producer on the IANR system and
that its volumes are currently transported through all the interchange
points on the IANR. Id. at 2. Accordingly, POET argues that the public
disclosure of its interchanged carloads by two-digit STCC code would
reveal not only the volumes of biofuels shipped by POET from its
facilities, but also the markets to which such shipments are being
sent. Id. To balance the Board's oversight goals with confidentiality,
POET, therefore, requests that the Board instead require Applicants to
publicly report only the count of cars interchanged in total and for
each interchange partner. Id. POET suggests, however, that should the
Board elect to retain the two-digit STCC requirement, this information
be submitted under seal pursuant to the protective order in Docket No.
FD 36744. Id.
As the Board found in Decision No. 3, data reflecting traffic
volumes interchanged at gateways, categorized by two-digit STCC and
broken out by interchange partner, will allow the Board to monitor the
traffic levels at gateways and take appropriate action as necessary.
Decision No. 3, FD 36744 et al., slip op. at 27-28. The Board, however,
finds that public reporting at the STCC level might unnecessarily make
commercially sensitive information public. Therefore, the Board will
require Applicants to publicly report only the count of cars
interchanged in total and for each interchange partner. Applicants
also, however, will be required to file under seal the total count of
cars interchanged, categorized by two-digit STCC. As previously
directed in Decision No. 3, with the first submission, Applicants will
be required to provide, to the extent possible, the same historical
quarterly information for a two-year period dating back from the
effective date of Decision No. 3, and subject to the same requirements
regarding what should be public and what should be filed under seal.
Reporting Format. Applicants must submit reports on interchange
volumes as filings to the Board, consisting of an electronic copy of
the data. Templates have been posted in this docket to help facilitate
Applicants' data submissions. Reports on service will be in narrative
form.
Protective Order. For the oversight subdocket, the Board adopts the
protective order imposed in the main docket of this proceeding. See
Canadian Nat'l Ry.--Control--Iowa N. Ry., FD 36744 et al. (STB served
Feb. 8, 2024). Parties may submit filings, as appropriate, under seal
marked Confidential or Highly Confidential pursuant to the protective
order.
Service List. A copy of this decision is being served on all
parties of record in Docket No. FD 36744. This decision will serve as
notice that persons who were parties of record in Docket No. FD 36744
will not automatically be placed on the service list as parties of
record in the general oversight proceeding, Docket No. FD 36744 (Sub-
No. 3). Any person who wishes to participate in this oversight
proceeding as a party of record must file, in this subdocket, no later
than March 24, 2025, a notice of intent to participate, accompanied by
a certificate of service indicating that the notice has been properly
served on Applicants' representatives.
It is ordered:
1. Any person who wishes to participate in this oversight
proceeding as a party of record must file, in this subdocket, a notice
of intent to participate, no later than March 24, 2025, accompanied by
a certificate of service indicating that the notice has been properly
served on Applicants' representatives.
2. POET's request to modify the reporting requirement for volumes
interchanged at gateways is granted to the extent discussed above.
3. Applicants' first data submission, including information for the
two-year lookback period, is due by April 30, 2025. Subsequent filings
shall contain
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quarterly files and must be submitted 30 days following the end of each
quarter.
4. Applicants' initial plan and report regarding scheduled local
service is due by November 13, 2025. Applicants' first quarterly
narrative regarding changes to any operating plans on the former IANR
system shall be filed with the Board and submitted to any impacted
shippers by January 30, 2026. Subsequent quarterly narratives must be
filed and submitted 30 days following the end of each quarter.
5. This decision will be published in the Federal Register.
6. This decision is effective on its service date.
By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz.
Board Member Primus concurred with a separate expression.
Board Member Primus, concurring:
I concur with today's decision. However, I maintain my objections
to the Board's approval of the transaction, as stated in my January 14,
2025 dissent.
Decided: March 13, 2025.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025-04525 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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