Surface Transportation Board – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On July 21, 2023, Terry W. Fischer (Fischer) and TKRG Holdings Inc. (TKRG) (collectively, Applicants) filed an application to acquire from Daniel K. Smith and Sandra S. Allen (Individual Sellers) and New Holdco, a to-be-formed California corporation, control of all the outstanding equity interests of Royal Coach Tours (Royal), a passenger motor carrier. The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

Notice of this meeting was previously served and published in the Federal Register on July 31, 2023. This notice corrects the day of the week upon which the meeting will be held. All other information in the previous notice remains correct.

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the information collection (here, third-party disclosures), as described below.

Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the National Grain Car Council (NGCC), pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

Effective immediately, the memberships of the PRB and ERB are as follows:

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extensions of the collections regarding petitions for declaratory orders and petitions for relief not otherwise specified, as described below.

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the collection of the Report of Fuel Cost, Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue, as described below.

The Board hereby gives notice of a vacancy on RSTAC for an at- large (public interest) representative. The Board seeks nominations for candidates to fill this vacancy.

The Board has approved the third quarter 2023 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads. The third quarter 2023 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 0.975. The third quarter 2023 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.389. The third quarter 2023 RCAF-5 is 0.372.

On May 15, 2023, Van Pool Transportation LLC (Van Pool or Applicant), a noncarrier, filed an application for Van Pool to acquire control of an interstate passenger motor carrier, Royal Coach Lines, Inc. (Royal Coach), by acquiring all of the outstanding equity shares from Steven DiPaolo, the sole shareholder of Royal Coach. The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing the transaction, and, if no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.

The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) is accepting for consideration an application (Application) and a related verified notice of exemption, both filed on May 1, 2023, by Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR), on behalf of itself and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company (CNOTP) (collectively, Applicants). The Application seeks Board approval for NSR to acquire from the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway (Trustees) and operate approximately 338.2 miles of rail line between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tenn., known as the Cincinnati Southern Railway (the CSR Line or the Line). This proposal is referred to as the Transaction. In the verified notice of exemption, Applicants seek authority for CNOTP to continue to operate the Line following its acquisition by Applicants. The Board finds that the Application is complete. The Board also makes the preliminary determination, based on the evidence presented in the Application, that the Transaction is a minor transaction. The Board emphasizes that this is not a final determination and may be rebutted by subsequent filings and evidence submitted into the record for this proceeding.

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the collection of Rail Depreciation Studies, described below.

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the collection of Arbitration ``Opt-in'' Notices, described below.

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extensions of the collections regarding petitions for declaratory order and petitions for relief not otherwise specified, as described below.

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the collection of the Report of Fuel Cost, Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue, as described below.