Notice2022-06592
Union Pacific Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Salt Lake County, Utah
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Published
March 29, 2022
Issuing agencies
Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18056-18057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06592]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 338X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Salt
Lake County, Utah
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to
abandon a 0.5-mile portion of a rail line known as the SLC Passenger
Line, from milepost 743.7 to milepost 744.2 in Salt Lake City, Salt
Lake County, Utah (the Line). The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service
Zip Code 84101.
UP certifies that: (1) No local or overhead traffic has moved over
the Line for at least two years; (2) no traffic would need to be
rerouted; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on
the Line (or by state or local government on behalf of such user)
regarding cessation of service over the Line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or has been decided in favor of a
complainant within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49
CFR 1105.7(b) and 1105.8(c) (notice of environmental and historic
reports), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to government agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected
by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line
Railroad--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in
Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address
whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a
petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been received,\1\ this exemption will be
effective on April 28, 2022, unless stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\2\ formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2), and
interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by April 8, 2022.\3\ Petitions to reopen or requests for public
use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by April 18, 2022.
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\1\ Persons interested in submitting an OFA must first file a
formal expression of intent to file an offer, indicating the type of
financial assistance they wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or
purchase) and demonstrating that they are preliminarily financially
responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i).
\2\ The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on
environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board's
Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the exemption's effective date.
See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any
request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the
Board may take appropriate action before the exemption's effective
date.
\3\ Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can be found at
49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), respectively.
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All pleadings, referring to Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 338X), should
be filed with the Surface Transportation Board via e-filing on the
Board's website. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on
UP's representative, Whitney C. Larkin, General Attorney, Union Pacific
Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street/MS 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
UP has filed a combined environmental and historic report that
addresses the potential effects, if any, of the abandonment on the
environment and historic resources. OEA will issue a Draft
Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) by April 1, 2022. The Draft EA will
be available to interested persons on the Board's website, by writing
to OEA, or by calling OEA at (202) 245-0294. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-
8339. Comments on environmental or historic preservation matters must
be filed within 15 days after the Draft EA becomes available to the
public.
Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a
notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised
the authority granted and fully abandoned the Line. If consummation has
not been effected by UP's filing of a notice of consummation by March
29, 2023, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are available at <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>.
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Decided: March 24, 2022.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2022-06592 Filed 3-28-22; 8:45 am]
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