Notice2022-11400
Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Black Hawk County, Iowa
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Published
May 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32222-32223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11400]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 314 (Sub-No. 9X)]
Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment
Exemption--in Black Hawk County, Iowa
Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Company (CCP) has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt
Abandonments to abandon an approximately 0.08-mile segment of rail
line, totaling approximately 419 feet, situated from approximately 100
feet east of the CCP crossing with 11th Street at the location of the
point of switch turnout through and including 51 feet of track in the
11th Street crossing and continuing west to the end of the line
approximately 268 feet, in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa (the
Line). The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 50703.
CCP has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
Line for at least two years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the
Line that cannot be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint
filed by a user of rail service on the Line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of
service over the Line either is pending with the Surface Transportation
Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court 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 governmental 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 June 26, 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 June 6, 2022.\3\ Petitions to reopen and requests for public
use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by June 16, 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 314 (Sub-No. 9X), 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
CCP's representative, Audrey E. Lane, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North
Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
CCP 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 June 3, 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), CCP 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 CCP's filing of a notice of
consummation by May 27, 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: May 23, 2022.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2022-11400 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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