Notice2024-14639
Front Range Railroad LLC-Operation Exemption-Line in Adams County, Colo.
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Published
July 3, 2024
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 55301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14639]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36788]
Front Range Railroad LLC--Operation Exemption--Line in Adams
County, Colo.
Front Range Railroad LLC (FRRL), a noncarrier, has filed a verified
notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate over
approximately 0.51 miles (approximately 2,700 feet) of what is
currently private industry railroad track that is part of a logistics
complex in Bennett, Adams County, Colo. (the Line). Rail Land Company,
LLC (RLCL), an unaffiliated noncarrier, owns the Line. The Line
connects to a rail line of the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) at
UP milepost 613.81 and proceeds approximately eastward and then
northward 0.51 miles to the main switch to an RLCL-owned yard facility.
According to the verified notice, FRRL and RLCL have entered into
an operation agreement under which FRRL will operate and provide common
carrier rail service to customers on the Line and connecting ancillary
(yard) trackage.
This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice
of exemption in Patriot Rail Company LLC--Continuance in Control
Exemption--Front Range Railroad, Docket No. FD 36789, in which Patriot
Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver Transport Ventures LLC, Global Diversified
Infrastructure Fund (North America) LP, First State Infrastructure
Managers (International) Limited, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
Inc., seek to continue in control of FRRL upon FRRL's becoming a Class
III rail carrier.
FRRL certifies that its annual projected revenues as a result of
the transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class
III carrier and will not exceed $5 million. FRRL also states that the
operation agreement does not have any interchange commitments.
FRRL intends to consummate the transaction on or shortly after the
effective date of this notice. The earliest this transaction may be
consummated is July 18, 2024, the effective date of the exemption.
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 July 11, 2024
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36788, 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
FRRL's representative, Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29
North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606-3208.
According to FRRL, 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 <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>.
Decided: June 28, 2024.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-14639 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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