Notice2024-22589
The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-CSX Transportation, Inc.
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Published
October 2, 2024
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22589]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36810]
The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company--Trackage Rights
Exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc.
The Pittsburgh & Ohio Central Railroad Company (POHC), a Class III
rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(7) to acquire trackage rights over approximately 4,640 feet
(0.88 miles) of rail line owned by CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT),
between approximately milepost PLE 5.15 and approximately milepost PLN
0.24, including over a rail bridge (the Common Rail Bridge), to access
customers and rail lines on Neville Island, Pa. (the Line).
According to the verified notice, CSXT and POHC are parties by
succession to a 1902 trackage rights agreement through purchases,
assignments, and assumptions from predecessor railroads. CSXT has
agreed to extend POHC's trackage rights over the Line pursuant to an
amended and restated trackage rights agreement (Amended Agreement).\1\
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\1\ POHC submitted a confidential version of the Amended
Agreement under seal along with a corresponding motion for
protective order, which will be addressed in a separate decision.
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The transaction may be consummated on or after October 16, 2024,
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice
was filed).
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
amended trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in
Norfolk & Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington Northern, Inc.,
354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease &
Operate--California Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). POHC
states that, because the Amended Agreement provides for the
continuation of existing trackage rights, it does not expect any
employees to be adversely affected.
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 October 9,
2024 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36810, 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
POHC's representative, Justin J. Marks, Clark Hill PLC, 1001
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1300 South, Washington, DC 20004.
According to POHC, 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: September 26, 2024.
By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Brendetta Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-22589 Filed 10-1-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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