Notice2025-02725
Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Morehouse Parish, La.
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Published
February 18, 2025
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9801-9802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02725]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 1342X]
Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co.--Discontinuance of
Service Exemption--in Morehouse Parish, La.
Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Co. (ALM) has filed a
verified notice of exemption \1\ under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--
Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue
service over an approximately 9.32-mile rail line between milepost
551.25 and milepost 560.57 in Morehouse Parish, La. (the Line).\2\ The
Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 71229, 71220, and 71221.
No stations exist on the Line.
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\1\ ALM submitted its verified notice of exemption on January
27, 2025, and filed a supplement on January 29, 2025. In light of
the supplement, January 29, 2025, is deemed the filing date of the
verified notice.
\2\ ALM states that it obtained authority to lease the Line from
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) in 2014 for the purpose of
shifting the ALM/UP interchange location. See Ark. La. & Miss.
R.R.--Lease & Operation Exemption Including Interchange Commitment--
Union Pac. R.R., FD 35862 (STB served Dec. 12, 2014). According to
ALM, the parties' lease expires on March 31, 2025, and the parties
do not intend to renew it. (Verified Notice 1.)
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ALM has certified that: (1) no local traffic has moved over the
Line since before 2014; (2) any overhead traffic on the Line can be
rerouted to other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of
rail service on the Line (or 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 or any U.S.
District Court or has been decided in favor of a complainant within the
last two years; and (4) the requirements at 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 discontinuance of service 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) \3\ to subsidize
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continued rail service has been received, this exemption will be
effective on March 20, 2025, unless stayed pending reconsideration.\4\
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues and formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA to subsidize continued rail
service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) \5\ must be filed by February 28,
2025.\6\ Petitions for reconsideration must be filed by March 10, 2025.
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\3\ Persons interested in submitting an OFA to subsidize
continued rail service must first file a formal expression of intent
to file an offer, indicating the intent to file an OFA for subsidy
and demonstrating that they are preliminarily financially
responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i).
\4\ ALM states that it intends to consummate its discontinuance
of service on or after March 31, 2025.
\5\ The filing fee for OFAs can be found at 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
\6\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an
abandonment, interim trail use/rail banking and public use
conditions are not appropriate. Because there will be an
environmental review during abandonment, this discontinuance does
not require environmental review.
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All pleadings, referring to Docket No. AB 1342X, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board via e-filing on the Board's website or
in writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001.
Additionally, a copy of each pleading filed with Board must be sent to
ALM's representative, Justin J. Marks, Clark Hill PLC, 1001
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1300 South, Washington, DC 20004.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
Board decisions and notices are available at <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>.
Decided: February 12, 2025.
By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025-02725 Filed 2-14-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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