Notice2025-11898
Cumberland & Knox Railroad, LLC-Modified Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
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June 27, 2025
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 122 (Friday, June 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 27751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11898]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36839]
Cumberland & Knox Railroad, LLC--Modified Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity
Cumberland & Knox Railroad, LLC (C&K),\1\ a noncarrier, has filed a
notice for a modified certificate of public convenience and necessity
under 49 CFR part 1150 subpart C--Modified Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity, for C&K to operate a portion of the Rockland
Branch, owned by the state of Maine (the State), between milepost 33.79
\2\ at Brunswick, Me., and milepost 85.91 at Rockland, Me. (the
Line).\3\
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\1\ The notice indicates that C&K is a new entity and an
affiliate of Maine Switching Services, LLC, which will provide
financial responsibility for C&K obligations until such time as C&K
can assume that responsibility. (Notice 2.)
\2\ C&K states that CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), has an
easement on an adjoining segment, from milepost 28.03 to milepost
33.79. (Notice 3.) According to the notice, C&K and CSXT are
discussing the precise interchange location, which is anticipated to
be on the adjoining CSXT segment. (Id.)
\3\ Although the notice describes the Line as a portion of the
Rockland Branch, it appears that the segment from milepost 85.55 to
milepost 85.91 is part of the Atlantic Branch Line, which is also
owned by the State. See Midcoast Railservice, Inc.--Discontinuance
of Serv. Exemption--in Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc Cntys.,
Me., AB 1341X (STB served Dec. 3, 2024).
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C&K states that the Line was authorized for abandonment by a
decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in Docket No. AB-83
(Sub-No. 8) served on October 10, 1985. According to C&K, the Line was
subsequently acquired by the State. (Notice 2.) See Safe Handling Rail,
Inc.--Modified Rail Certificate, FD 33967 (STB served Dec. 22, 2000).
According to the notice, C&K and the State have entered into an
Operating Lease Agreement, dated April 30, 2025,\4\ which provides an
initial term from April 30, 2025, until December 30, 2030. (Notice 3.)
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\4\ Public and confidential versions of the Lease and Operating
Agreement were filed. The confidential versions were submitted under
seal concurrently with a motion for protective order, which will be
addressed in a separate decision.
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The Line qualifies for a modified certificate of public convenience
and necessity. See Common Carrier Status of States, State Agencies &
Instrumentalities & Pol. Subdivs., FD 28990F (ICC served July 16,
1981); 49 CFR 1150.22. C&K states that no subsidy is involved and that
there will be no preconditions that shippers must meet to receive
service. (Notice 3.) C&K's notice also includes a certificate of
liability insurance coverage. (Notice Ex. A.)
This notice will be served on the Association of American Railroads
(Car Service Division), as agent for all railroads subscribing to the
car-service and car-hire agreement, at 425 Third Street SW, Suite 1000,
Washington, DC 20024; and on the American Short Line and Regional
Railroad Association at 50 F Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC
20001.
Board decisions and notices are available at <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>.
Decided: June 24, 2025.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025-11898 Filed 6-26-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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