Notice2025-14136
Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Discontinuance Exemption-in Shenandoah and Warren Counties, Va.
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July 28, 2025
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14136]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub No. 421X)]
Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Discontinuance Exemption--in
Shenandoah and Warren Counties, Va.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over an approximately
11.0-mile rail line between milepost B 51.0 +/- near Riverton Junction
in Front Royal, Va., and Milepost B 62.0 +/- in Strasburg, Va. (the
Line). The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 22657 and
22630.
NSR has certified that: (1) no local traffic has moved over the
Line for at least two years; (2) any overhead traffic on the Line can
be rerouted over 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 two-year period; 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) \1\ to subsidize continued rail service has
been received, this exemption will be effective on August 27, 2025,
unless stayed pending reconsideration 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)
\2\ must be filed by August 7, 2025.\3\ Petitions for reconsideration
must be filed by August 18, 2025.
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\1\ 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).
\2\ The filing fee for OFAs can be found at 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
\3\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an
abandonment, interim trail use/railbanking 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 290 (Sub No 421X), 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. Additionally, a copy of each pleading filed
with the Board must be sent to NSR's representative, Crystal M.
Zorbaugh, Mullins Law Group PLLC, 2001 L St. NW, Suite 720, Washington,
DC 20036.
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: July 23, 2025.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Zantori Dickerson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025-14136 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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