Notice2025-22698
CSX Transportation, Inc.-Discontinuance Exemption-in Oswego and Onondaga Counties, N.Y.
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Published
December 15, 2025
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 238 (Monday, December 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58075-58076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22698]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 825X)]
CSX Transportation, Inc.--Discontinuance Exemption--in Oswego and
Onondaga Counties, N.Y.
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), 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
11.12-mile rail line on its Albany Division, Baldwinsville Subdivision
from milepost QCB 11.00 to milepost QCB 22.12 in Oswego and Onondaga
Counties, N.Y. (the Line). The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip
Codes 13027, 13069, and 13135.
CSXT has certified that: (1) no local freight traffic has moved
over the Line during the past two years; (2) any overhead traffic can
be rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user
of rail service on the Line (or by a state or local government 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 government 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) to subsidize continued rail service has been
received,\1\ this exemption will be effective on January 14, 2026,
unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not
involve environmental issues must be filed by December 24, 2025. Formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA to subsidize continued rail
service under
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49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) \2\ must be filed by December 26, 2025.\3\
Petitions for reconsideration must be filed by January 5, 2026.
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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/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 55 (Sub-No. 825X), 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. A copy of each pleading filed with the Board
must be served on CSXT's representative, Louis E. Gitomer, Law Offices
of Louis E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, MD
21204.
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: December 9, 2025.
By the Board, Anika S. Cooper, Chief Counsel, Office of Chief
Counsel.
Zantori Dickerson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2025-22698 Filed 12-12-25; 8:45 am]
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