Notice2026-05485
CSX Transportation, Inc.-Discontinuance Exemption-in Cook County, Ill
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Published
March 20, 2026
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 13693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05485]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 826X)]
CSX Transportation, Inc.--Discontinuance Exemption--in Cook
County, Ill
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
1.32-mile rail line on its Altenheim Subdivision from milepost BIH 0.93
to milepost BIH 2.25 in Cook County, Ill. (the Line). The Line
traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 60804.
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 April 19, 2026 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 March 30, 2026.\3\ Petitions for reconsideration must be filed
by April 9, 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. 826X), 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: March 17, 2026.
By the Board, Anika S. Cooper, Chief Counsel, Office of Chief
Counsel.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2026-05485 Filed 3-19-26; 8:45 am]
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