Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2011 / Notices 22745 

1TNRW is acquiring the line from TNHR as part 

of a transaction whereby newly created noncarrier 

subsidiaries of RailAmerica Transportation Corp., 

are acquiring the rail assets of certain subsidiaries 

of Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc. 

20 public comment meetings held along 

the proposed pipeline route in Montana, 

South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and 

Texas, as well as in Washington, DC. As 

a result, over 8,000 separate comments 

were received and reviewed. In an 

adequacy assessment of the draft EIS, 

DOS determined that no new issues of 

substance emerged from the comments 

received. However, after the draft EIS 

was issued, additional and updated 

information became available related to 

the proposed Project and its potential 

impacts on the environment. Although 

the adequacy determination for the draft 

EIS indicated that it would not be 

mandatory to issue a supplemental 

document to comply with NEPA, DOS 

decided that decision-makers and the 

public would benefit from additional 

public review of, and comment on, both 

the information that was not available at 

the time the draft EIS was issued and 

the portions of the EIS that were revised 

to address the new information and 

comments on the draft EIS. 

The SDEIS includes revised 

information on the proposed Project 

facilities, including design, 

construction, and maintenance; 

additional regulatory requirements; and 

additional potential connected actions. 

The SDEIS includes additional 

information on existing groundwater 

conditions and potential impacts to 

groundwater that could result from an 

accidental discharge from the proposed 

Project, expanded information on the 

potential impacts of an accidental 

discharge from the proposed Project, 

additional alternatives to the proposed 

Project, and expanded environmental 

justice considerations. The SDEIS also 

includes additional information on the 

composition of crude oils that would be 

transported by the proposed Project in 

comparison to other heavy crude oils, 

potential refinery emissions, and 

greenhouse gas (GHG) and climate 

change considerations. Appendices to 

the SDEIS include copies of new reports 

and other documents relevant to the 

proposed Project, petroleum market 

impacts, lifecycle GHG emissions, and 

additional requirements for pipeline 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and inspection. 

Copies of the SDEIS have been mailed 

to interested Federal, state and local 

agencies; public interest groups; 

individuals and affected landowners 

who requested a copy of the SDEIS; 

libraries; newspapers; and other 

stakeholders. A list of public libraries to 

which copies of the SDEIS have been 

mailed is available online at http:// 

www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov. If 

you would like to request that a copy be 

sent to a public library not already on 

this list or to an organization involved 

with the Project, please e-mail 

YuanAW@state.gov. Copies will be 

mailed while supplies last. 

Comment Procedures: Any person 

wishing to comment on the SDEIS may 

do so. DOS requests that comments be 

limited to the subject matter addressed 

in this SDEIS. DOS will only respond to 

comments that directly address 

information provided in the SDEIS. DOS 

will consider only those comments 

received by the end of the comment 

period during preparation of the final 

EIS. To ensure consideration prior to 

issuance of the final EIS (a prerequisite 

to a DOS decision on the proposal), it 

is important that DOS receive your 

comments no later than June 6, 2011 (45 

days after publication of this notice). 

Comments on the SDEIS can be 

submitted to DOS using any of the 

following methods: 

• DOS Keystone XL Project Web site: 

http://www.keystonepipelinexl.state.gov. 

• E-mail to: keystonexl@cardno.com. 

• Mail to: Keystone XL EIS Project, 

P.O. Box 96503–98500, Washington, DC 

20090–6503. 

• Fax: 206–269–0098. 

Comments received will be included in 

the Administrative Record without 

change and may, at the sole discretion 

of DOS, be made available on-line at 

http://www.keystonepipelinexl.state.gov, including any personal 

information provided, unless the 

commenter indicates that the comment 

includes information claimed to be 

confidential business information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. If you submit an 

electronic comment, we recommend 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If we cannot read your 

comment because of technical 

difficulties and cannot contact you for 

clarification, we may not be able to 

consider your comment. Electronic 

comments should avoid the use of any 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

DOS will publish and distribute a 

final EIS that will contain responses to 

timely and relevant comments received 

on the SDEIS, as well as to the 

comments on the draft EIS that were 

previously submitted to DOS. The final 

EIS will also include text revised in 

response to comments on the draft EIS 

and the SDEIS. From the date of 

issuance of the final EIS, the public will 

have 30 days to comment and 

cooperating agencies will have 90 days 

to comment before DOS makes a 

determination under Executive Order 

13337 on whether issuance of this 

permit is in the U.S. national interest. 

DOS will host a public meeting in 

Washington, DC following issuance of 

the final EIS. 

Further Information: Additional 

information on the proposed Keystone 

XL Project is available for viewing and 

download at the DOS Keystone XL 

Project related Web site: http:// 

www.keystonepipeline-xl.state.gov. 

Information on the Web site includes 

the Keystone application for a 

Presidential Permit, including 

associated maps and drawings; the draft 

EIS and the SDEIS; a 2010 report 

prepared by EnSys Energy and Systems, 

Inc. (EnSys) that was contracted by the 

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of 

Policy & International Affairs to 

evaluate different North American crude 

oil transport scenarios through 2030 to 

assist DOS in better understanding the 

potential impacts of the presence or 

absence of the proposed Project on U.S. 

refining and petroleum imports and also 

on international markets; a list of 

libraries where the draft EIS and SDEIS 

may be viewed; and other Project 

information. 

Additional information on the 

proposed Keystone XL Project in 

Montana is available at: http:// 

svc.mt.gov/deq/wmaKeystoneXL/. 

Dated: April 15, 2011. 

Willem H. Brakel, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, 

Bureau of Oceans and International, 

Environmental and Scientific Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9858 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35488] 

Three Notch Railway, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Three Notch Railroad Co., 

Inc. 

Three Notch Railway, LLC (TNRW), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from Three Notch Railroad Co., 

Inc. (TNHR) and to operate 

approximately 34 miles of rail line 1

extending between approximately rightof-way station 22+57 at the interchange 

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22746 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2011 / Notices 

1WCR is acquiring the line from WGCR as part 

of a transaction whereby newly created noncarrier 

subsidiaries of RailAmerica Transportation Corp., 

are acquiring the assets of certain subsidiaries of 

Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc. 

point with CSX Transportation, Inc., in 

Georgiana, Ala., and milepost 581.3 at 

Andalusia, Ala. Additionally, TNRW 

will be assigned TNHR’s agreement with 

Andalusia & Conecuh Railroad 

Company, which was assigned to TNHR 

by the Alabama & Florida Railway 

Company, to lease and operate a rail 

line between milepost S428+4706 feet 

and milepost S425+5170 feet in 

Andalusia. 

This transaction is related to 3 

concurrently filed verified notices of 

exemption, as follows: Docket No. FD 

35486, RailAmerica, Inc., Palm Beach 

Holdings, Inc., RailAmerica 

Transportation Corp., RailTex, Inc., 

Fortress Investment Group, LLC, and RR 

Acquisition Holding, LLC—Continuance 

in Control Exemption—Conecuh Valley 

Railway, LLC, Three Notch Railway, 

LLC, and Wiregrass Central Railway, 

LLC, in which RailAmerica and its 

subsidiaries seek to continue in control 

of TNRW, Conecuh Valley Railway, 

LLC, and Wiregrass Central Railway, 

LLC, upon those noncarriers’ becoming 

Class III rail carriers; Docket No. FD 

35487, Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Conecuh Valley Railroad Co., Inc., 

wherein Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC 

seeks to acquire and operate 

approximately 15.04 miles of rail line 

between milepost 374.96 at or near 

Troy, and the end of the line at 

approximately milepost 390.00 at or 

near Goshen, in Pike County, Ala.; and 

Docket No. FD 35489, Wiregrass Central 

Railway, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Wiregrass 

Central Railroad Company, Inc., 

wherein Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC 

seeks to acquire and operate 

approximately 21.2 miles of rail line 

between milepost 800.00 at Waterford 

and milepost 821.2 near Newton, in 

Coffee and Dale Counties, Ala. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or after May 8, 2011. 

TNRW certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier 

and will not exceed $5 million. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than April 29, 2011 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35488, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: April 18, 2011. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9785 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35489] 

Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Wiregrass Central 

Railroad Company, Inc. 

Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC 

(WCR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to acquire from Wiregrass 

Central Railroad Company, Inc. 

(WGCR), and to operate approximately 

21.2 miles of rail line between milepost 

800.00 at Waterford and milepost 821.2 

near Newton, in Coffee and Dale 

Counties, Ala.1

This transaction is related to 3 

concurrently filed verified notices of 

exemption, as follows: Docket No. FD 

35486, RailAmerica, Inc., Palm Beach 

Holdings, Inc., RailAmerica 

Transportation Corp., RailTex, Inc., 

Fortress Investment Group, LLC, and RR 

Acquisition Holding, LLC—Continuance 

in Control Exemption—Conecuh Valley 

Railway, LLC, Three Notch Railway, 

LLC, and Wiregrass Central Railway, 

LLC, in which RailAmerica and its 

subsidiaries seek to continue in control 

of WCR, Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC, 

and Three Notch Railway, LLC, upon 

the noncarriers’ becoming Class III rail 

carriers; Docket No. FD 35487, Conecuh 

Valley Railway, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Conecuh Valley 

Railroad Co., Inc., wherein Conecuh 

Valley Railway, LLC seeks to acquire 

and operate approximately 15.04 miles 

of rail line between milepost 374.96 at 

or near Troy, and the end of the line at 

approximately milepost 390.00 at or 

near Goshen, in Pike County, Ala.; and 

Docket No. FD 35488, Three Notch 

Railway, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Three Notch 

Railroad Co., Inc., wherein Three Notch 

Railway, LLC seeks to acquire and 

operate approximately 34 miles of rail 

line extending approximately between 

right-of-way station 22+57 at the 

interchange point with CSX 

Transportation, Inc., in Georgiana, Ala., 

and milepost 581.3 at Andalusia, Ala. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or after May 8, 2011. 

WCR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier 

and will not exceed $5 million. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than April 29, 2011 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35489, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: April 18, 2011. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9832 Filed 4–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35487] 

Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Conecuh Valley Railroad 

Co., Inc. 

Conecuh Valley Railway, LLC (CVR), 

a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from Conecuh Valley Railroad 

Co., Inc. (COEH), and to operate 

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