65198 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 19, 2018 / Notices 

1 GRNW states that it acquired incidental 

overhead trackage rights on the Line by assignment 

from Camas Prairie RailNet, Inc. Great N.W. R.R.— 

Acquis. & Operation Exemption—Camas Prairie 

RailNet, Inc., FD 34474 (STB served Mar. 19, 2004). 

structure of Maritime Service 

Portfolios (MSPs) 

—Updating of the GMDSS master plan 

and guidelines on MSI (maritime 

safety information) provisions 

—Consequential work related to the 

new Polar Code 

—Revision of SOLAS chapters III and IV 

for Modernization of the GMDSS, 

including related and consequential 

amendments to other existing 

instruments (2021) 

—Response to matters related to the 

Radiocommunication ITU R Study 

Group and ITU World 

Radiocommunication Conference 

—Measures to protect the safety of 

persons rescued at sea 

—Developments in GMDSS satellite 

services 

—Revised Performance Standards for 

EPIRBs operating on 406 MHz 

(resolution A.810(19)) to include 

Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR and second 

generation beacons 

—Further development of the provision 

of global maritime SAR services 

—Guidelines on harmonized 

aeronautical and maritime search and 

rescue procedures, including SAR 

training matters 

—Amendments to the IAMSAR Manual 

—Unified interpretation of provisions of 

IMO safety, security, and 

environment-related Conventions 

—Biennial status report and provisional 

agenda for NCSR 7 

—Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 

2020 

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Joel C. Coito, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27419 Filed 12–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36235] 

Great Northwest Railroad, L.L.C.— 

Amendment of Trackage Rights 

Exemption Containing Interchange 

Commitment—Union Pacific Railroad 

Company 

Great Northwest Railroad, L.L.C. 

(GRNW) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) to 

amend its existing overhead trackage 

rights over a rail line owned by Union 

Pacific Railroad Company (UP). GRNW 

states that the existing trackage rights 

extend over UP’s line of railroad 

between milepost 10.46 at Riparia, 

Wash., and milepost 267.10 at Ayer, 

Wash. (the Line). The total distance is 

approximately 15.10 miles.1

GRNW states that the amended 

trackage rights agreement between it 

and UP (the Amendment) will permit 

GRNW to provide local service to a new 

facility locating on the Line. 

According to GRNW, the Amendment 

includes an interchange commitment. 

As required under 49 CFR 1180.4(g)(4), 

GRNW has provided additional 

information regarding the interchange 

commitment. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after January 2, 2019, the effective 

date of the exemption (30 days after the 

verified notice of exemption was filed). 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk & 

Western Railway—Trackage Rights— 

Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 

(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast 

Railway—Lease & Operate—California 

Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

If the 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 by December 26, 2018 (at least 

seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36235, 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 Karl Morell, Karl Morell & 

Associates, 440 1st Street NW, Suite 

440, Washington, DC 20001. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 13, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina Contee, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27468 Filed 12–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Modification of Section 301 

Action: China’s Acts, Policies, and 

Practices Related to Technology 

Transfer, Intellectual Property, and 

Innovation 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of modification of action. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

direction of the President, the U.S. 

Trade Representative (Trade 

Representative) has determined to 

modify the action being taken in this 

Section 301 investigation by postponing 

the date on which the rate of the 

additional duties will increase to 25 

percent for the products of China 

covered by the September 2018 action 

in this investigation. As set out in this 

notice, the rate of additional duty for the 

products covered by the September 

2018 action will increase to 25 percent 

on March 2, 2019. 

DATES: On March 2, 2019 at 12:01 a.m. 

Eastern Standard Time, the rate of 

additional duty will increase to 25 

percent with respect to products 

covered by the September 2018 action. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, contact 

Assistant General Counsels Arthur Tsao 

or Megan Grimball, or Director of 

Industrial Goods Justin Hoffmann at 

(202) 395–5725. For questions on 

customs classification or 

implementation of additional duties on 

products covered by the September 

2018 action, contact traderemedy@

cbp.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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