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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10638] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘Caravans 

of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, 

Culture, and Exchange across 

Medieval Saharan Africa’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Caravans of 

Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, 

and Exchange across Medieval Saharan 

Africa,’’ imported from abroad for 

temporary exhibition within the United 

States, are of cultural significance. The 

objects are imported pursuant to loan 

agreements with the foreign owners or 

custodians. I also determine that the 

exhibition or display of the exhibit 

objects at the Mary and Leigh Block 

Museum of Art, Northwestern 

University, Evanston, Illinois, from on 

or about January 25, 2019, until on or 

about July 21, 2019, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elliot Chiu, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, L/ 

PD, SA–5, Suite 5H03, Washington, DC 

20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 

236–21 of December 14, 2018. 

Jennifer Z. Galt, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10639] 

Notice of Public Meeting 

The Department of State will conduct 

an open meeting at 1:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on Wednesday, February 

12, 2019, in room 6I10–01–A of the 

Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building at St. Elizabeth’s, 

2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC, 20593. The primary 

purpose of the meeting is to prepare for 

the sixth session of the International 

Maritime Organization’s (IMO) SubCommittee on Pollution Prevention and 

Response (PPR 6) to be held at the IMO 

Headquarters, United Kingdom, on 

February 18–22, 2019. 

The agenda items to be considered 

include: 

—Adoption of the agenda. 

—Decisions of other IMO bodies. 

—Safety and pollution hazards of 

chemicals and preparation of 

consequential amendments to the IBC 

Code. 

—Revised guidance on ballast water 

sampling and analysis. 

—Revised guidance on methodologies 

that may be used for enumerating 

viable organisms. 

—Amendment of annex 1 to the AFS 

Convention to include controls on 

cybutryne, and consequential revision 

of relevant guidelines. 

—Consideration of the impact on the 

Arctic of emissions of Black Carbon 

from international shipping. 

—Consistent implementation of 

regulation 14.1.3 of MARPOL Annex 

VI. 

—Amendments to regulation 14 of 

MARPOL Annex VI to require a 

dedicated sampling point for fuel oil. 

—Standards for shipboard gasification 

of waste systems and associated 

amendments to regulation 16 of 

MARPOL Annex VI. 

—Review of the 2015 Guidelines for 

Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems 

(resolution MEPC.259(68)). 

—Development of measures to reduce 

risks of use and carriage of heavy fuel 

oil as fuel by ships in Arctic waters. 

—Review of the IBTS Guidelines and 

amendments to the IOPP Certificate 

and Oil Record Book. 

—Amendments to the 2012 Guidelines 

on implementation of effluent 

standards and performance tests for 

sewage treatment plants (resolution 

MEPC.227(64)) to address 

inconsistencies in their application. 

—Guide on practical methods for the 

implementation of the OPRC 

Convention and the OPRC–HNS 

Protocol. 

—Unified interpretation to provisions of 

IMO environment-related 

conventions. 

—Biennial agenda and provisional 

agenda for PPR 7. 

—Election of Chair and Vice-Chair for 

2020. 

—Any other business. 

—Report to the Marine Environment 

Protection Committee. 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. Upon request to the 

meeting coordinator, members of the 

public may also participate via 

teleconference, up to the capacity of the 

teleconference phone line. To access the 

teleconference line, participants should 

call (202) 475–4000 and use Participant 

Code: 887 809 72. To facilitate the 

building security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Ms. Melissa 

Perera, by email at Melissa.E.Perera@

uscg.mil, by phone at (202) 372–1446, or 

in writing at 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. 

Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington DC 

20593–7509, not later than February 5, 

2019, five business days prior to the 

meeting. Requests made after February 

5, 2019 might not be able to be 

accommodated. 

Please note that due to security 

considerations, two valid, government 

issued photo identifications must be 

presented to gain entrance to the Coast 

Guard Headquarters building. The 

building is accessible by taxi, public 

transportation, and privately owned 

conveyance (upon request). 

Joel C. Coito, 

Coast Guard Liaison Officer, Office of Ocean 

and Polar Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27725 Filed 12–20–18; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36247] 

Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption 

With Interchange Commitment—CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, LLC 

(FGA), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to acquire from CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), and to 

operate, approximately 373 miles of rail 

line pursuant to a purchase and sale 

agreement and a freight operating 

agreement with CSXT. The rail lines to 

be acquired and operated by FGS 

consists of the following: (1) The 

Tallahassee Subdivision between 


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1FGA filed a confidential version of the freight 

operating agreement with its notice of exemption to 

be kept confidential by the Board under 49 CFR 

1104.14(a) without need for the filing of an 

accompanying motion for protective order under 49 

CFR 1104.14(b). 

Baldwin, Fla., at or near CSXT milepost 

SP 653.3, and Chattahoochee, Fla., at or 

near CSXT milepost SP 842.5; (2) the 

P&A Subdivision between 

Chattahoochee, at or near CSXT 

milepost 00K810.7, and Pensacola, Fla., 

at or near CSXT milepost 00K651.0; and 

(3) portions of the Bainbridge 

Subdivision between Tallahassee, Fla., 

at or near CSXT milepost SLC 52.0, and 

Attapulgus, Ga., at or near CSXT 

milepost SLC 79.0 (collectively, the 

‘‘Lines’’). 

As part of this transaction, CSXT will 

retain limited overhead trackage rights 

only for the movement of certain CSXT 

freight traffic, in CSXT’s trains, 

locomotives, cars, and equipment with 

CSXT’s own crews over the following 

segments of the Lines: (1) The 

Tallahassee Subdivision between the 

connection with CSXT at Baldwin, at or 

near CSXT milepost SP 653.3 and 

Chattahoochee, at or near CSXT 

milepost SP 842.5; and (2) the P&A 

Subdivision between Chattahoochee, at 

or near CSXT milepost 00K810.7, and 

the connection with CSXT at Pensacola, 

at or near CSXT milepost 00K 651.0. In 

addition, FGA will acquire trackage 

rights to operate its trains, locomotives, 

cars and equipment with its own crews, 

solely for the purposes of conducting 

interchange with CSXT, on the 

following segments of CSXT rail lines: 

(1) CSXT milepost 00K651.0 to milepost 

00K 649.0, near Pensacola; and (2) 

CSXT milepost SP 653.3 to milepost S 

653.0, near Baldwin. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) in 

RailUSA, LLC & American Rail Partners, 

LLC—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Florida Gulf & Atlantic 

Railroad, LLC, Docket No. FD 36248, in 

which RailUSA, LLC, and American 

Rail Partners, LLC, the direct owner and 

indirect owner of FGA, respectively, 

seek Board approval to continue in 

control of FGA upon FGA’s becoming a 

Class III rail carrier. 

As required under 49 CFR 

1150.33(h)(1), FGA has disclosed in its 

verified notice that the freight operating 

agreement between FGA and CSXT1

contains an interchange commitment 

that affects the interchange with carriers 

other than CSXT at the interchange 

points of Chattahoochee and Cottondale, 

Fla. In addition, FGA has provided the 

additional information regarding the 

interchange commitment required by 

section 1150.33(h)(1). 

FGA certifies that its projected annual 

revenues do not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail 

carrier. FGA notes, however, that its 

annual operating revenues will exceed 

$5 million. Accordingly, in compliance 

with 49 CFR 1150.32(e), FGA certified 

on November 6, 2018, that, on that day, 

the required 60-day notice of this 

transaction was posted at the 

workplaces of CSXT employees on the 

Lines and served on the national offices 

of those employees’ unions. 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is January 6, 2019, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed). 

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 December 28, 2018 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36247, 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 Peter W. Denton, Steptoe 

& Johnson LLP, 1330 Connecticut Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20036. 

According to FGA, this action is 

excluded from environmental review 

under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from 

historic reporting under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b)(1). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 14, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2019–1)] 

Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Approval of rail cost adjustment 

factor. 

SUMMARY: The Board has approved the 

first quarter 2019 Rail Cost Adjustment 

Factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by 

the Association of American Railroads. 

The first quarter 2019 RCAF 

(Unadjusted) is 1.058. The first quarter 

2019 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.448. The first 

quarter 2019 RCAF–5 is 0.419. 

DATES: Applicability Date: January 1, 

2019. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision, which is available 

on our website at www.stb.gov. Copies 

of the decision may be purchased by 

contacting the Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through FIRS at (800) 877– 

8339. 

This action is categorically excluded 

from environmental review under 49 

CFR 1105.6(c). 

By the Board, Board Members Begeman 

and Miller. 

Decided: December 17, 2018. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36248] 

RailUSA, LLC and American Rail 

Partners, LLC—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Florida Gulf & Atlantic 

Railroad, LLC 

RailUSA, LLC (RailUSA) and 

American Rail Partners, LLC (ARP), 

each a noncarrier, have filed a verified 

notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of 

Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, LLC 

(FGA), upon FGA’s becoming a Class III 

rail carrier. FGA is a newly formed 

noncarrier entity that is wholly owned 

by RailUSA. RailUSA, in turn, is wholly 

owned by ARP. Thus, RailUSA directly 

controls FGA, and ARP indirectly 

controls FGA. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Florida Gulf & Atlantic 

Railroad—Acquisition & Operation 

Exemption With Interchange 

Commitment—CSX Transportation, 

Inc., Docket No. FD 36247. In that 

proceeding, FGA seeks an exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and 

operate approximately 373 miles of rail 

line in Florida and Georgia currently 

owned and operated by CSX 

Transportation, Inc., consisting of the 


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