[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84092-84093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28274]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36456]


Dutchtown Southern Railroad, L.L.C.--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Illinois Central Railroad Company

    Dutchtown Southern Railroad, L.L.C. (DUSR), a noncarrier, has filed 
a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from 
Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) and operate approximately 9,285 
feet of track known as the Rubber Lead Track, extending from a point on 
the Line roughly adjacent to milepost 386 + 1636.15' on IC's parallel 
main line, extending southeastward to a point proximate to milepost 388 
+ 357' on the aforementioned, parallel-running IC main line in Geismar, 
Ascension Parish, La. (the Line).\1\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ The verified notice indicates that DUSR also will secure 
rights to operate into IC's Geismar storage yard for purposes of 
interchanging rail cars there with IC.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice 
of exemption in Watco Holdings, Inc.--Continuance in Control 
Exemption--Dutchtown Southern Railroad, L.L.C., Docket No. FD 36457, in 
which Watco Holdings, Inc., seeks to continue in control of DUSR upon 
DUSR's becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    DUSR states that it and IC will shortly execute agreements pursuant 
to which DUSR will lease the Line from IC and will be the operator of 
the Line. DUSR further states that the proposed agreements between DUSR 
and IC do not contain any provision limiting DUSR's future interchange 
of traffic on the Line with a third-party connecting carrier.
    DUSR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of 
this transaction will not result in DUSR's becoming a Class II or Class 
I rail carrier. DUSR further certifies that its projected annual 
revenue will not exceed $5 million.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after January 8, 2021, 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

[[Page 84093]]

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 for stay must be filed no later than December 31, 2020 (at 
least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36456, should be filed 
with the Surface Transportation Board via e-filing on the Board's 
website. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on DUSR's 
representative, Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North 
Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606-3208.
    According to DUSR, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 
requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: December 17, 2020.

    By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2020-28274 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P