Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 23, 2020 / Notices 84095 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36457] 

Watco Holdings, Inc.—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Dutchtown 

Southern Railroad, L.L.C. 

Watco Holdings, Inc. (Watco), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

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

continue in control of Dutchtown 

Southern Railroad, L.L.C. (DUSR), a 

noncarrier controlled by Watco, upon 

DUSR’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption filed 

concurrently in Dutchtown Southern 

Railroad, L.L.C.—Lease & Operation 

Exemption—Illinois Central Railroad 

Company, Docket No. FD 36456, in 

which DUSR seeks to lease from Illinois 

Central Railroad Company and operate 

approximately 9,285 feet of track known 

as the Rubber Lead Track, in Geismar, 

Ascension Parish, La. 

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). 

According to the verified notice of 

exemption, Watco currently controls 

indirectly 38 Class III railroads and one 

Class II railroad, collectively operating 

in 27 states. For a complete list of these 

rail carriers and the states in which they 

operate, see the Appendix to Watco’s 

December 9, 2020 verified notice of 

exemption. The verified notice is 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Watco represents that: (1) The rail line 

to be leased and operated by DUSR does 

not connect with the rail lines of any of 

the rail carriers controlled by Watco; (2) 

this transaction is not part of a series of 

anticipated transactions that would 

connect DUSR with any railroad in the 

Watco corporate family; and (3) the 

transaction does not involve a Class I 

rail carrier. The proposed transaction is 

therefore exempt from the prior 

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323 pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Because the transaction 

involves the control of one Class II and 

one or more Class III rail carriers, the 

transaction is subject to the labor 

protection requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11326(b) and Wisconsin Central Ltd.— 

Acquisition Exemption—Lines of Union 

Pacific Railroad, 2 S.T.B. 218 (1997). 

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 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 36457, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Watco’s 

representative, Robert A. Wimbish, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606– 

3208. 

According to Watco, 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. 2020–28275 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[FAA–2020–0441] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: National 

Airspace System (NAS) Data Release 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on 

September 22, 2020. The collection is an 

application form, and collection 

frequency is on occasion, depending on 

how often requests for National 

Airspace System (NAS) data are 

submitted to the FAA. The information 

to be collected will be used to evaluate 

the validity of a user’s request for NAS 

data from FAA systems and equipment. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by January 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to 

(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Damon Thomas by email at: 

damon.thomas@faa.gov; phone: 

202.267.5300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0668. 

Title: NAS Data Release Request. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 1200–5. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on September 22, 2020 (85 FR 59600). 

This information collection is 

required to obtain or retain a benefit, 

which is to obtain NAS data from the 

FAA. The information submitted 

includes: whether the requestor 

currently receives NAS data, the 

authority to access NAS data, the type 

of data requested, the proposed method 

for acquiring data, the purpose of the 

request, the process for filtering 

sensitive data, and who at the 

requestor’s organization will be used for 

the data request, including the scope 

and nature of work the individual will 

perform. 

This information must be collected to 

enable the FAA to evaluate the validity 

of a user’s request for NAS data from 

FAA systems and equipment. The 

information provided by the requestor is 

used by the FAA NAS Data Release 


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