84452 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 248 / Monday, December 28, 2020 / Notices 

1The verified notice states that Segment A is 

owned by the Canonie Atlantic Co. (CAC) and 

Segment B is owned by Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company. CAC concurrently is seeking Board 

authority to abandon Segment A. See Canonie Atl. 

Co.—Aban. Exemption—in Norfolk, Va., Docket No. 

AB 1266 (Sub-No. 1X). Here, the verified notice 

states that CAC is acting on behalf of BCR in filing 

the discontinuance request. See also Cassatt 

Management LLC—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—Hallwood to Cape Charles, Va., Docket 

No. AB 1267X. 

2Persons interested in submitting an OFA to 

subsidize continued rail service must first file a 

formal expression of intent to file an offer, 

indicating the intent to file an OFA for subsidy and 

demonstrating that they are preliminarily 

financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i). 

3The filing fee for OFAs can be found at 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

4Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and 

not an abandonment, interim trail use/rail banking 

and public use conditions are not appropriate. 

Because there will be an environmental review 

during abandonment, this discontinuance does not 

require environmental review. 

1 In a related docket, a verified notice of 

exemption has been filed for BCR to discontinue its 

operations over the Line, as well as over an adjacent 

line owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

between milepost 100.7 and milepost 100.3. See 

Cassatt Mgmt., LLC—Discontinuance of Serv. 

Exemption—in Norfolk, Va., Docket No. AB 1267 

(Sub-No. 1X). 

addresses the potential effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft 

EA) by December 31, 2020. The Draft EA 

will be available to interested persons 

on the Board’s website, by writing to 

OEA, or by calling OEA at (202) 245– 

0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Comments on environmental and 

historic preservation matters must be 

filed within 15 days after the Draft EA 

becomes available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or interim trail use/rail 

banking conditions will be imposed, 

where appropriate, in a subsequent 

decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), the City shall file a notice 

of consummation with the Board to 

signify that it has exercised the 

authority granted and fully abandoned 

the Line. If consummation has not been 

effected by the City’s filing of a notice 

of consummation by December 28, 2021, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 21, 2020. 

By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director, 

Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28575 Filed 12–23–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1267 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

Cassatt Management, LLC d/b/a Bay 

Coast Railroad—Discontinuance of 

Service Exemption—in Norfolk, Va. 

Cassatt Management, LLC d/b/a Bay 

Coast Railroad (BCR), has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service to discontinue service over a rail 

line comprised of segments (a) between 

milepost 102.1 and milepost 100.7 

(Segment A) and (b) between milepost 

100.7 and milepost 100.3 (Segment B), 

both in Norfolk, Va. (the Line).1 The 

Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip 

Code 23504. 

BCR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line in over 

two years; (2) there has been no 

overhead traffic over the Line in over 

two years; (3) no formal complaint filed 

by a user of rail service on the Line (or 

a state or local government entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line either 

is pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board or any U.S. 

District Court or has been decided in 

favor of a complainant within the twoyear period; and (4) the requirements at 

49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper 

publication) and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) 

(notice to governmental agencies) have 

been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line 

Railroad—Abandonment Portion 

Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To 

address whether this condition 

adequately protects affected employees, 

a petition for partial revocation under 

49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) 2 to subsidize 

continued rail service has been 

received, this exemption will be 

effective on January 27, 2021, unless 

stayed pending reconsideration. 

Petitions to stay that do not involve 

environmental issues and formal 

expressions of intent to file an OFA to 

subsidize continued rail service under 

49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 3 must be filed by 

January 7, 2021.4 Petitions for 

reconsideration must be filed by January 

19, 2021. 

A copy of any petition filed with 

Board should be sent to BCR’s 

representative, Eric M. Hocky, Clark 

Hill, PLC, Two Commerce Square, 2001 

Market St., Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 

19103. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 21, 2020. 

By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director, 

Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28631 Filed 12–23–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1266 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

Canonie Atlantic Co.—Abandonment 

Exemption—in Norfolk, Va. 

On December 8, 2020, Canonie 

Atlantic Co. (CAC), a Class III rail 

carrier, filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) a petition 

under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 10903 to abandon an 

approximately 1.4-mile rail line in 

Norfolk, Va., between milepost 100.7 at 

North Junction and milepost 102.1 at St. 

Julian (the Line). The Line traverses U.S. 

Postal Service Zip Code 23504. 

CAC states it seeks to abandon the 

Line because it intends to sell the Line 

to the Virginia Department of Rail and 

Public Transportation (DRPT) for public 

use—specifically, commuter rail 

transportation. (Pet. 1.) CAC states that 

no freight traffic has moved over the 

Line in over two years and that the only 

recent use of the Line has been to 

support intercity passenger service by 

the National Railroad Passenger 

Corporation (Amtrak). (Id. at 1, 4.) 1

In addition to an exemption from 49 

U.S.C. 10903, CAC also seeks an 

exemption from the offer of financial 

assistance procedures of 49 U.S.C. 

10904. In support, CAC argues that there 

is no overriding public need for freight 

rail service on the Line and that the 

right-of-way is needed for a valid public 

purpose, i.e., DRPT’s plans to utilize the 

Line to facilitate Amtrak passenger rail 

service. (Pet. 6.) This request will be 

addressed in the final decision. 

CAC states that, based on the 

information in its possession, the Line 

does not contain federally granted 

rights-of-way. Any documentation in 


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