Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 37 / Friday, February 26, 2021 / Notices 11821 

1According to the verified notice, LAS has 

operated the Lines since 2005. See La. S. R.R.— 

Lease & Operation Exemption—Kan. City S. Ry., FD 

34751 (STB served Oct. 7, 2005); La. S. R.R.—Lease 

& Operation Exemption Including Interchange 

Commitment—Kan. City S. Ry., FD 35983 (STB 

served Feb. 5, 2016). 

2Copies of the Restated Leases and Amendments 

with the interchange commitments were submitted 

under seal. See 49 CFR 1150.43(h)(1). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: February 22, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03932 Filed 2–25–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36355] 

Louisiana Southern Railroad, L.L.C.— 

Lease & Operation Exemption With 

Interchange Commitment—The Kansas 

City Southern Railway Company 

Louisiana Southern Railroad, L.L.C. 

(LAS), a Class III rail carrier, has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.41 to continue to lease from 

the Kansas City Southern Railway 

Company (KCS) and operate 

approximately 165.8 miles of rail lines 

extending: (1) Between a point 1,600 

feet south of Highway 80 near Gibsland, 

La., and milepost B–192, near Pineville, 

La.; (2) on the Sibley Branch, between 

milepost 83.5, at Sibley, La., and 

milepost 78.8, at Minden, La.; (3) 

between milepost 49.6, near Cullen, La., 

and milepost 78.8, at Minden; and (4) 

between milepost 78.8, at Minden, and 

milepost B–102, near Bossier, La., on 

the Hope Subdivision (the Lines).1

LAS states that it and KCS executed 

amendments on July 20, 2020 

(Amendments), to the Amended and 

Restated Lease Agreements from 2016 

(Restated Leases) 2 currently governing 

LAS’s lease and operation of the Lines. 

The Amendments extend the terms of 

the Restated Leases to November 30, 

2034. 

LAS states that the Restated Leases 

contain interchange commitments and 

that the affected interchanges are with 

Louisiana and North West Railroad 

Company, LLC, at Gibsland and Union 

Pacific Railroad Company (UP) at Tioga, 

La., both of which are located on the 

Gibsland-Pineville line segment, and 

with UP at Bossier City, La. (on the 

Hope Subdivision). Accordingly, LAS 

has provided additional information 

regarding the interchange commitments, 

as required by 49 CFR 1150.43(h). LAS 

states that it will continue to be the 

operator of the Lines. 

LAS certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in LAS’s becoming a 

Class II or Class I rail carrier, but that 

its current annual revenues exceed, and 

are expected to continue to exceed, $5 

million. Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), 

if a carrier’s projected annual revenues 

will exceed $5 million, it must, at least 

60 days before this exemption is to 

become effective, post a notice of its 

intent to undertake the proposed 

transaction at the workplace of the 

employees on the affected lines, serve a 

copy of the notice on the national 

offices of the labor unions with 

employees on the affected lines, and 

certify to the Board that it has done so. 

However, LAS has filed a petition for 

waiver of the 60-day advance labor 

notice requirements. LAS’s waiver 

request will be addressed in a separate 

decision. The Board will establish the 

effective date of the exemption in its 

separate decision on the waiver request. 

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 for stay must 

be filed no later than March 5, 2021. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36355, should be filed with the 

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

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on LAS’s representative, 

Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 

29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

According to LAS, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: February 22, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowey, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03957 Filed 2–25–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–0167] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Rotorcraft 

External Load Operator Certificate 

Application 

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 Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The collection involves the 

submission of FAA Form 8710–4 for the 

certification process of rotorcraft 

external-load operators. The information 

to be collected is necessary to evaluate 

the applicants’ eligibility for 

certification. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by April 27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: 

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field) 

By mail: Dwayne C. Morris, 800 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20591 

By email: chris.morris@faa.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raymond Plessinger by email at: 

raymond.plessinger@faa.gov; phone: 

717–443–7296. 

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: 2120–0044. 

Title: Rotorcraft External Load 

Operator Certificate Application. 

Form Numbers: FAA Form 8710–4. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Background: This collection involves 

the application for issuance or renewal 


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