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1The verified notice states that G&A is wholly 

owned by MIP Rail, which is wholly owned 

(indirectly) by MIP V. MIP V is controlled by MIP 

GP. 

2PVRR operates approximately 27 miles of track, 

including 18 mainline miles, in Massachusetts. One 

of PVRR’s lines runs north from Westfield, Mass., 

towards Southampton, Mass. The other line runs 

northeast from Westfield to Holyoke, Mass. 

3Public and confidential versions of the Purchase 

Agreement were filed with the verified notice. The 

confidential version was submitted under seal 

concurrently with a motion for protective order, 

which is addressed in a separate decision. 

4See Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V GP, 

LLC—Control Exemption—Camp Chase Rail, 

Chesapeake & Ind. R.R., & Vermilion Valley R.R., 

FD 36685 (STB served Apr. 7, 2023). 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

5,000. 

• Average Time per Response: 10 

minutes per form. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 833 

hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Office of Emergencies in the 

Diplomatic and Consular Service 

(EDCS) manages the solicitation and 

acceptance of gifts to the U.S. 

Department of State. The information 

requested via donor letters is a 

necessary first step to accepting 

donations. The information is sought 

pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 2697, 5 U.S.C. 

7324 and 22 CFR part 3, and will be 

used by EDCS’s Gift Fund Coordinator 

to demonstrate the donor’s intention to 

donate either an in-kind or monetary 

gift to the Department. This information 

is mandatory and must be completed 

before the gift is received by the 

Department. 

Methodology 

The Department of State has the 

authority to accept gifts made for the 

benefit of the Department or for carrying 

out its functions. There are two types of 

gifts: in-kind, such as goods or services; 

and cash donations. The authorized 

requesting office must review the due 

diligence memorandum to make a 

determined judgment that soliciting and 

accepting a gift from a U.S. based or 

nonfederal entity would not case 

embarrassment or harm to the 

Department or its reputation. Once a 

donation is approved by the soliciting 

office, donors are granted access to the 

Departments appropriate donor form for 

completion. A donor will receive an 

electronic copy of the form from the 

program office once approved to partner 

or donation to the Department for 

official solicitation and acceptance. The 

donor is required to make all donations 

payable directly to the Department of 

State sent with a donor form to CGFS/ 

EDCS. 

CGFS/EDCS accepts payment in the 

form of checks or wire transfers, there 

are two methodologies for completing 

and submitting this form, as opposed to 

being done only electronically. 

Option 1 (Electronically): The 

soliciting program officer will send the 

Donor Form electronically (retrieved 

from the Departments’ internal myData 

Forms used for printing and electronic 

submissions) to recipients who will 

complete it and return to EDCS at 

MEDCS@state.gov. The donors submit 

their payments through the Global 

Financial Operations (CGFS/GFO) 

where they provide financial 

instructions for the remittance of 

Automated Clearing House (ACH) 

credits to the United States Department 

of State. 

Option2: (Hard Copy): The soliciting 

program officer will send the Donor 

Form electronically and the donor will 

print and mail the form with a personal 

check or money order and return to 

EDCS by mail at 2201 C Street NW, 

Room 1821, Washington, DC 20520. 

CGFS/EDCS will deposit the donation 

in accordance with approved 

procedures, and the Bureau of Budget 

and Planning allots funds to the 

appropriate bureau. 

Crystal F. Jobe, 

Director, Gift Funds and K Fund Coordinator, 

CGFS/EDCS, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19698 Filed 9–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–37–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36720] 

Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V 

GP, LLC—Control Exemption—Pioneer 

Valley Railroad Company, Inc. 

Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V 

GP, LLC (MIP GP), a noncarrier, filed on 

behalf of MIP Infrastructure Partners V 

fund vehicle (MIP V), MIP V Rail, LLC 

(MIP Rail), and Gulf & Atlantic 

Railways, LLC (G&A),1 a verified notice 

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

to acquire control of Pioneer Valley 

Railroad Company, Inc. (PVRR),2 a Class 

III carrier currently controlled by Pinsly 

Railroad Company (Pinsly), a noncarrier. 

The verified notice states that, 

pursuant to a Purchase Agreement dated 

August 19, 2023,3 G&A has agreed to 

acquire from Pinsly 100% of the equity 

interests of PVRR. Currently, G&A 

directly controls, and MIP GP, MIP V, 

and MIP Rail indirectly control, five rail 

carriers: Grenada Railroad, LLC; Florida 

Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, LLC; Camp 

Chase Rail, LLC; Chesapeake and 

Indiana Railroad, LLC; and Vermilion 

Valley Railroad Company LLC.4

MIP GP states that: (1) PVRR does not 

connect with any of the railroads that 

would be in the same corporate family 

following the transaction; (2) the 

proposed transaction is not part of a 

series of anticipated transactions that 

would connect PVRR with any railroad 

in its corporate family; and (3) the 

transaction does not involve a Class I 

rail carrier. Therefore, the proposed 

transaction is exempt from the prior 

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is September 27, 2023, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the verified notice was filed). 

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. However, 49 U.S.C. 11326(c) 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under 49 U.S.C. 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Because this transaction 

involves Class III rail carriers only, the 

Board, under the statute, may not 

impose labor protective conditions for 

this transaction. 

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 


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filed no later than September 20, 2023 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36720, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on MIP GP’s representative, 

Terence M. Hynes, Sidley Austin LLP, 

1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 

20005. 

According to MIP GP, 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: September 7, 2023. 

By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office 

of Proceedings. 

Regena Smith-Bernard, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19777 Filed 9–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36704] 

The Warren & Trumbull Railroad 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Economic Development 

Rail II Corporation 

The Warren & Trumbull Railroad 

Company (WTRC), a Class III rail 

carrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

acquire from Economic Development 

Rail II Corporation (EDR–II), and to 

operate approximately 8.97 miles of rail 

line and associated right-of-way 

including: (1) the property known as 

North Warren Railroad located along the 

2.78 miles of track between milepost 

91.60 near the North Warren Station in 

Warren, Ohio and milepost 94.38 at 

North Warren in North Trumbull, Ohio; 

(2) the property known as a portion of 

Conrail’s Freedom Secondary Railroad 

between milepost 164.52 and milepost 

160.60 in Warren, Ohio, and the K-Mart 

Lead extending from its connection with 

the Freedom Secondary at milepost 

81.00 up to and including milepost 

81.70; (3) the K-Mart Lead from 

milepost 81.70 up to and including 

milepost 82.90; and (4) the section of 

track beginning at milepost 82.90 up to 

and including track to the east R.O.W. 

of Park Avenue being 1435.61 feet ± (the 

Lines). 

According to the verified notice, 

WTRC has operated over the Lines 

pursuant to an agreement between 

WTRC and EDR–II, and now WTRC 

seeks authority to acquire ownership of 

the Lines from EDR II. 

The verified notice states that the 

parties entered into a Purchase and Sale 

Agreement for WTRC to acquire and 

operate the Lines. WTRC states that the 

transaction will proceed as of the 

effective date of this notice of 

exemption. 

WTRC certifies that the proposed 

acquisition of the Lines does not involve 

any interchange commitments. WTRC 

further certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III carrier and will not 

exceed $5 million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 27, 2023, 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 for stay must 

be filed no later than September 20, 

2023. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36704, must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board either via 

e-filing on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on WTRC’s 

representative, Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill 

PLC, Two Commerce Square, 2001 

Market Street, Suite 2620, Philadelphia, 

PA 19103. 

According to WTRC, 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: September 8, 2023. 

By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office 

of Proceedings. 

Raina White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19788 Filed 9–12–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36705] 

Youngstown & Austintown Railroad, 

Inc.—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Economic Development 

Rail Corporation 

Youngstown & Austintown Railroad, 

Inc. (YARR), a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire from 

Economic Development Rail 

Corporation (EDRC) and to operate 

approximately 2.74 miles of rail line 

known as the Y and A Branch (Line 

Code 6556) (Austintown Industrial 

Track) from approximately milepost 

0.76 (at a point south of the clearance 

point of the switch connection with 

CSX Transportation, Inc.) to 

approximately milepost 3.50 (at the 

northerly right-of-way line of Oakwood 

Avenue) in Youngstown, Mahoning 

County, Ohio (the Line). According to 

the verified notice, YARR is the current 

operator of the Line, having operated 

over the Line pursuant to an operating 

agreement between YARR and EDRC for 

over 30 years. 

The verified notice states that YARR 

has entered into a Purchase and Sale 

Agreement to acquire the Line from 

EDRC so that YARR can become the 

owner of the Line, as well as the 

operator. 

YARR certifies that the proposed 

acquisition of the Line does not involve 

any interchange commitments. YARR 

further certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III carrier and that its 

projected annual revenue will not 

exceed $5 million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 27, 2023, 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 for stay must 

be filed no later than September 20, 

2023. 

All pleadings referring to Docket No. 

FD 36705, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board either via 

e-filing on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on YARR’s 

representative, Eric M Hocky, Clark Hill 

PLC, Two Commerce Square, 2001 


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