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1The verified notice states that both CCP and 

CEDR are indirect rail carrier subsidiaries of 

Canadian National Railway Company (CN), whose 

U.S. rail carrier subsidiaries (including CCP and 

CEDR) are held directly or indirectly by CN’s 

wholly owned subsidiary Grand Trunk Corporation. 

See Canadian Nat’l Ry.—Control—Ill. Cent. Corp., 

4 S.T.B. 122 (1999); Ill. Cent. Corp.—Control—CCP 

Holdings, Inc., FD 32858 (STB served May 14, 

1996). 

2A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement was filed with the verified notice. An 

unredacted version of the agreement was submitted 

to the Board under seal concurrently with a motion 

for protective order, which was granted in a 

decision served on September 7, 2023. 

3 In a related proceeding, CCP and CEDR have 

filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7) for the acquisition of limited local 

trackage rights over approximately 3.75 miles of rail 

line owned by DM&E, between milepost 88.85 in 

Charles City and the east mainline switch to the 

Valero ethanol facility at approximately milepost 

92.6, west of Charles City. See Cedar River R.R.— 

Trackage Rts. Exemption—Dakota, Minn. & E. R.R., 

Docket No. FD 36721. 

1The verified notice states that both CEDR and 

CCP are indirect rail carrier subsidiaries of 

Canadian National Railway Company (CN), whose 

U.S. rail carrier subsidiaries (including CEDR and 

CCP) are held directly or indirectly by CN’s wholly 

owned subsidiary Grand Trunk Corporation. See 

Canadian Nat’l Ry.—Control—Ill. Cent. Corp., 4 

S.T.B. 122 (1999); Ill. Cent. Corp.—Control—CCP 

Holdings, Inc., FD 32858 (STB served May 14, 

1996). 

2The verified notice states that DM&E is part of 

the Canadian Pacific Kansas City system. See 

Canadian Pac. Ry.—Control—Kan. City S., FD 

36500, slip op. at 3 n.3 (STB served Mar. 15, 2023). 

3A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement was filed with the verified notice. An 

unredacted version of the agreement was submitted 

to the Board under seal concurrently with a motion 

for protective order, which was granted in a 

decision served on September 7, 2023. 

4 In a related proceeding, CCP has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) for 

the acquisition of overhead trackage rights over 

approximately 41.5 miles of rail line owned by 

CEDR between Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Charles City. 

See Chi., Cent. & Pac. R.R.—Trackage Rts. 

Exemption—Cedar River R.R., Docket No. FD 

36722. Applicants state that CCP’s service to the 

Valero facility will be provided in conjunction with 

such overhead trackage rights. 

amended at 86 FR 61858 (November 8, 

2021). 

SSA will match the VA compensation 

and pension payment data with SSI/ 

SVB payment information maintained 

in its SOR entitled ‘‘Supplemental 

Security Income Record and Special 

Veterans Benefits’’ (60–0103), last fully 

published at 71 FR 1830 (January 11, 

2006), and amended at 72 FR 69723 

(December 10, 2007), 83 FR 31250– 

31251 (July 3, 2018), and 83 FR 54969 

(November 1, 2018). 

SSA will also match the VA 

information with its Medicare Database 

(MDB) File, 60–0321, last fully 

published at 71 FR 42159 (July 25, 

2006), and amended at 72 FR 69723 

(December 10, 2007) and 83 FR 54969 

(November 1, 2018). 

The SORs involved in this matching 

program have routine uses permitting 

the disclosures needed to conduct this 

match. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20045 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36722] 

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad 

Company—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Cedar River Railroad 

Company 

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad 

Company (CCP) has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7) for acquisition of overhead 

trackage rights over approximately 41.5 

miles of rail line owned by Cedar River 

Railroad Company (CEDR) 1 between 

milepost 0.0 at Mona Junction in Cedar 

Falls, Iowa, and milepost 41.5 in 

Charles City, Iowa (the Line). 

CCP and CEDR have entered into a 

March 23, 2023 written trackage rights 

agreement 2 that grants CCP overhead 

trackage rights over the Line. According 

to the verified notice, the transaction, 

together with another transaction that 

would grant CCP and CEDR limited 

trackage rights over a connecting rail 

line owned by Dakota, Minnesota & 

Eastern Railroad Company (DM&E),3

will permit CCP to operate trains with 

its own crews between Mona Junction 

in Cedar Falls and Valero Marketing & 

Supply Company’s ethanol facility in 

Floyd County, Iowa. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the trackage rights will be protected by 

the conditions imposed in Norfolk & 

Western Railway—Trackage Rights— 

Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 

(1978), as modified by Mendocino Coast 

Railway—Lease & Operate—California 

Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after October 1, 2023, the effective 

date of the exemption. 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 22, 2023 (at least seven days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36722, must 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 Applicants’ representative, 

Thomas J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

According to CCP, 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 12, 2023. 

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

of Proceedings. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20025 Filed 9–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36721] 

Cedar River Railroad Company and 

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad 

Company—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Dakota, Minnesota & 

Eastern Railroad Corporation 

Cedar River Railroad Company 

(CEDR) and Chicago, Central & Pacific 

Railroad Company (CCP) 1 (collectively, 

Applicants) have filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) 

for acquisition of limited local trackage 

rights over approximately 3.75 miles of 

rail line owned by Dakota, Minnesota & 

Eastern Railroad Company, d/b/a 

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (DM&E),2

between approximately milepost 88.85 

in Charles City, Iowa, and the east 

mainline switch to the Valero ethanol 

facility at approximately milepost 92.6, 

west of Charles City (the Line). 

Applicants and DM&E have entered 

into a March 3, 2022 written trackage 

rights agreement 3 that grants Applicants 

local trackage rights over the Line, 

limited to the provision of freight rail 

service to the Valero facility and to the 

movement of no more than seven loaded 

trains per week.4

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the trackage rights will be protected by 

the conditions imposed in Norfolk & 

Western Railway—Trackage Rights— 

Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 

(1978), as modified by Mendocino Coast 

Railway—Lease & Operate—California 

Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after October 1, 2023, the effective 


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