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1OSL initially filed its verified notice on August 

14, 2023. By order served September 8, 2023, the 

effective dates of the exemptions in this docket and 

in the related Docket No. FD 36716 were postponed 

pending further Board order to allow for further 

briefing and consideration of certain issues. On 

September 13, 2023, OSL filed an amended verified 

notice of exemption in Docket No. FD 36717 

addressing the issues raised in the September 8 

order. 

CSH and the NGO consortium it is 

managing will also screen referrals 

submitted by PSGs and PSOs of refugee 

applicants before sharing referrals with 

PRM for consideration of whether 

referred refugee applicants meet the 

eligibility criteria to be granted access to 

the USRAP through the P–4 category. 

As part of the online application 

process for PSGs, the NGO consortium 

will collect information on PSGs as part 

of completed applications submitted 

electronically by prospective private 

sponsors through the program website 

that is being built and managed by the 

consortium (www.welcomecorps.org). 

This will include biographic 

information on each member of the PSG, 

evidence that each member of the PSG 

has completed the required background 

checks through a third-party identified 

by the consortium, evidence that at least 

one member of the PSG has completed 

required online training developed by 

the consortium, and details on how 

PSGs will plan to provide initial 

resettlement support to the refugees 

who are matched to them through the 

Welcome Corps. 

In addition, the NGO consortium will 

also oversee a separate application 

process for PSOs and collect 

information from PSOs accordingly. 

This will include biographic 

information for a key point of contact at 

the PSO, background information on the 

organizational structure of the PSO, and 

information on the PSO’s organizational 

resources and staffing capacity to 

mobilize, support, and oversee PSGs. 

The NGO consortium will also collect 

information on refugee applicants 

referred by PSGs and PSOs for access to 

the USRAP through the P–4 category 

that will be submitted electronically by 

PSGs and PSOs through the program 

website. This will include biographic 

information on each refugee applicant 

being referred, claimed relationships of 

the principal refugee applicant to all 

derivatives on the referral, their 

immigration status in the country of 

asylum, a narrative of the principal 

applicant’s refugee claim, and 

supporting documentation. 

To support PRM’s operational 

requirements to facilitate placements of 

refugee cases with PSGs (including 

those supported by specific PSOs), the 

consortium will share key biographic 

information of PSGs and PSOs with 

PRM. This will include points of contact 

of PSGs and PSOs, such as the name of 

the designated point of contact along 

with that private sponsor group 

member’s address, phone number, email 

address, and other relevant contact 

information. Information collected by 

the NGO consortium on referred refugee 

applicants will also be shared with PRM 

to enable PRM to determine whether 

applicants meet the eligibility criteria 

for access to the USRAP through the P– 

4 category. 

The consortium will electronically 

transmit biographic information on 

PSGs and PSOs, along with information 

on refugee applicants, to PRM’s Refugee 

Processing Center (RPC) through secure 

means. Biographic information on PSGs 

and PSOs will enable PRM to facilitate 

the matching of approved refugee 

applicants with approved PSGs or PSOs 

and to track the placement of refugee 

applicants, similarly to how PRM 

facilitates and tracks placement of 

refugee applicants supported by PRM’s 

funded resettlement agency partners 

through the R&P Program. This will 

enable PRM to have a record of the 

relevant point of contact for each 

resettled refugee case supported by a 

PSG or PSO through the Welcome 

Corps. 

The information on refugee applicants 

will enable PRM to assess the eligibility 

of referred applicants to access the 

USRAP through the P–4 category. Those 

meeting the eligibility criteria will be 

granted access to the USRAP for further 

processing. Referred refugee applicants 

approved for resettlement in the United 

States will be served by the private 

sponsors who referred them. 

Kevin E. Bryant, 

Deputy Director, Office of Directives 

Management, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21042 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–33–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36717] 

OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC d/b/a South 

Branch Valley Railroad—Operation 

Exemption—Railroad Line of West 

Virginia State Rail Authority in 

Hampshire, Hardy, and Grant Counties, 

W. Va. 

OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC d/b/a South 

Branch Valley Railroad (OSL), a 

noncarrier controlled by short line 

holding company OmniTRAX Holdings 

Combined, Inc. (OmniTRAX), has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to assume operations over 

approximately 52.4 miles of rail line, 

extending from milepost 0.0 at Green 

Spring, W. Va., to milepost 52.4 at 

Petersburg, W. Va., located in 

Hampshire, Hardy, and Grant Counties, 

W. Va. (the Line).1

The Line is owned and currently 

operated by the West Virginia State Rail 

Authority (Rail Authority). OSL states 

that it has reached an agreement with 

the Rail Authority (Agreement) under 

which OSL will replace the Rail 

Authority as the operator on the Line. 

OSL states that the Rail Authority will 

retain ownership of, and a residual 

common carrier obligation over, the 

Line post-transaction. 

This transaction is related to the 

verified notice of exemption filed in 

OmniTRAX Holdings Combined, Inc.— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC, Docket No. FD 

36716, in which OmniTRAX and HGS 

Railway Holdings, Inc., seek to continue 

in control of OSL upon OSL’s becoming 

a Class III rail carrier. 

OSL certifies that its projected annual 

revenues will not exceed $5 million and 

will not result in OSL’s becoming a 

Class I or Class II rail carrier. OSL 

further certifies that it is not 

contractually limited in its ability to 

interchange traffic with any third-party 

connecting carrier. 

The effective date of this exemption is 

October 11, 2023. 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 

October 4, 2023 (at least seven days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36717, 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, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on OSL’s representative, 

Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606–3208. 

According to OSL, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c)(2), and from historic 

preservation reporting requirements 

under 49 CFR 1105.8(b)(1). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: September 21, 2023. 


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1Omni-HGS notes that SIT has limited and 

provisional authority to operate pursuant to 

Savannah Industrial Transportation, LLC— 

Operation Exemption—in Effingham County, Ga., 

FD 36489, slip op. at 6–7 (STB served Aug. 1, 2023). 2By order served September 8, 2023, the effective 

dates of the exemptions in this docket and in the 

related Docket No. FD 36717 were postponed 

pending further Board order to allow for further 

briefing and consideration of certain issues. On 

September 13, 2023, OSL filed an amended verified 

notice of exemption in Docket No. FD 36717 

addressing the issues raised in the September 8 

order. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21076 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36716] 

OmniTRAX Holdings Combined, Inc., 

and HGS Railway Holdings, Inc.— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC d/b/a South 

Branch Valley Railroad 

OmniTRAX Holdings Combined, Inc. 

(OmniTRAX), and HGS Railway 

Holdings, Inc. (HGS) (collectively, 

Omni-HGS), both noncarriers, have filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control 

of OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC d/b/a South 

Branch Valley Railroad (OSL), a noncarrier entity controlled by OmniTRAX, 

upon OSL’s becoming a Class III rail 

carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption filed in 

OmniTRAX SBVR, LLC—Operation 

Exemption—Railroad Line of West 

Virginia State Rail Authority in 

Hampshire, Hardy, & Grant Counties, 

W. Va., Docket No. FD 36717, in which 

OSL seeks to operate an approximately 

52.4-mile rail line (the Line) extending 

from milepost 0.0 at Green Spring, W. 

Va., to milepost 52.4 at Petersburg, W. 

Va., owned by the West Virginia Rail 

Authority. 

Omni-HGS states that it will continue 

in control of OSL upon OSL’s becoming 

a railroad common carrier. According to 

the verified notice, OmniTRAX and 

HGS are under joint managerial and 

operational control. OmniTRAX 

currently controls 22 Class III rail 

carriers: Alabama & Tennessee River 

Railway, LLC; Brownsville & Rio Grande 

International Railway, LLC; Central 

Texas & Colorado River Railway, LLC; 

Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C.; Cleveland & 

Cuyahoga Railway, LLC; Fulton County 

Railway, LLC; Georgia & Florida 

Railway, LLC; Georgia Woodlands 

Railroad, L.L.C.; Great Western Railway 

of Colorado, L.L.C.; Illinois Railway, 

LLC; Kettle Falls International Railway, 

LLC; Manufacturers’ Junction Railway, 

L.L.C.; Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado 

Railway, LLC; The Newburgh & South 

Shore Railroad, LLC; Northern Ohio & 

Western Railway, L.L.C.; Omni River 

Ridge, LLC d/b/a River Ridge Railroad; 

Panhandle Northern Railroad, L.L.C.; 

Peru Industrial Railroad, LLC; Sand 

Springs Railway Company; Savannah 

Industrial Transportation, LLC (SIT); 1

Stockton Terminal and Eastern Railroad; 

and The Winchester and Western 

Railroad Company. HGS controls two 

Class III railroads: HGS–ATN, LLC; and 

HGS–FCR, LLC. 

Omni-HGS represents that: (1) the rail 

line to be operated by OSL does not 

connect with the rail lines of any of the 

rail carriers controlled by Omni-HGS; 

(2) the transaction is not part of a series 

of anticipated transactions that would 

result in such a connection; and (3) the 

transaction does not involve a Class I 

rail carrier. Therefore, the transaction is 

exempt from the prior approval 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 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. 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. Accordingly, because this 

transaction involves Class III rail 

carriers only, the Board may not impose 

labor protective conditions here. 

The effective date of this exemption is 

October 11, 2023.2 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 

October 4, 2023 (at least seven days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36716, 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, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Omni-HGS’s 

representative, Robert A. Wimbish, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606– 

3208. 

According to Omni-HGS, 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 21, 2023. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21077 Filed 9–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–1555; Summary 

Notice No. 2023–37] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Billings Flying 

Service 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, the 

FAA’s exemption process. Neither 

publication of this notice nor the 

inclusion or omission of information in 

the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before October 

17, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2023–1555 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 


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