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1Those carriers, and the states in which they 

operate, are: (1) Carolina Coastal Railway, Inc. 

(North Carolina and South Carolina); (2) East Penn 

Railroad, LLC (Delaware and Pennsylvania); (3) 

Florida Central Railroad Company, Inc. (Florida); 

(4) Florida Midland Railroad Company, Inc. 

(Florida); (5) Florida Northern Railroad Company, 

Inc. (Florida); (6) Middletown & New Jersey 

Railroad, LLC (New York); (7) Port Manatee 

Railroad LLC (Florida); (8) Tyburn Railroad LLC 

(Pennsylvania); (9) Effingham Railroad Company 

(Illinois); (10) Illinois Western Railroad Company 

(Illinois); and (11) South Point & Ohio Railroad, Inc. 

(Ohio). 

2Public and confidential versions of the 

agreement were filed with the verified notice. The 

confidential version was submitted under seal 

concurrent with a motion for protective order, 

which is addressed in a separate decision. 

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Excellence and Innovation Award. 

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[FR Doc. 2023–25296 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36735] 

3i RR Holdings GP LLC, 3i RR 

Holdings Partnership L.P., 3i RR 

Intermediate Holdings LLC, 3i RR LLC, 

Regional Rail Holdings, LLC, Regional 

Rail Sub Holdings LLC, and Regional 

Rail, LLC—Control Exemption— 

Indiana Eastern Railroad, LLC 

3i RR Holdings GP LLC, 3i RR 

Holdings Partnership L.P., 3i RR 

Intermediate Holdings LLC, 3i RR LLC, 

Regional Rail Holdings, LLC, and 

Regional Rail Sub Holdings LLC 

(collectively, 3i RR) and Regional Rail, 

LLC (Regional Rail), each a noncarrier, 

have filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to acquire 

control of Indiana Eastern Railroad, LLC 

(IERR). IERR is a Class III rail carrier 

that operates a rail line in Indiana and 

Ohio and, doing business as Ohio South 

Central Railroad, operates on a separate, 

noncontiguous line in Ohio. 

According to the verified notice, 

Regional Rail is directly controlled by 

Regional Rail Sub Holdings LLC, which 

is controlled by Regional Rail Holdings, 

LLC, which is controlled by 3i RR LLC, 

which is controlled by 3i RR 

Intermediate Holdings LLC, which is 

controlled by 3i RR Holdings 

Partnership L.P., which is controlled by 

3i RR Holdings GP LLC. The verified 

notice states that Regional Rail is a 

noncarrier holding company that 

directly controls 11 Class III rail carriers 

in the eastern United States.1

According to the verified notice, 

pursuant to a membership interest 

purchase agreement to be entered into 

by Regional Rail, IERR, and IERR’s 

current owners, Regional Rail proposes 

to acquire all the existing equity interest 

of IERR and assume direct control of 

that carrier.2 3i RR would assume 

indirect control of IERR. The verified 

notice further states that no significant 

changes in the rail services currently 

provided by IERR are anticipated as a 

result of the proposed transaction and 

that the agreement does not include any 

provision that would limit the future 

interchange of traffic with a third-party 

connecting carrier. 

3i RR and Regional Rail represent 

that: (1) the rail lines of IERR do not 

connect with the lines of the rail carriers 

currently controlled by 3i RR and 

Regional Rail; (2) this control 

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. The proposed transaction is 

therefore exempt from the prior 

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323 pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

This transaction may be 

consummated on or after November 30, 

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 for stay must 

be filed no later than November 22, 

2023. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36735, 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 3i RR’s and Regional 

Rail’s representative, Thomas J. Litwiler, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606– 

3208. 

According to 3i RR and Regional Rail, 

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: November 8, 2023. 

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

of Proceedings. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25298 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2020–0532; Summary 

Notice No. –2023–43] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Causey Aviation 

Unmanned, Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 nor 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 December 

6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2020–0532 

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, 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 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 


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Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nia 

Daniels, (202) 267–7626, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 9, 

2023. 

Brandon Roberts, 

Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2020–0532. 

Petitioner: Causey Aviation 

Unmanned, Inc. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 61.133, 91.7(a), 91.119(b) and (c), 

91.121, 91.151(b), 91.203(a)(1), 

135.25(a), 135.63(c) and (d), 135.79(a)(1) 

through (3), 135.149(a), 135.161(a)(1), 

(a)(3) and (b)(1), 135.203(b), 135.209(b), 

135.243(b)(1) and (b)(2), 135.267(a)(1) 

through (3) and (c)(1) through (3), 

135.293(h), and 135.415(b) 

Description of Relief Sought: Causey 

Aviation Unmanned, Inc. requests an 

amendment to Exemption No. 19508 to 

allow commercial package delivery 

under Part 135 air carrier operations 

outside of the United States using the 

Rigitech Eiger unmanned aircraft 

system. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25294 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2022–0268; Summary 

Notice No. 2023–42] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; American 

Aerospace Technologies Incorporated 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 nor 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 December 

6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2022–0268 

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, 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 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sean O’Tormey at 202–267–4044, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 9, 

2023. 

Brandon Roberts, 

Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2022–0268. 

Petitioner: American Aerospace 

Technologies Incorporated. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 61.133(a), 91.7(a), 91.9(b)(2), 

91.105(a)(1), 91.105(a)(2), 91.107, 

91.109, 91.121, 91.203(a), 91.203(b), 

91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(1), 

91.409(a)(2), and Part 21, Subpart H, of 

Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner is seeking to operate a fixed 

wing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) 

weighing over 55 pounds, in order to 

conduct: critical infrastructure 

inspection of pipeline and oil field 

surveillance; emergency response (e.g., 

wildland fire surveillance); research and 

development; and training, all beyond 

visual line of site (BVLOS) of the pilot 

in command (PIC) using Detect and 

Avoid systems, in the San Joaquin 

Valley of California. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25291 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2023–1782; Summary 

Notice No.–2023–45] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; SkyWest Charter 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 


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