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1See Or. Int’l Port of Coos Bay—Acquis. 

Exemption—Rail Line of Union Pac. R.R. in Coos 

Cty., Or., FD 35385 (STB served Jul. 9, 2010); Or. 

Int’l Port of Coos Bay—Feeder Line Application— 

Coos Bay Line of Cent. Ore. & Pac. R.R., FD 35160 

(STB served Oct. 31, 2008; modified Mar. 12, 2009.) 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

The retention period for visa records 

depends on the nature of the 

information and disposition of the visa 

adjudication. Some files related to 

issued immigrant visas are destroyed six 

months after issuance. In some 

instances, files with historical 

significance are permanent records. 

Most files related to Certificates of 

Identity are retained for twenty years 

after closure. These records are retired 

and destroyed in accordance with 

published Department of State Records 

Disposition Schedules as approved by 

the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA), and a complete 

list of the Department’s schedules can 

be found on our Freedom of Information 

Act (FOIA) program’s website (https://

foia.state.gov/Learn/Records

Disposition.aspx). More specific 

information may be obtained by writing 

to the following address: Director, Office 

of Information Programs and Services, 

A/GIS/IPS; SA–2, Department of State; 

515 22nd Street NW; Washington, DC 

20522–8100. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

All users are given cyber security 

awareness training which covers the 

procedures for handling Sensitive but 

Unclassified information, including 

personally identifiable information (PII). 

Annual refresher training is mandatory. 

In addition, all Foreign Service and 

Civil Service employees and those 

Locally Employed Staff who handle PII 

are required to take the Foreign Service 

Institute’s distance learning course 

instructing employees on privacy and 

security requirements, including the 

rules of behavior for handling PII and 

the potential consequences if it is 

handled improperly. 

Access to the Department of State, its 

annexes and posts abroad is controlled 

by security guards and admission is 

limited to those individuals possessing 

a valid identification card or individuals 

under proper escort. While the majority 

of records covered in Visa Records are 

electronic, all paper records containing 

personal information are maintained in 

secured file cabinets in restricted areas, 

access to which is limited to authorized 

personnel only. Access to computerized 

files is password-protected and under 

the direct supervision of the system 

manager. The system manager has the 

capability of printing audit trails of 

access from the computer media, 

thereby permitting regular and ad hoc 

monitoring of computer usage. When it 

is determined that a user no longer 

needs access, the user account is 

disabled. 

Before being granted access to Visa 

Records, a user must first be granted 

access to the Department of State 

computer system. Remote access to the 

Department of State network from nonDepartment owned systems is 

authorized only through a Department 

approved access program. Remote 

access to the network is configured with 

the authentication requirements 

contained in the Office of Management 

and Budget Circular Memorandum A– 

130. All Department of State employees 

and contractors with authorized access 

have undergone a background security 

investigation. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who wish to gain access 

to or to amend records pertaining to 

themselves should write to U.S. 

Department of State; Director, Office of 

Information Programs and Services; 

A/GIS/IPS; SA–2, Suite 8100; 

Washington, DC 20522–0208. The 

individual must specify that he or she 

wishes the Visa Records to be checked. 

At a minimum, the individual must 

include: Full name (including maiden 

name, if appropriate) and any other 

names used; current mailing address 

and zip code; date and place of birth; 

notarized signature or statement under 

penalty of perjury; a brief description of 

the circumstances that caused the 

creation of the record (including the city 

and/or country and the approximate 

dates) which gives the individual cause 

to believe that the Visa Records include 

records pertaining to him or her. 

Detailed instructions on Department of 

State procedures for accessing and 

amending records can be found at the 

Department’s FOIA website (https://

foia.state.gov/Request/Guide.aspx). 

However, in general, visa records are 

confidential and may not be released 

under section 222(f) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act, except that, the 

Department of State may consider 

requests for records that originated with, 

or were sent to, a requesting visa 

applicant or someone acting on such 

applicant’s behalf to be releasable 

thereto. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who wish to contest 

record procedures should write to U.S. 

Department of State; Director, Office of 

Information Programs and Services; 

A/GIS/IPS; SA–2, Suite 8100; 

Washington, DC 20522–0208. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals who have reason to 

believe that this system of records may 

contain information pertaining to them 

may write to U.S. Department of State; 

Director, Office of Information Programs 

and Services; A/GIS/IPS; SA–2, Suite 

8100; Washington, DC 20522–0208. The 

individual must specify that he or she 

wishes the Visa Records to be checked. 

At a minimum, the individual must 

include: Full name (including maiden 

name, if appropriate) and any other 

names used; current mailing address 

and zip code; date and place of birth; 

notarized signature or statement under 

penalty of perjury; a brief description of 

the circumstances that caused the 

creation of the record (including the city 

and/or country and the approximate 

dates) which gives the individual cause 

to believe that the Visa Records include 

records pertaining to him or her. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), (k)(2), 

and (k)(3), records contained within this 

system of records are exempted from 5 

U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), 

(H), and (I), and (f). See Department of 

State Rules published in the Federal 

Register, under 22 CFR 171.26. 

HISTORY: 

This SORN was previously published 

at 77 FR 65245 (October 25, 2012). 

Mary R. Avery, 

Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Senior 

Advisor, Office of Global Information 

Services, Bureau of Administration, 

Department of State. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36199] 

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay 

and Coos Bay Rail Line, Inc.—IntraCorporate Family Transaction 

Exemption 

Oregon International Port of Coos Bay 

(the Port), and Coos Bay Rail Line, Inc. 

(Coos Rail) (collectively, the 

Applicants), have jointly filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(3) for an intra-corporate 

family transaction. According to the 

Applicants, the Port is a rail common 

carrier that owns certain interconnected 

railroad lines in Oregon extending from 

Eugene to Coquille via Coos Bay, a total 

of roughly 133 route miles.1 The 


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2See Coos Bay R.R. Operating Co., LLC— 

Operation Exemption—Line of R.R. owned by the 

Or. Int’l Port of Coos Bay, FD 35551 (STB served 

Sep. 14, 2011.) 

3On June 4, 2018, CBRL filed a notice of intent 

to participate, stating that it intends to submit a 

petition to reject the notice on or before June 20, 

2018. 

Applicants state that the lines in 

question extend from milepost 652.114 

at Danebo, Or., to milepost 763.13 at 

Cordes, Or., and from milepost 761.13 at 

Cordes to milepost 785.5 at Coquille 

(collectively, the Line). 

The Line is currently operated by 

Coos Bay Railroad Operating Company, 

LLC d/b/a Coos Bay Rail Link (CBRL) 

pursuant to a lease agreement with the 

Port.2 The Applicants state that CBRL’s 

parent company has advised the Port 

that it no longer wishes to operate the 

Line, and that the Port has begun to 

contemplate assuming operations of the 

Line in place of CBRL.3 However, the 

Applicants assert the Port does not wish 

to become an operating common carrier 

itself, and therefore has created Coos 

Rail as a public benefit corporation 

under the control of the Port for 

purposes of assuming operations over 

the Line in place of the Port. According 

to the Applicants, the Port would retain 

ownership of the Line, but common 

carrier service would be provided by 

Coos Rail, either alone or jointly with 

CBRL. The Applicants state that the 

proposed transaction will be governed 

by a lease agreement that has yet to be 

executed, a copy of which was 

submitted with their verified notice of 

exemption. 

The Applicants state that the 

transaction and underlying lease 

agreement do not involve or contain any 

provision or agreement that may limit 

future interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier. 

Unless stayed, the exemption will be 

effective on June 30, 2018 (30 days after 

the verified notice was filed). The 

Applicants state that they intend to 

consummate the proposed transaction 

on or after June 30, 2018, as 

circumstances warrant. 

This is a transaction within a 

corporate family of the type specially 

exempted from prior review and 

approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). 

The Applicants have not indicated that 

the transaction would result in adverse 

changes in service levels, significant 

operational changes, or any changes in 

the competitive balance with carriers 

outside the corporate family. According 

to the Applicants, the transaction will 

permit the Port to take common carrier 

operations in house quickly (if 

necessary) and to create a discrete 

corporate subdivision to handle the 

business of running the Line as ancillary 

to the Port’s primary functions. 

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. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under sections 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. The Port is a Class III carrier 

and Coos Rail would become a Class III 

carrier. Accordingly, labor protective 

conditions will not be imposed. 

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 exemption. 

Petitions to stay must be filed no later 

than June 22, 2018 (at least seven days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36199, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy must be served on 

Audrey L. Brodrick, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, 

Chicago, IL 60606–2832. 

According to the Applicants, this 

action is exempt from environmental 

review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 

exempt from historic review under 49 

CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at 

WWW.STB.GOV’’. 

Decided: June 12, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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