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31 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1The Board modified its OFA procedures 

effective July 29, 2017. Among other things, the 

OFA process now requires potential offerors, in 

their formal expression of intent, to make a 

preliminary financial responsibility showing based 

on a calculation using information contained in the 

carrier’s filing and publicly available information. 

See Offers of Financial Assistance, EP 729 (STB 

served June 29, 2017); 82 FR 30,997 (July 5, 2017). 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,800. See 

Regulations Governing Fees for Servs. Performed in 

Connection with Licensing & Related Servs.—2017 

Update, EP 542 (Sub-No. 25), slip op. App. B at 13 

(STB served August 8, 2018). 

4CTM states that it operated the Line pursuant to 

an operating easement granted to CTM by Soo Line 

Railroad Company (Soo) and that Soo continues to 

the own the real estate underlying the Line. Thus, 

CTM states that the right of way currently used by 

the Line potentially could be appropriate for other 

public purposes. 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for website viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of the filing also 

will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. All comments received will 

be posted without change. Persons 

submitting comments are cautioned that 

we do not redact or edit personal 

identifying information from comment 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR– 

NYSEArca–2018–62, and should be 

submitted on or before September 26, 

2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.31

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19146 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1268X] 

Chicago Terminal Railroad— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Chicago, 

Illinois 

Chicago Terminal Railroad (CTM) 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a less than 

0.1-mile portion of the ‘‘Bloomingdale’’ 

line in Chicago, Ill., between N. Elston 

Avenue and Union Pacific North 

Avenue Yard (the Line). The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 60642. 

CTM has certified that: (1) No local 

freight traffic has moved over the Line 

for at least two years; (2) there is no 

overhead traffic on the Line; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the line (or a state or local 

government acting on behalf of any such 

user) regarding cessation of service over 

the line either is pending before the 

Surface Transportation Board or any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of the complainant within the 

two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received,1

this exemption will be effective on 

October 5, 2018, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September 

17, 2018. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by September 25, 

2018,4 with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CTM’s 

representative: John D. Heffner, Clark 

Hill Strasburger, 1025 Connecticut Ave. 

NW, Suite 717, Washington, DC 20036. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CTM has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

September 10, 2018. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CTM shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

CTM’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by September 5, 2019, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: August 30, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36214] 

Rock & Rail, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Rail Lines of 

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 

Rock & Rail, LLC (R&R), a Class III rail 

carrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

acquire and operate approximately 0.51 

miles of rail line owned by Martin 

Marietta Materials, Inc. (MMM), located 

within MMM’s existing industry facility 

in Weld County, CO, between milepost 

14.97 and milepost 15.48, which 

includes existing yard, switching, and 

industry tracks (the Lines). 

R&R states that it has reached an 

agreement, pursuant to which MMM 

would transfer its interests in the Lines 

and other related facilities to R&R, 

including a concrete ready-mix plant, a 


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1MMM leases the underlying real property from 

Gerrard Investments, LLC, but owns the Lines and 

the ready-mix plant. R&R will obtain from MMM an 

assignment or sublease of the underlying lease and 

ownership of the Lines, the ready-mix plant, and 

any improvements on the site. 

6,412-foot loop track, and 1,315 feet of 

loading and unloading tracks.1 R&R 

states that, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10906, 

it currently has the right to operate and 

perform switching and other types of 

operations on the Lines. MMM is 

currently the only company located at 

the facility. R&R seeks to acquire the 

MMM Lines and to operate them as 

common carrier track, as well to 

continue its § 10906 services. R&R states 

that the proposed acquisition and 

operation of the Lines do not involve a 

provision or agreement that would limit 

future interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier. 

R&R certifies that the proposed 

transaction will not result in R&R 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier 

and that the projected annual revenues 

of R&R will not exceed $5 million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 19, 2018, 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 12, 

2018 (at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36124, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on William A. Mullins, 

Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20037. 

According to R&R, 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 on our website at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: August 30, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Aretha Laws-Byrum, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19200 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Funding Opportunity for the 

Department of Transportation’s 

Competitive Highway Bridge Program 

for Fiscal Year 2018 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of funding opportunity. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

funding opportunity and requests grant 

applications for FHWA’s Competitive 

Highway Bridge Program. Division L of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2018, appropriated $225 million to be 

awarded by DOT for a competitive 

highway bridge program. Eligible 

applicants are States that have a 

population density of less than 100 

individuals per square mile. The funds 

must be used for highway bridge 

replacement and rehabilitation projects 

on public roads that demonstrate cost 

savings by bundling multiple highway 

bridge projects. The FHWA will 

distribute these funds as described in 

this notice on a competitive basis in a 

manner consistent with the selection 

criteria. 

DATES: This is a one-time opportunity 

for funding. The deadline for 

consideration is December 4, 2018 at 

11:59 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Applications must be 

submitted through Grants.gov at https:// 

www.grants.gov/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Competitive Highway Bridge Program 

staff via email at CHBPgrant@dot.gov. 

Douglas A. Blades, Office of Bridges & 

Structures, FHWA, Office of 

Infrastructure, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Room E75–3203, Washington, DC 

20590, telephone: (202) 366–4622 or 

email: Douglas.Blades@dot.gov; Semme 

Yilma, Office of Bridges & Structures, 

FHWA, Office of Infrastructure, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Room E75– 

3203, Washington, DC 20590, telephone: 

(202) 366–6712 or email: 

Semme.Yilma@dot.gov. 

For legal questions, please contact Ms. 

Alla C. Shaw, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, at (202) 366–1042; by email at 

Alla.Shaw@dot.gov; or by mail at 

Federal Highway Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

Office hours for FHWA are from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

In addition, FHWA will post 

information about the Competitive 

Highway Bridge Program on its website 

at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/ 

chbp.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each 

section of this notice contains 

information and instructions relevant to 

the application process for program 

grants. The applicant should read this 

notice in its entirety to submit eligible 

and competitive applications. 

Table of Contents 

A. Program Description 

B. Federal Award Information 

1. Amount Available 

2. Availability of Funds 

C. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

2. Cost Sharing and Matching 

3. Other 

D. Application and Submission Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission 

3. Selection Criteria 

4. Assessment of Project Risks 

5. Submission Dates 

6. Intergovernmental Review 

E. Application Review Information 

F. Federal Award Administration 

Information 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contact(s) 

H. Other Information 

I. Program Description 

Division L of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. 115– 

141, March 23, 2018) (‘‘FY 2018 

Appropriations Act’’), appropriated 

$225 million to be awarded by DOT for 

a Competitive Highway Bridge Program. 

Eligible applicants are States that have 

a population density of less than 100 

individuals per square mile. The funds 

must be used for highway bridge 

replacement and rehabilitation projects 

on any public roads that demonstrate 

cost savings by bundling multiple 

highway bridge projects. The 

Competitive Highway Bridge Program 

provides an opportunity to address 

significant challenges across the Nation 

for improving bridges that serve 

America. 

II. Federal Award Information 

A. Amount Available—The FY 2018 

Appropriations Act appropriated the 

Competitive Highway Bridge Program as 

a grant program at $225 million for 

fiscal year (FY) 2018. 

B. Availability of Funds—The funds 

provided for this program under the FY 

2018 Appropriations Act are available 

for obligation through September 30, 

2021, and expire after September 30, 

2026. 

III. Eligibility Information 

To be selected for a Competitive 

Highway Bridge Program grant, an 

applicant must be an Eligible Applicant 


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