Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 2012 / Notices 10617 

1The 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. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on the 10th day 

of February, 2012. 

Deborah Johnson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3849 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 714X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Vermillion County, IL. 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon an 

approximately 0.4-mile rail line on its 

Northern Region, Chicago Division, 

Woodland Subdivision, between 

mileposts QSK 3.6 and QSK 4.0 at the 

end of the track, in Danville, Vermillion 

County, IL. The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Code 61832. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 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 by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

with any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the 2-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, this 

exemption will be effective on March 

23, 2012, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an 

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

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by March 5, 

2012. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by March 13, 

2012, 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 CSXT’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

February 27, 2012. 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 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), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by February 22, 2013, 

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 Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 13, 2012. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3915 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35595] 

Wellsboro & Corning Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Wellsboro & Corning 

Railroad Company 

Wellsboro & Corning Railroad, LLC 

(WCLLC), a noncarrier, has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Wellsboro 

& Corning Railroad Company and to 

operate approximately 35.5 miles of rail 

line between milepost 109.90 at 

Wellsboro, Pa., and milepost 74.70 at 

Erwin, NY, in Tioga County, PA, and 

Steuben County, NY. 

WCLLC states that it intends to 

interchange traffic with Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company and 

Canadian Pacific Railway Company. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after March 7, 2012 

(30 days after the notice of exemption 

was filed). 

WCLLC certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in its 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier 

and will not exceed $5 million. 

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 to stay must be 

filed no later than February 29, 2012 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35595, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 13, 2012. 


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