2128 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2012 / Notices 

1 In Fay Penn Industrial Development 

Corporation—Acquisition Exemption—CSXT 

Transportation, Inc., FD 33051 (STB served Oct. 4, 

1996), Fay Penn was authorized to acquire certain 

rail lines extending between specified points in 

Pennsylvania, and in Southwest Pennsylvania 

Railroad Company—Operation Exemption—CSX 

Transportation, Inc., FD 33051 (Sub-No. 1) (STB 

served Oct. 4, 1996), SPRC was authorized to 

operate the lines acquired by Fay Penn and also was 

authorized to acquire 4 miles of incidental trackage 

rights. In CSX Transportation, Inc.—Abandonment 

Exemption—in Fayette and Westmoreland 

Counties, Pa., AB 55 (Sub-No. 420X) (ICC served 

Nov. 28, 1994), Fay Penn, successor in interest to 

Fay-Penn Land Trust, acquired authority as the 

designee of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 

along with the Westmoreland County Industrial 

Development Corporation, to acquire a rail line 

between specified points in Fayette and 

Westmoreland Counties, Pa. under the agency’s 

offer of financial assistance procedures. In 

Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company—Lease 

and Operation Exemption—Lines of Westmoreland 

County Industrial Development Corporation and 

Fay-Penn Land Trust, FD 32737 (ICC served July 21, 

1995), SPRC was authorized to lease and operate 

that rail line. 

SPRC states that on August 25, 2011, Fay Penn 

changed its name to LHDC. 

exemption in Docket No. FD 35579, 

Watco Holdings, Inc.—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Birmingham 

Terminal Railway, L.L.C., wherein 

Watco Holdings, Inc., seeks Board 

approval to continue in control of 

BHRR, upon BHRR’s becoming a Class 

III rail carrier. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction after the effective date of the 

verified notice of exemption. 

BHRR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail 

carrier. Because BHRR’s projected 

annual revenues will exceed $5 million, 

BHRR certified to the Board on 

December 2, 2011, that it had complied 

with the requirements of 49 CFR 

1150.32(e) on December 1, 2011, by 

providing notice to employees and their 

labor unions on the affected line. Under 

49 CFR 1150.32(e), this exemption 

cannot become effective until 60 days 

after the date notice was provided. 

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 January 23, 2012 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35578, 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 Karl Morell, 655 Fifteenth 

Street NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 

20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 10, 2012. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–558 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35584] 

Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 

Company—Acquisition Exemption— 

Laurel Hill Development Corporation 

Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 

Company (SPRC), a Class III rail carrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire a 

number of rail lines now owned by 

Laurel Hill Development Corporation 

(LHDC) (formerly Fay Penn Industrial 

Development Corporation (Fay Penn)), a 

non-operating rail carrier.1 The lines 

comprise a total distance of 29.09 miles 

and extend generally between Everson, 

Pa. and Broadford, Pa. and between 

Greene Junction, Pa. and Smithfield, 

Pa., including Bowest Yard and various 

branch lines. 

The lines are described as follows: 

(a) 21.67 miles of rail line extending 

between Rail Valuation Station 4+06.3 

in Greene Junction and Rail Valuation 

Station 1148+43.8 in Smithfield, as 

shown generally on Valuation Maps 

V.69.1/S–43a, V.69.11/1 to 6, and 

V.82.1/1 to 6, in Fayette County, Pa.; 

(b) 3.28 miles of rail line extending 

between Rail Valuation Station 1+30 in 

Broadford and Rail Valuation Station 

174+56 at Everson, in Fayette County, 

Pa.; (c) a portion of the Smithfield & 

Masontown Branch adjacent to the rail 

line described in (a) above, in 

Smithfield, as shown generally as 

Valuation Map 82.1/S 5–6 and 82.4/1; 

(d) a 2.26-mile portion of the South 

West Branch extending between Rail 

Valuation Station 1926+00 and Rail 

Valuation Station 2045+45 in 

Uniontown, as shown on Valuation 

Maps V. 20.01/37 to 39; (e) a 0.27-mile 

portion of the South West Branch 

extending between Rail Valuation 

Station 2271+39 and Rail Valuation 

Station 2285+55, in Fairchance, as 

shown generally on Valuation Map 

V.20.01/44; (f) a 1.61-mile portion of the 

Fairchance Branch extending between 

Rail Valuation Station 2+20 and Rail 

Valuation Station 87+20, in Fairchance, 

as shown on Valuation Maps V.20.025/ 

1 & 2; (g) all of the tract or parcel of land 

and rights-of-way referred to as the 

Bowest Yard lying and being adjacent to 

the rail line described in (a) above in 

Dunbar Township, Fayette County; (h) 

all tracts or parcels of land and rightsof-way comprising or adjacent to the 

former CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) 

Smithfield and Masontown Branch Line 

connecting with the parcels at 

Smithfield & Mason Junction near 

Smithfield extending from the northerly 

property line of the parcel described in 

(c) above to State Route 119; and (i) the 

industrial side track easement located in 

the Fayette Business Park and 

connecting to the former CSXT 

Fairmont, Morgantown & Pittsburgh 

Subdivision in Georges Township, in 

Fayette County. SPRC currently operates 

the rail lines that it seeks to acquire and 

will continue to provide common 

carrier service on the lines after their 

acquisition. SPRC also operates and will 

continue to operate over 4 miles of 

incidental trackage rights previously 

granted by CSXT. 

SPRC certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of the 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail 

carrier. 

The transaction is expected to be 

consummated after January 27, 2012, 

the effective date of the exemption. 

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 January 20, 2012 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35584, 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 Richard R. Wilson, Esq., 

518 N. Center Street, Ste. 1, Ebensburg, 

PA 15931. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 9, 2012. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–550 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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