Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 235 / Friday, December 8, 2023 / Notices 85717 

1See Fortress Invest. Grp. LLC—Exemption for 

Intra-Corp. Fam. Transaction—Ohio River Partners 

S’holder LLC, Docket No. FD 36402 (STB served 

May 15, 2020); see also Katahdin Railcar Servs. 

LLC—Change in Operators Exemption—Ohio 

Terminal Ry., Docket No. FD 36487 (STB served 

March 30, 2021). 

2See E. Ohio Valley Ry.—Acquis. & Operation 

Exemption—Ohio River Partners S’holder LLC, 

Docket No. FD 36682 (STB served March 31, 2023). 

3The filing fee for OFAs can be found at 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 1296 (Sub-No. 1X), 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, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on RJC Railroad Property’s 

representative, Catherine S. Wright, 

Jackson Kelly PLLC, 100 West Main 

Street, Suite 700, Lexington, KY 40588– 

2150. Replies to the petition are due on 

or before December 28, 2023. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment regulations at 

49 CFR part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0294. If 

you require an accommodation under 

the Americans with Disabilities Act, 

please call (202) 245–0245. 

A Draft Environmental Assessment 

(Draft EA) (or Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (Draft EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by OEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any other agencies or persons who 

comment during its preparation. Other 

interested persons may contact OEA to 

obtain a copy of the Draft EA (or Draft 

EIS). Draft EAs in abandonment 

proceedings normally will be made 

available within 60 days of the filing of 

the petition. The deadline for 

submission of comments on a Draft EA 

generally will be within 30 days of its 

service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 4, 2023. 

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

of Proceedings. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26958 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1336X] 

Katahdin Railcar Services LLC— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Monroe County, Ohio 

On November 20, 2023, Katahdin 

Railcar Services LLC (KRS), a Class III 

rail carrier, filed a petition under 49 

U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the 

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

10903 to discontinue service over 

approximately 12.2 miles of rail line in 

Monroe County, Ohio, extending 

between milepost 60.5 near Powhatan 

Point, Ohio, and milepost 72.7 near 

Hannibal, Ohio (the Omal Line). The 

Omal Line traverses U.S. Postal Service 

Zip Codes 43942 and 43915. The Omal 

Line includes the following stations: 

Omal, Clarington, and Powhatan Point. 

KRS states that it was authorized to 

operate the Omal Line pursuant to a 

lease with the Omal Line’s former 

owner, Ohio River Partners Shareholder 

LLC (ORPS), in 2020.1 (Pet. 1.) 

According to KRS, in 2023 East Ohio 

Valley Railway LLC (EOVR) obtained 

Board authority to acquire the Omal 

Line from ORPS and operate it.2 KRS 

states that, pursuant to that authority, 

EOVR acquired the Omal Line and 

commenced operations as of October 1, 

2023, at which time KRS’s lease was 

terminated. (Id. at 1–2.) As such, KRS 

states that it now seeks authority to 

discontinue its operations and end its 

common carrier obligation with respect 

to the Omal Line. (Id.) According to 

KRS, the proposed discontinuance 

would not leave any Omal Line 

customer without access to railroad 

common carrier service, as all customers 

now have service via EOVR. (Id.) 

KRS states that, based on the 

information in its possession, the Omal 

Line does not contain federally granted 

rights-of-way and that any 

documentation in its possession will be 

made available to those requesting it. 

(Id. at 3.) 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service 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). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by March 8, 

2024. 

Because this is a discontinuance 

proceeding and not an abandonment, 

interim trail use/rail banking and public 

use conditions are not appropriate. 

Because there will be environmental 

review during any subsequent 

abandonment, this discontinuance does 

not require an environmental review. 

See 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(5), 1105.8(b). 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) for subsidy under 49 CFR 

1152.27(b)(2) will be due no later than 

120 days after the filing of the petition 

for exemption, or 10 days after service 

of a decision granting the petition for 

exemption, whichever occurs sooner.3

Persons interested in submitting an OFA 

must first file a formal expression of 

intent to file an offer by December 18, 

2023, indicating the intent to file an 

OFA for subsidy and demonstrating that 

they are preliminarily financially 

responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(1)(i). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to Docket No. AB 1336X and 

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, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on KRS’s representative, 

Terence M. Hynes, Sidley Austin LLP, 

1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 

20005. Replies to the petition are due on 

or before December 28, 2023. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning discontinuance procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment and 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis at (202) 245–0294. If you 

require accommodation under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act, please 

call (202) 245–0245. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Dated: December 1, 2023. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26953 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36726] 

Pan Am Southern LLC—Temporary 

Overhead Trackage Rights—Boston 

and Maine Corporation and Springfield 

Terminal Railway Corporation 

On September 21, 2023, Pan Am 

Southern LLC (PAS) filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(8) to acquire temporary 

overhead trackage rights over a line 


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