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1When the Interstate Commerce Commission, the 

Board’s predecessor, authorized MNR to acquire the 

Line in 1995, it exempted MNR from most of the 

provisions of Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the U.S. Code 

and authorized MNR to abandon the Line subject 

to the future discontinuance of trackage rights then 

held by Danbury Terminal Railroad Company. 

Metro-N. Commuter R.R.—Exemption—from 49 

U.S.C. Subtitle IV., FD 32639 (Sub-No. 1), slip op. 

at 1 (STB served Nov. 22, 2023). See also Metro-N. 

Commuter R.R.—Acquis. Exemption—the 

Maybrook Line, FD 32639 et al., slip op. at 3–4 (ICC 

served Jan. 13, 1995). MNR filed a petition seeking 

partial revocation of the Subtitle IV exemption to 

permit MNR to file for abandonment authority and 

ultimately pursue interim trail use/railbanking of a 

rail line under the National Trails System Act 

(Trails Act), 16 U.S.C. 1247(d), and 49 CFR 1152.29. 

Metro-N. Commuter R.R., FD 36239 (Sub-No. 1), 

slip op. at 1 (STB served Nov. 22, 2023). The Board 

granted that petition on November 22, 2023. Id. 

review additional credible information 

and allegations concerning corruption 

or undemocratic activity and to utilize 

all applicable authorities, as 

appropriate, to ensure corrupt or 

undemocratic officials are denied safe 

haven in the United States. 

El Salvador 

Ricardo Gomez, President 

Commissioner of the Institute for Access 

to Public Information, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

purposefully and wrongfully blocking 

access to public information through his 

position as President Commissioner at 

the Institute for Access to Public 

Information. 

Gerardo Guerrero, commissioner of 

the Institute for Access to Public 

Information, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by 

purposefully and wrongfully blocking 

access to public information through his 

position as a Commissioner at the 

Institute for Access to Public 

Information. 

Andre ́s Gre ́gori Rodrı ́guez, 

commissioner of the Institute for Access 

to Public Information, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

purposefully and wrongfully blocking 

access to public information through his 

position as a Commissioner at the 

Institute for Access to Public 

Information. 

Honduras 

Ricardo Arturo Salgado Bonilla, 

Current Minister of Strategic Planning, 

undermined democratic processes or 

institutions by directing the LIBRE 

party’s coordinated efforts through party 

loyalist groups (‘‘colectivos’’) to 

suppress dissent by violently 

intimidating opposition legislators 

calling for a legislative session on 

October 31, 2023. 

Mohammad Yusuf Amdani Bai, a 

private businessman, engaged in 

significant corruption by bribing 

Honduran Supreme Court officials to 

rule in favor of his business in a private 

lawsuit. 

Cristian Adolfo Sa ́nchez, engaged in 

significant corruption by participating 

in a scheme that defrauded the 

Honduran government of more than 

$300,000, and colluded with Ministry of 

Health officials to improperly award 

government contracts. 

Guatemala 

Leonor Eugenia Morales Lazo, current 

prosecutor, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by leading a 

politically-motivated investigation to 

cast doubt on certified election results 

to disrupt the presidential transition. 

Noe Nehemı ́as Rivera Vasquez, 

current prosecutor, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

bringing politically motivated charges 

against justice actors fighting corruption 

and impunity. 

Pedro Otto Hernandez Gonzalez, 

current prosecutor, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

participating in a politically-motivated 

investigation to cast doubt on certified 

election results to disrupt the 

presidential transition. 

Silvia Patricia Valdes Quezada, a 

former Supreme Court of Justice 

magistrate, undermined democratic 

processes or institutions by 

participating in the ‘‘Parallel 

Commissions’’ scheme to stack the 

Supreme Court and Appellate Courts 

with corrupt judges. 

Nicaragua 

Gloria Maria Saavedra Corrales, Judge 

in the Tenth Criminal District Court of 

Hearings of Managua, undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

using her position and authority within 

the Nicaraguan judicial system to 

knowingly facilitate a coordinated 

campaign to suppress dissent by 

confiscating property from the Jesuit 

Central American University without a 

legal basis, in order to install a regimefriendly administration. 

Maribel del Socorro Duriez Gonza ́lez, 

President of Nicaragua’s National 

Council for Evaluation and 

Accreditation (CNEA), undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

taking part in a coordinated campaign to 

suppress dissent by confiscating 

property from the government’s political 

opponents, including the Central 

American University (UCA) and at least 

25 other private Nicaraguan 

universities, without a legal basis, in 

order to install a regime-friendly 

administrations. 

Ramona Rodriguez Perez, President of 

Nicaragua’s National Council of 

Universities (CNU), undermined 

democratic processes or institutions by 

taking part in a coordinated campaign to 

suppress dissent by confiscating 

property from the government’s political 

opponents, including Central American 

University (UCA) and at least 25 other 

private Nicaraguan universities, without 

a legal basis, in order to install a regimefriendly administrations. 

Alejandro Enrique Genet Cruz, Rector 

of Casimiro Sotelo University (formerly 

Central American University), 

undermined democratic processes or 

institutions by taking part in a 

coordinated campaign to retaliate 

against critics of the Ortega-Murillo 

regime and to suppress dissent by using 

his position to create policies that 

punish Casimiro Sotelo University 

faculty and students who do not take 

part in political activities for Ortega’s 

Sandinista National Liberation Front 

(FSLN) political party. 

Dated: December 20, 2023. 

Richard Verma, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00346 Filed 1–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–29–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1311 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

Metro-North Commuter Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption— 

in Dutchess and Putnam Counties, 

N.Y. 

Metro-North Commuter Railroad 

Company (MNR) has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 

1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments 

to abandon an approximately 41.1-mile 

rail line that runs between milepost 0.0 

and milepost 71.2, in Dutchess and 

Putnam Counties, N.Y. (the Line).1 The 

Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip 

Codes 12508, 12524, 12533, 12582, 

12570, 12531, 12563, 10509, and 12564. 

MNR has certified that: (1) no local 

freight or overhead traffic has moved 

over the Line during the past two years; 

(2) no formal complaint filed by a user 

of rail service on the Line (or by a state 

or local government on behalf of such 

user) regarding cessation of service over 

the Line is pending with either the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of a complainant 

within the two-year period; and (3) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) 

(notice to government agencies) have 

been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 


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2Persons interested in submitting an OFA must 

first file a formal expression of intent to file an 

offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they 

wish to provide (i.e., subsidy or purchase) and 

demonstrating that they are preliminarily 

financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i). 

3Typically, an abandonment requires 

environmental review. However, on September 9, 

2022, the Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis 

(OEA) issued a Final Environmental Assessment 

(Final EA) covering the Line in a related 

proceeding: Metro-North Commuter Railroad— 

Adverse Discontinuance of Trackage Rights— 

Housatonic Railroad, Docket No. AB 1311. No 

environmental or historic preservation issues were 

raised by any party or identified by OEA in that 

Final EA. MNR states that no significant changes 

affecting the Line have taken place since the Final 

EA was issued. Accordingly, because OEA has 

recently conducted an appropriate environmental 

review concerning the Line at issue, a finding of no 

significant impact under 49 CFR 1105.10(g) will be 

made pursuant to 49 CFR 1011.7(a)(2)(ix). See 

Housatonic R.R.—Discontinuance of Serv.—in 

Dutchess & Putnam Cntys., N.Y., AB 733 (Sub-no. 

1X) et al., slip op. at 4 n.10 (STB served July 13, 

2023). 

4Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), 

respectively. 

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,2

this exemption will be effective on 

February 9, 2024, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues 3 must 

be filed by January 19, 2024. Formal 

expressions of intent to file an OFA 

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and interim 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by January 

22, 2024.4 Petitions to reopen and 

requests for public use conditions under 

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by January 

30, 2024. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 1311 (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 MNR’s representative, 

Charles A. Spitulnik, Kaplan, Kirsch & 

Rockwell, LLP, 1634 I (Eye) Street NW, 

Suite 300, Washington, DC 20006. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

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), MNR 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 

MNR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by January 10, 2025, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: January 5, 2024. 

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

of Proceedings. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00338 Filed 1–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Projects Approved for Consumptive 

Uses of Water 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists Approvals by 

Rule for projects by the Susquehanna 

River Basin Commission during the 

period set forth in DATES. 

DATES: December 1–31, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 North Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and 

Secretary to the Commission, telephone: 

(717) 238–0423, ext. 1312; fax: (717) 

238–2436; email: joyler@srbc.gov. 

Regular mail inquiries may be sent to 

the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice lists the projects, described 

below, receiving approval for the 

consumptive use of water pursuant to 

the Commission’s approval by rule 

process set forth in 18 CFR 806.22 (e) 

and (f) for the time period specified 

above. 

Water Source Approval—Issued 

Under 18 CFR 806.22(e): 

1. Plainville Brands, LLC—Plainville 

Farms, ABR–202312005; New Oxford 

Borough, Adams County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 0.380 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 6, 2023. 

2. Penn State Health Hampden 

Medical Center—Hampden Medical 

Center; ABR–202312006; Hampden 

Township, Cumberland County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 0.1620 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 7, 2023. 

Water Source Approval—Issued 

Under 18 CFR 806.22(f): 

1. Coterra Energy Inc.; Pad ID: 

DobrosielskiJ P1; ABR–202312003; 

Auburn & Dimock Townships, 

Susquehanna County, Pa.; Consumptive 

Use of Up to 5.0000 mgd; Approval 

Date: December 7, 2023. 

2. RENEWAL—Chesapeake 

Appalachia, L.L.C.; Pad ID: Amcor; 

ABR–201211018.R2; Meshoppen 

Township, Wyoming County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 7.5000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 8, 2023. 

3. RENEWAL—Chesapeake 

Appalachia, L.L.C.; Pad ID: Joeguswa; 

ABR–201211019.R2; Cherry Township, 

Sullivan County, Pa.; Consumptive Use 

of Up to 7.5000 mgd; Approval Date: 

December 8, 2023. 

4. RENEWAL—Chesapeake 

Appalachia, L.L.C.; Pad ID: Lucarino 

Drilling Pad #1; ABR–201112010.R2; 

Wilmot Township, Bradford County, 

Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 7.5000 

mgd; Approval Date: December 8, 2023. 

5. RENEWAL—Range Resources— 

Appalachia, LLC; Pad ID: State Game 

Lands 075A—East Pad; ABR– 

201311005.R2; Pine Township, 

Lycoming County, Pa.; Consumptive 

Use of Up to 4.0000 mgd; Approval 

Date: December 8, 2023. 

6. RENEWAL—Seneca Resources 

Company, LLC; Pad ID: Sherman 492W; 

ABR–201310001.R2; Sullivan 

Township, Tioga County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 4.0000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 8, 2023. 

7. RENEWAL—SWN Production 

Company, LLC; Pad ID: TNT 1 LIMITED 

PARTNERSHIP; ABR–201112006.R2; 

New Milford Township, Susquehanna 

County, Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 

4.9990 mgd; Approval Date: December 

8, 2023. 

8. Coterra Energy Inc.; Pad ID: 

ConboyT P1; ABR–202312002; 

Middletown Township, Susquehanna 

County, Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 

5.0000 mgd; Approval Date: December 

10, 2023. 

9. Greylock Production, LLC; Pad ID: 

Ron Well Pad; ABR–202312001; Hector 

Township, Potter County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 6.0000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 10, 2023. 

10. RENEWAL—Chesapeake 

Appalachia, L.L.C.; Pad ID: Edger; ABR– 

201112020.R2; Smithfield Township, 

Bradford County, Pa.; Consumptive Use 

of Up to 7.5000 mgd; Approval Date: 

December 18, 2023. 

11. RENEWAL—Chesapeake 

Appalachia, L.L.C.; Pad ID: RGB; ABR– 

201112021.R2; Smithfield Township, 

Bradford County, Pa.; Consumptive Use 

of Up to 7.5000 mgd; Approval Date: 

December 18, 2023. 


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