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Applicants assert that the transaction 

is consistent with the public interest. 

Applicants state that STA’s operating 

subsidiaries and WPT have contractual 

obligations to provide outsourced 

transportation services and a 

competitive incentive to maintain and 

improve existing services because doing 

so enhances their chances of success 

when new outsourcing opportunities 

arise or when existing contracts are recompeted. (Id.) According to 

Applicants, contract renewals in the 

school transportation sector often 

involve highly visible and intense 

negotiation processes between multiple 

bidders, governmental bodies, unions, 

political activists and other interested 

parties. (Id. at 6.) Thus, Applicants 

claim that STA will have ‘‘strong 

incentives to maintain high service 

levels in order to fend off competitive 

bids’’ from other bus transportation 

providers. (Id.) Applicants also note that 

STA’s operating subsidiaries will face 

competition from school districts and 

local government entities that can 

provide bus transportation ‘‘in-house.’’ 

(Id.) 

With respect to fixed charges, 

Applicants state that there are no 

current plans to finance the proposed 

acquisition in a manner that would 

affect fixed charges payable by STA or 

its affiliates. (Id.) Applicants further 

note that funding for the transaction 

‘‘will be drawn from STA’s current 

credit facility, and WPT (like other STA 

subsidiaries) will become a co-obligor 

under that facility.’’ (Id.) 

Regarding the effect of the acquisition 

on current employees, Applicants state 

that it is highly unlikely that any 

employees of WPT would be adversely 

affected to any significant degree by the 

proposed transaction. (Id. at 7.) They 

again emphasize STA and WPT’s 

contractual obligations and competitive 

incentives to maintain and improve 

existing services, and claim that STA 

and WPT ‘‘do not have, and rationally 

could not have, any intention of 

significantly reducing employment 

levels involving drivers, dispatchers or 

vehicle maintenance personnel’’ as a 

result of the acquisition. (Id.) Applicants 

further state that there is a 

‘‘longstanding shortage of qualified 

drivers and maintenance personnel,’’ 

and assert that STA continues to 

actively recruit additional employees. 

(Id.) 

Based on Applicants’ representations, 

the Board finds that the acquisition as 

proposed in the application is 

consistent with the public interest and 

should be tentatively approved and 

authorized. If any opposing comments 

are timely filed, these findings will be 

deemed vacated, and, unless a final 

decision can be made on the record as 

developed, a procedural schedule will 

be adopted to reconsider the 

application. See 49 CFR 1182.6. If no 

opposing comments are filed by 

expiration of the comment period, this 

notice will take effect automatically and 

will be the final Board action. 

This action is categorically excluded 

from environmental review under 49 

CFR 1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

It is ordered: 

1. The proposed transaction is 

approved and authorized, subject to the 

filing of opposing comments. 

2. If opposing comments are timely 

filed, the findings made in this notice 

will be deemed vacated. 

3. This notice will be effective 

October 29, 2024, unless opposing 

comments are filed by October 28, 2024. 

If any comments are filed, Applicants 

may file a reply by November 12, 2024. 

4. A copy of this notice will be served 

on: (1) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; (2) 

the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust 

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530; 

and (3) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the General 

Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Decided: September 5, 2024. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz. 

Regena Smith-Bernard, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Page, Scrantom, 

Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C on behalf 

of the Consolidated Government of 

Columbus, Georgia (WB24–45—9/4/24) 

for permission to use select data from 

the Board’s 2022 unmasked Carload 

Waybill Samples. A copy of this request 

may be obtained from the Board’s 

website under docket no. WB24–45. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics within 14 

calendar days of the date of this notice. 

The rules for release of waybill data are 

codified at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 

245–0319. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20424 Filed 9–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Minor Modification Notice 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the minor 

modifications approved for previously 

approved projects by the Susquehanna 

River Basin Commission during the 

period set forth in DATES. 

DATES: August 1–31, 2024. 

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 previously approved 

projects, receiving approval of minor 

modification, described below, pursuant 

to 18 CFR 806.18 or to Commission 

Resolution Nos. 2013–11 and 2015–06, 

for the time period specified above. 

1. Department of the Army—Carlisle 

Barracks Golf Course, Docket No. 

20240622, North Middleton and 

Middlesex Townships, Cumberland 

County, Pa.; modification approval to 

adjust the approval term to align with 

another docket approval by the 

Commission; Approval Date: August 6, 

2024. 

Authority: Public Law 91–575, 84 

Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806 and 

808. 

Dated: September 6, 2024. 

Jason E. Oyler, 

General Counsel and Secretary to the 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–20579 Filed 9–10–24; 8:45 am] 

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