88852 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 217 / Friday, November 8, 2024 / Notices 

1Paul Didelius—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Rainier Rail LLC, FD 36659 et al. (STB 

served May 1, 2023). 

2A draft copy of the Articles of Merger was 

included with the verified notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for Private Non-Profit 

organizations in the State of Tennessee, 

dated October 9, 2024, is hereby 

amended to include the following areas 

as adversely affected by the disaster. 

Primary Counties: Hancock, Sevier. 

All other information in the original 

declaration remains unchanged. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25973 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20613 and #20614; 

CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE Disaster 

Number SD–20004] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for the Cheyenne River Sioux 

Tribe 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the Cheyenne River Sioux 

Tribe (FEMA–4842–DR), dated 

November 1, 2024. 

Incident: Severe Storm, Straight-line 

Winds, and Flooding. 

DATES: Issued on November 1, 2024. 

Incident Period: July 13, 2024 through 

July 14, 2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: December 31, 2024. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 1, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vanessa Morgan, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

November 1, 2024, applications for 

disaster loans may be submitted online 

using the MySBA Loan Portal https://

lending.sba.gov or other locally 

announced locations. Please contact the 

SBA disaster assistance customer 

service center by email at 

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by 

phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further 

assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Area (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Cheyenne 

River Sioux Tribe. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

South Dakota: Corson, Dewey, 

Haakon, Meade, Pennington, 

Perkins, Potter, Stanley, Sully, 

Walworth, Ziebach. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.375 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.688 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

For Economic Injury: 

Business and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 20613B and for 

economic injury is 206140. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26029 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36816] 

Paul Didelius, CWW LLC, and KET 

LLC—Intra-Corporate Family 

Transaction Exemption—CWW LLC 

and KET LLC 

Paul Didelius (Didelius), CWW LLC 

(CWW), and KET LLC (KET) 

(collectively, Applicants), have filed a 

verified notice of exemption for an 

intra-corporate family transaction under 

49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). CWW and KET, 

both Class III rail carriers, are controlled 

by Didelius, a noncarrier individual, 

along with other Class III rail carriers.1

The verified notice seeks authority for 

an intra-corporate family transaction 

pursuant to which CWW and KET will 

merge, with CWW the surviving carrier. 

Applicants state that the proposed 

merger of CWW and KET will promote 

efficiencies within the Didelius 

corporate family of short line railroads 

by reducing duplicative corporate and 

administrative functions and related 

overhead costs. According to the 

verified notice, CWW and KET are 

proposed to be merged under an 

‘‘Articles of Merger’’ that is not yet 

finalized.2

Applicants state that the Articles of 

Merger that will govern the proposed 

transaction do not include an 

interchange commitment under 49 CFR 

1180.4(g). 

The verified notice states that the 

proposed transaction will not result in 

adverse changes in service levels, 

significant operational changes, or a 

change in the competitive balance with 

carriers outside the corporate family. 

Therefore, the transaction is exempt 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(3). 

Unless stayed, the exemption will be 

effective on November 23, 2024 (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed). The 

verified notice states that CWW and 

KET intend to consummate the 

proposed transaction on or after the 

effective date of the exemption. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. However, 49 U.S.C. 11326(c) 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under 49 U.S.C. 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here 

because all the carriers involved are 

Class III rail carriers. 

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 November 15, 

2024 (at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36816, must be filed with the 


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1See East Tenn. Ry.—Lease & Operation 

Exemption—CSX Transp., Inc., FD 34404 (STB 

served Sept. 26, 2003). 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Applicants’ 

representative, Robert A. Wimbish, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606– 

3208. 

According to Applicants, this action 

is categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and historic reporting under 

49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: November 5, 2024. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26019 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36777] 

First Coast Railroad Inc.—Lease and 

Operation Exemption—CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

First Coast Railroad Inc. (FCRD), a 

Class III railroad, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 

1150.41 to enter into an amendment to 

extend the term of, and to make other 

minor changes to, a lease with CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), for a line of 

railroad extending from Yulee, Fla., at 

milepost S 611.95, to the end of track at 

Seals, Ga., milepost S 593.4, on the 

Kingsland Subdivision; and from Yulee, 

milepost SMA 35.1, to the end of track 

at Fernandina, Fla., milepost SMA 

48.38, on the Fernandina Subdivision, a 

distance of approximately 31.83 miles 

(the Line). 

According to the verified notice, 

FCRD entered into an agreement to lease 

from CSXT and operate the Line in 

2005. First Coast R.R.—Lease & 

Operation Exemption—CSX Transp., 

Inc., FD 34670 (STB served Apr. 25, 

2005). FCRD and CSXT have now 

agreed to amend the agreement, 

extending it through April 30, 2029. 

According to the verified notice, FCRD 

is currently operating the Line and will 

continue to do so after the lease 

amendment becomes effective. FCRD 

certifies that the amended lease does not 

include an interchange commitment. 

FCRD 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 

and that its annual revenues currently 

exceed $5,000,000. Pursuant to 49 CFR 

1150.42(e), if a carrier’s projected 

annual revenues will exceed $5 million, 

it must, at least 60 days before the 

exemption becomes effective, post a 

notice of its intent to undertake the 

proposed transaction at the workplace 

of the employees on the affected lines, 

serve a copy of the notice on the 

national offices of the labor unions with 

employees on the affected lines, and 

certify to the Board that it has done so. 

However, FCRD has requested waiver of 

the 60-day advance labor notice 

requirement. FCRD’s waiver request will 

be addressed in a separate decision. The 

Board will establish the effective date of 

the exemption in its separate decision 

on the waiver request. 

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 November 15, 

2024. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36777, 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, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on FCRD’s 

representative, Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill 

PLC, Two Commerce Square, 2001 

Market St., Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 

19103. 

According to FCRD, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: November 5, 2024. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Regena Smith-Bernard, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26070 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36778] 

East Tennessee Railway, L.P.—Lease 

and Operation Exemption—CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

East Tennessee Railway, L.P. (ETRY), 

a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.41 to amend its lease with CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) for a 4.05- 

mile rail line that extends from milepost 

ZJ 0.05 to milepost ZJ 4.10 near Johnson 

City, Tenn., and two short spurs, known 

as Johnson City Lead and Carnegie Spur, 

in Washington County, Tenn. (the Line). 

ETRY states that it first received 

authority to lease and operate the Line 

in 2003,1 and it is currently the operator 

of the Line. According to ETRY, the 

amended lease will extend the term of 

the current lease an additional six years, 

through September 30, 2030, as well as 

make other minor changes. 

ETRY certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of the 

proposed transaction will not result in 

ETRY’s becoming a Class I or Class II 

rail carrier and will not exceed $5 

million. ETRY also certifies that the 

amended lease does not include an 

interchange commitment. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after November 24, 2024, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice of exemption 

was filed). 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 by November 15, 2024 (at least 

seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36778, must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board either via 

e-filing or in writing addressed to 395 E 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

In addition, a copy of each pleading 

must be served on ETRY’s 

representative, Justin J. Marks, Clark 

Hill PLC, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Suite 1300 South, Washington, DC 

20004. 

According to ETRY, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: November 5, 2024. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26052 Filed 11–7–24; 8:45 am] 

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