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1On November 13, 2024, NSR filed an errata to 

its verified notice of exemption to correct a 

discrepancy regarding the mileposts of the Line. 

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). 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12584] 

Advisory Committee on Historical 

Diplomatic Documentation; Notice of 

Closed and Open Meetings for 2025 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on 

Historical Diplomatic Documentation 

will meet, in open and closed sessions, 

to discuss matters concerning 

declassification and transfer of 

Department of State records to the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration and the status of the 

Foreign Relations series. 

DATES: March 10–11, June 9–10, 

September 8–9, and December 8–9, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Open sessions for the 

meetings will take place from 10:00 a.m. 

until noon in SA–4D Conference Room 

109, Department of State, 2300 E Street 

NW, Washington DC, 20372 (Potomac 

Navy Hill Annex), with a virtual option 

on March 10, June 9, September 8, and 

December 8. RSVP and requests for 

reasonable accommodation for each 

meeting should be sent as directed 

below: 

• March 10, not later than March 3, 

2025. 

• June 9, not later than June 2, 2025. 

• September 8, not later than 

September 1, 2025. 

• December 8, not later than 

December 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions concerning the meeting 

should be directed to Adam M. Howard, 

Executive Secretary, Advisory 

Committee on Historical Diplomatic 

Documentation, Department of State, 

Office of the Historian, Washington, DC, 

20372, telephone: (202) 955–0214, 

email: history@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Closed 

Sessions. The following sessions will be 

closed in accordance with Section 10(d) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463): 

• March 10 and 11—afternoon and 

morning; 

• June 9 and 10—afternoon and 

morning; 

• September 8 and 9—afternoon and 

morning; and 

• December 8 and 9—afternoon and 

morning, respectively. 

The agenda calls for discussions of 

agency declassification decisions 

concerning the Foreign Relations series 

and other declassification issues. These 

are matters properly classified and not 

subject to public disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and the public interest 

requires that such activities be withheld 

from disclosure. 

RSVP Instructions. To attend a 

meeting virtually, please forward your 

name and email address to Julie Fort, 

Office of the Historian (FSIOHRSVP@

state.gov), prior to the applicable date 

above. 

If you intend to attend one of the 

meetings in person, please note that 

prior notification and a valid 

government-issued photo ID (such as 

driver’s license, passport, U.S. 

Government or military ID) are required 

for entrance into any Department of 

State building. Members of the public 

planning to attend the open meetings in 

person should RSVP, by the dates 

indicated above, to Julie Fort, Office of 

the Historian (FSIOHRSVP@state.gov). 

When responding, please provide date 

of birth, valid government-issued photo 

identification number and type (such as 

driver’s license number/state, passport 

number/country, or U.S. Government ID 

number/agency or military ID number/ 

branch), and relevant telephone 

numbers. If you cannot provide one of 

the specified forms of ID, please consult 

with Julie Fort at FortJL@state.gov for 

acceptable alternative forms of picture 

identification. 

Personal data is requested pursuant to 

Pub. L. 99–399 (Omnibus Diplomatic 

Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986), 

as amended; Pub. L. 107–56 (USA 

PATRIOT Act); and Executive Order 

13356. The purpose of the collection is 

to validate the identity of individuals 

who enter Department facilities. The 

data will be entered into the Visitor 

Access Control System (VACS–D) 

database. Please see the Security 

Records System of Records Notice 

(State-36) at https://www.state.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2019/05/SecurityRecords-STATE-36.pdf, for additional 

information. 

Note that requests for reasonable 

accommodation received after the dates 

indicated in this notice will be 

considered but might not be possible to 

fulfill. 

Adam M. Howard, 

Executive Secretary, Office of the Historian, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27116 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–34–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 417X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Mingo 

County, W. Va. 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152, 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon an approximately 3.5-mile rail 

line (the Alma Branch) extending from 

milepost AL 0.0 +/- at or near Sprigg, W. 

Va., to milepost AL 3.5 +/- at or near 

Vimy, W. Va., in the vicinity of 

Matewan, Mingo County, W. Va. (the 

Line).1 The Line traverses U.S. Postal 

Service Zip Codes 25661 and 25678. 

NSR has certified that: (1) no local 

freight traffic has moved over the Line 

during the past two years; (2) any 

overhead traffic on the Line can be 

rerouted over other lines; (3) 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 (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(b) and 

1105.8(c) (notice of environmental and 

historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 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 

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 

December 20, 2024, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues must be filed by November 29, 


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3The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

4Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

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

respectively. 

1The Board previously determined that MTA did 

not require authorization from the Board’s 

predecessor when MTA acquired the Line in 1990 

and that MTA had not become a common carrier 

on the Line. See Md. Transit Admin.—Pet. for 

Declaratory Ord., FD 34975, slip op. at 7–8 (STB 

served Oct. 9, 2007). 

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). 

3The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

4Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

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

respectively. 

2024.3 Formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 

and interim trail use/railbanking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by December 2, 2024.4 Petitions to 

reopen and requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by December 10, 2024. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 290 (Sub-No. 417X), 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. In addition, 

a copy of each pleading must be served 

on NSR’s representative, William A. 

Mullins, Mullins Law Group PLLC, 

2001 L St. NW, Suite 720, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

NSR has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the potential effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft 

EA) by November 25, 2024. The Draft 

EA will be available to interested 

persons on the Board’s website, by 

writing to OEA, or by calling OEA at 

(202) 245–0294. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. Comments on environmental 

or historic preservation matters must be 

filed within 15 days after the Draft EA 

becomes available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/railbanking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), NSR 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 

NSR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by November 20, 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: November 14, 2024. 

By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Aretha Laws-Byrum, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26975 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 412X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in the City 

of Baltimore, MD. 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon its freight rail easement over an 

approximately one-mile rail line 

extending from milepost ±UU 0.00 to 

milepost ±UU 1.00 in the City of 

Baltimore, Md. (the Line). The Line 

traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 

21201 and 21211. 

According to the verified notice, the 

Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) 

owns the Line and currently operates 

passenger rail transit service over it.1

NSR states that MTA’s passenger 

services will continue after NSR 

abandons its easement. NSR therefore 

asserts that the corridor is not available 

for alternative public use(s). NSR also 

states that, based on these unique 

considerations, it does not intend to 

negotiate for trail use/railbanking. 

NSR has certified that: (1) no local 

freight traffic has moved over the Line 

for at least two years; (2) any overhead 

traffic on the Line can be rerouted over 

other lines; (3) 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 (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(b) and 

1105.8(c) (notice of environmental and 

historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 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 

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 

December 20, 2024, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues 3 must be filed by November 29, 

2024. Formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 

and interim trail use/railbanking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by December 2, 2024.4 Petitions to 

reopen and requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by December 10, 2024. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 290 (Sub-No. 412X), 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 NSR’s representative, 

William A. Mullins, Mullins Law Group 

PLLC, 2001 L St. NW, Suite 720, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

NSR has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the potential effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft 

EA) by November 25, 2024. The Draft 

EA will be available to interested 

persons on the Board’s website, by 

writing to OEA, or by calling OEA at 

(202) 245–0294. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. Comments on environmental 

or historic preservation matters must be 


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