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(FEMA–4843–DR), dated November 1, 

2024. 

Incident: Severe Storm and Flooding. 

DATES: Issued on November 15, 2024. 

Incident Period: October 19, 2024 

through October 20, 2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 2, 2025. 

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: The notice 

of the President’s major disaster 

declaration for the State of New Mexico 

dated November 1, 2024, is hereby 

corrected to change the physical loan 

application deadline date to January 2, 

2025. 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 County (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): Chaves. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

New Mexico: De Baca, Eddy, Lea, 

Lincoln, Otero, Roosevelt 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.625 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.813 

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 208116 and for 

economic injury is 208120. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27195 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[Disaster Declaration #20879 and #20880; 

CROW TRIBE OF MONTANA Disaster 

Number MT–20014] 

Presidential Declaration of a Major 

Disaster for the Crow Tribe of Montana 

AGENCY: U.S. Small Business 

Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is a Notice of the 

Presidential declaration of a major 

disaster for the CROW TRIBE OF 

MONTANA (FEMA–4847–DR), dated 

November 14, 2024. 

Incident: Severe Storm and Straightline Winds. 

DATES: Issued on November 14, 2024. 

Incident Period: August 6, 2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: January 13, 2025. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: August 14, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

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

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, 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 14, 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): Crow Tribe 

of Montana. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

Montana: Big Horn, Carbon, Golden 

Valley, Musselshell, Powder River, 

Rosebud, Stillwater, Treasure, 

Yellowstone. 

Wyoming: Big Horn, Sheridan. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.625 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.813 

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 20879B and for 

economic injury is 208800. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Alejandro Contreras, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator, 

Office of Disaster Recovery & Resilience. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27306 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36795] 

Stefan Soloviev, Executor, Estate of 

Sheldon H. Solow—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Colorado Pacific 

San Luis Railroad LLC 

By petition filed on August 23, 2024, 

Stefan Soloviev, Executor, the Estate of 

Sheldon H. Solow (the Estate), seeks an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from 

the prior approval requirements of 49 

U.S.C. 11323–24 to continue in control 

of Colorado Pacific San Luis Railroad 

LLC (CXSL), upon CXSL’s becoming a 

carrier in a related transaction. As 

discussed below, the Board will grant 

the exemption. 

Background 

According to the petition, the Estate is 

a noncarrier that currently controls two 

rail carriers. The Estate controls 

Colorado Pacific Railroad LLC (CXR), a 

Class III rail carrier, through the Estate’s 

control of KCVN, LLC (KCVN), a 


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1According to the petition, CXR is a wholly 

owned subsidiary of KCVN. (Pet. 2 n.1.) In a letter 

filed with the Board on September 16, 2024, the 

Estate clarified that the Estate and Stefan Soloviev 

each own 50% of KCVN. (Estate Letter 1.) Stefan 

Soloviev is the executor of the Estate. (Pet. 2–3.) 

2See Colo. Pac. Rio Grande R.R.—Acquis. & 

Operation Exemption Containing Interchange 

Commitment—San Luis & Rio Grande R.R., FD 

36656 (STB served Jan. 5, 2023) (granting CXRG 

authority to acquire and operate the assets of the 

San Luis Rio Grande Railroad (SLRG)); Soloviev ex 

rel. Solow—Continuance in Control Exemption— 

Colo. Pac. Rio Grande R.R., FD 36662 (STB served 

Feb. 2, 2023) (granting the Estate authority to 

continue in control of CXRG). Subsequently, CXRG 

received authority to acquire and operate 

approximately 1.53 miles of additional SLRG track 

known as the Blanca Spur. See Colo. Pac. Rio 

Grande R.R.—Pet. for Exemption—Acquis. & 

Operation of a Line of R.R. in Costilla Cnty., Colo., 

FD 36694 (STB served Sept. 18, 2023). 

3According to the Estate, it is intended that CXR, 

CXRG, and CXSL will all eventually be owned and 

controlled by the Soloviev Group, a noncarrier 

corporation headed by Stefan Soloviev. (Pet. 3 n.3.) 

The petition states that such transition will be 

accompanied by the appropriate regulatory filings 

to the Board. (Id.) 

4The owners of SLC and Soloviev Investors 

executed an Asset Purchase Agreement on July 26, 

2024, whereby the track assets and certain other 

assets of SLC were to be sold to Soloviev Investors 

or ‘‘its permitted assignee,’’ and Soloviev Investors 

assigned all of its rights in the Asset Purchase 

Agreement to CXSL on July 31, 2024. See Colo. Pac. 

San Luis R.R.—Acquis. & Operation Exemption, FD 

36794, slip op. at 1. 

5The Estate’s continuance in control petition in 

this docket noted that CXSL’s acquisition and 

operating authority granted in Docket No. FD 36794 

could become effective and that transaction could 

close before the Board’s decision on the Estate’s 

continuance in control authority becomes effective. 

For that reason, the Estate indicated that it would 

enter into a voting trust agreement pursuant to 49 

CFR part 1013 to permit CXSL to begin operations 

immediately upon receiving acquisition and 

operating authority, while ensuring that the Estate 

does not control CXSL until the continuance in 

control authority becomes effective. (Pet. 4.) The 

acquisition and operating authority granted in 

Docket No. FD 36794 became effective on 

September 22, 2024. On October 7, 2024, the Estate 

filed a copy of its voting trust agreement with the 

Board, as required by 49 CFR 1013.3(b). The voting 

trust agreement, which was executed on October 1, 

2024, indicates that CXSL exercised its acquisition 

and operating authority on the same date. (Voting 

Trust Agreement 1.) 

6 Given this finding, the Board need not 

determine whether the transaction is limited in 

scope. See 49 U.S.C. 10502(a). 

noncarrier.1 (Pet. 2, 5.) The Estate also 

controls Colorado Pacific Rio Grande 

Railroad LLC (CXRG), a Class III rail 

carrier.2 (Pet. 3.) The rail carrier the 

Estate is seeking to control, CXSL, is a 

wholly owned subsidiary of Soloviev 

Investors LLC (Soloviev Investors), 

which is controlled by the Estate. (Id. at 

2–3.) The exemption here would allow 

the Estate to control CXR, CXRG, and 

CXSL.3 (Id. at 5.) 

On August 22, 2024, CXSL filed a 

verified notice of exemption pursuant to 

49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate 

a 13-mile line of railroad owned by the 

San Luis Central Railroad Company 

(SLC). See Colo. Pac. San Luis R.R.— 

Acquis. & Operation Exemption—San 

Luis Cent. R.R., FD 36794 (STB served 

Sept. 6, 2024). Notice of the exemption 

was served and published in the 

Federal Register on September 6, 2024 

(86 FR 72,920).4 Upon CXSL’s 

acquisition of SLC’s assets, which the 

Estate indicates occurred on October 1, 

2024, CXSL became a rail carrier.5 As a 

result, the Estate needs authorization to 

continue in control of CXSL. 

The Estate explains that because the 

SLC rail line acquired by CXSL connects 

to the CXRG mainline at Sugar Junction, 

Colo., the Estate cannot seek 

continuance in control authority 

pursuant to the class exemption at 49 

CFR 1180.2(d)(2). (Pet. 4, 6); see 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(2) (requiring that the subject 

line not connect with any other rail 

lines in the corporate family). No 

additional rail carriers connect to the 

line that CXSL acquired from SLC. (See 

Pet., Ex. A.) 

In support of its petition, the Estate 

asserts that its proposed control of CXSL 

is part of an overall transaction that is 

intended to continue and enhance the 

rail service provided to shippers along 

the former SLC rail line. (Pet. 7.) In 

particular, the Estate states that its 

control would allow farmers along the 

rail line to increase their railroad 

shipments, as some of those shippers 

are currently shipping by truck due in 

part to the inability of SLC to meet their 

needs. (Id.) The Estate asserts that its 

control of CXSL would enable the 

infusion of resources and other support 

necessary to achieve these objectives. 

(Id.) Given these circumstances, the 

Estate argues that exempting it from the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323–24 is 

consistent with the rail transportation 

policy of 49 U.S.C. 10101 (RTP). (Id.) 

The Estate also asserts that the 

transaction is limited in scope, as it is 

confined to a 13-mile, stub-ended rail 

line, and that CXSL intends to continue 

rail service and try to expand it. (Id. at 

8.) The Estate also claims that its control 

of CXSL would not result in an abuse of 

market power; instead, it asserts that no 

shipper along the CXSL line will lose 

rail service options because of the 

transaction and that efficiencies and 

improvements through CXSL’s 

connection to CXRG should enhance 

existing service and incentivize use of 

the line by new shippers. (Id. at 8–9.) 

The Estate seeks expedited 

consideration of its petition. As noted, 

supra note 6, the Estate has placed its 

membership interest in CXSL into a 

voting trust until the control authority 

sought in this docket becomes effective. 

The Estate requests expedition to 

minimize the length of time the 

membership interest must remain in the 

voting trust. (Id. at 10.) 

Discussion and Conclusions 

Under 49 U.S.C. 11323(a)(5), prior 

approval by the Board is required for the 

acquisition of control over a rail carrier 

by a person that is not a rail carrier but 

that controls any number of rail carriers. 

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

the maximum extent consistent with 49 

U.S.C. subtitle IV, part A, must exempt 

a transaction or service from regulation 

if it finds that: (1) regulation is not 

necessary to carry out the RTP; and (2) 

either (a) the transaction or service is 

limited in scope, or (b) regulation is not 

needed to protect shippers from the 

abuse of market power. 

In this case, an exemption from the 

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323–25 is consistent with the 

standards of 49 U.S.C. 10502. Detailed 

scrutiny of the proposed transaction 

through an application for review and 

approval under 49 U.S.C. 11323–25 is 

not necessary to carry out the RTP. An 

exemption would promote the RTP by 

minimizing the need for federal 

regulatory control over the proposed 

transaction, 49 U.S.C. 10101(2), by 

reducing regulatory barriers to entry, 49 

U.S.C. 10101(7), and by facilitating the 

honest and efficient management of 

railroads, 49 U.S.C. 10101(9). Granting 

the Estate an exemption to control CXSL 

would also allow it to make investments 

in the rail line and support a more 

efficient connection between it and the 

CXRG mainline; this would facilitate the 

development and continuation of a 

sound rail transportation system with 

effective competition to meet the needs 

of the public, 49 U.S.C. 10101(4), and 

foster sound economic conditions in 

transportation, 49 U.S.C. 10101(5). The 

exemption would also promote energy 

conservation by incentivizing the 

diversion to rail of traffic currently 

moving by truck, 49 U.S.C. 10101(14). 

Other aspects of the RTP would not be 

adversely affected. 

Regulation of the transaction is not 

needed to protect shippers from an 

abuse of market power.6 Because the 

line that CXSL has acquired connects 

only to CXRG, there is no risk that CXSL 

may foreclose interchange with other 

connecting carriers or that shippers will 

otherwise lose access to alternative rail 

service as a result of the transaction. 

And, as noted above, the transaction 

would enable improvements that could 

make the line a more attractive option 

for rail users. Moreover, no shipper (or 


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any other entity) has objected to this 

continuance in control transaction or 

CXSL’s line acquisition authorized in 

Docket No. FD 36794. Nevertheless, to 

ensure that the shippers are informed of 

our action, we will require the Estate to 

serve a copy of this decision on all 

shippers on the line that was acquired 

and is now operated by CXSL within 

five days of the service date of this 

decision and certify to the Board that it 

has done so. 

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 carriers involved are Class 

III carriers. 

The control transaction is exempt 

from environmental reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c)(1)(i) because it would not 

result in any significant change in 

carrier operations. Similarly, the 

transaction is exempt from the historic 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b)(3), because it would not 

substantially change the level of 

maintenance of railroad properties. 

The Board also finds the Estate’s 

request for expedited action on its 

petition for exemption to be reasonable 

under the circumstances and, therefore, 

the effective date of the exemption will 

be December 6, 2024. See 49 CFR 

1121.4(e) (‘‘Unless otherwise specified 

in the decision, an exemption generally 

will be effective 30 days from the 

service date of the decision granting the 

exemption.’’). Petitions for stay must be 

filed by November 29, 2024. Petitions to 

reopen will be due by December 11, 

2024. 

It is ordered: 

1. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board 

exempts the transaction described above 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 11323–25. 

2. Notice of this control exemption 

will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

3. The Estate shall serve a copy of the 

decision on all shippers on the CXSL 

line and certify to the Board that it has 

done so, by November 26, 2024. 

4. The control exemption will become 

effective on December 6, 2024. Petitions 

to stay must be filed by November 29, 

2024. Petitions to reopen must be filed 

by December 11, 2024. 

Decided: November 18, 2024. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27303 Filed 11–20–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Solicitation for Nominations 

for Appointment to the Bessie 

Coleman Women in Aviation (BCWA) 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Solicitation of nominations for 

appointment to the BCWA Advisory 

Committee. 

SUMMARY: FAA is publishing this notice 

to solicit nominations for membership 

on the BCWA Advisory Committee. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

no later than 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

December 23, 2024. Nominations 

received after the above due date may be 

retained for evaluation for future BCWA 

Advisory Committee vacancies after all 

other nominations received by the due 

date have been evaluated and 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations can be 

submitted electronically (by email) to 

BCWAAC@faa.gov. The subject line 

should state, ‘‘2024 BCWA Advisory 

Committee Nomination.’’ Anyone 

wishing to submit an application by 

paper may do so by contacting 

BCWAAC@faa.gov or by calling 202– 

267–5869. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas W. Cuddy, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–5869; email to 

BCWAAC@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Further Instructions for Submission of 

Nominations 

When emailing nominations as 

directed in the ADDRESSES section, the 

body of the email must contain content 

or attachments that address all 

requirements as specified in the below 

‘‘Materials to Submit’’ section. 

Incomplete/partial submittals, as well as 

those that exceed the specified 

document length, may not be 

considered for evaluation. An email 

confirmation from the FAA will be sent 

upon receipt of all complete 

nominations that meet the criteria in the 

‘‘Materials to Submit’’ section. The FAA 

will notify those appointed to serve on 

the BCWA Advisory Committee in 

writing. 

Background 

The BCWA Advisory Committee is an 

advisory committee established under 

DOT’s authority as specified in section 

403 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 

2024, Public Law (Pub. L.) 118–63, and 

in accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act as 

amended, Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C. 

Ch. 10. The objective of the BCWA 

Advisory Committee is to provide 

independent advice and 

recommendations to the FAA and in 

response to specific taskings received 

directly from DOT or the FAA or 

approved by a majority of the voting 

members of the Committee. The advice, 

recommendations, and taskings relate to 

promoting the recruitment, retention, 

employment, education, training, career 

advancement, and well-being of women 

in the aviation industry and aviationfocused Federal civil service positions. 

In response to DOT or FAA requests, the 

BCWA Advisory Committee may 

provide DOT and the FAA with 

information that may be used for 

planning purposes. 

This notice seeks to fill vacancies on 

the BCWA Advisory Committee. 

Description of Duties 

The BCWA Advisory Committee acts 

solely in an advisory capacity and does 

not exercise program management 

responsibilities. Decisions directly 

affecting the implementation of 

transportation policy will remain with 

the Secretary of Transportation and the 

FAA Administrator, as appropriate. The 

BCWA Advisory Committee duties 

include: 

a. Undertaking tasks assigned only by 

the FAA or DOT or approved by a 

majority of the voting members of the 

Committee, without duplicating the 

objectives of the Air Carrier Training 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee. 

b. Deliberating on and approving 

recommendations for assigned tasks in 

meetings open to the public. 

c. Responding to ad hoc informational 

requests from DOT or the FAA and/or 

providing input to DOT or the FAA on 

the overall BCWA Advisory Committee 

structure (including structure of the 

subcommittees and or task groups). 

Membership: The membership must 

be balanced in terms of points of view 

represented and the functions 

performed. The stakeholder groups 

represented on the BCWA Advisory 

Committee include the following: 


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