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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 

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1Persons 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). 

2The 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. 

3Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

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

respectively. 

filed within 15 days after the Draft EA 

becomes available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

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), 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. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27068 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1240 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption— 

in Fayette County, Pa. 

Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 

Company (SWP), has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 

1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments 

to abandon approximately 1.87 miles of 

rail line near Uniontown, Fayette 

County, Pa., extending (1) 

approximately 0.66 miles from V.S. 

874+34 at Redstone Junction near 

Washington Street to V.S. 839+30 at the 

north side of Oliver Road, and (2) 

approximately 1.21 miles from V.S. 

1926+00 on the west side of North 

Gallatin Avenue Extension to V.S. 

1989+93 near Coal Lick Run Junction 

near the North Union Township/City of 

Uniontown border (the Line). The Line 

traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 

15401. 

SWP has certified that: (1) no local 

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,1

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, 

2024.2 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, 2024.3 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 1240 (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 SWP’s representative, 

Thomas J. Healey, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606–3208. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

SWP 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), SWP 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 

SWP’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. 

Regena Smith-Bernard, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27105 Filed 11–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 415X)] 

Northern Southern Railway 

Company—Abandonment Exemption— 

in Henderson and Polk Counties, NC, 

and Greenville and Spartanburg 

Counties, SC 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption pursuant to 49 CFR part 

1152, subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon an 

approximately 31.3-mile rail line 

extending from approximately milepost 

W 26.0 +/¥ to approximately milepost 

W 57.3 +/¥ in Henderson and Polk 

Counties, N.C., and Greenville and 

Spartanburg Counties, S.C. (the Line). 

The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service 

Zip Codes 28773, 28782, 28790, 29322, 

29349, and 29356. 

NSR has certified that: (1) no local 

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 


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