5198 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 20 / Friday, January 30, 2015 / Notices 

1According to BSLR, there are no mileposts 

associated with the line. 

1See N. Charleston Terminal—Lease 

Exemption—S.C. Div. of Public Rys., Cosgrove Yard, 

N. Charleston, S.C., FD 32691 (STB served June 5, 

1996). 

2 In addition, Palmetto notes that NCTC has 

agreed to lease to Palmetto a segment of a stubended side track south of the Cosgrove Yard, known 

as the River Track, for use as a switching lead. 

3Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(b), Palmetto states 

that it has provided notice of the proposed change 

in operators to shippers on the Cosgrove Yard 

trackage. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35899] 

Burlington Shortline Railroad, Inc., 

d/b/a Burlington Junction Railway— 

Operation Exemption—Rail Line of the 

City of Le Mars, Iowa 

Burlington Shortline Railroad, Inc., d/ 

b/a Burlington Junction Railway (BSLR), 

a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.41 to operate approximately 5,600 

feet of certain private industry track 

located inside an industrial park owned 

by the City of Le Mars, Iowa (the City).1

BSLR states that it has executed a 

Switching Services Agreement with the 

City giving it the exclusive right to 

provide switching services over the 

track owned by the City and over 

connecting industry-owned track. BSLR 

further states that it will provide all 

common carrier rail services, replacing 

industrial switching services that the 

Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad 

Company currently provides. 

BSLR states that there are no 

agreements applicable to the line 

imposing any interchange 

commitments. 

BSLR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class II or Class I 

rail carrier and will not exceed $5 

million. 

BSLR states that it intends to 

consummate the proposed transaction 

on or after April 1, 2015. The 

transaction may be consummated on or 

after February 13, 2015, the effective 

date of the exemption (30 days after the 

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 no later than February 6, 2015 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and ten copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35899, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on John D. Heffner, 

Strasburger & Price, LLP, 1025 

Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 717, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 26, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01737 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35881] 

South Carolina Division of Public 

Railways d/b/a Palmetto Railways— 

Change in Operators Exemption— 

North Charleston Terminal Company 

South Carolina Division of Public 

Railways d/b/a Palmetto Railways 

(Palmetto), a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to assume 

operation of rail trackage, known as the 

Cosgrove Yard, consisting of 

approximately 9.3 miles of track on 

20.17 acres of property north of 

Interstate 526 in North Charleston, S.C. 

Palmetto states that the Cosgrove Yard 

is currently leased to North Charleston 

Terminal Company (NCTC) 1 and 

operated by NCTC’s owners, CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) and Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company (NSR). 

Palmetto notes that NCTC, CSXT, and 

NSR are finalizing and will shortly 

execute an agreement providing for the 

assignment of their respective common 

carrier interest in the Cosgrove Yard to 

Palmetto, which intends to assume its 

operation. As part of the proposed 

transaction, Palmetto states that NCTC, 

CSXT, and NSR will retain the right to 

use a portion of the Cosgrove Yard 

tracks for through movements to and 

over the track known as the TC Lead to 

continue to serve directly the Joint Base 

Charleston TC Dock rail yard operated 

by the U.S. Department of Defense in 

North Charleston, S.C.2 Once the 

proposed transaction is consummated, 

Palmetto states that it will interchange 

traffic with both CSXT and NSR in the 

Cosgrove Yard. Furthermore, Palmetto 

states that the proposed change in 

operators at the Cosgrove Yard does not 

involve any provision or agreement that 

would limit future interchange with a 

third-party connecting carrier. 

Palmetto certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in Palmetto’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier. Palmetto has certified that it has 

complied with the posting and service 

requirements of 49 CFR 1150.42(e), 

which are required when the projected 

annual revenue of the rail lines to be 

operated exceeds $5 million. In 

accordance with that section, the 

proposed transaction cannot be 

consummated before February 16, 2015, 

the effective date of the exemption.3

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 February 9, 2015 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35881, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Thomas J. Litwiler, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606– 

2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 26, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01741 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 


asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES