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1A copy of the Transaction Agreement containing 

the interchange commitment was filed under seal 

with the verified notice. See 49 CFR 1150.33(h)(1). 

1A copy of the Agreement was filed with the 

amended verified notice. 

be served on Applicants’ representative, 

David A. Hirsh, Dentons US LLP, 1900 

K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006. 

According to Applicants, 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: February 7, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02875 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36577] 

Knoxville and Cumberland Gap 

Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption With Interchange 

Commitment—Rail Lines of Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company in 

Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, 

Grainger, Knox, and Union Counties, 

Tenn., Bell and Whitley Counties, Ky., 

and Lee County, Va. 

Knoxville and Cumberland Gap 

Railroad, LLC (KXCG), a noncarrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption to 

permit KXCG to acquire approximately 

112.0 miles of rail lines from Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company (NSR), 

assume NSR’s lease of approximately 

13.0 miles of CSX Transportation, Inc. 

(CSXT) rail line, assume NSR’s trackage 

rights over approximately 6.3 miles of a 

CSXT line, and acquire trackage rights 

over approximately 22.7 miles of an 

NSR line, for a total of approximately 

154.0 miles (collectively, the Lines), and 

to operate the Lines. 

The portion of the Lines KXCG will 

acquire from NSR consists of: (1) The 

Jellico Line, running from the insulated 

joint in Clinton, Tenn. (at or around 

milepost 20.9C±) to Lot, Ky. (at or 

around milepost 67.7±), and from Hyde, 

Tenn. (at or around milepost 74C±) to 

Clairfield, Tenn. (at or around milepost 

80C±); and (2) the Middlesboro Line, 

running from the insulated joints of the 

wye track, north of the derails located 

in Beverly, Tenn. (at or near milepost 

5.8CG±) to Cumberland Gap, Tenn. (at 

or around milepost 65CG±). 

The transaction also provides for 

assignment to KXCG, with permission of 

CSXT, of: 

(1) NSR’s lease of the following CSXT 

lines: (a) On the Harbell Branch between 

a point 125.3 feet south of the point of 

switch of the connecting track to NSR at 

Cumberland Gap just south of the end 

of the Cumberland Gap Tunnel, which 

point of connection is at milepost CV 

219.5, and a point where the Harbell 

Branch connects near milepost CV 216 

in Middlesboro, Ky., with the north leg 

of the wye track of Bennett’s Fork 

Branch; (b) on Bennett’s Fork Branch 

from and including the north and south 

legs of the aforesaid wye, to Stony Fork 

Junction and end of track near milepost 

MR 221 north of Motch, Tenn.; and (c) 

on Stony Fork Branch between Stony 

Fork Junction and end of track near 

milepost MS 221.8 near Pioneer, Tenn., 

including approximately one mile of 

track leased to Bell County Coal 

Corporation; and (d) on the Harbell 

Branch main track from the aforesaid 

north leg wye connection near milepost 

CV 216 to milepost CV 215.0 north 

thereof, including CSXT’s Middlesboro 

Yard and related trackage; and 

(2) NSR’s trackage rights over CSXT’s 

line between Lot at approximately 

milepost 67.7C and Hyde at 

approximately milepost 74C. 

Finally, as part of the transaction, 

KXCG will acquire trackage rights over 

NSR’s line from the NSR switch at the 

connection with the Jellico Line at 

Clinton at approximately milepost 

20.9C, continuing to the NSR switch at 

Coster, Tenn., connecting to the NSR 

Coster Line (milepost 2.3C/7.9CO), and 

then to the NSR switch connecting to 

the Middlesboro Line at or near Beverly 

(milepost 5.8CG±(3.8CO)). 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption filed 

concurrently in R.J. Corman Railroad— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

Knoxville & Cumberland Gap Railroad, 

Docket No. FD 36578, in which R.J. 

Corman Railroad Company, LLC, and 

R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, seek 

to continue in control of KXCG upon 

KXCG’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

KXCG certifies that its projected 

annual revenues from this transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III rail carrier and will not 

exceed $5 million. KXCG further states 

that the Transaction Agreement between 

KXCG and NSR contains an interchange 

commitment. The affected interchanges 

are with CSXT at Lot, Ky., and Hyde 

and Cumberland Gap, Tenn. KXCG has 

provided additional information 

regarding the interchange commitment 

as required by 49 CFR 1150.33(h).1

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is February 24, 2022, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice 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 17, 2022 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36577, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on KXCG’s representative, 

David A. Hirsh, Dentons US LLP, 1900 

K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006. 

According to KXCG, 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: February 7, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02871 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36579] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—BNSF Railway Company 

Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP), a Class I railroad, has filed an 

amended verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for the 

acquisition of temporary overhead 

trackage rights over an approximately 

51.7-mile rail line of BNSF Railway 

Company (BNSF) between milepost 

579.3 on BNSF’s Creek Subdivision near 

Mill Creek, Okla., and milepost 631.0 on 

BNSF’s Madill Subdivision near Joe 

Junction, Tex., pursuant to the terms of 

a written temporary trackage rights 

agreement dated December 31, 2021 

(Agreement).1

UP states that the sole purpose of the 

temporary trackage rights is to allow UP 

to move loaded and empty unit ballast 

trains, which will be used solely for UP 

maintenance-of-way projects. UP states 


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that the temporary trackage rights will 

expire on December 31, 2022. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after March 3, 2022, the effective 

date of the exemption (30 days after the 

amended verified notice was filed). 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary trackage rights will be 

protected by the conditions imposed in 

Norfolk & Western Railway—Trackage 

Rights—Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 

I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease & 

Operate—California Western Railroad, 

360 I.C.C. 653 (1980), and any 

employees affected by the 

discontinuance of those trackage rights 

will be protected by the conditions set 

out in Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). 

If the amended 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 24, 2022 (at least seven days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36579, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via 

e-filing on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on UP’s representative, 

Whitney C. Larkin, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street, 

Stop 1580, Omaha, NE 68179. 

According to UP, 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: February 4, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02850 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Commission Meeting 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission will conduct its regular 

business meeting on March 17, 2022 

from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Details 

concerning the matters to be addressed 

at the business meeting are contained in 

the Supplementary Information section 

of this notice. Also the Commission 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on January 11, 2022, 

concerning its public hearing on 

February 3, 2022, in Harrisburg, 

Pennsylvania. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 17, 2022, at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

conducted in person and digitally from 

the Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 N Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and 

Secretary to the Commission, telephone: 

717–238–0423; fax: 717–238–2436. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting will include actions or 

presentations on the following items: 

ratification of contracts/grants and 

actions on 17 Regulatory Program 

projects. 

This agenda is complete at the time of 

issuance, but other items may be added, 

and some stricken without further 

notice. The listing of an item on the 

agenda does not necessarily mean that 

the Commission will take final action on 

it at this meeting. When the 

Commission does take final action, 

notice of these actions will be published 

in the Federal Register after the 

meeting. Any actions specific to projects 

will also be provided in writing directly 

to project sponsors. 

The meeting will be conducted both 

in person at the Commission’s 

headquarters and digitally. The public is 

invited to attend the Commission’s 

business meeting. You can access the 

Business Meeting through a computer 

(Audio and Video) by following the 

link: https://srbc.webex.com/srbc/ 

j.php?MTID=m4dc4fb39bd80768d

f639dae20600a08d then enter meeting 

number 177 791 3605 and password 

CommBusMtg0317. You may also 

participant telephonically by dialing 1– 

877–668–4493 and entering the meeting 

number 177 791 3605 followed by the 

# sign. 

Written comments pertaining to items 

on the agenda at the business meeting 

may be mailed to the Susquehanna 

River Basin Commission, 4423 North 

Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 

17110–1788, or submitted electronically 

through www.srbc.net/about/meetingsevents/business-meeting.html. Such 

comments are due to the Commission 

on or before March 15, 2022. Comments 

will not be accepted at the business 

meeting noticed herein. 

Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 

1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806, 807, and 

808. 

Dated: February 7, 2022. 

Jason E. Oyler, 

General Counsel and Secretary to the 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02866 Filed 2–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7040–01–P 

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Grandfathering (GF) Registration 

Notice 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists 

Grandfathering Registration for projects 

by the Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission during the period set forth 

in DATES. 

DATES: January 1–31, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission, 4423 North Front Street, 

Harrisburg, PA 17110–1788. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel and 

Secretary to the Commission, telephone: 

(717) 238–0423, ext. 1312; fax: (717) 

238–2436; email: joyler@srbc.net. 

Regular mail inquiries May be sent to 

the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice lists GF Registration for projects, 

described below, pursuant to 18 CFR 

806, subpart E for the time period 

specified above: 

Grandfathering Registration Under 18 

CFR part 806, subpart E: 

1. Village of Alfred—Public Water 

Supply System, GF Certificate No. GF– 

202201202, Village of Alfred, Allegany 

County, N.Y.; Wells 1 and 2; Issue Date: 

January 28, 2022. 

2. Barletta Materials & Construction, 

Inc.—Honey Hole Quarry, GF Certificate 

No. GF–202201203, Nescopeck 

Township, Luzerne County, Pa.; 

Susquehanna River and consumptive 

use; Issue Date: January 28, 2022. 

3. The Municipal Authority of the 

Borough of Catawissa—Public Water 

Supply System, GF Certificate No. GF– 

202201204, Catawissa Township and 

Catawissa Borough, Columbia County, 

Pa.; Well 6; Issue Date: January 28, 2022. 

4. Mifflintown Municipal Authority— 

Public Water Supply System, GF 


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