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1CSXT initially filed this notice on December 3, 

2024, but filed a correction on December 20, 2024, 

to shorten the length of the Line and correct the 

mileposts. The filing date of the correction will be 

considered the official filing date of this notice of 

exemption. 

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. 

be adopted to reconsider the 

application. See 49 CFR 1182.6. If no 

opposing comments are filed by the 

expiration of the comment period, this 

notice will take effect automatically and 

will be the final Board action in this 

proceeding. 

This action is categorically excluded 

from environmental review under 49 

CFR 1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

It is ordered: 

1. The proposed transaction is 

approved and authorized, subject to the 

filing of opposing comments. 

2. If opposing comments are timely 

filed, the findings made in this notice 

will be deemed vacated. 

3. This notice will be effective 

February 25, 2025, unless opposing 

comments are filed by February 24, 

2025. If any comments are filed, 

Applicants may file a reply by March 

11, 2025. 

4. A copy of this notice will be served 

on: (1) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; (2) 

the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust 

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20530; 

and (3) the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the General 

Counsel, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Decided: January 6, 2025. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00392 Filed 1–8–25; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 817X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Norfolk 

County, Mass. 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

1.61-mile rail line that runs between 

milepost QVF 18.01 and milepost QVF 

19.6, on its Northern Region, Franklin 

Subdivision in Norfolk County, Mass. 

(the Line).1 The Line traverses U.S. 

Postal Service Zip Code 02038. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) no local 

rail traffic has moved over the Line 

during the past two years; (2) any 

overhead traffic on the Line can be and 

has been 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 

February 9, 2025, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues 3 must 

be filed by January 17, 2025. Formal 

expressions of intent to file an OFA 

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and interim 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by January 

21, 2025.4 Petitions to reopen and 

requests for public use conditions under 

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by January 

30, 2025. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 55 (Sub-No. 817X), 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 CSXT’s representative, 

Louis E. Gitomer, Law Offices of Louis 

E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 Baltimore Avenue, 

Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT 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 January 14, 2025. 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/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by January 10, 2026, 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: January 6, 2025. 

By the Board, Valerie O. Quinn, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Transportation Project in Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA 

and other Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

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agencies, on behalf of Wisconsin 

Department of Transportation 

(WisDOT), that are final. The actions 

relate to a proposed highway project, 

Interstate 39/90/94 (I–39/90/94), US 12/ 

18 to WIS 60, WIS 60 to Levee Road, US 

16/WIS 12 to I–39, in Dane, Columbia, 

Sauk, and Juneau counties, Wisconsin. 

Those actions grant licenses, permits 

and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, FHWA is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim 

seeking judicial review of the Federal 

agency actions on the listed highway 

project will be barred unless the claim 

is filed on or before June 9, 2025. If the 

Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 150 days for filing such a 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For FHWA: Ms. Lisa Hemesath, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

FHWA-Wisconsin Division, 525 

Junction Road, Suite 8000, Madison, WI 

53717; telephone: (608) 829–7503; 

email: lisa.hemesath@dot.gov. 

For WisDOT: Mr. David Schmidt, PE, 

Project Manager, WisDOT Southwest 

Region, 2101 Wright Street, Madison, 

WI 53704; telephone: (608) 246–3867; 

email: david2.schmidt@dot.wi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FHWA has taken final 

agency actions related to the I–39/90/94 

Corridor Study in Dane, Columbia, 

Sauk, and Juneau counties, Wisconsin. 

The FHWA, in cooperation with 

WisDOT, prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and combined Final EIS/Record of 

Decision (ROD) to reconstruct 

approximately 67 miles of I–39/90/94 

from US 12/18 to US 12/WIS 16 and 

includes I–39 from its split with I–90/ 

94 to Levee Road in Dane, Columbia, 

Sauk, and Juneau counties, Wisconsin. 

The purpose of the I–39/90/94 Corridor 

Study is to address existing and future 

traffic demands, safety issues, aging and 

outdated infrastructure, and corridor 

resiliency. 

The project includes reconstructing 

and adding a through lane along I–39/ 

90/94 in each direction along its 

existing alignment. I–39 from the I–39 I– 

90/94 Split to Levee Road is 4 lanes, 2 

lanes in each direction, and would be 

reconstructed as a 4-lane freeway. 

Auxiliary lanes are added between US 

12/18 and the I–94/WIS 30 interchanges 

and between the US 151/High Crossing 

Boulevard and WIS 19 interchanges. 

Collector-Distributor lanes are added 

between the I–94/WIS 30 and US 151/ 

High Crossing Boulevard interchanges. 

The project also implements 

recommendations from WisDOT’s Flood 

Minimization Study completed as part 

of this study. The analysis recommends 

raising 3.5 miles of I–90/94 

approximately 3 feet and about 2.9 

miles of I–39 approximately 3 to 4 feet 

to prevent overtopping in the vicinity of 

the I–39 I–90/94 Split Interchange. 

The project will reconstruct existing 

interchanges to modern design 

standards whenever possible, including 

the following interchanges by county. 

Dane County: I94/WIS 30, US 151/High 

Crossing Boulevard, US 51, and WIS 19 

(WisDOT has selected the No Build 

alternative at the County V interchange 

in Dane County); Columbia County: 

County CS, I–39 I–90/94 Split, WIS 33 

at I–39, and WIS 33 at I–90/94; Sauk 

County: US 12, WIS 23, and WIS 13; 

Juneau County: US 12/WIS16. Up to 2 

new interchanges (Milwaukee Street 

and/or Hoepker Road) may also be 

constructed within the city of Madison, 

pending a funding agreement with the 

city. 

The actions taken by the Federal 

agencies in this project, and laws under 

which such actions were taken, are 

described in the combined Final EIS/ 

ROD, approved on December 5, 2024, 

and in other documents in the FHWA or 

WisDOT project records. The combined 

Final EIS/ROD, and other public records 

are available by contacting FHWA or 

WisDOT at the addresses provided 

above. The combined Final EIS/ROD 

can also be viewed on the project 

website at: https://wisconsindot.gov/ 

Pages/projects/by-region/sw/399094/ 

environ.aspx. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

Agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4351); Federal-Aid Highway Act 

(FAHA) (23 U.S.C. 109 as amended by 

the Fast Act section 1404(a) [Pub. L. 

114–94] and 23 U.S.C. 128). 

2. Air: Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)) (Transportation Conformity, 40 

CFR part 93). 

3. Noise: Procedures for Abatement of 

Highway Traffic Noise and Construction 

Noise (23 U.S.C. 109(h), 109(i); 42 

U.S.C. 4331, 4332; sec. 339(b), Pub. L. 

104–59, 109 Stat. 568, 605; 23 CFR part 

772). 

4. Land: Section 4(f) of the 

Department of Transportation Act of 

1966 (23 U.S.C. 138 and 49 U.S.C. 303; 

23 CFR part 774) and section 6(f) of the 

Land and Water Conservation Act as 

amended (54 U.S.C. 200305(f)(3), Pub. 

L. 88–578; 36 CFR part 59). 

5. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

(54 U.S.C. 306108; 36 CFR part 800); 

Archeological and Historic Preservation 

Act of 1974 (54 U.S.C. 312501–312508); 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et 

seq.). 

6. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act of 

1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531–1544 and section 

1536); Fish and Wildlife Coordination 

Act (16 U.S.C. 661–667(e)); Migratory 

Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712). 

7. Social and Economic: Americans 

with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101); 

Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 

Property Acquisition Act of 1970 (42 

U.S.C. 4601 et seq., as amended by the 

Uniform Relocation Act Amendments of 

1987 [Pub. L. 100–17]). 

8. Farmland: Farmland Protection 

Policy Act (7 U.S.C. 4202(a) and 7 

U.S.C. Part 658). 

9. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act (section 404, section 

408, section 401, section 319) (33 U.S.C. 

1251 et seq.); Safe Drinking Water Act 

(42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). 

10. Floodplains: National Highway 

Performance Program (23 U.S.C. 119). 

11. Hazardous Materials: 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended (42 

U.S.C. 9601 et seq.); Superfund 

Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

of 1986 (Pub. L. 99–499); Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (42 

U.S.C. 6901 et seq.). 

12. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990, 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988, 

Floodplain Management, as amended by 

E.O. 12148 and E.O. 13690; E.O. 12898, 

Federal Actions To Address 

Environmental Justice in Minority 

Populations and Low Income 

Populations; E.O. 14096, Revitalizing 

Our Nation’s Commitment to 

Environmental Justice for All; E.O. 

13175, Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments; E.O. 

11514, Protection and Enhancement of 

Environmental Quality; E.O. 13112, 

Invasive Species. 


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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Dated: January 6, 2025. 

Glenn Fulkerson, 

Division Administrator, Wisconsin Division, 

Federal Highway Administration. 

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