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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. 4After TRRA filed its verified notice of 

exemption, West Belt Railway LLC (WBRY) filed a 

verified notice of exemption to discontinue service 

over the Line. WBRY Notice 1, Aug. 4, 2021, West 

Belt Ry.—Discontinuance of Serv. Exemption—in 

St. Louis Cnty., Mo., AB 1318X. There, WBRY states 

that it leases the Line from TRRA. See id. at 2. 

TRRA may not consummate abandonment of the 

Line until WBRY has received authority to 

discontinue service over the Line. 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 122 (Sub-No. 2X)] 

Terminal Railroad Association of St. 

Louis—Abandonment Exemption—in 

St. Louis County, Mo. 

Terminal Railroad Association of St. 

Louis (TRRA) has filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon an approximately 0.1-mile 

segment of rail line, between milepost 

0.7 (near Bodine Industrial Drive 

crossing) and milepost 0.8 (the end of 

the track) in St. Louis County, Mo., (the 

Line). The Line traverses U.S. Postal 

Service Zip Code 63114. 

TRRA has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic that cannot 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 entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line either 

is pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or with 

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 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

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 

September 15, 2021, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,2 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 August 26, 2021.3 Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by September 7, 2021. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 122 (Sub-No. 2X), 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 TRRA’s representative, 

Audrey L. Brodrick, Fletcher & Sippel 

LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

TRRA 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 August 20, 2021. 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. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Comments on environmental and 

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), TRRA shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line.4

If consummation has not been effected 

by TRRA’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by August 16, 2022, 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: August 11, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17499 Filed 8–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m. on August 18, 

2021. 

PLACE: Please use the following link for 

the live stream of meeting: https://

tva.com/board/watch. 

STATUS: Open, via live streaming only. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Meeting No. 21–03 

The TVA Board of Directors will hold 

a public meeting on August 18, 2021. 

Due to the ongoing risks associated with 

the COVID–19 outbreak, the meeting 

will be streamed to the public. The 

meeting will be called to order at 10 

a.m. ET to consider the agenda items 

listed below. TVA Board Chair John 

Ryder and TVA management will 

answer questions from the news media 

following the Board meeting. 

Public health concerns also require a 

change to the Board’s public listening 

session. Although in-person comments 

from the public are not feasible, the 

Board is encouraging those wishing to 

express their opinions to submit written 

comments that will be provided to the 

Board members before the August 18 

meeting. Written comments can be 

submitted through the same online 

system used to register to speak at 

previous listening sessions. 

Agenda 

1. Approval of minutes of the May 6, 

2021 Board Meeting 

2. Report of the Finance, Rates, and 

Portfolio Committee 

A. FY 2022 Pandemic recovery credit 

B. FY 2022 Financial plan and budget 

C. FY 2022 Bond issuance and 

financing authority 

3. Report of the People and Performance 

Committee 

A. Corporate goals for FY 2022 

4. Report of the Audit, Risk, and 

Regulation Committee 

A. FY 2022 External auditor selection 

5. Report of the Nuclear Oversight 

Committee 

A. Financial assurance for nuclear 

decomissioning activities 

6. Report of the External Relations 

Committee 

7. Information Items 


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