2952 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 9 / Friday, January 12, 2001 / Notices

1The line is currently operated by the South

Central Tennessee Railroad Corp. pursuant to an

operating agreement with Authority. The South

Central Rail Management, LLC, as agent for SCTRR,

has entered into an agreement with South Central

Tennessee Railroad Corp. and its parent, Rail

America, Inc., to purchase the operating authority.

SCTRR will replace South Central Tennessee

Railroad Corp. as the operator of the line. Authority

will maintain title to that portion of the land and

track it currently owns.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

Marine Transportation System National

Advisory Council

ACTION: National Advisory Council

public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration

announces that the Marine

Transportation System National

Advisory Council (MTSNAC) will hold

a meeting to discuss the Council’s White

Paper, MTSNAC Web Site, Economic

Impact Project, Team Reports, and other

issues. A public comment period is

scheduled for 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. To

provide time for as many people to

speak as possible, speaking time for

each individual will be limited to three

minutes. Members of the public who

would like to speak are asked to contact

Raymond Barberesi by January 31, 2001.

Commenters will be placed on the

agenda in the order in which

notifications are received. If time

allows, additional comments will be

permitted. Copies of oral comments

must be submitted in writing at the

meeting. Additional written comments

are welcome and must be filed by

February 9, 2001.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Friday, February 2, 2001, from 9 a.m. to

3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in

the Westin Francis Marion Hotel, 387

King Street, Charleston, SC 29403. The

hotel’s phone number is (843) 722–

0600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Raymond Barberesi, (202) 366–4357;

Maritime Administration, MAR 830,

Room 7201, 400 Seventh St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20590;

Raymond.Barberesi@marad.dot.gov.

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. App 2, Sec. 9(a)(2); 41

CFR 101–6. 1005; DOT Order 1120.3B)

Dated: January 9, 2001.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–1080 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33987]

Henry G. Hohorst, Bruce Hohorst, Joan

D. Hohorst, and Anthony M. Linn—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

SCTRR, LLC

Henry G. Hohorst, Bruce Hohorst,

Joan D. Hohorst, and Anthony M. Linn,

individuals (applicants), have filed a

verified notice of exemption to continue

in control of the SCTRR, LLC (SCTRR),

a limited liability company, after it

acquires the operating authority on the

Centerville Branch between Dickson

and Hohenwald, TN.

According to the verified notice of

exemption, the parties expected SCTRR

to purchase the right to operate over the

Centerville Branch after approval or

exemption of that transaction. The

earliest the transaction could have been

consummated was January 2, 2001, the

effective date of the exemption (7 days

after the exemption was filed).

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33986, SCTRR,

LLC—Operation Exemption—South

Central Tennessee Railroad Corp.,

wherein SCTRR will acquire the

operating authority on the Centerville

Branch from the South Central

Tennessee Railroad Corp.

Applicants own a controlling interest

in South Central Rail Group, Inc., which

controls the West Tennessee Railroad

Corp., which operates the West

Tennessee Railroad line in the State of

Tennessee, and the IRW Railway, LLC,

which holds title to the West Tennessee

Railroad line. Applicants, through

South Central Rail Group, Inc., also own

a controlling interest in the Tennken

Railroad Corp., which operates in the

States of Tennessee and Kentucky.

According to applicants, the three

railroads do not connect and there are

no plans to connect them. The

transaction does not involve a Class I

carrier. Therefore, the transaction is

exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(2).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

If the 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 transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33987, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on John F.

McHugh, Esq., McHugh & Barnes, P.C.,

20 Exchange Place, New York, NY

10005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’

Decided: January 5, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33986]

SCTRR, LLC—Operation Exemption—

South Central Tennessee Railroad

Corp.

SCTRR, LLC (SCTRR), a noncarrier,

has filed a verified notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire the

operating authority on the Centerville

Branch between milepost 1, at

Colesbury Yard, Dickson, TN, and the

end of the track at milepost 52, at

Hohenwald, TN, a distance of about 52

miles (line). Approximately 49 miles of

the line is owned by the South Central

Tennessee Railroad Authority

(Authority) and 2.8 miles of the line is

owned by CSX Transportation, Inc.1

According to the verified notice of

exemption, the parties intended to

acquire the operating authority after

approval or exemption of the

transaction, with operating

responsibility to be transferred in midJanuary 2001. The earliest the

exemption could have been

consummated was January 2, 2001, the

effective date of the exemption (7 days

after the exemption was filed).

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33987, Henry G.

Hohorst, Bruce Hohorst, Joan D.

Hohorst, and Anthony M. Linn—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

SCTRR, LLC, wherein Henry G. Hohorst,

Bruce Hohorst, Joan D. Hohorst, and