31056 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 98 / Friday, May 20, 2022 / Notices 

1NCRA notes that the State of California has 

changed NCRA’s name to Great Redwood Trail 

Agency, effective March 1, 2022. (NCRA Letter 6, 

Jan. 10, 2022.) 

2NCRA’s verified notice describes the line sought 

to be abandoned as including the Arcata & Mad 

River subsidiary, between milepost 295.57, near 

Korblex, and milepost 301.8, near Korbel, a distance 

of approximately 6.23 miles. (Verified Notice 1 n.1.) 

The verified notice, however, expresses uncertainty 

about the Board’s jurisdiction over the Arcata & 

Mad River subsidiary, (id. at 1 n.1 & Ex. B), and, 

by decision served on June 9, 2021, the Board held 

this proceeding in abeyance to permit consideration 

of that question. By decision served on May 17, 

2022, the Board determined that abandonment of 

the Arcata & Mad River subsidiary had previously 

been consummated, removing that segment from 

the Board’s jurisdiction. Therefore, the line that 

NCRA seeks to abandon is, hereinafter, defined to 

consist of 169.61 miles extending between milepost 

139.5, near Willits and milepost 284.1, near Eureka, 

including appurtenant branch lines extending to 

milepost 267.72 near Carlotta, milepost 295.57 near 

Korblex, and milepost 300.5 near Samoa (the Line). 

3Persons 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). 

4The 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. 

5Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can 

be found at 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25) and (27), 

respectively. 

6 In a separate docket, NCRA filed a petition 

seeking exemptions from certain statutory 

provisions and waivers of certain regulatory 

requirements regarding a proposed third-party, or 

‘‘adverse,’’ application for discontinuance of 

Northwestern Pacific Railway Company’s operating 

rights over a portion of the Line, and the Board 

granted, in part, the petition for exemptions and 

waivers. See N. Coast R.R.—Adverse 

Discontinuance of Lease & Operating Auth.—Nw. 

Pac. R.R., AB 1313 (STB served Mar. 4, 2022). 

NCRA may not consummate this abandonment 

until all operating authority on the Line has been 

terminated. See, e.g., BNSF Ry.—Aban. 

Exemption—in Flathead Cnty., Mont., AB 6 (Sub– 

No. 495X) (STB served Aug. 14, 2017). 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 1305X] 

North Coast Railroad Authority— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt 

Counties, Cal. 

North Coast Railroad Authority 

(NCRA) 1 filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service to abandon 

175.84 miles of rail line extending 

between milepost 139.5, near Willits, 

and milepost 284.1, near Eureka, 

including appurtenant branch lines 

extending to milepost 267.72 near 

Carlotta, milepost 295.57 near Korblex, 

milepost 300.5 near Samoa, and 

milepost 301.8 near Korbel, in 

Mendocino, Trinity and Humboldt 

Counties, Cal.2 The line traverses the 

following U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes: 

95429, 95595, 95454, 95542, 95560, 

95559, 95553, 95571, 95569, 95565, 

95562, 95540, 95551, 95537, 95564, 

95524, 95521, 95519, 95525, 95521, 

95524, 95501, 95503, 95526, 95514, 

95511, and 95490. 

NCRA has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic so none needs to be rerouted; (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 

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 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this abandonment, 

any employee of NCRA 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,3 the 

exemption will be effective on June 19, 

2022, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues 4 must 

be filed by May 27, 2022; 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 May 31, 

2022.5 Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by June 9, 2022. 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

AB 1305X, 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 filed 

with the Board must be served on 

NCRA’s representative, Charles H. 

Montange, Law Offices of Charles H. 

Montange, 426 NW 162nd Street, 

Seattle, WA 98177. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

NCRA 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 issued a 

Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) 

on June 8, 2021, but that Draft EA has 

been rescinded. OEA will issue a 

Corrected Draft EA by May 25, 2022. 

The Corrected 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 Corrected Draft EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or interim 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), NCRA 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 NCRA’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by May 20, 2023, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire.6

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: May 17, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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