Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2022 / Notices 35591 

1The verified notice lists the railroads as follows: 

(1) the Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC; (2) 

DeQueen & Eastern Railroad, LLC; (3) Georgia 

Northeastern Railroad Company, LLC; (4) Golden 

Triangle Railroad, LLC; (5) Kingman Terminal 

Railroad, LLC; (6) Louisiana & North West Railroad 

Company; (7) Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC; (8) 

Rarus Railway, LLC (d/b/a Butte, Anaconda & 

Pacific Railway Company); (9) Sacramento Valley 

Railroad, LLC; (10) Salt Lake Garfield & Western 

Railway Company; (11) Temple & Central Texas 

Railway, LLC; (12) Tennessee Southern Railroad 

Company, LLC; (13) Texas & Oklahoma Eastern 

Railroad, LLC; (14) Utah Central Railway Company, 

LLC; and (15) West Belt Railway LLC (collectively, 

the Subsidiary Railroads). 

2Applicants supplemented their verified notice 

on April 29 and May 26, 2022. Therefore, May 26, 

2022, is considered the filing date for the purpose 

of calculating the effective date of the exemption. 

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 MCCVR’s representative, 

Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 

29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

According to MCCVR, 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: June 7, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12568 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36590] 

Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver 

Transport Ventures LLC, First State 

Infrastructure Managers (International) 

Limited, Global Diversified 

Infrastructure Fund (North America) 

LP, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial 

Group, Inc.—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Merced County Central 

Valley Railroad, LLC 

Patriot Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver 

Transport Ventures LLC, First State 

Infrastructure Managers (International) 

Limited, Global Diversified 

Infrastructure Fund (North America) LP, 

and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, 

Inc. (collectively, Applicants), all 

noncarriers, have filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) 

to continue in control of Merced County 

Central Valley Railroad, LLC (MCCVR) 

upon MCCVR’s becoming a Class III rail 

carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

verified notice of exemption filed 

concurrently in Merced County Central 

Valley Railroad—Lease & Operation 

Exemption—Track in Merced County, 

Cal., Docket No. FD 36589, in which 

MCCVR seeks to lease and commence 

common carrier operations over 

approximately 0.3 miles of track located 

at the Castle Commerce Center at 

Atwater in Merced County (the Line). 

According to the verified notice, 

Applicants currently control MCCVR in 

addition to 15 existing rail carriers in 14 

states.1 Applicants state that they 

neither contemplate nor require an 

agreement to continue in control of 

MCCVR once it commences operations. 

The verified notice indicates that: (1) 

the Line will not connect with any of 

the Subsidiary Railroads; (2) the 

acquisition of control is not part of a 

series of anticipated transactions that 

would connect the Line or any of the 

Subsidiary Railroads with each other; 

and (3) the proposed transaction does 

not involve a Class I rail carrier. 

Therefore, the transaction is exempt 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(2). 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is June 25, 2022, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed).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. However, 49 U.S.C. 11326(c) 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under 49 U.S.C. 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III rail carriers. 

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 to stay must be 

filed no later than June 17, 2022 (at least 

seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36590, 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 Applicants’ representative, 

Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 

29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 

Chicago, IL 60606. 

According to the verified notice, 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: June 7, 2022. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12567 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2022–0005] 

Request for Comments on Proposed 

U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century 

Trade; Correction 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR). 

ACTION: Request for comments; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the United 

States Trade Representative (USTR) 

published a document in the Federal 

Register on June 7, 2022 concerning a 

request for comments on the proposed 

U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century 

Trade. The submission deadline 

specified in the notice needs to be 

corrected. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

procedural questions concerning written 

comments, please contact Spencer 

Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov 

or (202) 395–2974 in advance of the 

deadline and before transmitting a 

comment. Direct all other questions to 

Jing Jing Zhang, Deputy Director for 

China Affairs, at Yizhi.Zhang@

ustr.eop.gov, or (202) 395–9534. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register on June 7, 

2022, in FR Doc 2022–12248 (87 FR 

34745), on page 34746, starting in the 

second column, correct the ‘‘III. 

Submission Instructions’’ caption to 

read as follows: 

III. Submission Instructions 

Persons submitting written comments 

must do so in English and must identify 

on the first page of the submission 

‘‘Comments Regarding U.S.-Taiwan 

Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.’’ 


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35592 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 112 / Friday, June 10, 2022 / Notices 

The submission deadline is July 8, 

2022. USTR strongly encourages 

commenters to make online 

submissions, using Regulations.gov. To 

submit comments via Regulations.gov, 

enter docket number USTR–2022–0005 

on the home page and click ‘search.’ 

The site will provide a search-results 

page listing all documents associated 

with this docket. Find a reference to this 

notice and click on the link entitled 

‘Comment Now’ For further information 

on using Regulations.gov, please consult 

the resources provided on the website 

by clicking on ‘How to Use This Site’ on 

the left side of the home page. 

Regulations.gov allows users to 

submit comments by filling in a ‘type 

comment’ field, or by attaching a 

document using an ‘upload file’ field. 

USTR prefers that you provide 

comments in an attached document. 

USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft 

Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If 

you use an application other than those 

two, please indicate the name of the 

application in the ‘type comment’ field. 

Filers submitting comments 

containing no business confidential 

information (BCI) should name their file 

using the name of the person or entity 

submitting the comments. For any 

comments submitted electronically 

containing BCI, the file name of the 

business confidential version should 

begin with the characters ‘BCI.’ Clearly 

mark any page containing BCI with 

‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’ on the top 

of that page. Filers of submissions 

containing BCI also must submit a 

public version of their comments that 

USTR will place in the docket for public 

inspection. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘P.’ Follow the ‘BCI’ and ‘P’ with the 

name of the person or entity submitting 

the comments. 

Please do not attach separate cover 

letters to electronic submissions; rather, 

include any information that might 

appear in a cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the submission itself, not as 

separate files. 

As noted, USTR strongly urges that 

you file comments through 

Regulations.gov. You must make any 

alternative arrangements with Spencer 

Smith at Spencer.L.Smith2@ustr.eop.gov 

or (202) 395–2974 before transmitting a 

comment and in advance of the 

deadline. 

USTR will post comments in the 

docket for public inspection, except 

properly designated BCI. You can view 

comments on the Regulations.gov by 

entering docket number USTR–2022– 

0005 in the search field on the home 

page. General information concerning 

USTR is available at https://

www.ustr.gov. 

William Shpiece, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12556 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No.: FAA–2022–0114; Summary 

Notice No.–xxxx–xx] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received; Federal Express 

Corporation 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, the 

FAA’s exemption process. Neither 

publication of this notice nor the 

inclusion nor omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number and 

must be received on or before June 30, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2022–0114 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. DOT posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

http://www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations in Room W12–140 of the 

West Building Ground Floor at 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Thai at 202–267–0175, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Timothy R. Adams, 

Deputy Executive Director, Office of 

Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2022–0114. 

Petitioner: Federal Express 

Corporation. 

Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 

§§ 121.1105(b)(1), 121.1105(b)(2), and 

121.1105(b)(3). 

Description of Relief Sought: Federal 

Express Corporation (FedEx) is 

requesting an exemption for the 757 

fleet to 14 CFR 121.1105(b)(1), (2), and 

(3) to extend the interval for aging 

aircraft inspection and records review 

from the current requirement of seven 

years to an interval of eight years. FedEx 

operates the 757 fleet at low utilization 

rates, and the ability to extend the 

reviews to eight years (when the 

airplane undergoes a thorough and 

extensive maintenance visit) supports 

more comprehensive inspections of 

repairs and alterations of the aircraft 

structure. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12534 Filed 6–9–22; 8:45 am] 

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