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34 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.34

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11529 Filed 6–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

[License No. 02/02–0695] 

QS Capital Strategies II, L.P.; Notice 

Seeking Exemption Under Section 312 

of the Small Business Investment Act, 

Conflicts of Interest 

Notice is hereby given that QS Capital 

Strategies II, L.P., 527 Madison Avenue, 

11th Floor, New York, NY 10022, a 

Federal Licensee under the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1958, as 

amended (‘‘the Act’’), in connection 

with the financing of a small concerns, 

has sought an exemption under Section 

312 of the Act and Section 107.730, 

Financings which Constitute Conflicts 

of Interest of the Small Business 

Administration (‘‘SBA’’) Rules and 

Regulations (13 CFR 107.730). QS 

Capital Strategies II, L.P. is proposing to 

provide financing to BrandMuscle, Inc. 

to support the Company’s growth. 

The proposed transaction is brought 

within the purview of § 107.730 of the 

Regulations because QS Capital 

Strategies, L.P., an Associate of QS 

Capital Strategies II, L.P., by virtue of 

Common Control as defined at § 107.50, 

holds a debt investment in 

BrandMuscle, Inc. and the proposed 

transaction would discharge an 

obligation to an Associate. 

Therefore, the proposed transaction is 

considered self-deal pursuant to 13 CFR 

107.730 and requires a regulatory 

exemption. Notice is hereby given that 

any interested person may submit 

written comments on the transaction 

within fifteen days of the date of this 

publication to Associate Administrator 

for Investment, U.S. Small Business 

Administration, 409 Third Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

Thomas Morris, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Director, 

Office of SBIC Liquidation, Office of 

Investment and Innovation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11503 Filed 6–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36519] 

Gulf & Ship Island Railroad LLC— 

Lease and Operation Exemption—Rail 

Line of Harrison County Development 

Commission at or Near Gulfport, 

Harrison County, MS 

Gulf & Ship Island Railroad LLC 

(GSIR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to lease from the Harrison 

County Development Commission, 

acting with the Harrison County Board 

of Supervisors (the County), and operate 

approximately five miles of industrial 

lead tracks known as the Seaway Lead, 

extending between a point 

approximately 800 feet east of U.S. 

Highway 49 on the Seaway Lead and the 

end of the Seaway Lead at Bernard 

Bayou Industrial Park, at or near 

Gulfport, in Harrison County, Miss. (the 

Line). 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Chicago, Rock Island & 

Pacific Railroad LLC—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Gulf & Ship Island 

Railroad LLC, Docket No. FD 36420, in 

which Chicago Rock Island & Pacific 

LLC seeks to continue in control of GSIR 

upon GSIR’s becoming a Class III rail 

carrier. 

GSIR states that it has reached an 

agreement with the County pursuant to 

which GSIR will lease the Line from the 

County and operate it. GSIR further 

states that the proposed transaction does 

not involve any provision or agreement 

that would limit GSIR’s future 

interchange of traffic on the Line with 

a third-party connecting carrier. 

GSIR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in GSIR’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier. GSIR further certifies that its 

projected annual revenue will not 

exceed $5 million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after June 16, 2021, the effective 

date of the exemption (30 days after the 

verified notice was filed). 

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 for stay must 

be filed no later than June 9, 2021 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36519, should be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board via efiling on the Board’s website. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on GSIR’s representative, 

Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. 

McFarland, P.C., 2230 Marston Lane, 

Flossmoor, IL 60422–1336. 

According to GSIR, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 

requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: May 27, 2021. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2021–11589 Filed 6–1–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36472; Docket No. FD 36472 

(Sub-No. 1); Docket No. FD 36472 (Sub-No. 

2); Docket No. FD 36472 (Sub-No. 3); Docket 

No. FD 36472 (Sub-No. 4); Docket No. FD 

36472 (Sub-No. 5); Docket No. AB 1312X] 

CSX Corporation and CSX 

Transportation, Inc., et al.—Control 

and Merger—Pan Am Systems, Inc., 

Pan Am Railways, Inc., Boston and 

Maine Corporation, Maine Central 

Railroad Company, Northern Railroad, 

Pan Am Southern LLC, Portland 

Terminal Company, Springfield 

Terminal Railway Company, Stony 

Brook Railroad Company, and Vermont 

& Massachusetts Railroad Company; 

Norfolk Southern Railway—Trackage 

Rights Exemption—CSX 

Transportation, Inc.; Norfolk Southern 

Railway—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Providence & Worcester 

Railroad; Norfolk Southern Railway— 

Trackage Rights Exemption—Boston & 

Maine Corp.; Norfolk Southern 

Railway—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Pan Am Southern LLC; 

Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad— 

Operation Exemption—Pan Am 

Southern LLC; SMS Rail Lines of New 

York, LLC—Discontinuance 

Exemption—in Albany County, N.Y. 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Decision No. 3 in STB Finance 

Docket No. 36472 et al.; notice of 

rejection of application. 

SUMMARY: The Board rejects as 

incomplete an application seeking 

approval for CSX Corporation (CSXC), 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), and 

747 Merger Sub 2, Inc., to acquire 

control of seven rail carriers owned by 

Pan Am Systems, Inc. (Systems), and 

Pan Am Railways, Inc. (PAR), and to 


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