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1Watco owns 100% of the issued and outstanding 

stock of BRSR. 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

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 August 8, 2008 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35165, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Louis F. 

Gitomer, Esq., 600 Baltimore Avenue, 

Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 25, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–17657 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35166] 

Patriot Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings 

LLC, and Patriot Rail Corp.—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

Sierra & Central Pacific Railroad 

Company, Inc. 

Patriot Rail, LLC (PRL), and its 

subsidiaries, Patriot Rail Holdings LLC 

(PRH) and Patriot Rail Corp. (PRC) 

(collectively, Patriot), all noncarriers, 

jointly have filed a verified notice of 

exemption to continue in control of 

Sierra & Central Pacific Railroad 

Company, Inc. (SCPRR), upon SCPRR’s 

becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 

35165, Sierra & Central Pacific Railroad 

Company, Inc.—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Sierra Northern 

Railway and Sierra Railroad Company. 

In that proceeding, SCPRR seeks to 

acquire from Sierra Northern Railway 

(SNR) and Sierra Railroad Company, 

Inc., and to operate approximately 80.30 

miles of track in the State of California, 

currently operated by SNR. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after August 15, 

2008 (30 days after the notice of 

exemption was filed). 

PRL is a noncarrier limited liability 

company that owns 51% of the equity 

interest in PRH, which, in turn, owns 

100% of the stock of PRC. PRC is a 

noncarrier holding company that 

controls the following Class III rail 

carries: Tennessee Southern Railroad 

Company, Rarus Railway Company, 

Utah Central Railway Company, 

Sacramento Valley Railroad, Inc., and 

The Louisiana and North West Railroad 

Company LLC. Pursuant to the 

transaction, PRC will acquire direct 

control of SCPRR. PRL and PRH, 

through their control of PRC, will 

acquire indirect control of SCPRR. 

Patriot states that: (1) The rail lines to 

be acquired and operated by SCPRR do 

not connect with it or any other railroad 

in the Patriot corporate family; (2) the 

continuance in control is not part of a 

series of anticipated transactions that 

would connect the railroads with each 

other or any other railroad in the Patriot 

corporate family; and (3) the 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). 

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. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here, 

because all the carriers involved are 

Class III rail carriers. 

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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than August 8, 2008 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35166, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Louis F. 

Gitomer, Esq., 600 Baltimore Avenue, 

Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 25, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–17655 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35169] 

Watco Companies, Inc.—Continuance 

in Control Exemption—Baton Rouge 

Southern Railroad, LLC 

Watco Companies, Inc. (Watco), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption to continue in control of 

Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, LLC 

(BRSR), upon BRSR’s becoming a Class 

III rail carrier.1

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 

35159, Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, 

LLC—Lease and Operation Exemption—

The Kansas City Southern Railway 

Company. In that proceeding, BRSR 

seeks an exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to lease and to operate 

approximately 8.2 miles of rail line 

owned by The Kansas City Southern 

Railway Company between specified 

points in Louisiana. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or shortly after August 

19, 2008, and hence after the August 17, 

2008 effective date of the exemption. 

Watco currently controls 17 Class III 

rail carriers: South Kansas and 

Oklahoma Railroad Company, Palouse 

River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc., 

Timber Rock Railroad, Inc., Stillwater 

Central Railroad, Inc., Eastern Idaho 

Railroad, Inc., Kansas & Oklahoma 

Railroad, Inc., Pennsylvania 

Southwestern Railroad, Inc., Great 

Northwest Railroad, Inc., Kaw River 

Railroad, Inc., Mission Mountain 

Railroad, Inc., Mississippi Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Yellowstone Valley 

Railroad, Inc., Louisiana Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Arkansas Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Alabama Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Vicksburg Southern 

Railroad, Inc, and Austin Western 

Railroad, Inc. 

Watco represents that: (1) The rail 

lines to be operated by BRSR do not 

connect with any other railroads in the 

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1BRSR states that it has been negotiating an 

agreement with KCS for several months and that all 

essential terms have been agreed to between the 

parties. The agreement is expected to be finalized 

soon. 

Watco corporate family; (2) the 

continuance in control is not part of a 

series of anticipated transactions that 

would connect these rail lines with any 

other railroad in the Watco corporate 

family; and (3) the 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). 

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. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here, 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III 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. Stay petitions must be 

filed no later than August 8, 2008 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35169, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Karl Morell, 

Of Counsel, Ball Janik, LLP, Suite 225, 

1455 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 25, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–17450 Filed 7–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35159] 

Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, LLC—

Lease and Operation Exemption—The 

Kansas City Southern Railway 

Company 

Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, LLC 

(BRSR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to acquire, by lease, and to 

operate approximately 8.2 miles of rail 

line of The Kansas City Southern 

Railway Company (KCS) in Louisiana.1

The lines to be leased and operated are: 

(1) KCS’s UTL Lead located between the 

end of the turnout of switch near 

milepost 216.0 ‘‘D-Line’’ of the New 

Orleans Subdivision and extending west 

approximately 2 miles to the end of the 

UTL Lead; and (2) the tracks in KCS’s 

New Yard and Dome Yard, 

approximately 6.2 miles. 

According to BRSR, the lease 

agreement will contain a provision that 

prohibits BRSR from interchanging 

traffic with a third party at Baton Rouge, 

LA. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 

35169, Watco Companies, Inc.—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, LLC. In 

that proceeding, Watco Companies, Inc., 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

to continue in control of BRSR upon 

BRSR’s becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

BRSR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of the 

transaction will not result in BRSR 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier. However, because its projected 

annual revenues will exceed $5 million, 

BRSR also certifies that it has complied 

with the notice requirements of 49 CFR 

1150.32(e). 

The transaction is expected to be 

consummated on or shortly after August 

19, 2008, 60 days after BRSR’s 

certification of the notice requirements 

of section 1150.32(e). 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, section 193, 121 Stat. 1844 

(2007), nothing in this decision 

authorizes the following activities at any 

solid waste rail transfer facility: 

collecting, storing or transferring solid 

waste outside of its original shipping 

container; or separating or processing 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

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 August 12, 2008 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35159, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Karl Morell, 

Of Counsel, Ball Janik LLP, Suite 225, 

1455 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 25, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–17446 Filed 7–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designations Pursuant to 

New Zimbabwe Executive Order 

Signed by President Bush on July 25, 

2008 ‘‘Blocking Property of Additional 

Persons Undermining Democratic 

Processes or Institutions in 

Zimbabwe’’ (the ‘‘Order’’) 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 

seventeen newly-designated entities and 

one individual whose property and 

interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to the Order. 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the seventeen entities and 

one individual identified in this notice, 

pursuant to the Order is effective July 

25, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW. (Treasury Annex), 

Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622–

2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

Information about this designation 

and additional information concerning 

OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web 

site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 

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