Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 199 / Friday, October 15, 2010 / Notices 63533 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25939 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35414] 

Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., Inc., 

H. Peter Claussen and Linda C. 

Claussen—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Lancaster & Chester 

Railroad, LLC 

Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co., 

Inc. (G&O), H. Peter Claussen and Linda 

C. Claussen (the Claussens), noncarriers, 

have filed a verified notice of exemption 

to continue in control of Lancaster & 

Chester Railroad, LLC (L&C Railroad) 

upon L&C Railroad’s becoming a Class 

III rail carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Docket No. FD 35413, 

Lancaster & Chester Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Line of Lancaster & Chester Railway 

Company. In that proceeding, L&C 

Railroad seeks an exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate 

approximately 62 miles of rail line 

owned by Lancaster & Chester Railway 

Company between (1) Chester and 

Lancaster, S.C., and (2) Kershaw and 

Catawba, S.C. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after October 31, 2010 (the 

effective date of the exemption). 

The Claussens own a controlling 

share of voting stock of G&O. G&O, in 

turn, wholly owns the following Class 

III rail carriers: (a) Conecuh Valley 

Railroad Co., Inc., which operates in 

Alabama; (b) Knoxville & Holston River 

Railroad Co., Inc., which operates in 

east Tennessee; (c) Laurinburg & 

Southern Railroad Co., Inc., which 

operates in North Carolina; (d) 

Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad, Inc., 

which operates in northwestern North 

Carolina under the trade name of 

Yadkin Valley Railroad; (e) Rocky 

Mount & Western Railroad Co., Inc., 

which operates in central North 

Carolina under the trade name of Nash 

County Railroad; (f) Three Notch 

Railroad Co., Inc., which operates in 

Alabama; and (g) Wiregrass Central 

Railroad Company, Inc., which operates 

in southeast Alabama. 

The parties represent that: (1) The rail 

lines to be acquired by L&C Railroad do 

not connect with any other railroad in 

the corporate family; (2) the transaction 

is not part of a series of anticipated 

transactions that would connect the rail 

lines with any other railroad in the 

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 October 22, 2010 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35414, 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 Troy W. Garris, 2904 

Corporate Cir., Flower Mound, Tex. 

75028. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 7, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25937 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Cameron County, TX 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent (NOI) 

to prepare an EIS. 

SUMMARY: FHWA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public that the NOI to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for proposed 

improvements to United States Highway 

181/State Highway 286 (Crosstown 

Expressway), in Nueces County, Texas, 

is being rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory S. Punske, P.E. District 

Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, Texas Division, 300 

East 8th Street, Room 826, Austin, Texas 

78701, Telephone (512) 536–5960. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

6, 2007, TxDOT and FHWA announced 

their revised Notice of Intent to prepare 

an EIS pursuant to 40 CFR 1508.22 and 

43 TAC Sec. 2.5(e)(2) for a proposal to 

replace the existing US 181 Harbor 

Bridge and construct improvements to 

SH 286, in Nueces County, Texas. The 

project limits were defined as the limits 

of the schematic design. The project 

limits were as follows: the northern 

limit was the US 181 and Beach Avenue 

interchange located north of the Corpus 

Christi Ship Channel but south of the 

Nueces Bay Causeway; the southern 

limit was the SH 286 and SH 358 (South 

Padre Island Drive) interchange; the 

eastern limit was the Interstate Highway 

(IH) 37/US 181 intersection with 

Shoreline Boulevard; and the western 

limit was the IH 37 and Nueces Bay 

Boulevard interchange. The project 

limits totaled approximately 7.5 miles 

in length from north to south along US 

181 and SH 286, and 2.1 miles in length 

from east to west along IH 37. The study 

limits were defined as the limits of 

potential impacts from the proposed 

action. The study limits were as follows: 

the northern limit was the US 181 and 

SH 35 interchange just south of Gregory; 

the southern limit was the SH 286 and 

SH 358 (South Padre Island Drive) 

interchange; the eastern limit was 

Shoreline Boulevard; and the western 

limit was the IH 37 and SH 358 (North 

Padre Island Drive) interchange. The EIS 

was in the preliminary stages of 

development. Scoping meetings were 

held for representatives from various 

cooperating agencies and for the public. 

The scoping meeting for the 

representatives from various 

cooperating agencies was held May 17, 

2007, at the TxDOT Corpus Christi 

District Office in Corpus Christi, Texas. 

The scoping meeting for the public was 

held May 17, 2007, at the Oveal 

Williams Senior Activity Center in 

Corpus Christi, Texas. 

FHWA and TxDOT have decided to 

rescind the revised Notice of Intent 

because of changes in the scope 

(managed toll lanes) and limits. We 

intend to publish a new NOI in the 

future, which will describe the new 

project scope and limits. The review of 

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