Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 214 / Friday, November 5, 2010 / Notices 68397 

1 DQE states that it intends to interchange traffic 

at De Queen, Ark. with Kansas City Southern 

Railway Company, at Perkins with Union Pacific 

Railroad Company, and at the Arkansas-Oklahoma 

state border with its affiliate, Texas Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad, LLC. 

This transaction is related to a 

transaction in which Patriot Rail, LLC 

and its subsidiaries entered into an asset 

purchase agreement on July 21, 2010, to 

acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company certain rail assets and the rail 

assets of five of its subsidiaries. 

This transaction is also related to six 

other transactions for which notices of 

exemption have been concurrently filed: 

Docket No. FD 35425, Tennessee 

Southern Railroad Company, Patriot 

Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings LLC, 

and Patriot Rail Corp.—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Columbia & 

Cowlitz Railway, LLC, Dequeen and 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle 

Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna 

Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods 

Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot 

Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries seek to 

continue in control of MSV in this 

proceeding and five other newly created 

noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter 

becoming Class III rail carriers in the 

following proceedings: (1) Docket No. 

FD 35426, Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz 

Railway Company; (2) Docket No. FD 

35427, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—DeQueen and Eastern 

Railroad Company; (3) Docket No. FD 

35428, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Golden Triangle Railroad Company; (4) 

Docket No. FD 35430, Texas, Oklahoma 

& Eastern Railroad, LLC—Acquisition 

and Operation Exemption—Texas, 

Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad 

Company; and (5) Docket No. FD 35431, 

Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Weyerhaeuser NR Company, 

Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad 

Operating Division. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or after December 21, 

2010. 

MSV certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of the transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III rail carrier and further 

certifies that its projected annual 

revenues will not exceed $5 million. 

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 November 12, 

2010 (at least 7 days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35429 must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy must be served on 

Louis E. Gitomer, 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: November 1, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27937 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35427] 

DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—DeQueen and Eastern 

Railroad Company 

DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC 

(DQE), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to acquire from DeQueen and 

Eastern Railroad Company and to 

operate approximately 47 miles of rail 

line between milepost 40.0 (the 

Oklahoma-Arkansas state border) and 

milepost 87.0 (Perkins, Ark.), including 

auxiliary, temporary storage, and spur 

tracks, in Howard and Sevier Counties, 

Ark.1

This transaction is related to a 

transaction in which Patriot Rail, LLC 

and its subsidiaries entered into an asset 

purchase agreement on July 21, 2010, to 

acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company certain rail assets and the rail 

assets of five of its subsidiaries. 

This transaction is also related to six 

other transactions for which notices of 

exemption have been concurrently filed: 

Docket No. FD 35425, Tennessee 

Southern Railroad Company, Patriot 

Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings LLC, 

and Patriot Rail Corp.—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Columbia & 

Cowlitz Railway, LLC, DeQueen and 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle 

Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna 

Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods 

Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot 

Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries seek to 

continue in control of DQE in this 

proceeding and five other newly created 

noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter 

becoming Class III rail carriers in the 

following proceedings: (1) Docket No. 

FD 35426, Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz 

Railway Company; (2) Docket No. FD 

35428, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Golden Triangle Railroad Company; (3) 

Docket No. FD 35429, Mississippi & 

Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad 

Company, (4) Docket No. FD 35430, 

Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Texas, Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad Company; and (5) 

Docket No. FD 35431, Patriot Woods 

Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Weyerhaeuser 

NR Company, Weyerhaeuser Woods 

Railroad Operating Division. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or after December 21, 

2010. 

DQE certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III rail carrier and will not 

exceed $5 million. 

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 November 12, 2010 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35427, 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 E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: November 1, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27964 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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