66458 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 216 / Friday, November 7, 2014 / Notices 

1According to AD&A, on October 10, 2014, 

AD&A’s parent company, Mervis Industries, Inc. 

(Mervis), executed a Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) with V&S for AD&A’s 

acquisition of certain assets including the Lines 

from V&S. AD&A states that, pursuant to the MOU, 

the parties expect to enter into a definitive 

agreement providing for AD&A’s acquisition no 

later than October 30, 2014. 

IV. Submitting Comments 

You may submit your comments and 

material online or by fax, mail, or hand 

delivery, but please use only one of 

these means. FMCSA recommends that 

you include your name and a mailing 

address, an email address, or a phone 

number in the body of your document 

so that FMCSA can contact you if there 

are questions regarding your 

submission. 

To submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and in the 

search box insert the docket number 

FMCSA–2014–0308 and click the search 

button. When the new screen appears, 

click on the blue ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

button on the right hand side of the 

page. On the new page, enter 

information required including the 

specific section of this document to 

which each comment applies, and 

provide a reason for each suggestion or 

recommendation. If you submit your 

comments by mail or hand delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit comments by mail and would 

like to know that they reached the 

facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. 

We will consider all comments and 

material received during the comment 

period and may change this proposed 

rule based on your comments. FMCSA 

may issue a final rule at any time after 

the close of the comment period. 

V. Viewing Comments and Documents 

To view comments, as well as any 

documents mentioned in this preamble, 

to submit your comment online, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and in the 

search box insert the docket number 

FMCSA–2014–0308 and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

Next, click ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ and 

you will find all documents and 

comments related to the proposed 

rulemaking. 

Issued on: October 31, 2014. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26557 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35867] 

AD&A Railway, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—V & S Railway, 

LLC 

AD&A Railway, LLC (AD&A),1 a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from V & S Railway, LLC (V&S), 

and to operate, approximately 5.14 

miles of rail lines between milepost 0.0 

and milepost 5.14 in Hutchinson, Reno 

County, Kan. (the Lines). 

AD&A states that the Lines connect 

directly to a Union Pacific Railroad 

Company main line, and access 

indirectly the BNSF Railway Company’s 

main lines. The notice states that the 

Lines also connect to a short stretch of 

track owned by the Hutchinson Salt 

Company, Inc. and/or Hutchinson 

Transportation Company (HSC/HTC). 

The notice further states that the HSC/ 

HTC track connects to trackage owned 

by the City of Hutchinson (the City). 

According to AD&A, Mervis is acquiring 

property to construct a rail car repair 

facility adjacent to the City’s trackage. 

AD&A states that the City and HSC/HTC 

will grant AD&A rights to operate over 

their respective tracks. According to the 

notice, HSC/HTC currently conducts 

private freight rail operations for itself 

over the Lines and, pursuant to the 

agreement, will continue to provide 

such service following AD&A’s 

acquisition of the Lines. 

AD&A certifies that the proposed 

transaction does not contain any 

provision or agreement that may limit 

future interchange of traffic with a thirdparty connecting carrier. 

AD&A also 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. 

This transaction may be 

consummated on November 22, 2014, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the exemption 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 to stay must be 

filed no later than November 14, 2014 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35867, 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 David F. Rifkind, Stinson 

Leonard Street, LLC, 1775 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 

20006. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. 

Decided: November 4, 2014. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26516 Filed 11–6–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

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