[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 245 (Monday, December 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76445-76446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29866]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35888]


The Great Lake Port Corporation D/B/A Grand River Railway--
Acquisition and Operation Exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc.

    The Great Lake Port Corporation d/b/a Grand River Railway (GRR), a 
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1150.31 to permit it to acquire and operate as a common carrier 
approximately 2.56 miles of CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) track. The 
track runs between Painesville, former B&O Valuation Station 2535+40, 
and Grand River, at the end of the track, former Conrail Valuation 
Station 45+01, in Lake County, Ohio (the Line).\1\
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    \1\ In 2003, the Board permitted the abandonment and 
discontinuance of service over the Line. See N.Y. Cent. Lines--Aban. 
Exemption--in Lake Cnty., Ohio, AB 565 (Sub-No. 11X), et al. (STB 
served Jan. 31, 2003). CSXT consummated the abandonment in 2004, see 
CSXT letter, N.Y. Cent. Lines--Aban. Exemption--in Lake Cnty., Ohio, 
AB 565 (Sub-No. 11X) (filed Dec. 29, 2004), and, according to GRR, 
reclassified it as industry track.
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    According to GRR, it will soon enter an agreement to purchase the 
Line from CSXT. GRR intends to rehabilitate the Line and commence 
common carrier service to Morton Salt, which is located at the end of 
the Line, and any other shipper that requests service. GRR will 
interchange traffic with CSXT, the only railroad that connects to the 
Line.
    According to GRR, the agreement between GRR and CSXT does not 
contain an interchange commitment.
    GRR 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 or after January 7, 2015, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice 
was filed).\2\
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    \2\ GRR hopes to consummate its transaction on December 26, 
2014. In furtherance of this goal, GRR has filed a petition for 
partial waiver of 49 CFR 1150.32(b) to permit the exemption to 
become effective on December 26, 2014, instead of the standard 30 
days after the verified notice was filed. The waiver request will be 
addressed in a separate Board decision.
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    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 the stay the effectiveness of 
the exemption. Petitions to stay must be filed no later than December 
29,

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2014, unless the Board grants GRR's petition for partial waiver of 49 
CFR 1150.32(b) to permit the exemption to become effective on December 
26, 2014, in which case the due date for stays will be established in 
the Board's decision acting on GRR's petition.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35888, 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, Esq., Law Offices of Louis 
E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: December 17, 2014.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-29866 Filed 12-19-14; 8:45 am]
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