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1Effective June 4, 2009, the filing fee for a request 

for a trail use condition increased to $250. See 

Regulations Governing Fees for Services Performed 

in Connection with Licensing and Related 

Services—2009 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (SubNo. 16) (STB served May 4, 2009). 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), Knox and Kane shall file 

a notice of consummation with the 

Board to signify that it has exercised the 

authority granted and fully abandoned 

the line. If consummation has not been 

effected by Knox and Kane’s filing of a 

notice of consummation by October 23, 

2010, and there are no legal or 

regulatory barriers to consummation, 

the authority to abandon will 

automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 19, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–25501 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–497 (Sub-No. 5X)] 

Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Roseau 

County, MN 

On October 5, 2009, Minnesota 

Northern Railroad, Inc. (MNN), filed 

with the Board a petition under 49 

U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to 

abandon a 20.035-mile portion of its 

Warroad Subdivision between milepost 

83.6, located approximately 300 feet 

west of Roseau County Road 124 (11th 

Ave., SE.) in Roseau, and milepost 

103.635, at the end of the line at 

Warroad, in Roseau County, MN. The 

line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Codes 56751, 56756, and 

56763. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in MNN’s possession 

will be made available promptly to 

those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by January 22, 

2010. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than November 12, 2009. 

Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27).1

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–497 

(Sub-No. 5X), and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001; and (2) Thomas F. McFarland, 208 

South LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, 

Chicago, IL 60604–1194. Replies to the 

petition are due on or before November 

12, 2009. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment or 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Section of Environmental 

Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339.] 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 20, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–25516 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–1041X] 

Dakota Northern Railroad, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Walsh 

and Pembina Counties, ND 

On October 5, 2009, and amended on 

October 8, 2009, Dakota Northern 

Railroad, Inc. (DN), filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) a 

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 

exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a portion of its 

Glasston Subdivision between milepost 

42.08 at the north edge of Private 

Crossing DOT No. 082102T 

approximately 2.7 miles north of 

Grafton and milepost 60.2 at the end of 

active track approximately 0.6 miles 

north of Glasston, a distance of 18.12 

miles, in Walsh and Pembina Counties, 

ND. The line traverses U.S. Postal 

Service Zip Codes 58237 and 58276, 

and includes the stations of Auburn 

(milepost 45.9), St. Thomas (milepost 

53.5), and Glasston (milepost 59.6). 

DN states that it does not have 

information in its possession that shows 

that the line contains Federally granted 

rights-of-way. Any documentation in 

DN’s possession will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by January 22, 

2010. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 


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1Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company 

previously was authorized to lease these lines and 

YVRR was authorized to operate them in 

Laurinburg and Southern Railroad Company, et 

al.—Lease and Operation Exemption—Southern 

Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 31526 (ICC 

served Nov. 7, 1989). 

2See Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad Co., Inc.— 

Lease and Operation Exemption—L & S Holding 

Company d/b/a/Laurinburg & Southern Railroad 

Co. and Yadkin Valley Railroad Company, Finance 

Docket No. 32462 (ICC served Mar. 29, 1994). Also, 

in H. Peter and Linda C. Claussen—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad 

Co., Inc., Finance Docket No. 32464, (ICC served 

Mar. 29, 1994), H. Peter and Linda C. Claussen were 

authorized to continue in control of Piedmont & 

Atlantic Railroad Co., Inc., once it became a Class 

III rail carrier. 

3On October 8, 2009, YVRR concurrently filed a 

certification of labor notice compliance and a 

petition for waiver of the 60-day advance labor 

notice requirement at 49 CFR 1150.42(e). That 

request will be addressed in a separate decision. 

Unless the Board grants the waiver request, the 

earliest this transaction may be consummated will 

be December 7, 2009. 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than November 12, 2009. 

Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB– 

1041X, and must be sent to: (1) Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, and (2) 

Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. 

McFarland, P.C., 208 South LaSalle 

Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604– 

1112. Replies to DN’s petition are due 

on or before November 12, 2009. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment or 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Section of Environmental 

Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA generally will be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 19, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–25503 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35308] 

Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad Co., Inc., 

d/b/a/ Yadkin Valley Railroad 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company 

Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad Co., 

Inc., d/b/a Yadkin Valley Railroad 

Company (YVRR), a Class III rail carrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire, by 

purchase pursuant to an agreement it 

anticipates entering into with Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company (NS) 

(successor to Southern Railway 

Company), and to operate 

approximately 93 miles of rail lines as 

follows: (1) From milepost K–37.0 at 

Rural Hall, in Forsyth County, NC, to 

milepost K–100.2 at North Wilkesboro, 

in Wilkes County, NC; and (2) from 

milepost CF–0.0 at Mount Airy, in Surry 

County, NC, to milepost CF–29.8 at 

Rural Hall, in Forsyth County, NC.1

YVRR has subleased and operated these 

rail lines since March 1994.2

YVRR certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in the 

creation of a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier. 

YVRR states that it intends to 

consummate the transaction on or after 

November 7, 2009, but shall in no event 

consummate the transaction before the 

Board either grants its petition for 

waiver of the 60-day labor notice 

requirement or YVRR satisfies the 

applicable labor notice requirement at 

49 CFR 1150.42(e).3 YVRR requests 

expedited action on its petition. 

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 7 days before the 

exemption becomes effective. 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

No. 110–161, § 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. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35308, 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 RoseMichele Nardi, Esq., Weiner Brodsky 

Sidman Kider PC, 1300 19th Street, 

NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 

20036–1609. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 19, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–25512 Filed 10–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35035] 

Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Tecumseh Branch 

Connecting Railroad Company 

Adrian & Blissfield Rail Road 

Company (ADBF), a Class III rail carrier, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire from 

Tecumseh Branch Connecting Railroad 

Company (TCBY) and to operate, 

approximately 1.3 miles of rail line 

between milepost 44.2 and milepost 

45.5, in the City of Adrian, Lenawee 

County, MI. 

As a result of a transaction between 

ADBF and TCBY on November 19, 2001, 


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