Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 16, 2017 / Notices 38985 

1CCR filed a confidential, complete version of the 

1st Agreement Amendment with its notice of 

exemption to be kept confidential by the Board 

under 49 CFR 1104.14(a) without the need for the 

filing of an accompanying motion for protective 

order under 49 CFR 1104.14(b). 

2See Cleveland Commercial R.R.—Change in 

Operators Exemption—Wheeling & Lake Erie Ry., 

FD 34521 (STB served Aug. 6, 2004). 

of these Determinations be published in 

the Federal Register. 

Alyson Grunder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau 

of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17327 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36133] 

Cleveland Commercial Railroad 

Company, LLC—Amended Lease and 

Operation Exemption Containing 

Interchange Commitment—Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company 

Cleveland Commercial Railroad 

Company, LLC (CCR), a Class III rail 

carrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

continue to lease and operate 

approximately 25.3 miles of rail line 

from Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company (NSR) between milepost RH 

2.2+/¥ at Cleveland, Ohio, and 

milepost RH 27.5+/¥ at Aurora, Ohio. 

According to CCR, it first entered into 

a lease agreement (Original Agreement) 

with NSR on May 13, 2009. See 

Cleveland Commercial R.R.—Lease and 

Operation Exemption—Norfolk S. Ry., 

FD 35251 (STB served May 29, 2009). 

On September 15, 2016, CCR and NSR 

agreed to amend the Original Agreement 

(1st Agreement Amendment) to extend 

the agreement’s termination date an 

additional six years, through December 

31, 2025, and to make other changes.1

CCR states that the 1st Agreement 

Amendment will take effect on the 

effective date of this notice of 

exemption. 

CCR states that the 1st Agreement 

Amendment contains an interchange 

commitment in the form of lease credits. 

According to CCR, these credits were 

part of the Original Agreement, which 

CCR sought in negotiations to afford it 

greater financial flexibility to, among 

other things, improve the line’s 

infrastructure. CCR states that the lease 

agreement does not prohibit it from 

interchanging with other carriers and it 

does not set forth terms under which 

CCR may interchange traffic with third 

parties. CCR states that it regularly 

interchanges traffic with Wheeling & 

Lake Erie Railway Company (W&LE) 

and that CCR’s lease and operation of 

the subject line, which physically 

connects with the line that CCR 

currently leases from W&LE, will not 

affect the existing CCR and W&LE 

relationship.2 As required under 49 CFR 

1150.43(h)(1), CCR has disclosed in its 

verified notice that the Original 

Agreement, as modified by the 1st 

Agreement Amendment, affects the 

interchange points with NSR at a track 

in the vicinity of Von Willer Yard in 

Cleveland and with W&LE at Falls 

Junction in Glenwillow, Ohio. CCR has 

provided additional information 

regarding the interchange commitment 

as required by 1150.43(h). 

CCR also certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of the 

transaction will not result in CCR’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier 

and further certifies that its projected 

annual revenues will not exceed $5 

million. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after August 30, 2017, 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 for stay must 

be filed no later than August 23, 2017 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and ten copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36133, 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 John D. Heffner, 

Strasburger & Price, LLP, 1025 

Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 717, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

WWW.STB.GOV. 

Decided: August 11, 2017. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Marline Simeon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17335 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval: Demurrage 

Liability Disclosure Requirements 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, the Surface Transportation 

Board (STB or Board) gives notice that 

it is requesting from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

extension of approval for the collection 

of Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements. The Board previously 

published a notice about this collection 

in the Federal Register. 60-Day Notice 

of Intent to Seek Extension of Approval: 

Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements, 82 FR 16,872 (Apr. 6, 

2017). That notice allowed for a 60-day 

public review and comment period. No 

comments were received. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

September 15, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Surface Transportation 

Board: Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements.’’ These comments should 

be directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Chad 

Lallemand, Surface Transportation 

Board Desk Officer, by email at oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, by fax at 

(202) 395–6974; or by mail to Room 

10235, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. Please also 

direct comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA 

Officer, Surface Transportation Board, 

395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20423–0001, or to pra@stb.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding this 

collection, contact Michael Higgins, 

Deputy Director, Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0284 or at 

michael.higgins@stb.gov. [Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are requested concerning: (1) The 

accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (2) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 


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