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1 In addition to leasing the Line from the City, 

SDR indicates that it is entering into an interchange 

agreement with Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern 

Railroad Corporation, a rail carrier subsidiary of 

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP). 

2SDR indicates that the Board approved the 

City’s construction of the subject line in City of 

Davenport, Iowa—Construction & Operation 

Exemption—in Scott County, Iowa, FD 35237 (STB 

served April 6, 2011). SDR states that there are no 

mileposts on the subject line but that it may install 

mileposts at a later date. 

1Although Savage does not explicitly state that 

its transaction will not involve a Class I carrier, see 

49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2)(iii), the Board infers such as 

SBG is a Class III carrier, SDR has sought an 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to become a Class 

III carrier, and there are no other rail carriers in the 

Savage corporate family. 

STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE 

SJI Board of Directors Meeting, Notice 

AGENCY: State Justice Institute. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The SJI Board of Directors 

will be meeting on Monday, September 

11, 2017 at 1:45 p.m. The meeting will 

be held at the Umstead Hotel in Cary, 

North Carolina. The purpose of this 

meeting is to consider grant applications 

for the 4th quarter of FY 2017, and other 

business. All portions of this meeting 

are open to the public. 

ADDRESSES: Umstead Hotel, 100 

Woodland Pond Drive, Cary, NC 27513. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Mattiello, Executive Director, 

State Justice Institute, 11951 Freedom 

Drive, Suite 1020, Reston, VA 20190, 

571–313–8843, contact@sji.gov. 

Jonathan D. Mattiello, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18595 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–SC–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36142] 

Savage Davenport Railroad 

Company—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—City of Davenport, Iowa 

Savage Davenport Railroad Company 

(SDR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.31 to lease from the City of 

Davenport, Iowa (City) and to operate a 

2.8-mile line of railroad (the Line).1 The 

Line extends west and south from a 

point about 75 feet from milepost 191.2 

on a CP mainline, near Davenport, Iowa, 

to the City-owned Davenport Transload 

Facility.2

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Savage Services 

Corporation—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—Savage Davenport Railroad 

Company, Docket No. FD 36142 (SubNo. 1), in which Savage Services 

Corporation seeks Board approval to 

continue in control of SDR upon SDR’s 

becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

SDR certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

I or Class II rail carrier and will not 

exceed $5 million. SDR also states that 

there are no provisions or agreements 

limiting interchange with other carriers. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after September 15, 2017, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice of 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 September 8, 2017 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36142, 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 applicant’s representative, 

Richard F. Riley Jr., Foley & Lardner 

LLP, 3000 K Street NW., Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20007–5109. 

According to SDR, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at 

WWW.STB.GOV. 

Decided: August 29, 2017. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Rena` Laws-Byrum, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18582 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36142 (Sub-No. 1)] 

Savage Services Corporation— 

Continuance in Control Exemption— 

Savage Davenport Railroad Company 

Savage Services Corporation (Savage) 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue 

in control of Savage Davenport Railroad 

Company (SDR) upon SDR’s becoming a 

Class III rail carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Savage Davenport 

Railroad Company—Lease & Operation 

Exemption—City of Davenport, Iowa, 

Docket No. FD 36142. In that 

proceeding, SDR seeks an exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease and 

operate a 2.8-mile line of railroad 

owned by the City of Davenport, Iowa. 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is September 15, 2017, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the verified notice was filed). 

SDR states that it intends to 

consummate the transaction in October 

2017. 

Savage is a privately held company 

that controls Savage, Bingham & 

Garfield Railroad Company (SBG), a 

Class III rail carrier. 

Savage represents that: (1) The rail 

lines of SDR and SBG do not connect 

with each other; (2) the continuance in 

control is not part of a series of 

anticipated transactions that would 

connect the rail line to be operated by 

SDR with any other railroad in 

applicant’s corporate family; and (3) 

there are no other rail carriers in the 

Savage corporate family.1 Therefore, the 

proposed transaction is exempt from the 

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under Section 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here, 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III carriers. 

If the 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 September 8, 2017 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36142 (Sub-No. 1) 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 applicant’s 

representative, Richard F. Riley Jr., 

Foley & Lardner LLP, 3000 K Street 

NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20007– 

5109. 


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