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44226 - Decision
OUACHITA RAILROAD, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION—IN UNION COUNTY, ARK., AND UNION PARISH, LA
PROVIDED NOTICE THAT OUACHITA RAILROAD, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ABANDON AN APPROXIMATELY 13.4 MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST 112, NEAR JUNCTION CITY, IN UNION COUNTY, ARK., AND MILEPOST 125.4, NEAR LILLIE, IN UNION PARISH, LA.
44226 SERVICE DATE – JANUARY 16, 2015
[Docket No. AB 1122X]
Ouachita Railroad, Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in Union County, Ark., and Union Parish, La.
Ouachita Railroad, Inc. (Ouachita) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. pt. 1152 subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 13.4‑mile line of railroad between milepost 112, near Junction City, in Union County, Ark., and milepost 125.4, near Lillie, in Union Parish, La. (the Line). The Line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 71749 and 71256.
Ouachita has certified that (1) no local traffic has moved over the Line for at least two years; (2) the line is stub-ended and not capable of handling overhead traffic; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the Line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the Line is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of a complainant within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 C.F.R. § 1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 C.F.R. § 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 C.F.R. § 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 C.F.R. § 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met.
Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on February 18, 2015, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,[1] formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.27(c)(2),[2] and interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.29 must be filed by January 26, 2015. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.28 must be filed by February 5, 2015, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to Ouachita’s representative: Richard H. Streeter, 5255 Partridge Lane, N.W., Washington, DC 20016.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 C.F.R. § 1152.29(e)(2), Ouachita 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 Ouachita’s filing of a notice of consummation by January 16, 2016, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire.