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41192 - Decision
PROVIDED NOTICE THAT WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ABANDON A 1.92-MILE RAILROAD LINE IN BROWN COUNTY, WIS.
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41192 SERVICE DATE-
41192 SERVICE DATE – NOVEMBER 10, 2010
[Docket No. AB 303 (Sub-No. 36X)]
Wisconsin Central Ltd.—Abandonment Exemption―in Brown County, Wis.
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. pt. 1152 subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 1.92-mile railroad line starting at milepost 3.88, in the Village of Howard, Wis., and ending at milepost 5.8, on the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Reservation, in Brown County, Wis.[1] The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 54307.
WCL has certified that: (1) no local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line to be rerouted; (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 either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-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 December 10, 2010, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,[2] formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.27(c)(2),[3] and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.29 must be filed by November 22, 2010. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 C.F.R. § 1152.28 must be filed by November 30, 2010, 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 WCL’s representative: Michael J. Barron, Jr., Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2832.
WCL has filed a combined environmental and historic report which addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by November 15, 2010. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423-0001) or by calling OEA, 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.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 C.F.R. § 1152.29(e)(2), WCL 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 WCL’s filing of a notice of consummation by November 10, 2011, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire.
Decided: November 4, 2010.
[1] WCL states that the line appears to contain a Federally granted right-of-way.