[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35068-35069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14639]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 101 Sub-No. 18X]
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company; Abandonment
Exemption--in St. Louis County, MN
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company (DMIR), filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F-Exempt
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Abandonments to abandon 1.96 miles of rail line between mileposts 0.00
and 1.96, in Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.\1\ The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Code 55808.
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\1\ DMIR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian National
Railway Company.
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DMIR 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; (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 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental
report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper
publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected
by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line
Railroad--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in
Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address
whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a
petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will
become effective on July 15, 2011, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental
issues,\2\ formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),\3\ and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR
1152.29 must be filed by June 27, 2011. Petitions to reopen or requests
for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by July 5,
2011, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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\2\ The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on
environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board's
Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the exemption's effective date.
See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any
request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the
Board may take appropriate action before the exemption's effective
date.
\3\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is
currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
DMIR's representative: Thomas J. Healey, 17641 S. Ashland Ave.,
Homewood, IL 60430.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
DMIR 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 June 20, 2011. 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.
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), DMIR 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 DMIR's filing of a notice of
consummation by June 15, 2012, 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: June 8, 2011.
By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-14639 Filed 6-14-11; 8:45 am]
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