[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01124]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35894]


Motive Rail, Inc. d/b/a Missouri North Central Railroad--Lease 
and Operation Exemption--Rail Line of Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company

    Motive Rail, Inc., d/b/a Missouri North Central Railroad (MNCR), a 
Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 
49 CFR 1150.41 to operate, pursuant to a track lease and an operating 
agreement, approximately 9,504 linear feet of track presently owned by 
the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSMBC), extending between milepost 
24.5 and milepost 22.7 in Quinnesec, Mich. (the Line).
    MNCR states that while its agreement with SSMBC provides MNCR with 
a nonexclusive agreement to provide common carrier rail operations over 
the Line, SSMBC will retain the right to provide service over the Line. 
According to MNCR, there are no agreements applicable to the Line 
imposing any interchange commitments.
    MNCR states that it intends to consummate this transaction ``30 
days from the date of [its] notice, probably around early to mid-
February 2015.'' The earliest this transaction may be consummated is 
February 6, 2015, the effective date of this exemption (30 days after 
the verified notice was filed).
    MNCR certifies that the projected annual revenues as a result of 
this transaction will not result in MNCR's becoming a Class I or II 
rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
    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 to stay must be filed by January 30, 2015 (at 
least seven days prior to the date the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35894, 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, 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.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: January 20, 2015.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-01124 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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