[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 19400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08111]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 43 (Sub-No. 189X)]
Illinois Central Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in
Champaign County, Ill
Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Canadian National Railway Company, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F-Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 3.2 miles of railroad line (the Line). The Line
extends between milepost 7.8 in Bondville and milepost 11 in Seymour,
in Champaign County, Ill., and traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 61815, 61822, and 61875.
IC has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the Line
for at least two years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the Line
that would have to be rerouted over other lines; (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 two-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 may become
effective on May 12, 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 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\2\ and
interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by April 20, 2015. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by April 30, 2015, with
the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20423-0001.
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\1\ 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.
\2\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is
currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to IC's
representative: Audrey L. Brodrick, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 N. Wacker
Dr., Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
IC has filed a combined environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA)
by April 17, 2015. 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 at (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 interim 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), IC 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 IC's filing of a notice of consummation by April
10, 2016, 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
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: April 3, 2015.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-08111 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
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