[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 24384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11309]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36179]


Lake State Railway Company--Lease Exemption--Grand Trunk Western 
Railroad Company

    Lake State Railway Company (LSRC), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from 
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (GTW) and operate approximately 
3.9 miles of rail line, extending from approximately milepost 55.8 at 
the north side of Griswold Road to the end of the track at 
approximately milepost 59.7 at the Dunn Paper switch in Port Huron, 
Mich. (PH Track).
    According to LSRC, it has entered into a Track Lease for the 
Handling of Cars and a companion Switching Agreement, both dated March 
23, 2018, providing for LSRC's lease and operation of the PH Track. 
LSRC states that GTW will retain responsibility for the Black River 
drawbridge located at milepost 58.2 on the PH Track.
    LSRC certifies that its projected revenues will not exceed those 
that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier. LSRC further 
certifies, as required by 49 CFR 1150.42(e), that on April 12, 2018, it 
posted a 60-day notice of this transaction at the workplaces of current 
GTW employees on the PH Track and served the notice on the national 
offices of the labor unions for those employees. LSRC states that its 
proposed lease and operation of the PH Track does not involve any 
provision or agreement that would limit future interchange with a 
third-party connecting carrier.
    The transaction may be consummated on June 11, 2018, the effective 
date of the exemption (60 days after the Sec.  1150.42(e) requirements 
were satisfied).
    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 no later than June 4, 2018 
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).\1\
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    \1\ On May 11, 2018, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and 
Trainmen, a Division of the Rail Conference of the International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters (BLET), filed a petition opposing the 
transaction and asking the Board to stay the exemption. The Board 
will address BLET's petition in a separate decision.
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    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 36179, 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 Thomas J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 
29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2832.
    According to LSRC, this action is exempt from environmental review 
under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and exempt from historic review under 49 CFR 
1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.GOV.

    Decided: May 22, 2018.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2018-11309 Filed 5-24-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4915-01-P