[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26239]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 290X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Pulaski
County, AR
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F-Exempt Abandonments to
abandon a line of railroad known as the North Little Rock Junction
Bridge Line, extending from milepost 343.65 to the end of the line at
milepost 343.97, a distance of .32 miles, in North Little Rock, in
Pulaski County, Ark. The line traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Code 72118.
UP has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line
for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic 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
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 be
effective on November 20, 2010, 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
trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
November 1, 2010. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by November 10, 2010,
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-Service 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 $1,500. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to UP's
representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr., Senior General Attorney, 101
North Wacker Drive, 1920, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
UP 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 October 26, 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.
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), UP 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 UP's filing of a notice of consummation by October
21, 2011, 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: October 12, 2010.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-26239 Filed 10-20-10; 8:45 am]
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