[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 125 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14631]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35149]


Mitchell-Rapid City Regional Railroad Authority--Modified Rail 
Certificate--Between Caputa and Rapid City, SD

    On June 6, 2008, Mitchell-Rapid City Regional Railroad Authority 
(MRCRRA)\1\ filed a notice for a modified certificate of public 
convenience and necessity under 49 CFR Part 1150, Subpart C, Modified 
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, to operate a line of 
railroad between Caputa and Rapid City, SD (Caputa-Rapid City segment), 
owned by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT). The 
Caputa-Rapid City segment extends from milepost 646.0, near Caputa, to 
milepost 659.6 in Rapid City, in Pennington County, SD, a distance of 
approximately 13.6 miles.
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    \1\ MRCRRA is a political subdivision of the State of South 
Dakota.
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    The Caputa-Rapid City segment is part of a larger line of railroad, 
extending from Mitchell, SD, to Rapid City, that was acquired by the 
State of South Dakota from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific 
Railroad Company after the line was approved for abandonment.\2\
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    \2\ See Richard B. Olgivie, Trustee of the Property of Chicago, 
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment--In 
South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, Docket No. AB-7 (Sub-No. 88) (ICC 
served May 14, 1980).
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    The State of South Dakota, through SDDOT, leased the Caputa-Rapid 
City segment to MRCRRA by agreement dated April 7, 2008. The line is 
currently out of service and requires rehabilitation before rail 
operations can commence. MRCRRA would provide service in its own name 
through a third-party contract operator, or by a sublease of the line 
to a third-party carrier.
    The rail segment qualifies for a modified certificate of public 
convenience and necessity. See Common Carrier Status of States, State 
Agencies and Instrumentalities and Political Subdivisions, Finance 
Docket No. 28990F (ICC served July 16, 1981).
    MRCRRA states that as of now no subsidy is involved and that there 
are no preconditions for shippers to meet in order to receive rail 
service.
    This notice will be served on the Association of American Railroads 
(Car Service Division) as agent for all railroads subscribing to the 
car-service and car-hire agreement: Association of American Railroads, 
50 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001; and on the American Short Line 
and Regional Railroad Association: American Short Line and Regional 
Railroad Association, 50 F Street, NW., Suite 7020, Washington, DC 
20001.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 23, 2008.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-14631 Filed 6-26-08; 8:45 am]
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