[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65048-65049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26544]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 703X)]


CSX Transportation, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Chesterfield 
and Darlington Counties, SC

    On October 1, 2010, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed with the 
Surface Transportation Board a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 
exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a 2.71-mile 
line of railroad on its Southern Region, Florence Division, Hamlet 
Subdivision, between milepost SJ 304.75, at Tabernacle Road, and 
milepost SJ 307.46, at Bobo Newsome Highway, in Chesterfield and 
Darlington Counties, S.C. (the line). The line traverses United States 
Postal Service Zip Codes 29101 and 29550 and includes stations at 
Darlco, FSAC 71202366, OPSL 2638, milepost SJ 306, and Robinson, FSAC 
71202370, OPSL 2640, milepost SJ 307.
    In addition to an exemption from the prior approval requirements of 
49 U.S.C. 10903, CSXT seeks an exemption from 49 U.S.C. 10904 (offer of 
financial assistance procedures). In support, CSXT states that, 
following abandonment of the line, CSXT intends to reclassify the line 
as spur track and sell or lease it to Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc. 
(PEC), the sole shipper on the line, which will then use the line for 
expanded intra-plant operations. This request will be addressed in the 
final decision. In order to facilitate the reclassification of the line 
as spur track and the subsequent sale or lease of the line to PEC, CSXT 
has requested that the Board condition the abandonment upon CSXT and 
PEC entering an agreement providing for the sale or lease of the line 
from CSXT to PEC within 30 days after CSXT has consummated the 
abandonment and reclassified the line as spur track. This request will 
also be addressed in the final decision.
    The line does not contain federally granted rights-of-way. Any 
documentation in CSXT's possession concerning this matter will be made 
available promptly to those requesting it.
    The interest of railroad employees will be protected by the 
conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad--Abandonment Portion 
Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, In Bingham & Bonneville Counties, 
Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    By issuing this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption 
proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be 
issued by January 19, 2011.
    Any offer of financial assistance (OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) 
will be due no later than 10 days after service of a decision granting 
the petition for exemption. Each OFA must be accompanied by a $1,500 
filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
    All interested persons should be aware that, following abandonment 
of rail service and salvage of the line, the line may be suitable for 
other public use, including interim trail use. Any request for a public 
use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail banking under 
49 CFR 1152.29 will be due no later than November 10, 2010. Each trail 
use request must be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 CFR 
1002.2(f)(27).
    All filings in response to this notice must refer to Docket No. AB 
55 (Sub-No. 703X), and must be sent to: (1) Surface Transportation 
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001; and (2) Louis E. 
Gitomer, Law Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 
301, Towson, MD 21204. Replies to CSXT's petition are due on or before 
November 10, 2010.
    Persons seeking further information concerning abandonment 
procedures

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may contact the Board's Office of Public Assistance, Governmental 
Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245-0238 or refer to the full 
abandonment or discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 
Questions concerning environmental issues may be directed to the 
Board's Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245-0305. 
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    An environmental assessment (EA) (or environmental impact statement 
(EIS), if necessary) prepared by OEA will be served upon all parties of 
record and upon any agencies or other persons who commented during its 
preparation. Other interested persons may contact OEA to obtain a copy 
of the EA (or EIS). EAs in these abandonment proceedings normally will 
be made available within 60 days of the filing of the petition. The 
deadline for submission of comments on the EA will generally be within 
30 days of its service.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.

    Decided: October 18, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-26544 Filed 10-20-10; 8:45 am]
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