[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 214 (Friday, November 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68396-68397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27937]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35429]


Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad Company

    Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC (MSV), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire 
from Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad Company and to operate over 
approximately 21 miles of rail line between milepost 21.0 (Bruce 
Junction) and milepost 0.0 (Bruce) in Yalobusha and Calhoun Counties, 
Miss.

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    This transaction is related to a transaction in which Patriot Rail, 
LLC and its subsidiaries entered into an asset purchase agreement on 
July 21, 2010, to acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR Company certain rail 
assets and the rail assets of five of its subsidiaries.
    This transaction is also related to six other transactions for 
which notices of exemption have been concurrently filed: Docket No. FD 
35425, Tennessee Southern Railroad Company, Patriot Rail, LLC, Patriot 
Rail Holdings LLC, and Patriot Rail Corp.--Continuance in Control 
Exemption--Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC, Dequeen and Eastern 
Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna 
Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma 
& Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot Rail, LLC and its 
subsidiaries seek to continue in control of MSV in this proceeding and 
five other newly created noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter 
becoming Class III rail carriers in the following proceedings: (1) 
Docket No. FD 35426, Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, LLC--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company; (2) Docket No. 
FD 35427, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--DeQueen and Eastern Railroad Company; (3) Docket No. FD 
35428, Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Golden Triangle Railroad Company; (4) Docket No. FD 35430, 
Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company; and (5) Docket 
No. FD 35431, Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad 
Operating Division.
    The parties intend to consummate the transaction on or after 
December 21, 2010.
    MSV certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of the 
transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III 
rail carrier and further certifies that its projected annual revenues 
will not exceed $5 million.
    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. Sec.  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 for stay must be filed no later than November 
12, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35429 must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy must be 
served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, MD 
21204.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: November 1, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-27937 Filed 11-4-10; 8:45 am]
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