[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-128]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35458]


Gabriel D. Hall--Corporate Family Transaction Exemption--U S Rail 
New York, LLC and U S Rail Corporation

    Gabriel D. Hall (Applicant), an individual, has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3) for a transaction within 
a corporate family. The transaction involves the creation of U S Rail 
New York (USR-NY) and the acquisition by USR-NY of the leasehold 
rights, and construction and operation rights of U S Rail Corporation 
(U S Rail) related to the Brookhaven Rail Terminal.\1\
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    \1\ In U S Rail Corporation--Construction and Operation 
Exemption--Brookhaven Rail Terminal, FD 35141 (STB served Sept. 9, 
2010), the Board granted U S Rail's construction exemption, which 
would connect U S Rail with the Long Island Railroad.
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    Applicant controls U S Rail, a Class III carrier, which operates in 
Ohio, Indiana, and New York, and U S Rail New Jersey, also a Class III 
carrier, which operates in New Jersey. As a result of this transaction, 
U S Rail will assign its construction and operation authority involving 
the Brookhaven Rail Terminal, together with the leasehold interest in 
the underlying property, to USR-NY. USR-NY will facilitate financing 
for the approved construction and subsequent carrier operations, while 
Applicant remains in control of both entities.
    The exemption will be effective on January 21, 2011 (30 days after 
the exemption was filed).
    This is a transaction within a corporate family of the type 
exempted from prior review and approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). 
Applicant states that the transaction will not result in adverse 
changes in service levels, significant operational changes, or changes 
in the competitive balance with carriers outside the corporate family.
    Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board may not use its exemption 
authority to relieve a rail carrier of its statutory obligation to 
protect the interests of its employees. Section 11326(c), however, does 
not provide for labor protection for transactions under Sec. Sec.  
11324 and 11325 that involve only Class III rail carriers. Accordingly, 
the Board may not impose labor protective conditions here, because all 
of the carriers involved are Class III rail carriers.
    If the 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 transaction. Petitions for stay 
will be due no later than January 14 (at least 7 days before the 
effective date of the exemption).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35458 must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one copy of each 
pleading must be served on Applicant's representative, Eric M. Hocky, 
2005 Market Street, Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 3, 2011.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-128 Filed 1-6-11; 8:45 am]
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