[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 73585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29189]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35785]


The Three Rivers Railway Company--Corporate Family Merger 
Exemption--Mahoning State Line Railroad Company

    The Three Rivers Railway Company (TRRC) and Mahoning State Line 
Railroad Company (MSLR) (collectively, applicants) have filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3) for a corporate 
family transaction.
    According to applicants, TRRC is a Class III railroad and a 
subsidiary of CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT).\1\ TRRC directly 
controls and operates MSLR, a Class III carrier and wholly owned 
subsidiary of TRRC.
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    \1\ See CSX Transp., Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--The 
Three Rivers Ry., FD 32056 (ICC served Oct. 23, 1992).
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    Under the proposed transaction, MSLR will be merged with and into 
TRRC. Applicants state that the purpose of the corporate transaction is 
to simplify the corporate structure and reduce overhead costs, and that 
the transaction will reduce corporate overhead and duplication by 
eliminating one corporation while retaining the same assets to serve 
customers.
    Unless stayed, the exemption will be effective on December 21, 2013 
(30 days after the verified notice was filed). Applicants state that 
TRRC intends to merge MSLR into TRRC on or after that date.
    This is a transaction within a corporate family of the type 
specifically exempted from prior review and approval under 49 CFR 
1180.2(d)(3). Applicants state that the transaction will not result in 
adverse changes in service levels, significant operational changes, or 
a change 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. Because CSXT, which controls 
TRRC directly and MSLR indirectly, is a Class I carrier, any employees 
adversely affected by this transaction will, as a condition to the use 
of this exemption, be protected by the conditions set forth in New York 
Dock Railway--Control--Brooklyn District Eastern Terminal, 360 I.C.C. 
60 (1979).\2\
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    \2\ See Genessee & Wyo., Inc.--Corporate Family Transaction 
Exemption, FD 35764 (STB served Sept. 13, 2013) (making a corporate 
family transaction subject to labor protection that applies to 
transactions involving a Class II carrier because the corporate 
family included a Class II carrier).
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    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 effectiveness of the exemption. 
Petitions for stay must be filed no later than December 13, 2013 (at 
least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35785, 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 Louis E. Gitomer, Esq., Law Offices of Louis 
E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: December 3, 2013.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-29189 Filed 12-5-13; 8:45 am]
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