[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2941-2942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01594]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36068 (Sub-No. 2)]


The Indiana Rail Road Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc.

    On December 21, 2018, The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD), a Class 
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rail carrier, filed a request under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for a one-year 
extension of the limited temporary overhead trackage rights previously 
granted in this sub-docket over a line of railroad of CSX 
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), between its connection with CSXT at 
approximately CSXT milepost OZA 204.5 at Sullivan, Ind., and the 
connection with trackage serving the Oaktown Mine at approximately CSXT 
milepost OZA 219.05 at Oaktown, Ind., a distance of approximately 14.55 
miles (the Line).
    INRD was authorized to acquire these trackage rights over the Line 
by notice of exemption served and published in the Federal Register on 
December 22, 2017 (82 FR 60,788). The trackage rights permit INRD to 
handle loaded and empty unit coal trains between the Oaktown Mine and 
the Kentucky Utilities Generating Station in Harrodsburg, KY, in 
interline service with other carriers. The rights were scheduled to 
expire on December 31, 2018.\1\
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    \1\ Because of the partial shutdown of the Federal government 
from December 22, 2018, through January 25, 2019, INRD's extension 
request could not be addressed before the trackage rights were 
scheduled to expire.
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    Under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8), the parties may, prior to the expiration 
of the temporary trackage rights, file a request for a renewal of the 
temporary rights for an additional period of up to one year, including 
the reasons for the extension. INRD states that CSXT has agreed to 
extend the temporary trackage rights for an additional year. INRD 
states that the reason for the extension is that further short-term 
traffic movements to the Kentucky Utilities Generating Station appear 
probable and feasible.
    INRD filed a draft copy of the amendment to the temporary trackage 
rights agreement with its request for the one-year extension, and 
states that it will submit a finalized version within 10 days of 
execution. INRD also acknowledges that any further extension of these 
rights, or a conversion of the rights from temporary to permanent, 
would require a separate notice of exemption filing pursuant to 49 CFR 
1180.4(g).
    In accordance with 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8), INRD's temporary trackage 
rights over the Line will be extended for one year and will expire on 
December 31, 2019. The employee protective conditions imposed in the 
December 22, 2017 notice remain in effect. Notice of the one-year 
extension will be published in the Federal Register.
    It is ordered:
    1. INRD's temporary trackage rights over the Line are extended for 
one year and will expire on December 31, 2019.
    2. Notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    3. This decision is effective on its service date.

    Decided: February 4, 2019.

    By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019-01594 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4915-01-P