[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04611]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36270]


Sequatchie Valley Switching Company, LLC--Operation Exemption--
Tennessee Railroad Holdings, LLC

    Sequatchie Valley Switching Company, LLC (SQSC), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate 
approximately 11.77 miles of rail line (the Line) pursuant to an 
operating agreement with Tennessee Railroad Holdings, LLC (TRH), a 
noncarrier.\1\ The Line extends between milepost 0.0, a point of 
connection to CSX Transportation, Inc., at or near Bridgeport, Jackson 
County, Ala., and milepost 11.77, the end of track at or near Jaspar, 
Marion County, Tenn.
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    \1\ TRH concurrently filed a verified notice of exemption in 
Tennessee Railroad Holdings, LLC--Acquisition Exemption--Sequatchie 
Valley Railroad, Inc., Docket No. FD 36269, in which TRH seeks to 
acquire the Line and become a Class III rail carrier.
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    The transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice 
of exemption in Gregory B. Cundiff Trust--Continuance in Control 
Exemption--Tennessee Railroad Holdings, Inc., Sequatchie Valley 
Switching Co., LLC, & Walking Horse Railroad, LLC, Docket No. FD 36272, 
in which the Gregory B. Cundiff Trust, the Connie Cundiff Trust, CGX, 
Inc., and Ironhorse Resources, Inc., seek to continue in control of 
SQSC upon SQSC's becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    SQSC certifies that, as a result of this transaction, its projected 
revenues would not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III 
rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million. SQSC states that the 
agreement does not involve any provision or agreement that may limit 
future interchange.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after March 27, 2019, the 
effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice was 
filed).
    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. 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 to stay must be filed no later than March 20, 2019 
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 36270, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. McFarland, 
P.C., 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1666, Chicago, IL 60604-1228.
    According to SQSC, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 
under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: March 8, 2019.

    By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019-04611 Filed 3-12-19; 8:45 am]
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