[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 71134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24663]



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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36430]


R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Owego & Harford Line, Inc.--
Modified Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

    On August 19, 2020, R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Owego & Harford 
Line, Inc. (RJOH),\1\ a noncarrier subsidiary of R. J. Corman Railroad 
Company, LLC (RJCR), filed a notice for a modified certificate of 
public convenience and necessity under 49 CFR part 1150 subpart C--
Modified Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, to permit 
RJOH to operate over a rail line owned by the Tioga County Industrial 
Development Agency (TCIDA), a public agency and political subdivision 
of the State of New York, located between milepost 0.0 at Owego, N.Y., 
and milepost 27.6 at North Harford, N.Y. (the Line).\2\
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    \1\ On August 27, 2020, RJCR and RJOH filed a letter in this and 
a related docket with additional information relating to a change in 
RJOH's corporate status from limited liability company to 
corporation.
    \2\ RJCR is a noncarrier and wholly owned subsidiary of R. J. 
Corman Railroad Group, LLC (RJRG). In a related proceeding, RJCR and 
RJRG have filed a verified notice of exemption to continue in 
control of RJOH upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier. See R. 
J. Corman R.R.--Continuance in Control Exemption--R. J. Corman R.R./
Lehigh Line, et al., Docket No. FD 36431. This transaction is also 
related to the following concurrently filed notices: (1) R. J. 
Corman R.R./Lehigh Line--Change in Operators Exemption with 
Interchange Commitment--Lehigh Ry., et al., Docket No. FD 36428, in 
which R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Lehigh Line, LLC, seeks 
authority to assume the lease and operation of 56.0 miles of rail 
line and related industrial track in Bradford and Wyoming Counties, 
Pa.; and (2) R. J. Corman R.R./Luzerne & Susquehanna Line--Change in 
Operators Exemption--Luzerne and Susquehanna Ry. et al., Docket No. 
FD 36429, in which R. J. Corman Railroad Company/Luzerne & 
Susquehanna Line, LLC, seeks authority to assume the lease and 
operation of approximately 41.19 miles of rail line in Luzerne and 
Lackawanna Counties, Pa. The Board sought additional information 
relating to certain of these transactions by decision served 
September 17, 2020.
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    RJOH states that the Line was authorized for abandonment in 1976 
and sold to TCIDA in 1981 for continued rail service, and has been 
operated by the Owego & Harford Railway, Inc. (Owego & Harford), 
pursuant to a modified rail certificate. (Notice 3, 5.) See Owego & 
Harford Ry.--Modified Rail Certificate, FD 32063 (ICC served May 15, 
1992).
    According the notice, RJOH will provide rail service pursuant to an 
Operating Agreement between Owego & Harford and TCIDA, dated February 
13, 2013, which is being assigned to and assumed by RJOH as part of its 
purchase of the material assets of Owego & Harford. (Notice 6.)
    The Line qualifies for a modified certificate of public convenience 
and necessity. See Common Carrier Status of States, State Agencies & 
Instrumentalities & Political Subdivisions, FD 28990F (ICC served July 
16, 1981); 49 CFR 1150.22. RJOH states that no subsidy is involved and 
that there will be no preconditions that shippers must meet to receive 
service. RJOH's notice also includes a certificate of liability 
insurance coverage. (Notice Ex. C.)
    This notice will be served on the Association of American Railroads 
(Car Service Division), as agent for all railroads subscribing to the 
car-service and car-hire agreement, at 425 Third Street SW, Suite 1000, 
Washington, DC 20024; and on the American Short Line and Regional 
Railroad Association at 50 F Street NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 
20001.
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: November 2, 2020.

    By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Brendetta Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2020-24663 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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