[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24133-24134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09462]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36510]


Bogalusa Bayou Railroad, L.L.C. d/b/a Geaux Geaux Railroad--
Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Geaux Geaux Railroad, LLC

    Bogalusa Bayou Railroad, L.L.C. (BBR), a Class III railroad, filed 
a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire title 
from Geaux Geaux Railroad, LLC, and to conduct common carrier 
operations over, two contiguous railroad line segments, totaling 
approximately 23.26 miles, extending between: (1) Milepost 0.0 at 
Slaughter, La., and a point lying westerly thereof at what would be 
milepost 11.0 \1\ at Zee, La. (the Zee Segment); and (2) milepost 
345.84 (immediately north of Slaughter and the point of connection with 
the Zee Segment) and a point lying southerly thereof at milepost 358.1 
at Maryland, La. (collectively, the Line).
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    \1\ The verified notice indicates that currently there are no 
physical mileposts in place on the Zee Segment beyond milepost 9.69.
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    The verified notice states that BBR has operated on the Line since 
2015, and that it obtained Board authority to do so, less what is 
currently unregulated ancillary track from milepost 9.69 to milepost 
11, in Bogalusa Bayou Railroad--Operation Exemption--Geaux Geaux 
Railroad, FD 35904 (STB served Feb. 13, 2015).
    BBR certifies that the proposed acquisition of the Line does not 
involve an interchange commitment. BBR further certifies that its 
projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not 
result in its becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier and will not 
exceed $5 million.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after May 19, 2021 (30 
days after the verified notice of exemption 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 May 12, 2021 
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36510, should be filed 
with the Surface Transportation Board via e-filing on the Board's 
website. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on BBR's 
representative, Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC,

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29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606.
    According to BBR, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 
requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.


    Decided: April 29, 2021.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.

[FR Doc. 2021-09462 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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