[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31367-31368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12325]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 35258 (Sub-No. 1)]


Mississippi Central Railroad Co.--Amended Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Line of Tishomingo County, Mississippi

    Mississippi Central Railroad Co. (MSCI), a Class III rail carrier, 
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to renew 
its lease and continue to operate a line of railroad owned by, and 
located in, Tishomingo County, Miss., between Norfolk Southern Railway 
Company's Iuka Wye at milepost 0.0 and the Tri-State Commerce Park at 
milepost 10.0 (the Line).
    According to the verified notice, MSCI has leased and operated the 
Line since 2009.\1\ MSCI states that the lease for the Line expired on 
December 31, 2019, and that, pursuant to a recently signed Rail Line 
Lease & Operating Agreement (Agreement), the parties have agreed to 
extend the lease through December 31, 2023, with the option for MSCI 
thereafter to extend the lease for two additional four-year terms in 
accordance with the terms of the Agreement. MSCI states that it will 
continue to operate and provide common carrier service to shippers on 
the Line.
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    \1\ See Miss. Cent. R.R.--Change in Operators Exemption--
Tishomingo R.R., FD 35258 (STB served July 10, 2009).
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    MSCI certifies that its projected annual revenues from this 
transaction will not result in its becoming a Class I or Class II rail 
carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
    The earliest this transaction may be consummated is June 26, 2021, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice 
was filed).
    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 to stay must be filed no later than June 18, 2021.
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35258 (Sub-No. 1), 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 
MSCI's representative, William A. Mullins, Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037.
    According to MSCI, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR

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1105.6(c) and from historic reporting under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: June 8, 2021.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2021-12325 Filed 6-10-21; 8:45 am]
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