[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 10147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02927]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36726]


Pan Am Southern LLC--Temporary Overhead Trackage Rights--Boston 
and Maine Corporation and Springfield Terminal Railway Corporation

    On February 2, 2024, Pan Am Southern LLC (PAS) filed a request 
under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for an additional extension of the temporary 
overhead trackage rights previously granted in this docket over a line 
owned by the Boston and Maine Corporation (B&M) and leased and operated 
by Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST). That line generally 
extends between PAS's existing connection to B&M/ST's tracks at 
Engineering Station 215+89 at CPF 312 outside Ayer, Mass., and 
Engineering Station 225+00 outside Ayer, for a total distance of 
approximately 1,000 feet (the Line).
    PAS was authorized to acquire these trackage rights over the Line 
by notice of exemption served and published in the Federal Register on 
September 28, 2023 (88 FR 66928).\1\ By decision served in this docket 
on December 5, 2023, and published in the Federal Register on December 
8, 2023 (88 FR 85717), the trackage rights were extended until February 
5, 2024. The purpose of the trackage rights is to provide the necessary 
head and tail room to reposition locomotives while PAS procures and 
installs a ``cross-over'' to address a lack of space on the Line.
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    \1\ On September 28, 2023, the Board granted PAS' petition to 
waive the requirement under 49 CFR 1180.4(g) that a verified notice 
be filed at least 30 days before the transaction is consummated and 
allowed the exemption to take effect immediately.
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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. PAS states the initial construction 
schedule continues to be delayed, and the parties wish to extend the 
temporary overhead trackage rights until September 1, 2024, so that PAS 
can continue to provide service while construction is being completed. 
According to PAS, the parties have agreed to the extension and are 
working to finalize the paperwork. PAS states that it will file a copy 
of the amendment to the temporary trackage rights agreement with the 
Board once it is executed.
    In accordance with 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8), PAS's temporary trackage 
rights over the Line will be extended and will expire on September 1, 
2024. The employee protective conditions imposed in the September 28, 
2023 notice remain in effect. Notice of the extension will be published 
in the Federal Register.
    It is ordered:
    1. PAS's temporary trackage rights are extended and will expire on 
September 1, 2024.
    2. Notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    3. This decision is effective on its service date.

    Decided: February 8, 2024.

    By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-02927 Filed 2-12-24; 8:45 am]
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