[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 55301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14639]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36788]


Front Range Railroad LLC--Operation Exemption--Line in Adams 
County, Colo.

    Front Range Railroad LLC (FRRL), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 
notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate over 
approximately 0.51 miles (approximately 2,700 feet) of what is 
currently private industry railroad track that is part of a logistics 
complex in Bennett, Adams County, Colo. (the Line). Rail Land Company, 
LLC (RLCL), an unaffiliated noncarrier, owns the Line. The Line 
connects to a rail line of the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) at 
UP milepost 613.81 and proceeds approximately eastward and then 
northward 0.51 miles to the main switch to an RLCL-owned yard facility.
    According to the verified notice, FRRL and RLCL have entered into 
an operation agreement under which FRRL will operate and provide common 
carrier rail service to customers on the Line and connecting ancillary 
(yard) trackage.
    This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice 
of exemption in Patriot Rail Company LLC--Continuance in Control 
Exemption--Front Range Railroad, Docket No. FD 36789, in which Patriot 
Rail Company LLC, SteelRiver Transport Ventures LLC, Global Diversified 
Infrastructure Fund (North America) LP, First State Infrastructure 
Managers (International) Limited, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, 
Inc., seek to continue in control of FRRL upon FRRL's becoming a Class 
III rail carrier.
    FRRL certifies that its annual projected revenues as a result of 
the transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class 
III carrier and will not exceed $5 million. FRRL also states that the 
operation agreement does not have any interchange commitments.
    FRRL intends to consummate the transaction on or shortly after the 
effective date of this notice. The earliest this transaction may be 
consummated is July 18, 2024, the effective date of the exemption.
    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 for stay must be filed no later than July 11, 2024 
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36788, must be filed with 
the Surface Transportation Board either via e-filing on the Board's 
website or in writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 
20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on 
FRRL's representative, Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 
North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606-3208.
    According to FRRL, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from historic 
preservation reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b).
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided: June 28, 2024.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-14639 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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