[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 134 (Friday, July 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57175-57176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15315]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36791]


The Central Railroad Company of Indiana--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc.

    The Central Railroad Company of Indiana (CIND), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1180.2(d)(7) for CIND's acquisition of trackage rights pursuant to an 
amendment of an existing trackage rights agreement between CIND and CSX 
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT). In 1991, CSXT granted CIND overhead 
trackage rights over approximately 6 miles of rail line.\1\ Pursuant to 
a written amendment to the 1991 agreement,\2\ CSXT has agreed to extend 
the trackage rights by 1,135 feet between Ivorydale Junction and NA 
Tower (+-milepost

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BB 7.5) to permit CIND to interchange with the Indiana & Ohio Railway 
Company.\3\
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    \1\ According to the verified notice, the ``Original Joint 
Trackage'' consists of: CSXT's Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision via 
Oklahoma Track, #3 Main Track and #1 and #2 Mains and such other 
terminal trackage as may from time to time be specified by CSXT, 
between the connection of Oklahoma Track with the Shelbyville Line 
near the east end of Storrs Yard at or about milepost BC 1 and the 
connection of #1 Main with the trackage of Norfolk Southern Railway 
Company (NSR) at Ivorydale Junction, Ohio.
    \2\ An executed, redacted version of the 1991 trackage rights 
agreement and amendment were filed with the verified notice. CIND 
also submitted under seal an executed, unredacted version of the 
agreement and amendment and filed a motion for protective order. 
That motion is addressed in a separate decision.
    \3\ CIND will also continue to have the ability to interchange 
with NSR that was available under the original trackage rights 
agreement.
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after July 27, 2024, the 
effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice was 
filed).
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
exempted transaction will be protected by the conditions imposed in 
Norfolk & Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington Northern, Inc., 
354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease & 
Operate--California Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
    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 19, 2024 
(at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36791, 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 
CIND's representative, Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, Two Commerce 
Square, 2001 Market St., Suite 2620, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
    According to CIND, 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: July 8, 2024.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Stefan Rice,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2024-15315 Filed 7-11-24; 8:45 am]
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