78 FR 224 pgs. 69746-69747 - Buckeye Railroad Holdings, LLC—Continuance in Control—Buckeye Hammond Railroad, LLC, and Buckeye East Chicago Railroad, LLC
Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 224Pages: 69746 - 69747
Pages: 69746, 69747Docket number: [Docket No. FD 35782]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-27768 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Surface Transportation Board
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35782]
Buckeye Railroad Holdings, LLC-Continuance in Control-Buckeye Hammond Railroad, LLC, and Buckeye East Chicago Railroad, LLC
Buckeye Railroad Holdings, LLC (BRH), has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of Buckeye Hammond Railroad, LLC (BHRR), and Buckeye East Chicago Railroad, LLC (BECRR), both Class III rail carriers.
In November 2012, BECRR filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Buckeye Partners, L.P. (Buckeye), a noncarrier, and to operate approximately 7,065 feet of track, existing railroad right-of-way, and bulk liquid transloading facilities in East Chicago, Ind. Buckeye E. Chi. R.R.-Acquis. & Operation Exemption-Buckeye Partners, L.P., FD 35698 (STB served Nov. 30, 2012). In December 2012, BHRR filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Buckeye and to operate approximately 6,797 feet of track, existing railroad right-of-way, and bulk liquid transloading facilities in Hammond, Ind. Buckeye Hammond R.R.-Acquis. & Operation Exemption-Buckeye Partners, L.P., FD 35697 (STB served Jan. 3, 2013).
According to BRH, it owned and controlled both BECRR and BHRR before each became a Class III carrier. But BRH did not file for continuance in control authority until it filed this verified notice of exemption with the Board on November 4, 2013. Thus, the effective date of the exemption is December 4, 2013 (30 days after the verified notice of exemption was filed).1
Footnotes:
1 The class exemption invoked by BRH does not provide for retroactive effectiveness. See DMH Trust fbo Martha M. Head-Aquis. of Control Exemption-Red River Valley & W. R.R. & Rutland Line, Inc., FD 35649 (STB served Aug. 8, 2012).
BRH represents that: (1) BECRR and BHRR do not connect with each other or any railroads in their corporate family; (2) the continuance in control of BECRR and BHRR is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that would connect the railroads with each other or any railroads in their corporate family; and (3) the transaction does not involve a Class I carrier. Therefore, the transaction is exempt from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
[top] Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board may not use its exemption authority to relieve a rail carrier of its statutory
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. Stay petitions must be filed no later than November 27, 2013 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35782,must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one copy of each pleading must be served on Charles A. Spitulnik, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: November 14, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-27768 Filed 11-19-13; 8:45 am]
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