80 FR 54808 - Indiana Boxcar Corporation-Continuance in Control Exemption-Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 176 (September 11, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54808-54809]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22906]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35955]


Indiana Boxcar Corporation--Continuance in Control Exemption--
Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC

    Indiana Boxcar Corporation (IBCX), a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to 
continue in control of Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC (CCRY), upon 
CCRY's becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice 
of exemption in Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Camp Chase Railroad Company, Docket No. FD 35954, 
wherein CCRY seeks Board approval to acquire from Camp Chase

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Railroad Company (CCRA), and to operate, approximately 14 miles of rail 
line known as the Camp Chase Industrial Track, extending between 
milepost 141.4 in Columbus, Ohio, and milepost 155.4 in Lilly Chapel, 
Ohio. Once consummation has occurred, CCRY will replace CCRA as the 
owner and operator of the Camp Chase Industrial Track.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after September 27, 2015, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the notice of 
exemption was filed).
    IBCX currently owns three Class III rail carriers operating in four 
states: Vermilion Valley Railroad Company, Inc., operating in Illinois; 
Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad Company, Inc., operating in Indiana; and 
Youngstown & Southeastern Railway Company, Inc., operating in Ohio and 
Pennsylvania.
    IBCX certifies that: (1) The Camp Chase Industrial Track does not 
connect with any carrier which IBCX owns; (2) the transaction is not 
part of a series of anticipated transactions that would connect these 
railroads with each other; and (3) the transaction does not involve a 
Class I rail carrier. Therefore, the transaction is exempt from the 
prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 
1180.2(d)(2).
    Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board may not use its exemption 
authority to relieve a rail carrier of its statutory obligation to 
protect the interests of its employees. Section 11326(c), however, does 
not provide for labor protection for transactions under Sec.  11324 and 
Sec.  11325 that involve only Class III rail carriers. Accordingly, the 
Board may not impose labor protective conditions here because all of 
the carriers involved are Class III carriers.
    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. Stay petitions must be filed no later than September 18, 
2015 (at least seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35955, 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 John D. Heffner, Strasburger & Price, LLP, 
1025 Connecticut Ave. NW., Suite 717, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: September 8, 2015.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-22906 Filed 9-10-15; 8:45 am]
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