80 FR 62598 - Soo Line Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Cook County, Ill.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 200 (October 16, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-26383

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 200 (Friday, October 16, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62598-62599]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. AB 57 (Sub-No. 63X]


Soo Line Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Cook County, 
Ill.

    Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific (Soo Line) has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--
Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 5,253 feet of railroad 
line between milepost 0.0 +/- (milepost 8.9 +/- on the Metra main line) 
and milepost 0.9 +/- at the intersection of Diversey Avenue in Chicago 
(Dunning Line), in Cook County, Ill. (the Line). The Line traverses 
United States Postal Service Zip Code 60707.
    Soo Line has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over 
the Line for at least two years; (2) any overhead traffic can be and 
has been rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a 
user of rail service on the Line (or by a state or local government 
entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service 
over the Line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board 
(Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of 
complainant within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 
CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal 
letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected 
by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line 
Railroad--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in 
Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address 
whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a 
petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
    Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
effective on November 17, 2015, unless stayed pending reconsideration. 
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\1\ formal 
expressions of intent to

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file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\2\ and trail use/rail banking 
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by October 26, 2015. 
Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 
1152.28 must be filed by November 5, 2015, with the Surface 
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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    \1\ The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on 
environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board's 
Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent 
investigation) cannot be made before the exemption's effective date. 
See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). 
Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that 
the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption's 
effective date.
    \2\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is 
currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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    A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to Soo 
Line's representative: W. Karl Hansen, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, 150 
South Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio.
    Soo Line has filed environmental and historic reports that address 
the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic 
resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by October 
23, 2015. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to 
OEA (Room 1100, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423-
0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 245-0305. Assistance for the hearing 
impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339. Comments on environmental and historic preservation 
matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes available to 
the public.
    Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail 
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent 
decision.
    Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), Soo Line shall 
file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has 
exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 
consummation has not been effected by Soo Line's filing of a notice of 
consummation by October 16, 2016, and there are no legal or regulatory 
barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically 
expire.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: October 13, 2015.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.
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components would fall in the following will be incorporated in the USCG Port DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Ambrose docket and considered under
lease blocks: this notice to ensure consistency with Surface Transportation Board
Buoy 1 (6708, 6709, 6758); Buoy 2 the NEPA Process. [Docket No. AB 57 (Sub-No. 63X]
(6709); Lateral 1 (6708); Lateral 2 (6708,
6709); ‘‘Y’’ Assembly (6708); Mainline There have been some proposed
project changes since the original Port Soo Line Railroad Company—
Pipeline (6708, 6658, 6657, 6607, 6606, Abandonment Exemption—in Cook
6556, 6555, 6554, 6504 and 6503). Ambrose application was submitted,
which were set forth in the Notice of County, Ill.
The 145,000 cubic meter LNGRVs
would have onboard closed-loop Availability of the Draft EIS (DEIS). In Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a
vaporization and metering and odorant summary, these include: (1) The original Canadian Pacific (Soo Line) has filed a
capability. Each vessel would have three Application proposed a plowed verified notice of exemption under 49
vaporization units capable of maximum mainline pipeline burial depth of three CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt
send-out of 750 million standard cubic (3) feet to top of pipe. Pursuant to Abandonments to abandon
feet per day (MMscfd) (maximum USACE requirements, the mainline approximately 5,253 feet of railroad line
pipeline system flow rate is 660 MMscfd pipeline is now proposed to be plow- between milepost 0.0 +/¥ (milepost 8.9
with two buoys) with annual average buried to seven (7) feet (4 feet to top of +/¥ on the Metra main line) and
expected to be 400 MMscfd. The pipe), and for approximately three (3) milepost 0.9 +/¥ at the intersection of
LNGRVs have been designed to use a miles within the Ambrose Anchorage Diversey Avenue in Chicago (Dunning
ballast water cooling system that will Area, buried to 10 feet (7 feet to top of Line), in Cook County, Ill. (the Line).
entirely re-circulate onboard the vessel pipe). The pipeline within the Ambrose The Line traverses United States Postal
during Port operations, eliminating Anchorage Area will then be backfilled Service Zip Code 60707.
vessel discharges associated with Soo Line has certified that: (1) No
and covered with three (3) feet of 8-inch
regasification while at the Port. local traffic has moved over the Line for
rock to a point. Once the rock has been
Deliveries through Port Ambrose would at least two years; (2) any overhead
be focused during peak demand winter placed, gravelly sand will be deposited traffic can be and has been rerouted over
and summer months, and it is on top of the rock covered pipeline to other lines; (3) no formal complaint
anticipated that approximately 45 restore the seabed to near its original filed by a user of rail service on the Line
deliveries will occur each year. seafloor bottom elevation; (2) the (or by a state or local government entity
As proposed, the LNGRVs would originally proposed impact driven acting on behalf of such user) regarding
access the port inbound from the mooring pile anchors are now proposed cessation of service over the Line either
Hudson Canyon to Ambrose Traffic to be suction anchors; (3) the original is pending with the Surface
Lane and depart via the Ambrose to port construction and commissioning Transportation Board (Board) or with
Nantucket Traffic Lane. MARAD and was proposed to occur in 2015. This any U.S. District Court or has been
USCG are aware that Port Ambrose falls timetable has been amended to occur in decided in favor of complainant within
within the proposed area of interest for 2018 (assuming license is approved and the two-year period; and (4) the
the Long Island—New York City issued). Should a license be issued, the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
Offshore Wind Collaborative wind deepwater port would be designed, (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11
energy project. This project has been fabricated, constructed, commissioned, (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
acknowledged and considered in the maintained, inspected and operated in (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
cumulative impacts analysis section of accordance with applicable codes and 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
the FEIS based on currently available standards. agencies) have been met.
information. If approved, the majority of As a condition to this exemption, any
the port and pipeline construction and Privacy Act employee adversely affected by the
installation would occur in 2017, with abandonment shall be protected under
commissioning estimated to be in The electronic form of all comments Oregon Short Line Railroad—
December 2018. received into the FDMS can be searched Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
In addition, pipelines and structures by the name of the individual Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
such as the STL Buoy moorings will submitting the comment (or signing the Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
require permits under Section 404 of the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 91 (1979). To address whether this
Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the association, business, labor union, etc.). condition adequately protects affected
Rivers and Harbors Act, which are The DOT Privacy Act Statement can be employees, a petition for partial
administered by the U.S. Army Corps of viewed in the Federal Register revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
Engineers (USACE). Port Ambrose will published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR must be filed.
also require permits from the 19477). Provided no formal expression of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intent to file an offer of financial
pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Authority: The Deepwater Port Act of
1974, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.; 49 assistance (OFA) has been received, this
Air Act, as amended, and the Clean exemption will be effective on
CFR 1.93.
Water Act, as amended. November 17, 2015, unless stayed
The new pipeline is included in the * * * * * pending reconsideration. Petitions to
NEPA review as part of the deepwater Dated: October 5, 2015. stay that do not involve environmental
port application process. The EPA and
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By Order of the Maritime Administrator. issues,1 formal expressions of intent to
the USACE, among others, are
cooperating agencies (40 CFR 1501.6) T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed

and have assisted in development of the Secretary, Maritime Administration. decision on environmental issues (whether raised
FEIS. See 40 CFR 1501.6. To the extent [FR Doc. 2015–25727 Filed 10–15–15; 8:45 am] by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
required, each agency will incorporate BILLING CODE 4910–81–P cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
the FEIS into their permitting processes. date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5
Comments sent to the EPA or USACE I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should

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80 FR 62598 - Soo Line Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Cook County, Ill.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONSurface Transportation Board

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 200 (October 16, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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