81_FR_22434 81 FR 22361 - KCVN, LLC and Colorado Pacific Railroad, LLC-Feeder Line Application-Line of V and S Railway, LLC, Located in Crowley, Pueblo, Otero, and Kiowa Counties, Colorado

81 FR 22361 - KCVN, LLC and Colorado Pacific Railroad, LLC-Feeder Line Application-Line of V and S Railway, LLC, Located in Crowley, Pueblo, Otero, and Kiowa Counties, Colorado

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 73 (April 15, 2016)

Page Range22361-22363
FR Document2016-08785

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22361-22363]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08785]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36005]


KCVN, LLC and Colorado Pacific Railroad, LLC--Feeder Line 
Application--Line of V and S Railway, LLC, Located in Crowley, Pueblo, 
Otero, and Kiowa Counties, Colorado

    On March 18, 2016, KCVN, LLC (KCVN) and its wholly owned 
subsidiary, Colorado Pacific Railroad, LLC (Colorado Pacific) 
(collectively applicants) jointly filed an application under the feeder 
line provision at 49 U.S.C. 10907 to acquire a 121.9-mile line of 
railroad owned by V and S Railway, LLC (V&S) in southeast Colorado. The 
line, known as the Towner Line, extends between milepost 747.5 near 
Towner and milepost 869.4 near NA Junction in Pueblo, Crowley, Kiowa, 
and Otero Counties, Colo. As discussed below, the application is 
substantially complete and will be accepted. However, the applicants 
should provide certain supplemental material described below by April 
29, 2016. This decision also establishes a procedural schedule.

Background

    The Towner Line has been the subject of two other Board proceedings 
during the past two years. In Docket No. NOR 42140, KCVN, the Colorado 
Wheat Administrative Committee, the Colorado Association of Wheat 
Growers, and the Colorado Wheat Research Foundation (collectively, the 
Colorado Interests) filed a complaint on October 28, 2014, alleging 
that V&S violated 49 U.S.C. 11101 and 10903 by removing certain track 
and related assets from a segment of the Towner Line (the Western 
Segment) without first seeking abandonment authority.\1\ On May 7, 
2015, the Board partially granted the Colorado Interests' concurrently 
filed motion for preliminary injunction, and barred V&S from removing 
and dismantling track and related assets from the Western Segment 
pending the Board's ruling on the complaint. Thereafter the parties 
moved to hold the complaint case in abeyance pending V&S's decision to 
seek abandonment authority for the Towner Line. The Board granted this 
request in a decision served on July 17, 2015, and the complaint case 
remains in abeyance.
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    \1\ The Western Segment extends between milepost 808.3 near 
Haswell, Colo., and milepost 868.5, which is approximately 0.9 miles 
short of the Towner Line's western terminus at milepost 869.4.
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    On August 3, 2015, V&S filed a verified notice of exemption in 
Docket No. AB 603 (Sub-No. 4X) to abandon the Towner Line, as it had 
agreed to do in Docket No. NOR 42140. The Board served and published 
notice of the exemption in the Federal Register, and KCVN and Colorado 
Pacific sought information from V&S to allow them to file an offer of 
financial assistance under 49 U.S.C. 10904 to purchase the line. V&S 
provided the information, but that information suggested that the 
Towner Line passes through a county and zip code not included in V&S's 
verified notice. The Board therefore directed V&S to supplement its 
verified notice if necessary. Rather than filing a supplement, V&S 
attempted to amend the notice to seek authority to only discontinue 
operations over the Towner Line rather than abandon it. KCVN opposed 
that amendment. In a decision served on January 15, 2016, the Board

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rejected V&S's November 30 amendment. The Board found that, if V&S 
wished to pursue discontinuance authority for the Towner Line, it must 
either file a petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C 10502 or a formal 
application under 49 U.S.C. 10903. The Board further stated that V&S 
could supplement its original notice of exemption if it instead decided 
to continue seeking abandonment authority. On January 27, 2016, V&S 
gave notice of its desire to withdraw its notice of exemption seeking 
abandonment authority.\2\
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    \2\ Withdrawal of the notice of abandonment exemption will be 
addressed in a separate decision.
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    On March 18, 2016, KCVN and Colorado Pacific initiated this 
proceeding by filing a feeder line application under 49 U.S.C. 10907 to 
acquire the Towner Line and 12 miles of related track and facilities. 
Under section 10907(b)(1), the Board is authorized to require the sale 
of a rail line to a financially responsible person if the public 
convenience and necessity require or permit the sale.\3\ The applicants 
claim that the proposed sale is required under the public convenience 
and necessity criterion and that Colorado Pacific is a financially 
responsible person willing to pay not less than the constitutional 
minimum value of the line. The applicants allege that V&S engaged in a 
systemic plan to drive traffic off the Towner Line with the ultimate 
aim of abandoning it and selling the line's rail assets. The applicants 
assert that V&S raised rates to a prohibitive level around 2011 and 
engaged in other behavior forcing traffic off the line rather than 
meeting its common carrier obligation and maintaining the line. The 
applicants argue that the Board has found previously that this type of 
behavior can lead to a forced sale under the feeder line statute. See 
Keokuk Junction Ry.--Feeder Line Acquis.--Line of Toledo Peoria & W. 
Ry. Between La Harpe & Hollis, Ill., 7 S.T.B. 893 (2004).
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    \3\ The Board also is to require a sale to a financially 
responsible person if the line is currently in category 1 or 2 of 
the owning railroad's system diagram map and the owning railroad has 
not filed an application to abandon the line. See 49 U.S.C. 
10907(b)(1)(A)(ii); 49 CFR 1151.1. The applicants argue that the 
Towner Line also satisfies this criterion.
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    According to the applicants, Colorado Pacific seeks to acquire the 
Towner Line and its related track and facilities and lease them to a 
connecting carrier, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (K&O), to operate. 
Although the parties are still in negotiations, the applicants provide 
a supporting verified statement from a representative of K&O's owner. 
The applicants also include verified statements supporting the 
application from a local farmer and representatives of Bartlett Grain 
Co., LP, Tallman Grain Co., Inc., and Thunderbird L&L, Inc.
    The applicants state that Colorado Pacific offers to buy the Towner 
Line for its net liquidation value (NLV), which the applicants estimate 
to be $2,594,551, rather than the line's going concern value (GCV), 
which they estimate to be $0 given that V&S provides no service. The 
applicants assert that rehabilitating the Towner Line would cost an 
additional $3,500,000, bringing the total cost to restore service to $6 
million. The applicants claim that Colorado Pacific can afford these 
costs and that it is financially responsible. Specifically, they note 
that KCVN would fund Colorado Pacific's acquisition and other expenses 
with cash. As support, they provide a KCVN account statement showing 
assets of approximately $6.5 million. The applicants also note that 
KCVN owns 58,000 acres of farmland primarily dedicated to dryland wheat 
within 25 miles of the Towner Line, which collectively are valued at 
approximately $50 million (Application 8), and that KCVN has wealthy 
principals and would make funds available to meet additional 
acquisition, rehabilitation, maintenance, and operations costs if 
necessary (Application, Exhibit A at 5).

Discussion and Conclusions

    Under 49 CFR 1151.2(b), the Board, through the Director of the 
Office of Proceedings, must accept a complete feeder line application, 
or reject one that is incomplete, no later than 30 days after the 
application is filed. An application is complete if it has been 
properly served \4\ and contains substantially all the information 
required by Sec.  1151.3, except as modified by advance waiver. 49 CFR 
1151.2(b)(1). Notice of an acceptance must be published in the Federal 
Register and provide a procedural schedule for the proceeding. Id.
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    \4\ As originally filed, the application failed to indicate 
service on the Board of County Commissioners of Otero County, Colo., 
but that omission was remedied by a certificate of service filed on 
March 28, 2016.
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    The Board has determined that the applicants have provide 
substantially all the information required by Sec.  1151.3 and 
therefore accepts the feeder line application. The applicants should 
provide some additional information, described below, for the Board's 
consideration as the feeder line case proceeds.\5\ See Ore. Int'l Port 
of Coos Bay--Feeder Line Application--Coos Bay Line of Cent. Ore. & 
Pac. R.R., FD 35160 (STB served Aug. 1, 2008) (accepting the feeder 
line application, but encouraging the applicant to provide supplemental 
material).
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    \5\ KCVN and Colorado Pacific request that the Board accept 
their application for filing subject to any environmental reporting 
that might be required under 49 CFR 1105.7. The Board will grant 
this request. The Board's Office of Environmental Analysis will 
determine what, if any, environmental review is required in this 
case and coordinate with the applicants. A historic report is not 
required here because the proposal clearly falls within the 
exception at 49 CFR 1105.8(b)(1).
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    Financial Responsibility (1151.3(a)(3)). An application must 
include information sufficient to demonstrate that it is a financially 
responsible person, able to pay the higher of the NLV or GCV of the 
line and to cover expenses associated with providing service over the 
line for at least the first three years after the line is acquired. 
Based on the information in the application, Colorado Pacific appears 
to have access to considerable funds to pay the expenses of acquiring 
and rehabilitating the Towner Line.\6\ Colorado Pacific states that it 
does not anticipate incurring operating costs because they would be 
borne by K&O, the anticipated operator. Nonetheless, the applicants 
should provide financial statements showing a breakdown of three years 
of K&O service costs, including maintenance costs, to fully demonstrate 
that Colorado Pacific or KCVN could cover any revenue shortfall during 
the first three years.
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    \6\ The applicants state that no financial statements are 
available because Colorado Pacific is a new company.
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    Operating Plan (1151.3(a)(7)). Although the applicants and K&O have 
provided basic information about the common carrier freight operations 
K&O would perform, they indicate that the specifics of an operating 
plan are still being developed. The applicants should provide the Board 
with more detail, including an estimate of the average number of trains 
anticipated to be operated over the line per day.
    Liability Insurance (1151.3(a)(8)). Colorado Pacific and K&O 
anticipate that the lease and operating agreement they are negotiating 
would provide that K&O secure and maintain at all times an insurance 
policy from a reputable insurance company that provides for commercial 
liability coverage in an amount not less than $25 million. In addition 
to the information provided in the application, the applicants should 
also submit to the Board a certificate of K&O's existing insurance 
coverage over its current system.

Procedural Schedule

    The procedural schedule is as follows:

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    Any supplement by KCVN and Colorado Pacific to their application is 
due by April 29, 2016.
    Competing applications by other parties seeking to acquire all or 
any portion of the Towner Line are due by May 16, 2016. See 49 CFR 
1151.2(c)(1).
    Verified statements and comments addressing both the initial and 
competing applications must be filed by June 14, 2016. See 49 CFR 
1151.2(e).
    Verified replies by applicants and other interested parties must be 
filed by July 5, 2016. See 49 CFR 1151.2(f).
    It is ordered:
    1. KCVN's and Colorado Pacific's feeder line application is 
accepted and notice will be published in the Federal Register.
    2. The above schedule will govern this proceeding.
    3. This decision is effective on its service date.

    Decided: April 12, 2016.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
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                                                    DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                     October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.             near NA Junction in Pueblo, Crowley,
                                                                                                            2459), E.O. 12047 of March 27, 1978, the              Kiowa, and Otero Counties, Colo. As
                                                    [Public Notice: 9518]
                                                                                                            Foreign Affairs Reform and                            discussed below, the application is
                                                    Culturally Significant Objects Imported                 Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.                  substantially complete and will be
                                                    for Exhibition Determinations:                          2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et                accepted. However, the applicants
                                                    ‘‘Slavery and Freedom’’ Exhibition                      seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of             should provide certain supplemental
                                                                                                            October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority              material described below by April 29,
                                                    SUMMARY:    Notice is hereby given of the               No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as                 2016. This decision also establishes a
                                                    following determinations: Pursuant to                   appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.              procedural schedule.
                                                    the authority vested in me by the Act of                257–1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby
                                                    October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.               determine that the objects to be                      Background
                                                    2459), E. O. 12047 of March 27, 1978,                   included in the exhibition ‘‘Dadaglobe                   The Towner Line has been the subject
                                                    the Foreign Affairs Reform and                          Reconstructed,’’ imported from abroad                 of two other Board proceedings during
                                                    Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.                    for temporary exhibition within the                   the past two years. In Docket No. NOR
                                                    2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et                  United States, are of cultural                        42140, KCVN, the Colorado Wheat
                                                    seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of               significance. The objects are imported                Administrative Committee, the Colorado
                                                    October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority                pursuant to loan agreements with the                  Association of Wheat Growers, and the
                                                    No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000 (and, as                   foreign owners or custodians. I also                  Colorado Wheat Research Foundation
                                                    appropriate, Delegation of Authority No.                determine that the exhibition or display              (collectively, the Colorado Interests)
                                                    257–1 of December 11, 2015), I hereby                   of the exhibit objects at The Museum of               filed a complaint on October 28, 2014,
                                                    determine that the objects to be                        Modern Art, New York, New York, from                  alleging that V&S violated 49 U.S.C.
                                                    included in the exhibition ‘‘Slavery and                on or about June 12, 2016, until on or                11101 and 10903 by removing certain
                                                    Freedom,’’ imported from abroad for                     about September 18, 2016, and at                      track and related assets from a segment
                                                    temporary exhibition within the United                  possible additional exhibitions or                    of the Towner Line (the Western
                                                    States, are of cultural significance. The               venues yet to be determined, is in the                Segment) without first seeking
                                                    objects are imported pursuant to a loan                 national interest. I have ordered that                abandonment authority.1 On May 7,
                                                    agreement with the foreign owner or                     Public Notice of these Determinations                 2015, the Board partially granted the
                                                    custodian. I also determine that the                    be published in the Federal Register.                 Colorado Interests’ concurrently filed
                                                    exhibition or display of the exhibit                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                  motion for preliminary injunction, and
                                                    objects at the Smithsonian National                     further information, including a list of              barred V&S from removing and
                                                    Museum of African American History                      the imported objects, contact the Office              dismantling track and related assets
                                                    and Culture, Washington, District of                    of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs                from the Western Segment pending the
                                                    Columbia, from on or about September                    in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.              Board’s ruling on the complaint.
                                                    24, 2016, until on or about July 1, 2026,               Department of State (telephone: 202–                  Thereafter the parties moved to hold the
                                                    and at possible additional exhibitions or               632–6471; email: section2459@                         complaint case in abeyance pending
                                                    venues yet to be determined, is in the                  state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.               V&S’s decision to seek abandonment
                                                    national interest. I have ordered that                  Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite                authority for the Towner Line. The
                                                    Public Notice of these Determinations                   5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505.                      Board granted this request in a decision
                                                    be published in the Federal Register.                      Dated: April 11, 2016.                             served on July 17, 2015, and the
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    Mark Taplin,
                                                                                                                                                                  complaint case remains in abeyance.
                                                    further information, including a list of                                                                         On August 3, 2015, V&S filed a
                                                                                                            Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau
                                                    the imported objects, contact the Office                of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
                                                                                                                                                                  verified notice of exemption in Docket
                                                    of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs                  Department of State.                                  No. AB 603 (Sub-No. 4X) to abandon the
                                                    in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.                [FR Doc. 2016–08771 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                  Towner Line, as it had agreed to do in
                                                    Department of State (telephone: 202–                                                                          Docket No. NOR 42140. The Board
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 4710–05–P
                                                    632–6471; email: section2459@                                                                                 served and published notice of the
                                                    state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.                                                                       exemption in the Federal Register, and
                                                    Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite                                                                        KCVN and Colorado Pacific sought
                                                                                                            SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD                          information from V&S to allow them to
                                                    5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505.
                                                                                                            [Docket No. FD 36005]                                 file an offer of financial assistance under
                                                       Dated: April 11, 2016.
                                                                                                                                                                  49 U.S.C. 10904 to purchase the line.
                                                    Mark Taplin,                                            KCVN, LLC and Colorado Pacific                        V&S provided the information, but that
                                                    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Bureau           Railroad, LLC—Feeder Line                             information suggested that the Towner
                                                    of Educational and Cultural Affairs,                    Application—Line of V and S Railway,                  Line passes through a county and zip
                                                    Department of State.                                    LLC, Located in Crowley, Pueblo,                      code not included in V&S’s verified
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–08769 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]             Otero, and Kiowa Counties, Colorado                   notice. The Board therefore directed
                                                    BILLING CODE 4710–05–P
                                                                                                               On March 18, 2016, KCVN, LLC                       V&S to supplement its verified notice if
                                                                                                            (KCVN) and its wholly owned                           necessary. Rather than filing a
                                                                                                            subsidiary, Colorado Pacific Railroad,                supplement, V&S attempted to amend
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF STATE
                                                                                                            LLC (Colorado Pacific) (collectively                  the notice to seek authority to only
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                                                    [Public Notice: 9517]                                   applicants) jointly filed an application              discontinue operations over the Towner
                                                                                                            under the feeder line provision at 49                 Line rather than abandon it. KCVN
                                                    Culturally Significant Objects Imported                                                                       opposed that amendment. In a decision
                                                    for Exhibition Determinations:                          U.S.C. 10907 to acquire a 121.9-mile
                                                                                                            line of railroad owned by V and S                     served on January 15, 2016, the Board
                                                    ‘‘Dadaglobe Reconstructed’’ Exhibition
                                                                                                            Railway, LLC (V&S) in southeast                         1 The Western Segment extends between milepost
                                                    SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given of the                 Colorado. The line, known as the                      808.3 near Haswell, Colo., and milepost 868.5,
                                                    following determinations: Pursuant to                   Towner Line, extends between milepost                 which is approximately 0.9 miles short of the
                                                    the authority vested in me by the Act of                747.5 near Towner and milepost 869.4                  Towner Line’s western terminus at milepost 869.4.



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                                                    rejected V&S’s November 30                              applicants also include verified                       Bay—Feeder Line Application—Coos
                                                    amendment. The Board found that, if                     statements supporting the application                  Bay Line of Cent. Ore. & Pac. R.R., FD
                                                    V&S wished to pursue discontinuance                     from a local farmer and representatives                35160 (STB served Aug. 1, 2008)
                                                    authority for the Towner Line, it must                  of Bartlett Grain Co., LP, Tallman Grain               (accepting the feeder line application,
                                                    either file a petition for exemption                    Co., Inc., and Thunderbird L&L, Inc.                   but encouraging the applicant to
                                                    under 49 U.S.C 10502 or a formal                           The applicants state that Colorado                  provide supplemental material).
                                                    application under 49 U.S.C. 10903. The                  Pacific offers to buy the Towner Line for                 Financial Responsibility
                                                    Board further stated that V&S could                     its net liquidation value (NLV), which                 (1151.3(a)(3)). An application must
                                                    supplement its original notice of                       the applicants estimate to be $2,594,551,              include information sufficient to
                                                    exemption if it instead decided to                      rather than the line’s going concern                   demonstrate that it is a financially
                                                    continue seeking abandonment                            value (GCV), which they estimate to be                 responsible person, able to pay the
                                                    authority. On January 27, 2016, V&S                     $0 given that V&S provides no service.                 higher of the NLV or GCV of the line
                                                    gave notice of its desire to withdraw its               The applicants assert that rehabilitating              and to cover expenses associated with
                                                    notice of exemption seeking                             the Towner Line would cost an                          providing service over the line for at
                                                    abandonment authority.2                                 additional $3,500,000, bringing the total              least the first three years after the line
                                                       On March 18, 2016, KCVN and                          cost to restore service to $6 million. The             is acquired. Based on the information in
                                                    Colorado Pacific initiated this                         applicants claim that Colorado Pacific                 the application, Colorado Pacific
                                                    proceeding by filing a feeder line                      can afford these costs and that it is                  appears to have access to considerable
                                                    application under 49 U.S.C. 10907 to                    financially responsible. Specifically,                 funds to pay the expenses of acquiring
                                                    acquire the Towner Line and 12 miles                    they note that KCVN would fund                         and rehabilitating the Towner Line.6
                                                    of related track and facilities. Under                  Colorado Pacific’s acquisition and other               Colorado Pacific states that it does not
                                                    section 10907(b)(1), the Board is                       expenses with cash. As support, they                   anticipate incurring operating costs
                                                    authorized to require the sale of a rail                provide a KCVN account statement                       because they would be borne by K&O,
                                                    line to a financially responsible person                showing assets of approximately $6.5                   the anticipated operator. Nonetheless,
                                                    if the public convenience and necessity                 million. The applicants also note that                 the applicants should provide financial
                                                    require or permit the sale.3 The                        KCVN owns 58,000 acres of farmland                     statements showing a breakdown of
                                                    applicants claim that the proposed sale                 primarily dedicated to dryland wheat                   three years of K&O service costs,
                                                    is required under the public                            within 25 miles of the Towner Line,                    including maintenance costs, to fully
                                                    convenience and necessity criterion and                 which collectively are valued at                       demonstrate that Colorado Pacific or
                                                    that Colorado Pacific is a financially                  approximately $50 million (Application                 KCVN could cover any revenue shortfall
                                                    responsible person willing to pay not                   8), and that KCVN has wealthy                          during the first three years.
                                                    less than the constitutional minimum                    principals and would make funds                           Operating Plan (1151.3(a)(7)).
                                                                                                            available to meet additional acquisition,              Although the applicants and K&O have
                                                    value of the line. The applicants allege
                                                                                                            rehabilitation, maintenance, and                       provided basic information about the
                                                    that V&S engaged in a systemic plan to
                                                                                                            operations costs if necessary                          common carrier freight operations K&O
                                                    drive traffic off the Towner Line with
                                                                                                            (Application, Exhibit A at 5).                         would perform, they indicate that the
                                                    the ultimate aim of abandoning it and
                                                                                                                                                                   specifics of an operating plan are still
                                                    selling the line’s rail assets. The                     Discussion and Conclusions                             being developed. The applicants should
                                                    applicants assert that V&S raised rates to
                                                                                                               Under 49 CFR 1151.2(b), the Board,                  provide the Board with more detail,
                                                    a prohibitive level around 2011 and
                                                                                                            through the Director of the Office of                  including an estimate of the average
                                                    engaged in other behavior forcing traffic
                                                                                                            Proceedings, must accept a complete                    number of trains anticipated to be
                                                    off the line rather than meeting its
                                                                                                            feeder line application, or reject one that            operated over the line per day.
                                                    common carrier obligation and                                                                                     Liability Insurance (1151.3(a)(8)).
                                                                                                            is incomplete, no later than 30 days
                                                    maintaining the line. The applicants                                                                           Colorado Pacific and K&O anticipate
                                                                                                            after the application is filed. An
                                                    argue that the Board has found                                                                                 that the lease and operating agreement
                                                                                                            application is complete if it has been
                                                    previously that this type of behavior can                                                                      they are negotiating would provide that
                                                                                                            properly served 4 and contains
                                                    lead to a forced sale under the feeder                                                                         K&O secure and maintain at all times an
                                                                                                            substantially all the information
                                                    line statute. See Keokuk Junction Ry.—                                                                         insurance policy from a reputable
                                                                                                            required by § 1151.3, except as modified
                                                    Feeder Line Acquis.—Line of Toledo                                                                             insurance company that provides for
                                                                                                            by advance waiver. 49 CFR 1151.2(b)(1).
                                                    Peoria & W. Ry. Between La Harpe &                                                                             commercial liability coverage in an
                                                                                                            Notice of an acceptance must be
                                                    Hollis, Ill., 7 S.T.B. 893 (2004).                                                                             amount not less than $25 million. In
                                                                                                            published in the Federal Register and
                                                       According to the applicants, Colorado                                                                       addition to the information provided in
                                                                                                            provide a procedural schedule for the
                                                    Pacific seeks to acquire the Towner Line                                                                       the application, the applicants should
                                                                                                            proceeding. Id.
                                                    and its related track and facilities and                   The Board has determined that the                   also submit to the Board a certificate of
                                                    lease them to a connecting carrier,                     applicants have provide substantially all              K&O’s existing insurance coverage over
                                                    Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad (K&O), to                    the information required by § 1151.3                   its current system.
                                                    operate. Although the parties are still in              and therefore accepts the feeder line
                                                    negotiations, the applicants provide a                                                                         Procedural Schedule
                                                                                                            application. The applicants should
                                                    supporting verified statement from a                    provide some additional information,                     The procedural schedule is as follows:
                                                    representative of K&O’s owner. The                      described below, for the Board’s
                                                                                                                                                                   any environmental reporting that might be required
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                                                      2 Withdrawal
                                                                                                            consideration as the feeder line case
                                                                     of the notice of abandonment                                                                  under 49 CFR 1105.7. The Board will grant this
                                                    exemption will be addressed in a separate decision.     proceeds.5 See Ore. Int’l Port of Coos                 request. The Board’s Office of Environmental
                                                       3 The Board also is to require a sale to a                                                                  Analysis will determine what, if any,
                                                                                                               4 As originally filed, the application failed to    environmental review is required in this case and
                                                    financially responsible person if the line is
                                                    currently in category 1 or 2 of the owning railroad’s   indicate service on the Board of County                coordinate with the applicants. A historic report is
                                                    system diagram map and the owning railroad has          Commissioners of Otero County, Colo., but that         not required here because the proposal clearly falls
                                                    not filed an application to abandon the line. See 49    omission was remedied by a certificate of service      within the exception at 49 CFR 1105.8(b)(1).
                                                    U.S.C. 10907(b)(1)(A)(ii); 49 CFR 1151.1. The           filed on March 28, 2016.                                 6 The applicants state that no financial statements

                                                    applicants argue that the Towner Line also satisfies       5 KCVN and Colorado Pacific request that the        are available because Colorado Pacific is a new
                                                    this criterion.                                         Board accept their application for filing subject to   company.



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                                                      Any supplement by KCVN and                            1. Welcome and Introductions                          entitlements available through July 15,
                                                    Colorado Pacific to their application is                2. Update on the Bellefonte Nuclear                   2016. If congressional action is taken on
                                                    due by April 29, 2016.                                     Plant Site                                         future extensions which provide for
                                                      Competing applications by other                       3. Summary of Public Comments                         additional current year and protected
                                                    parties seeking to acquire all or any                      received                                           entitlements (the remaining 21 percent),
                                                    portion of the Towner Line are due by                   4. Council discussion                                 the FAA will then work with airport
                                                    May 16, 2016. See 49 CFR 1151.2(c)(1).                     The webinar is open to the public,                 sponsors to adjust accordingly. This
                                                      Verified statements and comments                      through registration by phone or email                notification requirement does not apply
                                                    addressing both the initial and                         (call Beth Keel, (865) 632–6113, or email             to non-primary airports covered by the
                                                    competing applications must be filed by                 bakeel@tva.gov). No oral comments                     block-grant program.
                                                    June 14, 2016. See 49 CFR 1151.2(e).                    from the public will be accepted during               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                      Verified replies by applicants and                    the webinar session. The public may                   Frank J. San Martin, Manager, Airports
                                                    other interested parties must be filed by               provide written comments to the RERC                  Financial Assistance Division, APP–
                                                    July 5, 2016. See 49 CFR 1151.2(f).                     at any time through links on TVA’s Web                500, on (202) 267–3831.
                                                      It is ordered:                                        site at www.tva.com/rerc or by mailing                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 of
                                                      1. KCVN’s and Colorado Pacific’s                      written comments to the Regional                      the United States Code, section 47105(f),
                                                    feeder line application is accepted and                 Energy Resource Council, Tennessee                    provides that the sponsor of each airport
                                                    notice will be published in the Federal                 Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill                to which funds are apportioned shall
                                                    Register.                                               Drive, WT–11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee                  notify the Secretary by such time and in
                                                      2. The above schedule will govern                     37902.                                                a form as prescribed by the Secretary, of
                                                    this proceeding.
                                                                                                              Dated: April 8, 2016.                               the airport sponsor’s intent to apply for
                                                      3. This decision is effective on its
                                                                                                            Joseph J. Hoagland,                                   its apportioned funds, also called
                                                    service date.
                                                                                                            Vice President, Stakeholder Relations,                entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is
                                                      Decided: April 12, 2016.                                                                                    hereby notifying such airport sponsors
                                                                                                            Tennessee Valley Authority.
                                                      By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,                                                                           of the steps required to ensure that the
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–08722 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    Director, Office of Proceedings.                                                                              FAA has sufficient time to carry-over
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 8120–08–P
                                                    Kenyatta Clay,                                                                                                and convert remaining entitlement
                                                    Clearance Clerk.                                                                                              funds, due to processes required under
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–08785 Filed 4–14–16; 8:45 am]                                                                   federal laws. This notice applies only to
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                          those airports that have had entitlement
                                                    BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

                                                                                                            Federal Aviation Administration                       funds apportioned to them, except those
                                                                                                                                                                  nonprimary airports located in
                                                                                                            [Docket No: FAA–2011–0786]                            designated block-grant States. Airport
                                                    TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
                                                                                                                                                                  sponsors intending to apply for any of
                                                                                                            Deadline for Notification of Intent To                their available entitlement funds,
                                                    Meeting of the Regional Energy
                                                                                                            Use the Airport Improvement Program                   including those unused from prior
                                                    Resource Council
                                                                                                            (AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary                  years, shall make their intent known by
                                                    AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority                      Entitlement Funds Available to Date for               12:00 p.m. prevailing local time on
                                                    (TVA).                                                  Fiscal Year 2016                                      Monday, May 2, 2016, consistent with
                                                    ACTION: Notice of meeting.                                                                                    prior practice. A written indication
                                                                                                            AGENCY: Federal Aviation
                                                    SUMMARY:   The TVA Regional Energy                      Administration, DOT.                                  must be provided to the designated
                                                    Resource Council (RERC) will hold a                     ACTION: Notice.                                       Airports District Office (or Regional
                                                    webinar meeting on Monday, May 2,                                                                             Office in regions without Airports
                                                    2016, to discuss TVA’s potential sale of                SUMMARY:    The Federal Aviation                      District Offices) stating their intent to
                                                    the Bellefonte Nuclear Site.                            Administration (FAA) announces May                    submit a grant application no later than
                                                                                                            2, 2016, as the deadline for each airport             close of business Friday, June 17, 2016
                                                    DATES: The webinar meeting will be
                                                                                                            sponsor to notify the FAA whether or                  and to use their fiscal year 2016
                                                    held on Monday, May 2, 2016 from                                                                              entitlement funds available under Title
                                                                                                            not it will use its fiscal year 2016
                                                    10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT.                                                                                 49 of the United States Code, section
                                                                                                            entitlement funds available under
                                                    ADDRESSES: The meeting will be                          Section 47114 of Title 49, United States              47114. This notice must address all
                                                    conducted by webinar only. To request                   Code, to accomplish Airport                           entitlement funds available to date for
                                                    accommodation for a disability, please                  Improvement Program (AIP) eligible                    fiscal year 2016 including those
                                                    contact Beth Keel (contact information                  projects that the airport sponsor                     entitlement funds not obligated from
                                                    below) at least a week in advance of the                previously identified through the                     prior years. By Friday, June 17, 2016,
                                                    webinar.                                                Airports Capital Improvement Plan                     airport sponsors that have not yet
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth                   (ACIP) process during the preceding                   submitted a final application to the
                                                    Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT–                   year.                                                 FAA, must notify the FAA of any issues
                                                    11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865)                    The airport sponsor’s notification                 meeting the final application deadline
                                                    632–6113.                                               must address all entitlement funds                    of Friday, July 1, 2016. Absent
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RERC                     available to date for fiscal year 2016, as            notification from the airport sponsor by
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                                                    was established to advise TVA on its                    well as any entitlement funds not                     the May 2 deadline and/or subsequent
                                                    energy resource activities and the                      obligated from prior years. After Friday,             notification by the June 17 deadline of
                                                    priorities among competing objectives                   July 1, 2016, the FAA will carry-over the             any issues meeting the application
                                                    and values. Notice of this meeting is                   remainder of currently available                      deadline, the FAA will proceed after
                                                    given under the Federal Advisory                        entitlement funds, and these funds will               Friday, July 1, 2016 to take action to
                                                    Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2.                  not be available again until at least the             carry-over the remainder of available
                                                      The meeting agenda includes the                       beginning of fiscal year 2017. Currently,             entitlement funds without further
                                                    following:                                              the AIP has 79 percent of the                         notice. These funds will not be available


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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FR Citation81 FR 22361 

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