81 FR 53535 - Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Los Angeles County, CA

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 156 (August 12, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 53535]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19233]



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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. AB 1100X]


Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.--Discontinuance of Service Exemption--
in Los Angeles County, CA

    Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F--
Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue 
service over an approximately 3.6-mile rail line in the Port of Los 
Angeles, between approximately milepost 4.00, north of Front Street and 
east of Gaffey Street Lead, and south to the end of the Line in Los 
Angeles County, CA (the Line). The Line traverses United States Postal 
Service Zip Code 90731.
    PHL has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the 
Line for at least two years; (2) overhead traffic on the Line, if any, 
can be 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 before the Surface Transportation Board 
or any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of a 
complainant within the two-year period; and (4) the requirements at 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 discontinuance 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) to subsidize continued rail service has been 
received, this exemption will become effective on September 13, 2016 
(50 days after the filing of the exemption), unless stayed pending 
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental 
issues and formal expressions of intent to file an OFA to subsidize 
continued rail service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) \1\ must be filed by 
August 22, 2016.\2\ Petitions to reopen must be filed by September 1, 
2016, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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    \1\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is 
currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
    \2\ Because PHL is seeking to discontinue service, not to 
abandon the Line, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions 
are not appropriate. Because there will be environmental review 
during abandonment, this discontinuance does not require an 
environmental review.
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    A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to PHL's 
representative: Rose-Michele Nardi, 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 
300, Washington, DC 20006.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: August 5, 2016.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016-19233 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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