82 FR 8970 - Boston & Maine Corporation-Abandonment Exemption-in Merrimack County, N.H. and Springfield Terminal Railway Company-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Merrimack County, N.H.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 20 (February 1, 2017)

Page Range		8970-8971
FR Document		2017-02115

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8970-8971]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-02115]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. AB 32 (Sub-No. 107X) and Docket No. AB 355 (Sub-No. 43X)]


Boston & Maine Corporation--Abandonment Exemption--in Merrimack 
County, N.H. and Springfield Terminal Railway Company--Discontinuance 
of Service Exemption--in Merrimack County, N.H.

    Boston & Maine Corporation (B&M) and Springfield Terminal Railway 
Company (ST) (collectively, applicants), have jointly filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F--Exempt 
Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service for B&M to abandon, and for 
ST to discontinue service over, an approximately 6.36-mile line of 
railroad known as the Northern Main Line of the Northern Railroad in 
Merrimack County, N.H. (the Line). The Line traverses Concord, N.H. and 
Boscowen, N.H., between mileposts 74.32 and 80.68, and United States 
Postal Service Zip Codes 03301 and 03303.
    Applicants have certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over 
the Line for at least two years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on 
the Line; (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

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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 these exemptions, any employee adversely affected 
by the abandonment or 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) has been received, these exemptions will be 
effective on March 3, 2017, unless stayed pending reconsideration. 
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\1\ formal 
expressions of intent to 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 
February 13, 2017. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use 
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by February 21, 2017, 
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 $1,700. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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    A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to 
applicants' representative: Robert B. Burns, Pan Am Railways, Iron 
Horse Park, North Billerica, MA 01862.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemptions are void ab initio.
    Applicants have filed a combined environmental and historic report 
that addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment and 
discontinuance on the environment and historic resources. OEA will 
issue an environmental assessment (EA) by February 6, 2017. 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 (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339. 
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), B&M 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 B&M's filing of a notice of 
consummation by February 1, 2018, 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.GOV.''

    Decided: January 27, 2017.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
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other primary listing exchanges are able Upper Price Band price) would better the Notice, and for the foregoing
to implement their proposed rule reflect the most recent price of the reasons, the Commission finds that the
changes simultaneously with the security, and therefore should be used proposed rule change, as modified by
Exchange.25 as the Halt Auction Reference Price.31 Amendment No. 1, is consistent with
Moreover, the Commission believes that Section 6(b)(5) of the Act 36 and the
III. Discussion and Commission
the proposed method for calculating the rules and regulations thereunder
Findings
initial Halt Auction Collars (i.e., the Halt applicable to a national securities
After careful review, the Commission Auction Collar on the opposite side of exchange.
finds that the proposed rule change, as the trading pressure would be the Price
modified by Amendment No. 1, is IV. Conclusion
Band in place before the Trading Pause
consistent with the requirements of the was triggered) would address the It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Act and the rules and regulations concept of mean reversion, as well as Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,37 that the
thereunder applicable to a national avoid a security from trading outside of proposed rule change (SR–BatsBZX–
securities exchange.26 In particular, the a price that it would have been 2016–61), as modified by Amendment
Commission finds that the proposed permitted to trade before the Trading No. 1, be, and hereby is, approved.
rule change is consistent with Section Pause.32 For the Commission, by the Division of
6(b)(5) of the Act,27 which requires, The Commission believes that Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
among other things, that the rules of a extending the Trading Pause and authority.38
national securities exchange be widening the Halt Auction Collar on the Eduardo A. Aleman,
designed to prevent fraudulent and side of the Impermissible Price would Assistant Secretary.
manipulative acts and practices, to be a measured approach to provide [FR Doc. 2017–02088 Filed 1–31–17; 8:45 am]
promote just and equitable principles of additional time to attract offsetting
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trade, to foster cooperation and interest, to help to address an imbalance
coordination with persons engaged in that may not be resolved within the
facilitating transactions in securities, to prior Halt Auction Collars, and to
remove impediments to and perfect the reduce the potential for triggering SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
mechanism of a free and open market another Trading Pause.33 Also, as the [Docket No. AB 32 (Sub-No. 107X) and
and a national market system, and, in Exchange noted, widening the Halt Docket No. AB 355 (Sub-No. 43X)]
general, to protect investors and the Auction Collar only in the direction of
public interest. As noted above, the the imbalance would address issues Boston & Maine Corporation—
Commission received no comment relating to the concept of mean Abandonment Exemption—in
letters regarding the proposed rule reversion.34 Moreover, the Commission Merrimack County, N.H. and
change. notes that the proposal to cancel the Springfield Terminal Railway
The Commission notes that the Halt Auction at 3:50 p.m. and instead Company—Discontinuance of Service
proposed rule change is designed, conduct the Volatility Closing Auction Exemption—in Merrimack County, N.H.
together with the Twelfth Amendment under BZX Rule 11.23(e) would be
to the Plan,28 to address the issues Boston & Maine Corporation (B&M)
consistent with the Twelfth Amendment
experienced on August 24, 2015 by and Springfield Terminal Railway
to the Plan.
reducing the number of repeat Trading The Commission believes that Company (ST) (collectively, applicants),
Pauses in a single NMS Stock.29 The precluding members from requesting have jointly filed a verified notice of
Commission notes that the proposed review of a Halt Auction as a clearly exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152
rule change is also designed to further erroneous execution is appropriate. The subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and
the goal of establishing a standardized Commission notes that the proposed re- Discontinuances of Service for B&M to
approach for how Primary Listing opening procedures would allow for abandon, and for ST to discontinue
Exchanges would conduct certain widened collars, which may result in a service over, an approximately 6.36-
aspects of an automated re-opening re-opening price away from prior mile line of railroad known as the
following a Trading Pause, which trading prices, but the re-opening price Northern Main Line of the Northern
should provide certainty for market would be a result of a measured and Railroad in Merrimack County, N.H.
participants regarding how a security transparent process that reduces the (the Line). The Line traverses Concord,
would re-open following a Trading potential that such trade would be N.H. and Boscowen, N.H., between
Pause, regardless of the listing considered erroneous.35 mileposts 74.32 and 80.68, and United
exchange.30 The Commission believes that the States Postal Service Zip Codes 03301
With respect to the proposed Halt proposed enhancements to the and 03303.
Auction Reference Price and Halt information that would be disseminated Applicants have certified that: (1) No
Auction Collars, the Commission finds for a Halt Auction would further local traffic has moved over the Line for
reasonable the Exchange’s belief that the promote transparency around a Halt at least two years; (2) there is no
price of the limit state that preceded the Auction. overhead traffic on the Line; (3) no
Trading Pause (i.e., either the Lower or Finally, the Commission notes that formal complaint filed by a user of rail
proposed BZX Rule 11.23(d)(2)(F) is service on the Line (or by a state or local
25 See Amendment No. 1, supra note 5. For a consistent with the Twelfth Amendment government entity acting on behalf of
more detailed description of the proposed rule to the Plan. such user) regarding cessation of service
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change, see Notice, supra note 3. over the Line either is pending with the
26 In approving this proposed rule change, the
Based on the Exchange’s
representations mentioned above and in Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
Commission has considered the proposed rule’s
impact on efficiency, competition, and capital with any U.S. District Court or has been
formation. See 15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 31 See id. decided in favor of complainant within
27 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5). 32 See id.
28 See, supra note 6. 33 See id. 36 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).
29 See Notice, supra note 3, at 75878. 34 See id. 37 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
30 See id. 35 See id. 38 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

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the two-year period; and (4) the available through the Federal Dated: January 25, 2017.
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– David Motl,
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 800–877–8339. Comments on Acting Deputy Director, United States Mint.
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 environmental and historic preservation [FR Doc. 2017–02126 Filed 1–31–17; 8:45 am]
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR matters must be filed within 15 days BILLING CODE P
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental after the EA becomes available to the
agencies) have been met. public.
As a condition to these exemptions, Environmental, historic preservation, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
any employee adversely affected by the public use, or trail use/rail banking AFFAIRS
abandonment or discontinuance shall be conditions will be imposed, where
protected under Oregon Short Line appropriate, in a subsequent decision. [OMB Control No. 2900–0091]
Railroad—Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth & Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR Agency Information Collection
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 1152.29(e)(2), B&M shall file a notice of Activity: (Application and Renewal for
Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To consummation with the Board to signify Health Benefits and Request for
address whether this condition that it has exercised the authority Hardship Determination)
adequately protects affected employees, granted and fully abandoned the Line. If
consummation has not been effected by AGENCY: Veterans Health
a petition for partial revocation under Administration, Department of Veterans
49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. B&M’s filing of a notice of
consummation by February 1, 2018, and Affairs.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial there are no legal or regulatory barriers ACTION: Notice.
assistance (OFA) has been received, to consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire. SUMMARY: The Veterans Health
these exemptions will be effective on Administration (VHA) is announcing an
March 3, 2017, unless stayed pending Board decisions and notices are opportunity for public comment on the
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do available on our Web site at proposed collection of certain
not involve environmental issues,1 ‘‘WWW.STB.GOV.’’ information by the agency. Under the
formal expressions of intent to file an Decided: January 27, 2017. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 1995, Federal agencies are required to
trail use/rail banking requests under 49 Director, Office of Proceedings. publish notice in the Federal Register
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by February Raina S. Contee, concerning each proposed collection of
13, 2017. Petitions to reopen or requests information, including each proposed
Clearance Clerk.
for public use conditions under 49 CFR revision of a currently approved
[FR Doc. 2017–02115 Filed 1–31–17; 8:45 am]
1152.28 must be filed by February 21, collection, and allow 60 days for public
2017, with the Surface Transportation BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
comment in response to the notice. This
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, notice solicits comments on information
DC 20423–0001. needed to identify areas for
A copy of any petition filed with the
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY improvement in clinical training
Board should be sent to applicants’
programs.
representative: Robert B. Burns, Pan Am
United States Mint DATES: Written comments and
Railways, Iron Horse Park, North
Billerica, MA 01862. Pricing Changes for 2017 United States recommendations on the proposed
If the verified notice contains false or Mint Numismatic Products collection of information should be
misleading information, the exemptions received on or before April 3, 2017.
are void ab initio. AGENCY: United States Mint, Department ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
Applicants have filed a combined of the Treasury. on the collection of information through
environmental and historic report that the Federal Docket Management System
addresses the effects, if any, of the ACTION: Notice.
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov; or to
abandonment and discontinuance on Brian McCarthy, Office of Regulatory
the environment and historic resources. SUMMARY: The United States Mint is
and Administrative Affairs, Veterans
OEA will issue an environmental announcing pricing changes for some
Health Administration (10B4),
assessment (EA) by February 6, 2017. 2017 United States Mint Numismatic
Department of Veterans Affairs, 810
Interested persons may obtain a copy of Products, in accordance with the list
Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC
the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, below:
20420 or email:
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• United States Mint Proof Set®— Brian.McCarthy4@va.gov. Please refer to
Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0091’’ in any
$26.95
calling OEA at (202) 245–0305. correspondence. During the comment
Assistance for the hearing impaired is • United States Mint Silver Proof
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1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
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Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
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cannot be made before the exemption’s effective Katrina McDow, Marketing Specialist,
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C.
I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should Numismatic and Bullion Directorate; 3501–3521), Federal agencies must
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may United States Mint; 801 9th Street NW.; obtain approval from OMB for each
take appropriate action before the exemption’s Washington, DC 20220; or call 202–354– collection of information they conduct
effective date. 8495.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing or sponsor. This request for comment is
fee, which is currently set at $1,700. See 49 CFR Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5111, 5112, 5132 & being made pursuant to Section
1002.2(f)(25). 9701. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.

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Section		Notices
FR Citation		82 FR 8970