83_FR_53070 83 FR 52868 - Wisconsin Central Ltd.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Ashland and Price Counties, Wis.

83 FR 52868 - Wisconsin Central Ltd.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Ashland and Price Counties, Wis.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 202 (October 18, 2018)

Page Range52868-52869
FR Document2018-22739

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52868-52869]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22739]



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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD



[Docket No. AB 303 (Sub-No. 50X)]




Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Discontinuance of Service Exemption--in 

Ashland and Price Counties, Wis.



    Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over a portion of 

WCL's Ashland Subdivision extending approximately 58.4 miles from 

milepost 434.4 in the city of Ashland, Ashland County, Wis., to 

milepost 376.0 near Park Falls, Price County, Wis. (the Line). The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 54806, 54855, 54846, 

54546, 54527, 54514, and 54552.

    WCL has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the 

Line for at least two years; (2) there is no overhead traffic to be 

rerouted over other lines; (3)



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no formal complaint filed by a user of a 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 is either pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with 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 of service 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) \1\ to subsidize continued rail service has 

been received, this exemption will be effective on November 17, 2018, 

unless stayed pending reconsideration. Formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA to subsidize continued rail service under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2) \2\ must be filed by October 26, 2018. Petitions to stay 

that do not involve environmental issues must be filed by October 29, 

2018.\3\ Petitions for reconsideration must be filed by November 7, 

2018, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423-0001.

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    \1\ The Board modified its OFA procedures effective July 29, 

2017. Among other things, the OFA process now requires potential 

offerors, in their formal expression of intent, to make a 

preliminary financial responsibility showing based on a calculation 

using information contained in the carrier's filing and publicly 

available information. See Offers of Financial Assistance, EP 729 

(STB served June 29, 2017); 82 FR 30 997 (July 5, 2017).

    \2\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which 

currently is set at $1,800. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

    \3\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an 

abandonment, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are 

not appropriate. Because there will be an environmental review 

during abandonment, this discontinuance does not require 

environmental review.

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    A copy of any petition filed with Board should be sent to WCL's 

representative, Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606.

    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 

the exemption is void ab initio.

    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 

www.stb.gov.



    Decided: October 15, 2018.



    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 

Proceedings.

Brendetta Jones,

Clearance Clerk.

[FR Doc. 2018-22739 Filed 10-17-18; 8:45 am]

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                                               Commission also notes that the                          SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                         disaster for Public Assistance Only for
                                               Exchange has represented that it has the                                                                      the State of California (FEMA–4382–
                                               necessary systems capacity to handle                    [Disaster Declaration #15696 and #15697;              DR), dated 08/04/2018.
                                                                                                       North Carolina Disaster Number NC–00099]
                                               the additional traffic associated with the                                                                       Incident: Wildfires and High Winds.
                                               listing and trading of this new product                 Presidential Declaration Amendment of                    Incident Period: 07/23/2018 through
                                               and it expects that the Exchange                        a Major Disaster for the State of North               09/19/2018.
                                               considered this expansion of the                        Carolina                                              DATES: Issued on 10/04/2018.
                                               permissible range of strike prices in                                                                            Physical Loan Application Deadline
                                               making such a representation.40                         AGENCY: U.S. Small Business                           Date: 10/03/2018.
                                                  The Commission also believes that it                 Administration.                                          Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan
                                               is consistent with the Act to apply                     ACTION: Amendment 4.                                  Application Deadline Date: 05/06/2019.
                                               margin requirements to the proposed                                                                           ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan
                                               Index options that are otherwise                        SUMMARY:   This is an amendment of the                applications to: U.S. Small Business
                                               applicable to options on broad-based                    Presidential declaration of a major                   Administration, Processing and
                                               indexes. The Commission further                         disaster for the State of North Carolina              Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport
                                               believes that the Exchange’s proposed                   (FEMA–4393–DR), dated 09/14/2018.                     Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
                                               minimum trading increment, series                         Incident: Hurricane Florence.                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.
                                               openings, and other aspects of the                        Incident Period: 09/07/2018 through                 Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,
                                               proposed rule change are appropriate                    09/29/2018.                                           U.S. Small Business Administration,
                                               and consistent with the Act.                            DATES: Issued on 10/10/2018.                          409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050,
                                                                                                         Physical Loan Application Deadline                  Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734.
                                                  As a national securities exchange, the               Date: 11/13/2018.
                                               Exchange is required, under Section                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
                                                                                                         Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan                         of the President’s major disaster
                                               6(b)(1) of the Act,41 to enforce                        Application Deadline Date: 06/14/2019.
                                               compliance by its members and persons                                                                         declaration for Private Non-Profit
                                               associated with its members with the                    ADDRESSES: Submit completed loan                      organizations in the State of California,
                                               provisions of the Act, Commission rules                 applications to: U.S. Small Business                  dated 08/04/2018, is hereby amended to
                                               and regulations thereunder, and its own                 Administration, Processing and                        include the following areas as adversely
                                               rules. The Exchange has asserted its                    Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport                  affected by the disaster.
                                               belief that there is a low potential for                Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.                           Primary Counties: Lake
                                               manipulation of the Index settlement                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A.                      All other information in the original
                                               value.42 The Exchange has represented                   Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance,               declaration remains unchanged.
                                               that it has an adequate surveillance                    U.S. Small Business Administration,
                                                                                                       409 3rd Street SW, Suite 6050,                        (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
                                               program in place for options traded on                                                                        Number 59008)
                                               the Index, and will monitor for any                     Washington, DC 20416, (202) 205–6734.
                                               potential manipulation of the Index                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice                 James Rivera,
                                               settlement value according to its current               of the President’s major disaster                     Associate Administrator for Disaster
                                               surveillance procedures and additional                  declaration for the State of North                    Assistance.
                                               surveillance measures.43 The                            Carolina, dated 09/14/2018, is hereby                 [FR Doc. 2018–22693 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]
                                               Commission also notes the Exchange’s                    amended to establish the incident
                                                                                                                                                             BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
                                               representation that it has the necessary                period for this disaster as beginning
                                               systems capacity to support the new                     09/07/2018 and continuing through
                                               options series that will result from this               09/29/2018.
                                               proposal.44                                                                                                   SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
                                                                                                         All other information in the original
                                                                                                       declaration remains unchanged.                        [Docket No. AB 303 (Sub-No. 50X)]
                                               IV. Conclusion
                                                                                                       (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
                                                                                                                                                             Wisconsin Central Ltd.—
                                                 It is therefore ordered, pursuant to                  Number 59008)
                                                                                                                                                             Discontinuance of Service
                                               Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,45 that the
                                                                                                       James Rivera,                                         Exemption—in Ashland and Price
                                               proposed rule change (SR–MIAX–2018–
                                                                                                       Associate Administrator for Disaster                  Counties, Wis.
                                               14) be, and hereby is, approved.
                                                                                                       Assistance.
                                                 For the Commission, by the Division                   [FR Doc. 2018–22691 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]             Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) has
                                               of Trading and Markets, pursuant to                     BILLING CODE 8025–01–P
                                                                                                                                                             filed a verified notice of exemption
                                               delegated authority.46                                                                                        under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F—
                                                                                                                                                             Exempt Abandonments and
                                               Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                                                                       SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                         Discontinuances of Service to
                                               Assistant Secretary.                                                                                          discontinue service over a portion of
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–22683 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]            [Disaster Declaration #15624 and #15625;              WCL’s Ashland Subdivision extending
                                               BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
                                                                                                       California Disaster Number CA–00292]                  approximately 58.4 miles from milepost
                                                                                                       Presidential Declaration Amendment of                 434.4 in the city of Ashland, Ashland
                                               Securities Exchange Act Release No. 63155 (October
                                                                                                       a Major Disaster for Public Assistance                County, Wis., to milepost 376.0 near
                                               21, 2010), 75 FR 66402 (October 28, 2010) (SR–                                                                Park Falls, Price County, Wis. (the Line).
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                                               CBOE–2010–096).                                         Only for the State of California
                                                 40 See Notice, supra note 3, at 32942.
                                                                                                                                                             The Line traverses United States Postal
                                                 41 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(1).
                                                                                                       AGENCY: U.S. Small Business                           Service Zip Codes 54806, 54855, 54846,
                                                 42 See Notice, supra note 3, at 32942–43.             Administration.                                       54546, 54527, 54514, and 54552.
                                                 43 See supra notes 31–32 and accompanying text.       ACTION: Amendment 2.                                     WCL has certified that: (1) No local
                                                 44 See id.                                                                                                  traffic has moved over the Line for at
                                                 45 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).                               SUMMARY:  This is an amendment of the                 least two years; (2) there is no overhead
                                                 46 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).                            Presidential declaration of a major                   traffic to be rerouted over other lines; (3)


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                                               no formal complaint filed by a user of                    Decided: October 15, 2018.                          between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday
                                               a rail service on the Line (or by a state                 By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting            through Friday, except Federal holidays.
                                               or local government entity acting on                    Director, Office of Proceedings.                        • Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
                                               behalf of such user) regarding cessation                Brendetta Jones,                                         Each submission must include the
                                               of service over the Line is either                      Clearance Clerk.                                      Agency name and the docket number for
                                               pending with the Surface                                [FR Doc. 2018–22739 Filed 10–17–18; 8:45 am]          this notice. Note that DOT posts all
                                               Transportation Board (Board) or with                    BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
                                                                                                                                                             comments received without change to
                                               any U.S. District Court or has been                                                                           www.regulations.gov, including any
                                               decided in favor of a complainant                                                                             personal information included in a
                                               within the two-year period; and (4) the                                                                       comment. Please see the Privacy Act
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                               requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12                                                                                heading below.
                                               (newspaper publication) and 49 CFR                      Federal Motor Carrier Safety                             Docket: For access to the docket to
                                               1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental                   Administration                                        read background documents or
                                               agencies) have been met.                                                                                      comments, go to www.regulations.gov at
                                                  As a condition to this exemption, any                [Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0236]                          any time or visit Room W12–140 on the
                                               employee adversely affected by the                                                                            ground level of the West Building, 1200
                                               discontinuance of service shall be                      Hours of Service of Drivers: Rota-Mill,
                                                                                                       Inc.; Application for Exemption                       New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
                                               protected under Oregon Short Line                                                                             DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET,
                                               Railroad—Abandonment Portion                            AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety                  Monday through Friday, except Federal
                                               Goshen Branch Between Firth &                           Administration (FMCSA), DOT.                          holidays. The online FDMS is available
                                               Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville                          ACTION: Notice of application for                     24 hours each day, 365 days each year.
                                               Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To               exemption; request for comments.                         Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
                                               address whether this condition                                                                                U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
                                               adequately protects affected employees,                 SUMMARY:    FMCSA announces that it has               from the public to better inform its
                                               a petition for partial revocation under                 received an application from Rota-Mill,               rulemaking process. DOT posts these
                                               49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.                       Inc. (Rota-Mill) requesting exemptions                comments, without edit, including any
                                                  Provided no formal expression of                     from two requirements of the hours-of-                personal information the commenter
                                               intent to file an offer of financial                    service (HOS) regulations for drivers of              provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
                                               assistance (OFA) 1 to subsidize                         commercial motor vehicles (CMVs): (1)                 described in the system of records
                                               continued rail service has been                         The 30-minute rest break provision and                notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
                                               received, this exemption will be                        (2) the requirement that short-haul                   be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
                                               effective on November 17, 2018, unless                  drivers utilizing the record of duty                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
                                               stayed pending reconsideration. Formal                  status (RODS) exception return to their               information concerning this notice,
                                               expressions of intent to file an OFA to                 work-reporting location within 12 hours               please contact Mr. Richard Clemente,
                                               subsidize continued rail service under                  of coming on duty. The first exemption                FMCSA Driver and Carrier Operations
                                               49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 2 must be filed by                 would enable drivers engaged in the                   Division; Telephone: (202) 366–2722;
                                               October 26, 2018. Petitions to stay that                transportation of milled asphalt and                  Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If you have
                                               do not involve environmental issues                     related materials and equipment to use                questions on viewing or submitting
                                               must be filed by October 29, 2018.3                     30 minutes or more of on-duty ‘‘waiting               material to the docket, contact Docket
                                               Petitions for reconsideration must be                   time’’ at a jobsite to satisfy the                    Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
                                               filed by November 7, 2018, with the                     requirement for the 30-minute rest
                                               Surface Transportation Board, 395 E                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                       break, provided they do not perform any
                                               Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001.                   other work during the break. The second               I. Public Participation and Request for
                                                  A copy of any petition filed with                    exemption would allow these drivers to                Comments
                                               Board should be sent to WCL’s                           use the short-haul exception, but return
                                               representative, Bradon J. Smith, Fletcher                                                                       FMCSA encourages you to participate
                                                                                                       to their work-reporting location within               by submitting comments and related
                                               & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive,                    14 hours instead of the current 12 hours.
                                               Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606.                                                                                 materials.
                                                                                                       FMCSA requests public comment on
                                                  If the verified notice contains false or             Rota-Mill’s application for exemptions.               Submitting Comments
                                               misleading information, the exemption
                                                                                                       DATES: Comments must be received on                     If you submit a comment, please
                                               is void ab initio.
                                                  Board decisions and notices are                      or before November 19, 2018.                          include the docket number for this
                                               available on our website at www.stb.gov.                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                    notice (FMCSA–2018–0236), indicate
                                                                                                       identified by Federal Docket                          the specific section of this document to
                                                  1 The Board modified its OFA procedures              Management System Number FMCSA–                       which the comment applies, and
                                               effective July 29, 2017. Among other things, the        2018–0236 by any of the following                     provide a reason for suggestions or
                                               OFA process now requires potential offerors, in         methods:                                              recommendations. You may submit
                                               their formal expression of intent, to make a
                                               preliminary financial responsibility showing based
                                                                                                          • Federal eRulemaking Portal:                      your comments and material online or
                                               on a calculation using information contained in the     www.regulations.gov. See the Public                   by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
                                               carrier’s filing and publicly available information.    Participation and Request for Comments                please use only one of these means.
                                               See Offers of Financial Assistance, EP 729 (STB         section below for further information.                FMCSA recommends that you include
                                               served June 29, 2017); 82 FR 30 997 (July 5, 2017).
                                                                                                          • Mail: Docket Management Facility,                your name and a mailing address, an
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                                                  2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing

                                               fee, which currently is set at $1,800. See 49 CFR       U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200               email address, or a phone number in the
                                               1002.2(f)(25).                                          New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,                  body of your document so the Agency
                                                  3 Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and    Ground Floor, Room W12–140,                           can contact you if it has questions
                                               not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and          Washington, DC 20590–0001.                            regarding your submission.
                                               public use conditions are not appropriate. Because
                                               there will be an environmental review during
                                                                                                          • Hand Delivery or Courier: West                     To submit your comment online, go to
                                               abandonment, this discontinuance does not require       Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–                     www.regulations.gov and put the docket
                                               environmental review.                                   140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,                       number, ‘‘FMCSA–2018–0236’’ in the


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FR Citation83 FR 52868 

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