Week of 2 Dec 2019

Decisions served

1. 6 Dec 2019 FD 36364
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT DECATUR & EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD, L.L.C. FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO (1) ACQUIRE FROM NRG, INC. (NRG), APPROXIMATELY 53-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD EXTENDING BETWEEN METCALF, ILL., AND NEOGA, ILL.; AND (2) REPLACE NRG’S CORPORATE SUBSIDIARY, EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY, AS OPERATOR ON THE LINE.

   Director Of Proceedings · DECATUR & EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD, L.L.C.--ACQUISITION AND CHANGE OF OPERATORS EXEMPTION--NRG, INC., AND EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 50029
2. 6 Dec 2019 FD 36367
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT DAVENPORT INDUSTRIAL RAILROAD, LLC FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO LEASE FROM THE CITY OF DAVENPORT AND OPERATE AN APPROXIMATELY 2.8-MILE RAIL LINE IN DAVENPORT, IOWA.

   Director Of Proceedings · DAVENPORT INDUSTRIAL RAILROAD, LLC -- LEASE AND OPERATION EXEMPTION -- CITY OF DAVENPORT, IOWA · decision 50021
3. 6 Dec 2019 AB 33 (Sub-No. 342X)
   DECISION DETERMINED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.

   Director, Office Of Environmental Analysis · UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AND JACKSON COUNTY, MO.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN JACKSON COUNTY, MO. · decision 47289
4. 5 Dec 2019 FD 36332
   DECISION DETERMINED THAT: (1) DISCOVERY SHALL BE CLOSED AND JOINT SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE JANUARY 30, 2020; (2) OPENING STATEMENTS ARE DUE MARCH 30, 2020; AND (3) REPLIES ARE DUE MAY 13, 2020.

   Director Of Proceedings · PETITION BY THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) FOR PROCEEDING UNDER 49 U.S.C. § 24903(c)(2) · decision 50041
5. 5 Dec 2019 EP 761
   DECISION GRANTED A MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THIS PROCEEDING.

   Director Of Proceedings · HEARING ON REVENUE ADEQUACY · decision 50035
6. 4 Dec 2019 WB 19 (Sub-No. 50)
   DECISION APPROVED KEATON MILLER AS AN ADDITION TO THE WAYBILL ACCESS LETTER IN WB19-50.

   Director, Office Of Economics · REQUEST FOR WAYBILL DATA · decision 50040
7. 4 Dec 2019 FD 36347
   DECISION DETERMINED THAT REQUESTS TO CHANGE OR CORRECT SERVICE LIST INFORMATION IN THIS PROCEEDING, OR TO BE DELETED FROM THE SERVICE LIST, MUST BE FILED IN WRITING WITH THE BOARD BY DECEMBER 16, 2019.

   Director Of Proceedings · BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY - ACQUISITION AND OPERATION - CERTAIN RAIL LINES OF CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. IN ONONDAGA, OSWEGO, JEFFERSON, SAINT LAWRENCE, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, N.Y. · decision 50020
8. 4 Dec 2019 FD 36349
   DECISION GRANTED THE INDIANA RAIL ROAD COMPANY'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THIS PROCEEDING.

   Director Of Proceedings · THE INDIANA RAIL ROAD COMP ANY--AMENDED TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. · decision 50015
9. 4 Dec 2019 FD 36349
   THE INDIANA RAIL ROAD COMPANY, A CLASS II RAIL CARRIER, HAS FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FOR ITS ACQUISITION OF AMENDED, LIMITED OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS OVER A LINE OF RAILROAD OF CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. IN INDIANA, A TOTAL DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 14.55 MILES.

   Director Of Proceedings · THE INDIANA RAIL ROAD COMP ANY--AMENDED TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. · decision 50014
10. 4 Dec 2019 WB 19 (Sub-No. 44)
    DECISION DENIED AN APPEAL OF A RULING BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMICS RELATING TO ACCESS TO THE CONFIDENTIAL CARLOAD WAYBILL SAMPLE.

    Entire Board · REQUEST FOR WAYBILL DATA · decision 47357
11. 4 Dec 2019 EP 753
    DECISION ADOPTED A FINAL RULE AMENDING REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT TO: (1) PROVIDE THAT THE INITIAL TERM FOR CERTIFICATES OR NOTICES OF INTERIM TRAIL USE OR ABANDONMENT WILL BE ONE YEAR (INSTEAD OF THE CURRENT 180 DAYS); (2) PERMIT UP TO THREE ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS OF THE INITIAL PERIOD IF THE TRAIL SPONSOR AND THE RAILROAD AGREE; AND (3) PERMIT ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS IF THE TRAIL SPONSOR AND THE RAILROAD AGREE AND EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SHOWN.

    Entire Board · RAILS-TO-TRAILS CONSERVANCY--PETITION FOR RULEMAKING · also entered in EP 749 (Sub-No. 1) · decision 47262
12. 3 Dec 2019 FD 36368
    DECISION GRANTED A MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER FILED BY SOO LINE CORPORATION AND CENTRAL MAINE & QUEBEC RAILWAY US INC.

    Director Of Proceedings · SOO LINE CORPORATION—CONTROL—CENTRAL MAINE & QUEBEC RAILWAY US INC. · decision 50036
13. 3 Dec 2019 WB 19 (Sub-No. 58)
    DECISION AUTHORIZED A REQUEST FILED BY NEVILLE PETERSON LLP FOR PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE CONFIDENTIAL CARLOAD WAYBILL SAMPLE WITH MASKED REVENUES.

    Director, Office Of Economics · RELEASE OF WAYBILL DATA · decision 50034
14. 3 Dec 2019 WB 19 (Sub-No. 57)
    DECISION AUTHORIZED A REQUEST FILED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON FOR PERMISSION TO ACCESS THE CONFIDENTIAL CARLOAD WAYBILL SAMPLE WITH MASKED REVENUES.

    Director, Office Of Economics · RELEASE OF WAYBILL DATA · decision 50033
15. 3 Dec 2019 FD 36075
    DECISION ORDERED PARTIES TO SUBMIT A STATUS REPORT BY FEBRUARY 10, 2020 IN THIS PROCEEDING.

    Director Of Proceedings · ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER · decision 50030
16. 3 Dec 2019 FD 34936
    DECISION AUTHORIZED THE PORT OF MOSES LAKE TO MODIFY THE ROUTE OF A RAIL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE, WASH., WHICH THE BOARD AUTHORIZED IN 2009, SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION MEASURES.

    Entire Board · PORT OF MOSES LAKE-CONSTRUCTION EXEMPTION-MOSES LAKE, WASH. · decision 47215
17. 2 Dec 2019 AB 1292-X
    DECISION CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

    Director, Office Of Environmental Analysis · ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE RIVER RAILWAY, LLC--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN MARSHALL COUNTY, ALA. · decision 47351