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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 155 / Monday, August 16, 2021 / Notices
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Docket No. AB 122 Sub-No. 2X

Terminal Railroad Association of St.
LouisAbandonment Exemptionin St. Louis County, Mo.

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Terminal Railroad Association of St.
Louis TRRA has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart FExempt Abandonments to abandon an approximately 0.1-mile segment of rail line, between milepost 0.7 near Bodine Industrial Drive crossing and milepost 0.8 the end of the track in St. Louis County, Mo., the Line. The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 63114.
TRRA has certified that: 1 No local traffic has moved over the Line for at least two years; 2 there is no overhead traffic that cannot 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 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 1105.7b and 1105.8c notice of environmental and historic reports, 49 CFR 1105.11
transmittal letter, 49 CFR 1105.12
newspaper publication, and 49 CFR
1152.50d1 notice to governmental agencies have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment 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. 10502d must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance OFA has been received,1
this exemption will be effective on September 15, 2021, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,2 formal expressions of intent to 1 Persons interested in submitting an OFA must first file a formal expression of intent to file an offer, indicating the type of financial assistance they wish to provide i.e., subsidy or purchase and demonstrating that they are preliminarily financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27c2i.
2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on environmental issues whether raised by a party or by the Boards Office of Environmental Analysis OEA in its independent investigation
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file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27c2, and interim trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by August 26, 2021.3 Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by September 7, 2021.
All pleadings, referring to Docket No.
AB 122 Sub-No. 2X, should be filed with the Surface Transportation Board via e-filing on the Boards website. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on TRRAs representative, Audrey L. Brodrick, 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.
TRRA has filed a combined environmental and historic report that addresses the potential effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic resources. OEA will issue a Draft Environmental Assessment Draft EA by August 20, 2021. The Draft EA
will be available to interested persons on the Boards website, by writing to OEA, or by calling OEA at 202 245
0294. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Relay Service at 800 8778339.
Comments on environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the Draft 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
1152.29e2, TRRA shall file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the Line.4
If consummation has not been effected by TRRAs filing of a notice of consummation by August 16, 2022, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.
cannot be made before the exemptions 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 exemptions effective date.
3 Filing fees for OFAs and trail use requests can be found at 49 CFR 1002.2f25 and 27, respectively.
4 After TRRA filed its verified notice of exemption, West Belt Railway LLC WBRY filed a verified notice of exemption to discontinue service over the Line. WBRY Notice 1, Aug. 4, 2021, West Belt Ry.Discontinuance of Serv. Exemptionin St. Louis Cnty., Mo., AB 1318X. There, WBRY states that it leases the Line from TRRA. See id. at 2.
TRRA may not consummate abandonment of the Line until WBRY has received authority to discontinue service over the Line.

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Decided: August 11, 2021.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk.
FR Doc. 202117499 Filed 81321; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 491501P

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Sunshine Act Meetings TIME AND DATE:

10 a.m. on August 18,
2021.
Please use the following link for the live stream of meeting: https
tva.com/board/watch.
STATUS: Open, via live streaming only.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
PLACE:

Meeting No. 2103
The TVA Board of Directors will hold a public meeting on August 18, 2021.
Due to the ongoing risks associated with the COVID19 outbreak, the meeting will be streamed to the public. The meeting will be called to order at 10
a.m. ET to consider the agenda items listed below. TVA Board Chair John Ryder and TVA management will answer questions from the news media following the Board meeting.
Public health concerns also require a change to the Boards public listening session. Although in-person comments from the public are not feasible, the Board is encouraging those wishing to express their opinions to submit written comments that will be provided to the Board members before the August 18
meeting. Written comments can be submitted through the same online system used to register to speak at previous listening sessions.
Agenda 1. Approval of minutes of the May 6, 2021 Board Meeting 2. Report of the Finance, Rates, and Portfolio Committee A. FY 2022 Pandemic recovery credit B. FY 2022 Financial plan and budget C. FY 2022 Bond issuance and financing authority 3. Report of the People and Performance Committee A. Corporate goals for FY 2022
4. Report of the Audit, Risk, and Regulation Committee A. FY 2022 External auditor selection 5. Report of the Nuclear Oversight Committee A. Financial assurance for nuclear decomissioning activities 6. Report of the External Relations Committee 7. Information Items
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