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readiness to enter a health IT
partnership with us. The respondents
are healthcare providers and
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Administration.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36836]
Norfolk Southern Corporation and
Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Acquisition of Control—Norfolk &
Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
Company
Surface Transportation Board.
Decision No. 3 in Docket No. FD
36836; Notice of Proposed Procedural
Schedule and Request for Comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Norfolk Southern Corporation
and Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(collectively, Applicants) are seeking
Board approval to acquire control of
Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad
Company (NPBL). In this decision, the
Board is publishing notice of the
proposed procedural schedule, inviting
public comments on that schedule, and
designating 2023 as the year to be used
for the impact analysis.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed procedural schedule must be
filed by April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this
proceeding must be filed with the Board
either via e-filing on the Board’s website
or in writing addressed to 395 E Street
SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each filing must
be sent (and may be sent by email only
if service by email is acceptable to the
recipient) to each of the following: (1)
Secretary of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590; (2) Attorney General of the
United States, c/o Assistant Attorney
General, Antitrust Division, Room 3109,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
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20530; (3) Applicants’ representative,
William Mullins, Mullins Law Group,
PLLC, 2001 L Street NW, Suite 720,
Washington, DC 20036; and (4) any
other person designated as a Party of
Record on the service list.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Ziehm at (202) 245–0391. If you
require an accommodation under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, please
call (202) 245–0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 14, 2025, Applicants
submitted a filing in which they sought
Board approval for Applicants to
acquire control of NPBL, a Class III rail
carrier operating in Norfolk,
Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Va. (the
Proposed Transaction). By decision
served March 14, 2025, the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) found that
the Proposed Transaction was a
‘‘significant transaction’’ under 49 CFR
1180.2 and, among other things,
directed Applicants to file a revised
proposed procedural schedule reflecting
that determination. See Norfolk S.
Corp.—Acquis. of Control—Norfolk &
Portsmouth Belt Line R.R. (Decision No.
2), FD 36836, slip op. at 7–9 (STB
served Mar. 14, 2025). Applicants were
also directed to indicate in their filing
the year to be used for the impact
analysis required for significant
transactions and the approximate filing
date of Applicants’ anticipated
supplement. Id. at 9.
On March 21, 2025, Applicants filed
a revised motion, proposing a
procedural schedule largely based off
the schedule originally proposed by the
Board in CSX Corp.—Control &
Merger—Pan Am Sys., Inc., FD 36472
(STB served Apr. 22, 2021). (Applicants
Revised Mot. 2, Mar. 21, 2025.)
Applicants also contend that no
environmental review is required for the
Proposed Transaction and thus no
environmental review is accounted for
in the proposed schedule. Applicants
propose the following timeline:
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F 1 Application filed.
F + 30 Board notice of acceptance of
application to be published in the
Federal Register.2
F + 40 Notices of intent to
participate in this proceeding due.
F + 60 Descriptions of anticipated
responsive, including inconsistent,
applications due. Petitions for waiver or
clarification with respect to such
applications due.
Comments, protests, requests for
conditions, and any other evidence and
argument in opposition to the
application or related transactions due.
This includes any comments from the
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and
U.S. Department of Transportation
(USDOT).
F + 90 Responsive, including
inconsistent, applications due.
F + 135 Responses to comments,
protests, requests for conditions, and
other opposition due, including to DOJ
and USDOT filings. Responses to
responsive, including inconsistent,
applications due. Rebuttal in support of
the application and related transactions
due. Discovery closes.
F + 165 Rebuttal in support of
responsive, including inconsistent,
applications due.
1 ‘‘F’’ designates the filing date of the supplement
to perfect the application, and ‘‘F + n’’ means ‘‘n’’
days following that date. Applicants state that they
anticipate filing the supplement on or shortly before
June 14, 2025. (Applicants Revised Mot. 3 n.7, Mar.
21, 2025.)
2 Applicants also propose that discovery begin on
this date. The Board, however, has permitted
discovery after the initiation of a proceeding under
49 U.S.C. 11323 but before the filing of an
application. See Canadian Pac. Ry.—Control—Kan.
City S., FD 36500, slip op. at 4 (STB served Aug.
2, 2021); 49 CFR 1114.21(a) (‘‘Parties may obtain
discovery under this subpart regarding any matter,
not privileged, which is relevant to the subject
matter involved in a proceeding other than an
informal proceeding.’’). This approach is
appropriate here, given the initiation of the
proceeding and the treatment of Applicants’
February 14, 2025 submission as a pre-filing
notification.
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TBD Public hearing (if necessary).3
F + 180 Final briefs due. (Close of
evidentiary record.)
F + 270 Service date of final
decision.
F + 300 Effective date of final
decision.
The Board invites all interested
persons to submit written comments on
the proposed procedural schedule.
Comments must be filed by April 28,
2025. The proposed schedule is subject
to change depending on the comments
received or other circumstances.
Additionally, the Board’s regulations
require notice of the year to be used for
the impact analysis required in
significant transactions be published in
the Federal Register. See 49 CFR
1180.4(b)(2)(ii). Applicants indicate that
they intend to use 2023 as the base
year.4 Accordingly, the Board will
designate 2023 as the year to be used for
the impact analysis.
On March 28, 2025, CSX
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed a
response to Applicants’ revised motion
for a proposed procedural schedule.
CSXT proposes certain modifications to
the proposed procedural schedule,
proposes that discovery should
commence as of publication of the
notice of Applicants’ intent to file, and
opposes the establishment, at this time,
of a closing date for discovery. (CSXT
Response 2–9, Mar. 28, 2025.)
Additionally, although CSXT states that
it does not object to the base year
selected by Applicants, it argues that the
Board should reject Applicants’
supplement if it includes only base year
data, without providing information to
compare that data to a situation in
which Applicants did not control NPBL.
(Id. at 10–11.) CSXT also argues that it
is too early for the Board to determine
whether environmental review is
required in this case. (Id. at 11.)
Applicants responded to CSXT’s
response by letter filed April 1, 2025.
As noted above, supra note 2, the
Board declines to propose a schedule
that would limit the taking of discovery
until the Board publishes a notice
accepting the application. To the extent
that CSXT’s response otherwise relates
to the proposed procedural schedule, it
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3 The
Board will decide whether to conduct a
public hearing in a later decision after the record
has been more fully developed. See 49 U.S.C.
11324(a) (‘‘The Board shall hold a public hearing
unless the Board determines that a public hearing
is not necessary in the public interest.’’).
4 Applicants state that they would prefer to use
2024 as the base year if waybill data for 2024
becomes available in time for use in this
proceeding. (Applicants Revised Mot. 1 n.1, Mar.
21, 2025.) Any such request would be addressed in
a future decision.
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will be addressed following the
comment period, along with any other
comments the Board may receive on the
proposed schedule. CSXT’s comments
concerning the sufficiency of
Applicants’ future presentation of data
are beyond the scope of this decision,
which serves only to notice and solicit
comments on the proposed procedural
schedule, as required by 49 CFR
1180.4(b)(4)(i). Accordingly, those
arguments will be addressed, to the
extent necessary, at a later date. The
Board will also address environmental
review issues in a subsequent decision.
Decided: April 11, 2025.
By the Board, Board Members Fuchs,
Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz.
Regena Smith-Bernard,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No.: FAA–2024–2466; Summary
Notice No. 2025–20]
Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received; Michael Gray
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of Federal
Aviation Regulations. The purpose of
this notice is to improve the public’s
awareness of, and participation in, the
FAA’s exemption process. Neither
publication of this notice nor the
inclusion nor omission of information
in the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before May 6,
2025.
DATES:
Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2024–2466
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
ADDRESSES:
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Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at (202) 493–2251.
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its rulemaking
process. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
https://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara
White, Office of Rulemaking, Federal
Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20591. Telephone number: 202–
267–3793.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Dan Ngo,
Manager, Part 11 Petitions Branch, Office of
Rulemaking.
Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2024–2466.
Petitioner: Michael Gray.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 61.160(b).
Description of Relief Sought: Michael
Gray is petitioning for relief from 14
CFR 61.160(b) to allow him to use his
prior training and education experience
to obtain the Restricted Air Transport
Pilot certificate with a minimum of
1,000 hours of total time as a pilot. Mr.
Gray is basing his request on his
educational studies in the field of
aviation as well as his vast experience
and training working for a 14 CFR part
121 Air Carrier as an aircraft mechanic.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36836]
Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway
Company--Acquisition of Control--Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line
Railroad Company
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Decision No. 3 in Docket No. FD 36836; Notice of Proposed
Procedural Schedule and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway
Company (collectively, Applicants) are seeking Board approval to
acquire control of Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Company
(NPBL). In this decision, the Board is publishing notice of the
proposed procedural schedule, inviting public comments on that
schedule, and designating 2023 as the year to be used for the impact
analysis.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed procedural schedule must be
filed by April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this proceeding must be filed with
the Board either via e-filing on the Board's website or in writing
addressed to 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition,
one copy of each filing must be sent (and may be sent by email only if
service by email is acceptable to the recipient) to each of the
following: (1) Secretary of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590; (2) Attorney General of the United States, c/o
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Room 3109, Department
of Justice, Washington, DC 20530; (3) Applicants' representative,
William Mullins, Mullins Law Group, PLLC, 2001 L Street NW, Suite 720,
Washington, DC 20036; and (4) any other person designated as a Party of
Record on the service list.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Ziehm at (202) 245-0391. If you
require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act,
please call (202) 245-0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 14, 2025, Applicants submitted a
filing in which they sought Board approval for Applicants to acquire
control of NPBL, a Class III rail carrier operating in Norfolk,
Portsmouth, and Chesapeake, Va. (the Proposed Transaction). By decision
served March 14, 2025, the Surface Transportation Board (Board) found
that the Proposed Transaction was a ``significant transaction'' under
49 CFR 1180.2 and, among other things, directed Applicants to file a
revised proposed procedural schedule reflecting that determination. See
Norfolk S. Corp.--Acquis. of Control--Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line
R.R. (Decision No. 2), FD 36836, slip op. at 7-9 (STB served Mar. 14,
2025). Applicants were also directed to indicate in their filing the
year to be used for the impact analysis required for significant
transactions and the approximate filing date of Applicants' anticipated
supplement. Id. at 9.
On March 21, 2025, Applicants filed a revised motion, proposing a
procedural schedule largely based off the schedule originally proposed
by the Board in CSX Corp.--Control & Merger--Pan Am Sys., Inc., FD
36472 (STB served Apr. 22, 2021). (Applicants Revised Mot. 2, Mar. 21,
2025.) Applicants also contend that no environmental review is required
for the Proposed Transaction and thus no environmental review is
accounted for in the proposed schedule. Applicants propose the
following timeline:
F \1\ Application filed.
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\1\ ``F'' designates the filing date of the supplement to
perfect the application, and ``F + n'' means ``n'' days following
that date. Applicants state that they anticipate filing the
supplement on or shortly before June 14, 2025. (Applicants Revised
Mot. 3 n.7, Mar. 21, 2025.)
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F + 30 Board notice of acceptance of application to be published in
the Federal Register.\2\
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\2\ Applicants also propose that discovery begin on this date.
The Board, however, has permitted discovery after the initiation of
a proceeding under 49 U.S.C. 11323 but before the filing of an
application. See Canadian Pac. Ry.--Control--Kan. City S., FD 36500,
slip op. at 4 (STB served Aug. 2, 2021); 49 CFR 1114.21(a)
(``Parties may obtain discovery under this subpart regarding any
matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject matter
involved in a proceeding other than an informal proceeding.''). This
approach is appropriate here, given the initiation of the proceeding
and the treatment of Applicants' February 14, 2025 submission as a
pre-filing notification.
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F + 40 Notices of intent to participate in this proceeding due.
F + 60 Descriptions of anticipated responsive, including
inconsistent, applications due. Petitions for waiver or clarification
with respect to such applications due.
Comments, protests, requests for conditions, and any other evidence
and argument in opposition to the application or related transactions
due. This includes any comments from the U.S. Department of Justice
(DOJ) and U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT).
F + 90 Responsive, including inconsistent, applications due.
F + 135 Responses to comments, protests, requests for conditions,
and other opposition due, including to DOJ and USDOT filings. Responses
to responsive, including inconsistent, applications due. Rebuttal in
support of the application and related transactions due. Discovery
closes.
F + 165 Rebuttal in support of responsive, including inconsistent,
applications due.
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\3\ The Board will decide whether to conduct a public hearing in
a later decision after the record has been more fully developed. See
49 U.S.C. 11324(a) (``The Board shall hold a public hearing unless
the Board determines that a public hearing is not necessary in the
public interest.'').
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F + 180 Final briefs due. (Close of evidentiary record.)
F + 270 Service date of final decision.
F + 300 Effective date of final decision.
The Board invites all interested persons to submit written comments
on the proposed procedural schedule. Comments must be filed by April
28, 2025. The proposed schedule is subject to change depending on the
comments received or other circumstances.
Additionally, the Board's regulations require notice of the year to
be used for the impact analysis required in significant transactions be
published in the Federal Register. See 49 CFR 1180.4(b)(2)(ii).
Applicants indicate that they intend to use 2023 as the base year.\4\
Accordingly, the Board will designate 2023 as the year to be used for
the impact analysis.
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\4\ Applicants state that they would prefer to use 2024 as the
base year if waybill data for 2024 becomes available in time for use
in this proceeding. (Applicants Revised Mot. 1 n.1, Mar. 21, 2025.)
Any such request would be addressed in a future decision.
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On March 28, 2025, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed a
response to Applicants' revised motion for a proposed procedural
schedule. CSXT proposes certain modifications to the proposed
procedural schedule, proposes that discovery should commence as of
publication of the notice of Applicants' intent to file, and opposes
the establishment, at this time, of a closing date for discovery. (CSXT
Response 2-9, Mar. 28, 2025.) Additionally, although CSXT states that
it does not object to the base year selected by Applicants, it argues
that the Board should reject Applicants' supplement if it includes only
base year data, without providing information to compare that data to a
situation in which Applicants did not control NPBL. (Id. at 10-11.)
CSXT also argues that it is too early for the Board to determine
whether environmental review is required in this case. (Id. at 11.)
Applicants responded to CSXT's response by letter filed April 1, 2025.
As noted above, supra note 2, the Board declines to propose a
schedule that would limit the taking of discovery until the Board
publishes a notice accepting the application. To the extent that CSXT's
response otherwise relates to the proposed procedural schedule, it will
be addressed following the comment period, along with any other
comments the Board may receive on the proposed schedule. CSXT's
comments concerning the sufficiency of Applicants' future presentation
of data are beyond the scope of this decision, which serves only to
notice and solicit comments on the proposed procedural schedule, as
required by 49 CFR 1180.4(b)(4)(i). Accordingly, those arguments will
be addressed, to the extent necessary, at a later date. The Board will
also address environmental review issues in a subsequent decision.
Decided: April 11, 2025.
By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, Hedlund, Primus, and Schultz.
Regena Smith-Bernard,
Clearance Clerk.
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