{"abstract":"The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) is accepting for consideration an application (Application) and a related verified notice of exemption, both filed on May 1, 2023, by Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR), on behalf of itself and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company (CNOTP) (collectively, Applicants). The Application seeks Board approval for NSR to acquire from the Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway (Trustees) and operate approximately 338.2 miles of rail line between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chattanooga, Tenn., known as the Cincinnati Southern Railway (the CSR Line or the Line). This proposal is referred to as the Transaction. In the verified notice of exemption, Applicants seek authority for CNOTP to continue to operate the Line following its acquisition by Applicants. The Board finds that the Application is complete. The Board also makes the preliminary determination, based on the evidence presented in the Application, that the Transaction is a minor transaction. The Board emphasizes that this is not a final determination and may be rebutted by subsequent filings and evidence submitted into the record for this proceeding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------","action":"Decision No. 1 in Docket No. FD 36699; Notice of Acceptance of Application and a Related Verified Notice of Exemption; Issuance of Procedural Schedule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","name":"Surface Transportation Board","id":481,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-transportation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/481","parent_id":null,"slug":"surface-transportation-board"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2023/05/31/2023-11555.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"88 FR 34912","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The effective date of this decision is May 31, 2023. Any person who wishes to participate in this proceeding as a Party of Record must file, no later than June 15, 2023, a notice of intent to participate. All comments, protests, requests for conditions, and any other evidence and argument in opposition to the Application and related filings, including filings by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), must be filed by June 30, 2023. Responses to comments, protests, requests for conditions, other opposition, and rebuttal in support of the Application or related filings must be filed by July 28, 2023. See Appendix (Procedural Schedule). A final decision in this matter will be served no later than September 11, 2023. Further procedural orders, if any, would be issued","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FD 36699 1</E>"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2023-11555","effective_on":"2023-05-31","end_page":34915,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2023/05/31/2023-11555.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/31/2023-11555/norfolk-southern-railway-company-and-the-cincinnati-new-orleans-and-texas-pacific-railway","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2023-11555?publication_date=2023-05-31","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2023-05-31/2023-11555/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":346,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 20:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-05-31/pdf/2023-11555.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-11555.pdf?1685450741","publication_date":"2023-05-31","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2023/05/31/2023-11555.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"comments_count":0,"agency_id":"STB","document_id":"STB-2023-0081-0001","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-06-01T12:00:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":34912,"subtype":null,"title":"Norfolk Southern Railway Company and The Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway Company-Acquisition-Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway","toc_doc":"Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and The Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific Railway Co.; Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway","toc_subject":"Acquisition:\n","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":88}