Surface Transportation Board
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 36767] Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V. (GM), a noncarrier holding company, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) for after-the-fact authority to acquire control of Copper Basin Railway, Inc. (CBRY), a Class III rail carrier that owns and operates a rail line in Arizona. [ 1 ] According to a supplemental filing by GM, CBRY's line consists of a 54.6-mile main line between Magma Junction, at milepost 948.9, and Winkleman, at milepost 1003.5; a four-mile branch line from Ray Junction, at milepost 987.8, to Ray; and a two-mile branch line from Hayden ( printed page 50662) Junction, at milepost 1000.2, to Hayden Smelter. The verified notice states that, through an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary named ASARCO LLC (ASARCO), GM acquired a 100% ownership interest in CBRY in 2006. [ 2 ] According to the verified notice, at the time of the transaction GM also controlled (through its subsidiary GMXT) Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd. (Pacifico), a Class III rail carrier operating in the State of Texas. Thereafter, in 2017, GM acquired control of Florida East Coast Railway, LLC (FECR), a Class II rail carrier that owns and operates approximately 351 miles of main line track, as well as additional branch, switching, and other secondary track, along the east coast of Florida. See Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V.—Control Exemption—Fla. E. Coast Holdings Corp., FD 36109 (STB served May 9, 2017…
Citation: 89 FR 50661
