Green Eagle Railroad, LLC-Construction and Operation Exemption-in Maverick County, Tex.

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 36652] On December 14, 2023, Green Eagle Railroad, LLC (GER), a noncarrier subsidiary of Puerto Verde Holdings (PVH), filed a petition for exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10901 to construct and operate approximately 1.335 miles of new, double-tracked common carrier rail line in Maverick County, Tex. (Line). The Line would extend from a bridge (Bridge) crossing the U.S.-Mexico border over the Rio Grande to connect with Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) at about milepost 31 of UP's Eagle Pass Subdivision and route rail and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) traffic around the urban center of the City of Eagle Pass, Tex. According to GER, rail traffic moving across the border between the City of Eagle Pass, Tex., and Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mex., currently crosses a single-tracked bridge connecting to a rail line owned and operated by UP and also utilized by BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) via trackage rights on the U.S. side and to a rail line owned by the Mexican federal government with rail operations concessioned to Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. (Ferromex) on the Mexican side. (Pet. 2.) GER seeks to enter into agreements with UP and BNSF for this traffic to move to the Line after construction. ( Id. at 7.) On March 13, 2024, the Board instituted a proceeding under 49 U.S.C. 10502(b) . Green Eagle R.R.—Constr. & Operation Exemption—in Maverick Cnty., Tex., FD 36652, …