Delaware and South Branch Railroad, LLC-Lease and Change of Operator Exemption-Black River & Western Corp. d/b/a Black River & Western Railroad, and Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Company, Inc.

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 36938] Delaware and South Branch Railroad, LLC (DSBR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from Black River & Western Corp. d/b/a Black River & Western Railroad (BRW), and Belvidere & Delaware River Railway Company, Inc. (BDR), and operate approximately 31.91 miles of rail line: (1) a 16.2-mile BRW rail line from milepost 0.0 at Lambertville, N.J., to milepost 16.2 at the connection with Norfolk Southern Railway Company at Three Bridges, N.J.; and (2) an approximately 15.71-mile BDR rail line from milepost 50.6 at Philipsburg, N.J., to milepost 34.89 at Alexandria Creek, N.J. (the Line). [ 1 ] BDR currently leases and operates an approximately 10-mile portion of the Line from milepost 6.2 at Ringoes, N.J., to milepost 16.2 at Three Bridges (the Three Bridges Segment). According to the verified notice, DSBR, BRW and BDR have reached an agreement pursuant to which DSBR will lease and operate the Line, including replacing BDR as the lessee and operator on the Three Bridges Segment. The verified notice states that BDR will cease all common carrier operations on the Line upon DSBR's assumption of the leasehold operations. This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in Kean Burenga & Chesapeake & Delaware, LLC—Continuance in Control Exemption—Delaware & South Branch Railroad, LLC, Docket No. FD 36939, in which Kean Bur…