20180702Telephonic Hearing Transcript Vol I.pdf

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ORIGIIYAL CSB REPORTING
C e rt ifrc d S h o rt h an d Rep o rter s
Post Office Box9774
Boise,Idaho 83707
csbreporting@yahoo. com
Ph: 208-890-5198 Fax: [phone]
Reporter:
Constance Bucy,
CSR
BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OE THE NOTICE OF
EASTERN IDAHO RAILROAD LLC FOR
APPROVAL TO ABANDON A FIVE*MILE
SECTION OF ITS RA]L LINE IN
FREMONT COUNTY, IDAHO
CASE NO. EIR_R-18-01
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COMMISSIONER PAUL KJELLANDER (Presiding)
COMM]SS]ONER KRISTINE RAPER
COMM]SS]ONER ER]C ANDERSON
PLACE:Commission Hearing Room
412 Wesl Washington Avenue
Boise, Idaho
DATE:June 28, 2018
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APPEARANCES
For the Staff:Mr. Brandon Kazpen
Deputy Attorney General
4'72 West WashingtonBoise, Idaho 83120-0074
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COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER :
This is the time and place for
Wel1, good
a telephonicmorning.
hearlng in the matter of the notice of Eastern Idaho
Rail-road LLC for approval to
in Fremont
abandon a five-mi1e section
of its ra1l line County, Idaho. It's Case
No. EIR-R-18-01 . My name is Paul Kj ellander. I ' l-l- be
the Chair of today's proceedings. To my left is
Commissioner Kris Raper and we also have with us today
vi-e telephone Commi-ssioner Eric Anderson.
Eric, if you could state your name just so
that we know you're there officially for the record.
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON: Eric Anderson and
good morning.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Good morning and
thanks for joining us today. First off, although the
authority to grant or deny abandonment rests with the
Surface Transportation Board and is governed by federal-
1aw, the ldaho Public Utilities Commission has an
obligation under state law to hold a public hearing
regarding the abandonment, and to represent the State in
Surface Transportation Board abandonment proceedings if
the Commission deems it necessary.
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Idaho Code Section 62-424 provides that
the Commission shal-l- schedule a publJ-c hearing on the
proposed abandonment, which this specific public hearing
represents fulfilling that statutory requirement. Now,
the purpose of the hearing is for the Commission to
determine whether the abandonment would: (1) adversely
affect the area being served; (2) impair the access of
Idaho shippers to vital goods and markets; and (3)
whether the raj-l l-ine has a potential for profitability.
If the Commission finds that the
abandonment would be adverse to the public interest, then
1t may represent
Board abandonment
reference to Idaho
the State in the Surface
proceedings, and, again,
Code Section 62-424 (2) ,
Transportation
that's in
so with that,
the l-ine.1et's see if we have any of the parties on
Let's first start with Commission Staff.
We have a Deputy Attorney General representing the Staff
of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, if we could
just get your name officially for the record.
MR. KARPEN: Yes, Brandon Karpen
representing Commission Staff .
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Thank you, Mr.
Karpen, and let's see if we have anyone on from the
Rail-road. Is there anyone on from Eastern Idaho Railroad
LLC? I do not hear anyone oflr and at this point I'11 askLJ
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if we have anyone who is on in reference to a desire to
provide public testj-mony in relationship to the
abandonment.
MR. BVANS: There is not.
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: There is none
and so what
minutes and
the meeting
purpose of
we wiII do is go off the record for 10
then if no one has called in, we wil-l cfose
down, but we'l-1 allow 10 minutes for the
allowing anyone who might be fate to the game
at this
wil-l- go off
(Pause in proceedings. )
COMMISSIONER KJELLANDER: Wel-l-, we' 11 go
back on the record and officially for the record, there
1s no one on the line for the telephonic hearing and so
at this point, thenr w€ wil-} perceive that we wil-l- in
fact have no one who chooses to testify in rel-ationship
to the proposed abandonment, so with that as it relates
to the telephonic public hearing in Case No. EIR-R-18-01,
known as in the matter of the noti-ce of Eastern Idaho
Railroad LLC for approval to
of its rail line in Fremont
potentially participate, so
the record.
abandon a five-mile section
County, Idaho, for purposes
Idaho
today to
moment we
of fulfilling
Code, we have
call- in and
our statutory requirements
conducted a public hearing
under
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cl-osure and we will bring this in for a landing, so we
are adj ourned.
(The Hearing adjourned at L0:L2 a.m. )
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AUTHENTICATION
This is to certify that
telephonic proceedings held j-n the
of Eastern fdaho Rail-road LLC for
five-mile section of its rail line
the foregoing
matter of the notice
approval to abandon a
in Fremont County,
June 28,
Washington
Idaho,
2OTB,
commencing at 10:00 a.m , oD Thursday,
Room, 412 Westat the Commission Hearlng
a trueStreet, Boise, Idaho, is
said proceedings and the
the Commission.
and correct transcript of
original thereof for the file of
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Certi- f ied
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