# 2025-04302: Corporate Rail Takeover in Florida Skips Extra Gov Red Tape

2025-04302, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V GP, LLC, et al.-Continuance in Control-North Florida Industrial Railroad, LLC; North Florida Industrial Railroad, LLC-Lease and Operation Exemption-Rail Line in Columbia County, Fla., is a Federal Register notice from Surface Transportation Board published 2025-03-18, effective 2025-04-11 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04302
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-04302
- Title: Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V GP, LLC, et al.-Continuance in Control-North Florida Industrial Railroad, LLC; North Florida Industrial Railroad, LLC-Lease and Operation Exemption-Rail Line in Columbia County, Fla.
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Surface Transportation Board
- Citation: 90 FR 12633
- Published: 2025-03-18
- Effective: 2025-04-11
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Corporate Rail Takeover in Florida Skips Extra Gov Red Tape

## Summary

Macquarie Infrastructure Partners and its affiliates are keeping control of the North Florida Industrial Railroad, which will start running a short rail line in Columbia County, Florida. This move lets them lease and operate the track without extra government approval, speeding things up. The change affects local rail operations but won’t cost taxpayers extra or cause delays.

## Effects PRIA read

- Faster approval for shortline control: benefit, low. The Surface Transportation Board exempted Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V GP and related parties from prior approval to continue control of North Florida Industrial Railroad when it becomes a Class III carrier, effective April 11, 2025. That exemption avoids a full application and is intended t…
- New local rail service for industrial park: benefit, medium. North Florida Industrial Railroad will lease and operate 4,891 feet of currently inactive track in Columbia County, Florida to connect the North Florida Mega Industrial Park to Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, providing Park customers a new rail transportation option when the exemption becomes eff…
- No labor-protective conditions applied: cost, medium. Because all carriers involved are Class III railroads, the Board will not impose labor-protective conditions on the continuance in control. This means employees of the involved rail carriers will not receive additional labor protections under section 11326(c) as part of this exemption.
- No added cost to taxpayers: benefit, low. The Board states that the continuance in control and the lease-and-operate transaction will not cost taxpayers extra or cause delays. The exemptions are intended to reduce regulatory burden without increasing government expense.

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## Sources
- [2025-04302 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/18/2025-04302/macquarie-infrastructure-partners-v-gp-llc-et-al-continuance-in-control-north-florida-industrial)
- [2025-04302 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-18/pdf/2025-04302.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04302 (as of 2026-06-08).