[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 412-413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-151]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32812]
Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--Operation Exemption--Live
Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company
Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc. (G&F) has filed a notice of
exemption to operate over approximately 83.05 miles of railroad owned
by Live Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company (LOP&G).1 The
involved trackage is as follows: (1) From milepost GB 1.0 in Adel, GA,
to milepost 77.3 in Perry, FL, in Cook, Lowndes and Brooks Counties,
GA, and Madison and Taylor Counties, FL; and (2) from milepost LO 45.75
in Perry, FL, to milepost LO 39.0 in Foley, FL, in Taylor County. G&F
shall have the right to conduct operations between the involved line of
railroad and a line over which it currently conducts operations.2
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Although G&F will operate over the line, LOP&G will retain a residual
obligation to provide common carrier service. The parties intended to
consummate the transaction on or after December 15, 1995.
\1\ A concurrently filed related petition for exemption has been
filed in Finance Docket No. 32813, H. Peter Claussen and Linda C.
Claussen--Continuance in Control Exemption--Live Oak, Perry &
Georgia Railroad Company, Inc.; and a concurrently filed related
notice of exemption has been filed in Finance Docket No. 32811, Live
Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company, Inc.--Acquisition and
Operation Exemption--A Portion of Line of Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway Company and Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
\2\ G&F owns and operates approximately 43.2 miles of railroad
in southwestern Georgia, including lines in Moultrie and Camilla and
between Valdosta and Nashville, GA. G&F also leases approximately
58.2 miles of railroad between Albany and Sparks, GA, and has
trackage rights on approximately 29.8 miles of railroad between
Sparks and Valdosta, GA. See Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--
Acquisition, Lease, and Operation Exemption--Norfolk Southern
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32680 (ICC served May 5, 1995).
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This transaction is related to Finance Docket No. 32834, Georgia &
Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--Amended Trackage Rights Exemption--Georgia
Southern and Florida Railway Company, a concurrently filed notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7), in which G&F seeks to amend its
existing trackage rights to be able to handle certain traffic to and
from the subject line.
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1150.31. If the notice contains
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio.
Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) may be filed
at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically
stay the transaction.
Any comments must be filed with: Office of the Secretary, Case
Control Branch, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423. A
copy of any pleading filed with the Commission should be sent to
applicant's representative: Mark H. Sidman, Suite 800, 1350 New York
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20005-4797.3
\3\ Legislation to sunset the Commission on December 31, 1995,
and transfer remaining functions is now under consideration in
Congress. Until further notice, parties submitting pleadings should
continue to use the current name and address.
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Decided: December 20, 1995.
By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-151 Filed 1-4-96; 8:45 am]
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