[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 4 (Friday, January 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-152]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32811]
Live Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company, Inc.--Acquisition and
Operation Exemption--Line of Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Company and Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Live Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company, Inc. (LOP&G), a
noncarrier, has filed a notice of exemption to acquire and operate
approximately 83.05 miles of rail line from Norfolk Southern Railway
Company (NS) and its subsidiary, Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Company (GS&F), as follows: (1) From milepost GB 1.0 at Adel, GA, to
milepost 77.3 at Perry, FL, in Cook, Lowndes, and Brooks Counties, GA,
and Madison and Taylor Counties, FL; and (2) from milepost LO 45.75 at
Perry, FL, to milepost 39.0 at Foley, FL, in Taylor County, FL. The
transaction was expected to be consummated on or after December 15,
1995.
As part of the agreement between the parties, NS and GS&F will
acquire incidental trackage rights over a portion of the rail line
between milepost GB 1.0, at Adel, GA, and milepost GB 3.0 for the
purpose of serving Weyerhaeuser Corp., and any successors exclusively,
and serving on a non-exclusive basis industries that subsequently
locate on that portion of the rail line.
This proceeding is related to Finance Docket No. 32813, H. Peter
Claussen and Linda C. Claussen--Continuance in Control Exemption--Live
Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company, Inc., where H. Peter and Linda
C. Claussen (the Claussens), noncarrier individuals, have concurrently
filed a petition for exemption to continue to control LOP&G and seven
other rail carriers upon LOP&G's becoming a carrier.1
\1\ Although the Claussens will own all of the outstanding stock
of LOP&G, they have placed this stock in an irrevocable voting trust
pending Commission action on the petition filed in Finance Docket
No. 32813. The Claussens now control through stock ownership seven
other rail common carriers: Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.;
Albany Bridge Company; Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc. (operating under
the trade names Mississippi Delta Railroad in Mississippi and
Atlantic & Gulf Railroad in Georgia); Wiregrass Central Railroad
Company, Inc.; H&S Railroad Company, Inc.; Piedmont & Atlantic
Railroad Co., Inc.; and Rocky Mount & Western Railroad Co., Inc.
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Also concurrently filed, in Finance Docket No. 32812, Georgia &
Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--Operation Exemption--Live Oak, Perry &
Georgia Railroad Company, is a notice of exemption where Georgia &
Florida Railroad Co., Inc. (G&F) seeks an exemption to operate over the
line to be acquired by LOP&G. LOP&G will retain a residual common
carrier obligation to provide service over the rail line.
Any comments must be filed with: Office of the Secretary, Case
Control Branch, Interstate Commerce Commission,2 1201 Constitution
Avenue, NW., 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 Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005-
4797.
\2\ 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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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.
Decided: December 19, 1995.
By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-152 Filed 1-4-96; 8:45 am]
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