[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-483]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33324]
Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.; Lease and Operation Exemption;
Certain Lines of Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific
Railway
Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. (NPR), a noncarrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire by lease
and operate approximately 377.55 miles of railroad owned by the Soo
Line Railroad Company, d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway: (1) between
Thief River Falls, MN (MP 309.69) and Harlow, ND (MP 472.24); and (2)
between Fordville, ND (MP 390.99) and Kenmare, ND (mp 605.99).
The transaction is expected to be consummated on or about January
6, 1997.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding to
revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time.
The filing of a petition to reopen will not automatically stay the
transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33324, must be filed with the Office of the
Secretary, Surface Transportation Board, Case Control Branch, 1201
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of
each pleading must be served on Byron D. Olsen, Esq., Felhaber, Larson,
Fenlon & Vogt, P.A., 601 Second Avenue South, Suite 4200, Minneapolis,
MN 55402.
Decided: January 2, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary
[FR Doc. 97-483 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
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