94-25996. Norfolk Southern Railway CompanyAbandonment Exemptionat Hilltop (Martinsville), VA  

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    INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
    [Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 147X)]
    
     
    
    Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--at 
    Hilltop (Martinsville), VA
    
        Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) has filed a notice of 
    exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon 
    approximately 5.5 miles of rail line between milepost 36.1-DW and 
    milepost 41.6-DW at Hilltop (Martinsville), VA.
        NS has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line 
    for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line; (3) 
    no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by 
    a State or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) 
    regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the 
    Commission or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor 
    of the complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements 
    at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic 
    report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper 
    publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 
    agencies) have been met.
        As a condition to use of this exemption, any employee adversely 
    affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line 
    R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether 
    this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for 
    partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) must be filed.
        Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
    financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
    effective on November 24, 1994, unless stayed pending reconsideration. 
    Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\1\ formal 
    expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\2\ and 
    trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29\3\ must be filed 
    by November 4, 1994. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use 
    conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by November 14, 1994, 
    with: Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate Commerce 
    Commission, Washington, DC 20423.
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        \1\A stay will be issued routinely by the Commission in those 
    proceedings where an informed decision on environmental issues 
    (whether raised by a party or by the Commission's Section of Energy 
    and Environment in its independent investigation) cannot be made 
    prior to the effective date of the notice of exemption. See 
    Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 
    entity seeking a stay on environmental concerns is encouraged to 
    file its request as soon as possible in order to permit this 
    Commission to review and act on the request before the effective 
    date of this exemption.
        \2\See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 
    I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).
        \3\The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use request as 
    long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.
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        A copy of any pleading filed with the Commission should be sent to 
    applicant's representative: James R. Paschall, Three Commercial Place, 
    Norfolk, VA 23510.
        If the notice of exemption contains false or misleading 
    information, the exemption is void ab initio.
        NS has filed an environmental report which addresses the 
    abandonment's effects, if any, on the environment and historic 
    resources. The Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will issue an 
    environmental assessment (EA) by October 28, 1994. Interested persons 
    may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219, Interstate 
    Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423) or by calling Elaine Kaiser, 
    Chief of SEA, at (202) 927-6248. Comments on environmental and historic 
    preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA is 
    available to the public.
        Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail 
    banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent 
    decision.
    
        Decided: September 14, 1994.
    
        By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
    Proceedings.
    Vernon A. Williams,
    Acting Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 94-25996 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
10/25/1994
Department:
Interstate Commerce Commission
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Document Number:
94-25996
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: October 25, 1994, Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 147X)