[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65306-65307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32268]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33524]
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority--Acquisition
Exemption--Certain Assets of the Indiana & Ohio Railway Company
Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA), a noncarrier,
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1150,
subpart D--Exempt Transactions to acquire an approximately 9.84-mile
line of railroad known as the Blue Ash Line from the Indiana & Ohio
Railway Company (I&O). The Blue Ash Line is located northeast of
Cincinnati, between milepost 49.6, north of McCullough Yard, and
milepost 39.76, near Fields-Ertel Road, in Hamilton County, OH. SORTA
will not acquire the right to operate any rail freight service on the
Blue Ash Line; I&O will retain the exclusive right and obligation to
provide rail freight service on the Blue Ash Line. 1 SORTA
will
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acquire certain physical assets to allow construction and operation of
a passenger rail transit system. The notice states that the transaction
would be consummated no sooner than the December 1, 1997 effective date
of the exemption. The accompanying motion to dismiss indicates that the
transaction is expected to be consummated by December 31, 1997.
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\1\ SORTA simultaneously filed a motion to dismiss the notice
of exemption. The entire Board will address the jurisdictional issue
raised by the motion to dismiss in a subsequent decision.
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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. A
petition to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed
at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically
stay the transaction. An original and 10 copies of all pleadings,
referring to Finance Docket No. 33524, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,
1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of
each pleading must be served on Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff &
Donnelly, 1020 Nineteenth Street, N.W. Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036-
6105.
Decided: December 3, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32268 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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