[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66987-66988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31319]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32834]
Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.; Amended Trackage Rights
Exemption; Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company
Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company (GS&F), a subsidiary
of Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS), has agreed to amend the
incidental overhead trackage rights previously granted to Georgia &
Florida Railroad Co., Inc. (G&F) by NS.1 The proposed amendment
will expand G&F's overhead trackage rights to enable G&F to handle
traffic to or from a rail line, known as the Foley line,2 (1) to
or from points north of Sparks, GA, or (2) to or from Valdosta, GA, for
the sole purpose of interchanging with GS&F at Valdosta, or to connect
with the G&F line from Nashville, GA, to Valdosta. The trackage rights
were to become effective on or after December 15, 1995.
\1\ By notice of an acquisition, lease, and operation exemption
given by the Commission in Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--
Acquisition, Lease, and Operation Exemption--Norfolk Southern
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32680 (ICC served May 5, 1995),
G&F was granted approximately 29.8 miles of incidental overhead
trackage rights between milepost 125.2 at Sparks, Cook County, GA,
and milepost 155.0 at Valdosta, in Lowndes County, GA.
\2\ The Foley line extends from milepost GB 1.0 in Adel, GA, to
milepost 77.3 in Perry, FL, and from milepost LO 45.75 in Perry, to
milepost LO 39.0 in Foley, FL.
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This transaction is related to Finance Docket No. 32812, Georgia &
Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--Operation Exemption--Live Oak, Perry &
Georgia Railroad Company, a concurrently filed notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1150.31, in which G&F seeks to operate over approximately
83.05 miles of railroad in Georgia and Florida owned by Live Oak, Perry
& Georgia Railroad Company.3 This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(7). 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.
\3\ Also, 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.
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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 20005-4797.4
\4\ 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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As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees
adversely affected by the trackage rights will be protected under
Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605
(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate,
360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
4Decided: December 20, 1995.
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By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31319 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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