[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 68352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-34021]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 32940 (Sub-No. 1)]
Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc.; Trackage Rights Exemption--
Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad, Inc.
Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad, Inc. (PSR), a Class III rail carrier,
has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Buffalo & Pittsburgh
Railroad, Inc. (BPRR), a Class II rail carrier, over approximately 7.4
miles of rail line in the State of Pennsylvania on PSR's Laurel
Subdivision between milepost 60.0, near Falls Creek, and milepost 67.0,
near East Dubois, together with approximately 2,200 feet of connecting
track between PSR's Laurel Subdivision and BPRR's Wharton Subdivision
(at approximately mileposts 3.3 and 3.4) (collectively, the subject
lines).1
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\1\ The trackage rights agreement filed in STB Finance Docket
No. 32940 (Sub-No. 1) will amend the trackage rights agreement
between the parties, dated May 2, 1996, to include these additional
rights.
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The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BPRR to shift
traffic from a portion of its Wharton subdivision that is in need of
rehabilitation to the subject lines that are in better condition, and
to allow BPRR to continue to serve its local customers in a safe and
more efficient manner.
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
trackage rights will be protected as required by 49 U.S.C. 11326(b),
subject to the procedural interpretations of the analogous statutory
provisions at 49 U.S.C. 10902 contained in the Board's decision in
Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Acquisition Exemption--Lines of Union Pacific
Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 33116 (STB served Apr. 17,
1997) (WCL Exemption).
The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after December
22, 1997.2
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\2\ The notice to employees discussed in WCL Exemption and
recently adopted as a requirement for certain transactions in
Acquisition of Rail Lines Under 49 U.S.C. 10901 and 10902--Advance
Notice of Proposed Transactions, STB Ex Parte No. 562 (STB served
Sept. 9, 1997), does not apply to exempt trackage rights
transactions.
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This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it contains
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio.
Petitions 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 STB
Finance Docket No. 32940 (Sub-No. 1) must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925
K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Eric M. Hockey, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin &
Ewing, P.C., 213 W. Miner Street, P.O. Box 796, West Chester PA 19381-
0796.
Decided: December 22, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-34021 Filed 12-30-97; 8:45 am]
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