[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3648]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33708]
The Blacklands Railroad Company--Operation Exemption--Lines of
Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District
The Blacklands Railroad Company (BLRR), a noncarrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from East
Texas Central Railroad its rights under an agreement with Northeast
Texas Rural Rail Transportation District (NETEX) 1 to
operate over approximately 38 miles of rail line in the State of Texas
as follows: (1) approximately 31 miles of rail line owned by NETEX,
beginning at milepost 524.0, located approximately 6.2 miles west of
Sulphur Springs, and proceeding west through Hopkins and Delta Counties
to milepost 555.0, at Simtrott, in Hunt County; and (2) approximately 7
miles of rail line owned by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company,
between milepost 524.0 and milepost 517.0, pursuant to trackage rights
acquired by NETEX for the purpose of interchanging and switching at
Sulphur Springs (subject lines).2
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\1\ See East Texas Central Railroad, Inc.--Operation Exemption--
Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District, STB Finance
Docket No. 32841 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Sept. 27, 1996).
\2\ BLRR will operate the subject lines.
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The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after the
February 9, 1999 effective date of the exemption.
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 revoke will not automatically stay the
transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33708, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on Jo A. DeRoche, Esq., Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & Kider, P.C.,
1350 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005-4797.
Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: February 9, 1999.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3648 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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