97-7931. Union Pacific Railroad CompanyAbandonmentPlainville Branch (Plainville-Colby Line) in Rooks, Graham, Sheridan, and Thomas Counties, KS; Notice of Findings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 14968]
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[FR Doc No: 97-7931]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 101)]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment--Plainville Branch 
(Plainville-Colby Line) in Rooks, Graham, Sheridan, and Thomas 
Counties, KS; Notice of Findings

    The Board has found that the public convenience and necessity 
permit Union Pacific Railroad Company to abandon its line of railroad 
known as the Plainville-Colby Line between milepost 102.0 near 
Plainville and milepost 201.0 near Colby, a distance of 99.0 miles, in 
Rooks, Graham, Sheridan and Thomas Counties, KS.
    The abandonment authorization will be effective April 28, 1997, 
unless within 15 days after this publication, the Board also finds that 
one or more financially responsible persons (including a governmental 
authority) have offered financial assistance (through subsidy or 
purchase) to enable the rail service to be continued.
    Any financial assistance offer must be filed with the Board and 
served on the applicant no later than 10 days from publication of this 
Notice. The following notation must be typed in boldface on the lower 
left-hand corner of the envelope containing the offer: ``Office of 
Proceedings, ABOFA.'' Any offer previously made must be remade within 
this 10-day period.
    Information and procedures regarding financial assistance for 
continued rail service are contained in 49 U.S.C. 10904, 49 CFR 
1002.2(f)(25), and 49 CFR 1152.27.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, [phone]. 
(TDD for the hearing impaired: [phone].)

    Decided: March 21, 1997.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice Chairman Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-7931 Filed 3-27-97; 8:45 am]
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