[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8324-8325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4929]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32869]
Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C.; Acquisition and Operation
Exemption; Cimarron Valley and Manter Branches of The Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railway Company
Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C. (CVR), a noncarrier, has filed a
verified notice
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of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate the Cimarron
Valley and the Manter Branches, including overhead trackage rights,
from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (``Santa Fe'')
as follows: (1) 151.04 miles of the Cimarron Valley Branch extending
from East Ensign, KS, at milepost 3.76, to east of Boise City, OK, at
milepost 154.80; (2) incidental overhead trackage rights to permit
interchange on Santa Fe's C.V. Subdivision between milepost 154.80 and
milepost 158.33, on Track No. 2 of Santa Fe's Boise City Subdivision
between milepost 158.33 and milepost 159.74, and on Track Nos. 11, 12,
13 and 14 of Santa Fe's Boise City Yard near Boise City, OK; (3) 103.83
miles of the Manter Branch from Satanta, KS, at milepost 0.06 to east
of Springfield, CO, at milepost 91.03 together with the Pritchett
Industrial Spur from North Junction, north of Springfield, CO, at
milepost 96.84, to near Pirtchett, CO, at milepost 109.70; and (4)
incidental overhead trackage rights to permit interchange on Santa Fe's
Manter Subdivision between milepost 91.03 and the west end of Santa
Fe's Manter Subdivision at South Junction, CO, near milepost 95.00, and
on Santa Fe's Boise City Subdivision between milepost 172.60 and
milepost 174.40, and on the siding of Santa Fe's Boise City Subdivision
at Springfield, CO.
\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109
Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and
took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions to the Surface
Transportation Board (Board). This notice relates to functions that
are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10901.
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Consummation was expected to occur on or shortly after February 23,
1996.
This proceeding is related to David L. Durbano--Continuance in
Control Exemption--Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C., STB Finance Docket
No. 32870, wherein David L. Durbano has concurrently filed a verified
notice to continue to control CVR, upon its becoming a Class III rail
carrier.
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) [formerly section
10505(d)] may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to reopen
will not automatically stay the transaction. An original and 10 copies
of all pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 32869, must be
filed with the Office of the Secretary, Surface Transportation Board,
Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20423. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Walter T.
Merrill, Durbano & Associates, 3340 Harrison Boulevard, Suite 200,
Ogden, UT 84403.
Decided: February 27, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-4929 Filed 3-1-96; 8:45 am]
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