[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9005-9006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5255]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32873]
Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Company--Lease and Trackage Rights
Exemption--Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and the State of Oklahoma
Arkansas-Oklahoma\1\ Railroad Company (AOK), a noncarrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to assume the
Missouri Pacific Railroad's (MP) lease of a rail line which is owned by
the State of Oklahoma between Howe, OK, at milepost 295.36 and
McAlester, OK, at milepost 364.96, a distance of 69.60 miles. The
transaction also includes incidental AOK trackage rights for
interchange purposes over MP's Shawnee Branch rail line between
milepost 364.96 and milepost 370.5 and between milepost 566.00 and
milepost 563.00, a distance of 8.54 miles.
\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 is scheduled to occur on or after the March 1, 1996
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 reopen will not automatically stay the
transaction. An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to
STB Finance Docket No. 32873, must be filed with the Office of the
Secretary, Surface Transportation Board, Case Control Branch, 1201
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of
each pleading must be served on Kelley E. O'Brien, Mayer, Brown &
Platt, 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.
Decided: February 29, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5255 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am]
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