[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19330-19331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10761]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32897]
Pickens Railway Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The
Pickens Railroad Company
Pickens Railway Company, a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire the railroad line and
other assets of The Pickens Railroad Company from milepost 0.0 at
Pickens to milepost 8.5 at Easley, a distance of 8.5 miles in Pickens
County, SC.
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\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109
Stat. 803, which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took effect
on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission 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 April 23, 1996.
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. 32897, 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 Fritz R. Kahn, Esq., Fritz R. Kahn,
P.C., Suite 750 West, 1100 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005-
3934.
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Decided: April 25, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-10761 Filed 4-30-96; 8:45 am]
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