[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12054]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
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\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 and proceedings
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of
the Act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the
ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under
the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve
functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding
that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 10903. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior
to the Act, and citations are to the former sections of the statute,
unless otherwise indicated.
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[Docket No. AB-454X]
The Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C.--Abandonment Exemption-- in Jackson
and Holmes Counties, FL
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice of Exemption.
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SUMMARY: The abandonment by The Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C. of its
Graceville Branch, consisting of 9.19 miles of rail line between
milepost 61.3, near Campbellton, and milepost 70.49, at Graceville, in
Jackson and Holmes Counties, FL, is exempted from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-04, subject to standard employee
protective conditions.
DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be
effective on June 13, 1996. Formal expressions of intent to file an OFA
2 under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by May 24, 1996;
petitions to stay must be filed by May 29, 1996; requests for a public
use condition must be filed by June 3, 1996; and petitions to reopen
must be filed by June 10, 1996.
\2\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).
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ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to Docket No. AB-454X to: (1)
Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control
Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423; and (2)
Petitioner's representative Patricia E. Dietrich, Slover & Loftus, 1224
Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (202) 927-7513. [TDD for
the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to,
call, or pick up in person from: DC News & Data, Inc., 1201
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229, Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:
(202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available
through TDD services at (202) 927-5721.]
Decided: April 29, 1996.
By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12054 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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