[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27107-27108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12948]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB-295 (Sub-No. 3X)]
The Indiana Rail Road Company--Discontinuance of Trackage Rights
Exemption--in Marion County, IN
The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) has filed a notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Trackage Rights to discontinue trackage rights over
Consolidated Rail Corporation's (Conrail) Indianapolis Belt Running
Track between milepost 0.0 at North Indianapolis, and milepost 5.3 at
the connection between Conrail and INRD at Raymond Street, and over
approximately 1.1 miles of the former Indianapolis Union Railway
Company, now a portion of Conrail's St. Louis Line from approximately
milepost 1.5, extending through ``IU'' interlocking and through the
former Indianapolis
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Union Station area to approximately milepost 0.4, a distance of
approximately 6.4 miles in Indianapolis, Marion County, IN.1
The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 46202, 46204,
46208, 46221, 46222, and 46225.
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\1\ INRD has filed a notice of exemption to acquire trackage
rights over Conrail's Indianapolis Belt Running Track (Belt Track)
near Raymond Street, Indianapolis, IN, at approximately milepost 5.3
and the end of Conrail's Belt Track at the connection with the
former Norfolk and Western Railway Company at approximately milepost
13.5, in The Indiana Rail Road Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Consolidated Rail Corporation, STB Finance Docket No. 33380.
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INRD has certified that: (1) No INRD local traffic has moved over
the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no INRD overhead traffic on
the line; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on
the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is
pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S.
District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the
2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper
publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected
by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line R. Co.--
Abandonment--Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for
partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be
effective on June 15, 1997,2 unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay and formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 must be filed by
May 27, 1997. Petitions to reopen must be filed by June 5, 1997, with:
Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423.
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\2\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an
abandonment, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are
not appropriate. Likewise, no environmental or historical
documentation is required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(6).
\3\ Each offer of financial assistance must be accompanied by
the filing fee, which currently is set at $900. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
applicant's representative: Charles M. Rosenberger, 500 Water Street
J150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
Decided: May 13, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-12948 Filed 5-15-97; 8:45 am]
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