[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 31, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13163]
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[Federal Register: May 31, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 142X)]
Norfolk and Western Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--at
Toledo, OH
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (NW) has filed a notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to
abandon 0.65 mile of track between milepost CS-0.61 and milepost CS-
1.26 at Toledo, OH.
NW has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line
for at least 2 years; (2) there is no 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
Commission or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor
of the complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements
at 49 CFR 1105.7 (service of environmental report on agencies), 49 CFR
1105.8 (service of historic report on State Historic Preservation
Officer), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to government
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to use of this exemption, any employee 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. 10505(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 30, 1994, unless stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,1
formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR
1152.29 must be filed by June 10, 1994.3 Petitions to reopen or
requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed
by June 20, 1994, with: Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,
Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423.
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\1\A stay will be issued routinely by the Commission in those
proceedings where an informed decision on environmental issues
(whether raised by a party or by the Commission's Environmental
Analysis in its independent investigation) cannot be made prior to
the effective date of the notice of exemption. See Exemption of Out-
of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any entity seeking a
stay on environmental concerns is encouraged to file its request as
soon as possible in order to permit the Commission to review and act
on the request before the effective date of the exemption.
\2\See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4
I.C.C. 2d 164 (1987).
\3\The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use request as
long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.
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A copy of any pleading filed with the Commission should be sent to
applicant's representative: James R. Paschall, General Attorney,
Norfolk Southern Corporation, Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA
23510.
If the notice of exemption contains false or misleading
information, the exemption is void ab initio.
NW has filed an environmental report which addresses the
abandonment's effects, if any, on the environment and historic
resources. The Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by June 3, 1994. Interested persons may
obtain a copy of the EA by writing to SEA (room 3219, Interstate
Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423) or by calling Elaine Kaiser,
Chief of SEA at (202) 927-6248. Comments on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes
available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Decided: May 23, 1994.
By the Commission, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-13163 Filed 5-27-94; 8:45 am]
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