[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14198]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. AB-425; AB-426]
Lone Star Railroad, Inc.--Abandonment and Discontinuance of
Trackage Rights--in Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell and Jones
Counties, TX; and Southern Switching Company--Discontinuance of
Service--in Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell and Jones Counties,
TX
The Commission has found that the public convenience and necessity
permit: (1) In Docket No. AB-425, Lone Star Railroad, Inc. (Lone Star)
to abandon a portion of its line of railroad between milepost 142.8
near Lanius, TX, and milepost 8.0 near Howard, TX, and to discontinue
trackage rights over Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) between
milepost 8.0 near Howard and milepost 0.0 at Valley Junction, TX, and
from Valley Junction east for 331 feet to the switching point in
Sunshine Yard, Wichita Falls, TX, a total distance of 142.86 miles in
Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell and Jones Counties, TX; and (2)
in Docket No. AB-426, Southern Switching Company (Southern) to
discontinue service that it performs over the 142.86-mile rail line
pursuant to an operating agreement with Lone Star. The certificate will
be issued 30 days after this publication unless the Commission finds
that: (1) A financially responsible person has offered financial
assistance (through subsidy or purchase) to enable rail service to
continue; and (2) it is likely that the assistance would fully
compensate the railroad.
Requests for public use conditions must be filed with the
Commission and applicants within 10 days after publication.
Any financial assistance offer must be filed with the Commission
and applicants no later than 10 days from the publication of this
Notice. The following notation shall be typed in bold face on the lower
left-hand corner of the envelope containing the offer: ``Office of
Proceedings, AB-OFA''. Any offer previously made must be remade within
this 10-day period.
Information and procedures regarding financial assistance for
continued rail service are contained in 49 U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR
1152.27. Requests for public use conditions must conform with 49 CFR
1152.28(a)(2).
Decided: May 26, 1995.
By the Commission, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Owen, and
Commissioners Simmons and McDonald.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-14198 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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