[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17506]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33615]
Genesee & Wyoming Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--
Savannah Port Terminal Railroad, Inc. and Golden Isles Terminal
Railroad, Inc.
Genesee and Wyoming Inc. (GWI), a noncarrier holding company, has
filed a notice of exemption to continue in control of Savannah Port
Terminal Railroad, Inc. (SAPT) and Golden Isles Terminal Railroad, Inc.
(GITM), upon SAPT and GITM becoming Class III railroads.
The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after
June 8, 1998.
This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33613,
Savannah Port Terminal Railroad, Inc--Acquisition and Operation
Exemption--Georgia Ports Authority and Savannah State Docks Railroad
and STB Finance Docket No. 33614, Golden Isles Terminal Railroad,
Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Georgia Ports Authority and
Colonel's Island Railroad, wherein SAPT and GITM seek to acquire
easements to operate over certain rail lines from GPA.
GWI directly controls one existing Class II rail carrier
subsidiary: Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., operating in New York
and Pennsylvania. GWI directly controls 12 existing Class III rail
carrier subsidiaries: Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company, Inc.,
operating in New York; Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad Company,
operating in New York; Rochester & Southern Railroad, Inc., operating
in New York; Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc., operating in Louisiana;
Bradford Industrial Rail, Inc., operating in Pennsylvania and New York;
Allegheny & Eastern Railroad, Inc., operating in Pennsylvania;
Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc., operating in Oregon; GWI Switching
Services, operating in Texas; Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc.,
operating in Illinois; Pittsburgh & Shawmut Railroad, Inc., operating
in Pennsylvania; Portland & Western Railroad, Inc., operating in
Oregon; and Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., operating in Texas.
GWI indirectly controls 3 Class III rail carriers through its
ownership of Rail Link, Inc.: Carolina Coastal Railway, Inc., operating
in North Carolina; Commonwealth Railway, Inc., operating in Virginia;
and Talleyrand Terminal Railroad, Inc., operating in Florida.
GWI states that: (1) The rail lines to be operated by SAPT and GITM
do not connect with any railroad in the corporate family; (ii) the
transaction is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that
would connect SAPT and GITM's lines with any railroads in the corporate
family; and (iii) the transaction does not involve a Class I carrier.
Therefore, the transaction is exempt from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
As a condition to this exemption the continuance in control of SAPT
and GITM are subject to the labor protection requirements of 49 U.S.C.
11326(b).
If the notice contains false or misleading information, the
exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49
U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to
revoke will not automatically stay the transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33615, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on Eric M. Hocky, Esquire, Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., 213
West Miner Street, P.O. Box 796, West Chester, PA 19381-0796.
Board decision and notices are available on our website at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: June 24, 1998.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-17506 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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