95-17989. Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyLease and Operation ExemptionLines of Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation and Fay-Penn Land Trust  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
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    [Page 37672]
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    INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
    [Finance Docket No. 32737]
    
    
    Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company--Lease and Operation 
    Exemption--Lines of Westmoreland County Industrial Development 
    Corporation and Fay-Penn Land Trust
    
        Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company (SWP), a noncarrier, has 
    filed a notice of exemption to lease and operate a rail line owned in 
    part by Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corporation (WCIDC), 
    and in part by Fay-Penn Land Trust (FPLT), both non-profit 
    corporations. The line extends between milepost 0.0+/- at Broad Ford 
    and milepost 9.56+/- at Mt. Pleasant (Broad Ford Line), in Westmoreland 
    and Fayette Counties, PA. The total distance of the rail line is 
    approximately 9.56 miles.1 Consummation of the proposed 
    transaction took place on June 28, 1995.
    
        \1\  FPLT holds title to the Broad Ford Line between milepost 
    0.0+/- at Broad Ford and Survey Station 174+56 (approximately 
    milepost 3.3+/-). WCIDC holds title to the remainder, from Survey 
    Station 174+56 (milepost 3.3+/-) to milepost 9.56+/- at Mt. 
    Pleasant.
        The Broad Ford Line connects at Everson, PA, with rail lines 
    that SWP seeks simultaneously to acquire from Consolidated Rail 
    Corporation and operate in Finance Docket No. 32692, Southwest 
    Pennsylvania Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
    Lines of Consolidated Rail Corporation.
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        This transaction is related to a simultaneously filed notice of 
    exemption in Finance Docket No. 32734, Phillip C. Larson, Russell A. 
    Peterson and Dennis E. Larson--Continuance in Control Exemption--
    Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company, in which SWP's shareholders 
    seek to continue in control of SWP and Camp Chase Industrial Railroad 
    Corporation, a class III shortline railroad, when SWP becomes a 
    carrier.2
    
        \2\ Notice of an acquisition and operation exemption was given 
    by the Commission in Camp Chase Industrial Railroad Corporation--
    Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Line of Consolidated Rail 
    Corporation, Finance Docket No. 32581 (ICC served Oct. 21, 1994).
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        Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: Keith 
    G. O'Brien, 1920 N St., NW., Suite 420, Washington, DC 20036.
        This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1150.31. If the notice contains 
    false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. 
    Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) may be filed 
    at any time.
        The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the 
    transaction.
    
        Decided: July 13, 1995.
    
        By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
    Proceedings.
    Vernon A. Williams,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 95-17989 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 7035-01-P
    
    

Document Information

Published:
07/21/1995
Department:
Interstate Commerce Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
95-17989
Pages:
37672-37672 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Finance Docket No. 32737
PDF File:
95-17989.pdf