[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19544]
[[Page 39363]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. MC-F-20922]
Greyhound Lines, Inc.--Continuance in Control--Autobuses Amigos,
L.L.C.
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice tentatively approving finance application.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Greyhound Lines, Inc. (Greyhound), a motor carrier of
passengers, and its wholly owned noncarrier subsidiary, Sistema
Internacional de Transporte de Autobuses, Inc. (SITA), jointly seek
approval under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to continue in control of SITA's wholly
owned subsidiary, Autobuses Amigos, L.L.C. (Amigos), upon Amigos
becoming a motor carrier of passengers. Persons wishing to oppose the
transaction must follow the rules at 49 CFR 1182, subpart B. The Board
has tentatively approved the transaction, and, if no opposing comments
are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action. If
opposing comments are timely filed, this tentative grant of authority
will be deemed vacated, and the Board will consider the comments and
any replies and will issue a further decision on the application.
DATES: Comments are due by September 8, 1998. Applicants may reply by
September 28, 1998. If no comments are received by September 8, 1998,
this notice is effective on that date.
ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 copies of comments referring to STB
Docket No. MC-F-20922 to: Surface Transportation Board, Office of the
Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001. Also, send one copy of comments to applicants' representative:
Fritz R. Kahn, Suite 750 West, 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20005-3934.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (202) 565-1600. [TDD for
the hearing impaired: (202) 565-1695.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Greyhound holds nationwide operating
authority in Docket No. MC-1515. It also controls the following
regional interstate motor carriers of passengers: Valley Transit
Company, Inc. (MC-74), operating in Texas; Carolina Coach Company, Inc.
(MC-13300), operating in Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina; Texas,
New Mexico & Oklahoma Coaches, Inc. (MC-61120), operating in Texas, New
Mexico, Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma; Continental Panhandle Lines,
Inc. (MC-8742), operating in Oklahoma and Texas; and Vermont Transit
Co., Inc. (MC-45626), operating in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and
New York.
SITA controls Americanos U.S.A., L.L.C. (Americanos) (MC-309813), a
nationwide passenger carrier, Gonzalez, Inc., d/b/a Golden State
Transportation Company (MC-173837), operating in the Southwest, and Los
Rapidos, Inc. (MC-293638), operating in California.
Amigos filed an application on May 28, 1998, with the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration to operate
as a regional motor carrier of passengers to provide scheduled,
regular-route operations between the Mexican border crossing points in
Texas and points in the Southeast.
Applicants state that the aggregate gross operating revenues for
Greyhound and its affiliated motor carriers of passengers exceeded $2
million during the 12 months preceding this application. They assert
that Amigos was organized to render specialized services designed to
accommodate the travel requirements of the Spanish speaking passengers
traveling between Brownsville, TX, and Los Angeles, CA, and between
Brownsville and Miami, FL, and other points in the Southeast.
Applicants state that the membership interests in Amigos have been
placed into a voting trust 1 pending disposition of this
proceeding.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ A voting trust agreement was informally approved by the
Board's Secretary by letter dated June 18, 1998.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicants certify that: (1) Greyhound and its affiliates (except
Americanos, which is not yet rated) hold satisfactory safety ratings,;
(2) Amigos, before commencing operations, will have appointed agents in
each of the states in which it anticipates operating, in accordance
with 49 U.S.C. 13303 and 13304 and 49 CFR 366.1 et seq., and will have
procured liability insurance as required by 49 U.S.C. 13906 and 49 CFR
387.1, et seq. (Greyhound and its affiliates are in compliance with
these provisions); (3) Greyhound, SITA, and Amigos are not domiciled in
Mexico and are not owned or controlled by a person of that country; and
(4) approval of the transaction will not significantly affect either
the quality of the human environment or the conservation of energy
resources.
Under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), we must approve and authorize a
transaction that we find consistent with the public interest, taking
into consideration at least: (1) the effect of the proposed transaction
on the adequacy of transportation to the public; (2) the total fixed
charges that result from the proposed transaction; and (3) the interest
of carrier employees affected by the proposed transaction. We find,
based on the application, that the proposed transaction is consistent
with the public interest and should be authorized.
This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.
It is ordered:
1. The proposed continuance in control is approved and authorized,
subject to the filing of opposing comments.
2. If timely opposing comments are filed, the findings made in this
decision will be deemed vacated.
3. This decision will be effective on September 8, 1998, unless
timely opposing comments are filed.
4. A copy of this notice will be served on: (1) the U.S. Department
of Transportation, Office of Motor Carriers-HIA 30, 400 Virginia
Avenue, SW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024; and (2) the U. S.
Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530.
Decided: July 16, 1998.
By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice Chairman Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-19544 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-00-P
