[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20468]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[Docket No. AB-8 (Sub-No. 39)]
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--
Discontinuance--Malta-Canon City Line in Lake, Chaffee, and Fremont
Counties, CO
[Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 188)] \2\
Southern Pacific Transportation Company--Abandonment-- Malta-Canon
City Line in Lake, Chaffee, and Fremont Counties, CO
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat.
803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took
effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions and proceedings
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of
the act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the
ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under
the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve
functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding
that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 10903. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior
to the Act, and citations are to the former section of the statute,
unless otherwise indicated.
\2\ These proceedings are embraced in Finance Docket No. 32760,
Union Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern
Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company,
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver
and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.
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ACTION: Notice of findings.
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SUMMARY: The Board has found that the public convenience and necessity
permit the Southern Pacific Transportation Company and The Denver and
Rio Grande Western Railroad Company to discontinue operations on a line
of railroad extending from milepost 271.0 near Malta to milepost 162.0
near Canon City, a distance of 109 miles in Lake, Chaffee, and Fremont
Counties, CO, subject to standard employee protective conditions and
environmental conditions set forth in Decision No. 44, served on August
12, 1996, in Finance Docket No. 32760. Accordingly, the application of
the Southern Pacific Transportation Company to abandon and discontinue
service over this line is granted in part (discontinuance authority is
granted) and denied in part (abandonment authority is denied).
DATES: The Board's decision will be effective on September 11, 1996.
Any financial assistance offer must be filed with the Board and the
railroad(s) no later than August 22, 1996. Any offer previously made
must be remade by the due date. A certificate will be issued unless the
Board also finds that: (1) A financially responsible person has offered
financial assistance (through subsidy or purchase) to enable the rail
service to continue; and (2) it is likely that the assistance would
fully compensate the railroad.
ADDRESSES: Send offers referring to Docket Nos. AB-8 (Sub-No. 39) and
AB-12 (Sub-No. 188) to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, Office of the
Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20423; and (2) Gary A. Laakso, Southern Pacific
Building, One Market Plaza, Room 846, San Francisco, CA 94105. The
following notation must be typed in bold face on the lower left-hand
corner of the envelope containing the offer: ``Office of Proceedings,
AB-OFA.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia M. Farr, (202) 927-5352. [TDD
for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the
Board's Decision No. 44 in Finance Docket No. 32760. To purchase a copy
of the full decision, write to, call, or pick up in person from: DC
News & Data, Inc., 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229,
Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available through TDD services (202) 927-5721.]
Information and procedures regarding financial assistance for
continued rail service are contained in 49 U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR
1152.27.
Decided: August 6, 1996.
By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20468 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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