[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 161 (Monday, August 22, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20543]
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[Federal Register: August 22, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 143X)]
Central of Georgia Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--In
Laurens County, GA
Central of Georgia Railway Company (Central) has filed a notice of
exemption under 49 CFR Part 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 0.94 mile of rail line between mileposts 36.34-WT
and 37.28-WT at Dublin, in Laurens County, GA.
Central has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the
line; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the
line (or by a State or local government entity acting on behalf of such
user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending
with the Commission or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided
in favor of the complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication) and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to
governmental agencies) have been met.
As a condition to use of this exemption, any employee adversely
affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line
R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether
this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for
partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be
effective on September 21, 1994, unless stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\1\ formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\2\ and
trail use/rail banking statements under 49 CFR 1152.29\3\ must be filed
by September 1, 1994. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by September 12, 1994,
with: Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate Commerce
Commission, Washington, DC 20423.
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\1\ A stay will be routinely issued by the Commission in those
proceedings where an informed decision on environmental issues
(whether raised by a party or by the Commission's Section of
Environmental Analysis in its independent investigation) cannot be
made prior to the effective date of the notice of exemption. See
Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any
entity seeking a stay involving environmental concerns is encouraged
to file its request as soon as possible in order to permit the
Commission to review and act on the request before the effective
date of this exemption.
\2\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).
\3\ The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use request as
long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.
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A copy of any pleading filed with the Commission should be sent to
applicant's representative: James R. Paschall, Norfolk Southern
Corporation, Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510.
If the notice of exemption contains false or misleading
information, the exemption is void ab initio.
Central has filed an environmental report which addresses the
abandonment's effects, if any, on the environment or historic
resources. The Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by August 26, 1994. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219, Interstate
Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423) or by calling Elaine Kaiser,
Chief of SEA, at (202) 927-6248. Comments on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA is
available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Decided: August 15, 1994.
By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-20543 Filed 8-19-94; 8:45 am]
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