[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 49524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24139]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 33049]
Dubois County Railroad Corporation--Acquisition and Operation
Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Dubois County Railroad Corporation (Dubois), a Class III rail
carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41:
(1) To acquire (by initial lease and subsequent purchase) and operate a
total of approximately 16.4 miles of rail line owned by Norfolk
Southern Railway Company (NS) between milepost 46.9-EB at Huntingburg,
IN, and milepost 63.3-EB at Dubois, IN. Dubois will operate the
line.2 Consummation of the initial lease part of the transaction
was expected to occur on or about August 30, 1996, and consummation of
the subsequent purchase part of the transaction is expected to occur on
or about December 31, 1996.
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\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109
Stat. 803, which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took effect
on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and
transferred certain functions to the Surface Transportation Board
(Board). This notice relates to functions that are subject to Board
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10902.
\2\ Dubois and Indiana Railroad Museum (Indiana) have
concurrently filed a notice of exemption in Dubois County Railroad
Corporation and Indiana Railway Museum, Inc.--Corporate Family
Transaction Exemption, STB Finance Docket No. 33050, wherein Dubois
seeks to assign the subject acquisition rights to Indiana.
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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. 33049, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Carl M. Miller, 618
Professional Park Drive, P.O. Box 332, New Haven, IN 46774-0332.
Decided: September 16, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-24139 Filed 9-18-96; 8:45 am]
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