[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 189 (Friday, September 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50903-50904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24706]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33041]
Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition
Exemption--Burlington Northern Railroad Company
Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc. (PRCC), a noncarrier,
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire approximately 277.3 miles of rail lines owned by Burlington
Northern Railroad Company (BN) as follows: between the C.W. Subdivision
milepost 1.0 north of Cheney, WA, and the western end of the rail line
at C.W. Subdivision milepost 108.8 in Coulee City, WA; between the
Palouse Subdivision milepost 1.0 south of Marshall, WA, and the
southern end of the rail line at Palouse Subdivision milepost 123.5 at
or near Arrow, ID; and between WIM Subdivision milepost 0.0 at Palouse,
WA, and the eastern end of the rail line at WIM Subdivision milepost
47.0 at Bovill, ID. The transaction was to have been consummated on or
after the September 4, 1996 effective date of the exemption.
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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. 10901.
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This proceeding is related to Richard B. Webb and Susan K. Lundy--
Continuance in Control Exemption--Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad,
Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 33042, wherein Richard B. Webb and Susan
K. Lundy have concurrently filed a verified
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notice to continue to control PRCC, upon its becoming a Class III rail
carrier.
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. 33041, 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: Karl Morell, Ball
Janik LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005.
Decided: September 19, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-24706 Filed 9-26-96; 8:45 am]
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