[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 174 (Friday, September 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47233-47234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22783]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
\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. 11323-24.
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[STB Finance Docket No. 33043]
CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Paducah &
Louisville Railway, Inc.
Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc. (P&L), a Class III railroad, has
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to CSX Transportation, Inc.
(CSXT), a Class I railroad, over its trackage beginning west of
Madisonville, KY, at P&L milepost 146, and extending eastwardly to just
east of Central City, KY, at P&L milepost 122, a total distance of
approximately 24 miles of rail line in Hopkins and Muhlenberg Counties,
KY.
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The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on September 2,
1996.
The trackage rights will enable CSXT to rationalize excess
facilities in its underutilized 18-mile line of railroad between
Madisonville and Moorman, KY, which runs north of and parallel to the
P&L line.
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C.
653 (1980).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33043, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Charles M. Rosenberger, Esq., CSX
Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street, J-150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.
Decided: August 29, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22783 Filed 9-5-96; 8:45 am]
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