[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23218]


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[Federal Register: September 20, 1994]


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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32551]

 

San Mateo County Transit District--Purchase Exemption--Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10505, the Commission exempts from the prior 
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343-11345 San Mateo County Transit 
District's (SamTrans) purchase from the Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company (SP) of a rail line, known as the Dumbarton Branch, located in 
Alameda and San Mateo Counties, CA, and extending from milepost 26.16 
at Redwood Junction, to milepost 36.99 at Newark, a distance of 
approximately 10.83 route miles. The purchase complements a multipart 
transaction that assertedly will allow the Peninsula Corridor Joint 
Powers Board, of which SamTrans is a member agency, and SamTrans to 
conduct rail passenger commuter service on the San Francisco Peninsula 
without disrupting SP's freight and intercity passenger operations. The 
exemption is subject to standard employee protective conditions.

DATES: This exemption is effective on October 20, 1994. Petitions to 
stay must be filed by September 30, 1994, and petitions to reopen must 
be filed by October 11, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to Finance Docket No. 32551, to: 
(1) Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate Commerce 
Commission, Washington, DC 20423; and (2) Petitioner's representative: 
David J. Miller, 333 Market Street, Suite 230, San Francisco, CA 94105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Commission's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write 
to, call, or pick up in person from: Dynamic Concepts, Inc., Room 2229, 
Interstate Commerce Commission Building, Washington, DC 20423. 
Telephone: (202) 289-4357/4359.

    Decided: September 8, 1994.

    By the Commission, Chairman McDonald, Vice Chairman Phillips, 
and Commissioners Simmons and Morgan.
Vernon A. Williams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-23218 Filed 9-19-94; 8:45 am]
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