[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7792]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3250]



[[Page 7792]]

INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

[Finance Docket No. 32636]


Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Company--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Mid Atlantic Railroad Co., Inc.

    Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad Company (B&A), a non-operating 
entity,1 has filed a notice of exemption to acquire and operate 
approximately 75.9 miles of rail line from Mid Atlantic Railroad Co., 
Inc. The lines extend: (1) From Mullins, SC (milepost AL 326.0) to 
Whiteville, NC (milepost AC 289.0); and (2) from Chadbourn, NC 
(milepost ACH 297.2) to Conway, SC (milepost ACH 336.1). B&A states 
that the acquired property will be operated by a division of B&A. 
Consummation was scheduled to take place on or before January 15, 1995.

    \1\ On January 11, 1973, B&A filed an application in Docket No. 
AB-71 requesting permission to abandon operations over its entire 
line of track of 21.1 miles, extending from Clifford Junction in 
Baltimore City, MD, to the City of Annapolis, MD. In Baltimore and 
Annapolis R. Co. Abandonment, 348 I.C.C. 678 (1976), B&A was 
permitted to abandon operations over a portion of its line of 
railroad between Glen Burnie, MD, and Annapolis (approximately 15 
miles).
    On September 29, 1989, the Maryland Mass Transit Administration 
filed a notice of intent in Docket No. AB-71 (Sub-No. 2) (request 
for involuntary abandonment authority) to abandon the remaining 
portion of B&A's trackage between Clifford Junction and Glen Burnie 
(approximately 5.78 miles), for the purpose of constructing and 
operating a regional light rail transit system. B&A adds that in May 
1991, the State took its right-of-way through a condemnation 
proceeding and constructed a passenger line (Central Light Rail 
Transit Line). As such, B&A presently holds no authority from the 
Commission.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: 
Kenneth Pippin, 100 West Maple Road, Linthicum, MD 21090.
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1150.31. If the notice contains 
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. 
Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) may be filed 
at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically 
stay the transaction.

    Decided: February 2, 1995.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-3250 Filed 2-8-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7035-01-P