[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 12784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5616]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 166X)]


Southern Pacific Transportation Company--Abandonment Exemption--
in Fort Bend and Wharton Counties, TX

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company (SPT) from the prior approval 
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-10904 to permit SPT to abandon two 
connecting branch lines, the Wharton Segment and the Palacios Segment, 
that meet in a ``Y'' shape at Wharton Jct., TX, and extend a total of 
36.8 miles, in Fort Bend and Wharton Counties, TX. The exemption will 
be subject to standard employee protective conditions, environmental 
conditions, an historic condition, and a 90-day public use condition.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
effective on April 7, 1995. Formal expressions of intent to file an OFA 
under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)1 must be filed by March 17, 1995, 
petitions to stay must be filed by March 23, 1995, requests for a 
public use condition conforming to 49 CFR 1152.28(a)(2) must be filed 
by March 28, 1995, and petitions to reopen must be filed by April 3, 
1995.

    \1\See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist, 4 
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 166X) 
to: (1) Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate 
Commerce Commission, 1201 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 
20423; and (2) Petitioner's representatives: John MacDonald Smith and 
Gary Laasko, Suite 800, Southern Pacific Building, One Market Plaza, 
San Francisco, CA 94105; and Karl Morell and Louis E. Gitomer, Suite 
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1035, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (202) 927-5610. [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, 1201 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, D.C. 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for 
the hearing impaired is available through TDD services at (202) 927-
5721.]

    Decided: February 22, 1995.

    By the Commission, Chairman McDonald, Vice Chairman Morgan, and 
Commissioners Simmons and Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-5616 Filed 3-7-95; 8:45 am]
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