[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22585-22586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11222]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket No. AB-398 (Sub-No. 3X)]


San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in 
Fresno County, CA

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Commission exempts from the prior approval requirements of 
[[Page 22586]] 49 U.S.C. 10903-10904, the abandonment by San Joaquin 
Valley Railroad Company of 4.5 miles of its Clovis Branch between 
milepost 214.5 at Tarpey and milepost 219.0 at Glorietta Station, in 
Fresno County, CA, with an expedited effective date and subject to 
standard employee protective and salvage conditions.1

    \1\ For administrative convenience, this exemption was decided 
in a decision that also embraced Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--In Fresno County, CA, Docket No. AB-
12 (Sub-No. 179X), and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company--
Abandonment Exemption--In Kings County, CA, Docket No. AB-398 (Sub-
No. 2X). The proceedings were not consolidated. A decision on the 
merits of the three proceedings is being served simultaneously with 
the publication of this notice of exemption.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
effective on May 28, 1995. Formal expressions of intent to file an OFA 
under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)2 and requests for issuance of a notice 
of interim trail use under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by May 18, 
1995, petitions to stay and requests for a public use condition 
conforming to 49 CFR 1152.28(a)(2) must be filed by May 23, 1995, and 
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petitions to reopen must be filed by June 5, 1995.

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

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to Docket No. AB-398 (Sub-No. 3X), 
to: (1) Office of the Secretary Case Control Branch Interstate Commerce 
Commission, Washington, DC 20423; and (2) Petitioner's representative: 
Fritz R. Kahn, Suite 120 Georgetown Place, 1101 30th Street, N.W., 
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Washington, D.C. 20007.

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

    Decided: April 17, 1995.

    By the Commission, Chairman McDonald, Vice Chairman Morgan, and 
Commissioners Simmons and Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-11222 Filed 5-5-95; 8:45 am]
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