[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 52689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25027]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32700]


JP Rail, Inc., d/b/a Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey--
Notice of Exemption--Operation of Salem Branch Rail Line in Salem 
County, New Jersey

    JP Rail, Inc., d/b/a Southern Railroad Company of New Jersey (JP 
Rail), has filed a notice of exemption to operate under contract the 
Salem Branch Rail Line, which is owned by the County of Salem, NJ. It 
is approximately 18.6 miles in length and includes: (a) the Salem 
Branch, between the connection with Consolidated Rail Corporation at 
approximately milepost 11.0 in Swedesboro, NJ, and approximately 
milepost 28.4 in the City of Salem, NJ; and (b) the Glass House Spur, 
between milepost 0.0 and milepost 1.2, in the City of Salem. The notice 
of exemption became effective on May 1, 1995.1

    \1\ On May 5, 1995, West Jersey Railroad Co. (West Jersey), the 
line's previous operator, petitioned to reject or revoke the notice 
of exemption. On August 22, 1995, it requested permission to 
withdraw its petition because a settlement had been reached. 
Permission to withdraw will be granted. West Jersey had been 
authorized to operate this line in Pioneer Railroad Company, Inc., 
West Jersey Railroad Division--Lease and Operation Exemption--West 
Jersey Shortline, Inc., Finance Docket No. 31334 (ICC served Oct. 
14, 1988).
    JP Rail has requested that the exemption be made effective on 
May 1, 1995, the date the notice of exemption was filed, and not 7 
days later as provided under 49 CFR 1150.32(b). It has stated that 
immediate effectiveness was necessary because, absent JP Rail's 
service, shippers would have been left stranded with undelivered 
loaded cars. JP Rail's request will be granted; the effective date 
of the exemption will be May 1, 1995.
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    Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: John 
K. Fiorilla, 390 George Street, P.O. Box 1185, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
    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.

    Decided: September 29, 1995.

    By the Commission, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Owen, 
Commissioners Simmons and McDonald.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-25027 Filed 10-6-95; 8:45 am]
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