[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66987-66988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31319]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32834]


Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.; Amended Trackage Rights 
Exemption; Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company

    Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company (GS&F), a subsidiary 
of Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS), has agreed to amend the 
incidental overhead trackage rights previously granted to Georgia & 
Florida Railroad Co., Inc. (G&F) by NS.1 The proposed amendment 
will expand G&F's overhead trackage rights to enable G&F to handle 
traffic to or from a rail line, known as the Foley line,2 (1) to 
or from points north of Sparks, GA, or (2) to or from Valdosta, GA, for 
the sole purpose of interchanging with GS&F at Valdosta, or to connect 
with the G&F line from Nashville, GA, to Valdosta. The trackage rights 
were to become effective on or after December 15, 1995.

    \1\ By notice of an acquisition, lease, and operation exemption 
given by the Commission in Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--
Acquisition, Lease, and Operation Exemption--Norfolk Southern 
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32680 (ICC served May 5, 1995), 
G&F was granted approximately 29.8 miles of incidental overhead 
trackage rights between milepost 125.2 at Sparks, Cook County, GA, 
and milepost 155.0 at Valdosta, in Lowndes County, GA.
    \2\ The Foley line extends from milepost GB 1.0 in Adel, GA, to 
milepost 77.3 in Perry, FL, and from milepost LO 45.75 in Perry, to 
milepost LO 39.0 in Foley, FL.
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    This transaction is related to Finance Docket No. 32812, Georgia & 
Florida Railroad Co., Inc.--Operation Exemption--Live Oak, Perry & 
Georgia Railroad Company, a concurrently filed notice of exemption 
under 49 CFR 1150.31, in which G&F seeks to operate over approximately 
83.05 miles of railroad in Georgia and Florida owned by Live Oak, Perry 
& Georgia Railroad Company.3 This notice is filed under 49 CFR 
1180.2(d)(7). 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.

    \3\ Also, a concurrently filed related petition for exemption 
has been filed in Finance Docket No. 32813, H. Peter Claussen and 
Linda C. Claussen--Continuance in Control Exemption--Live Oak, Perry 
& Georgia Railroad Company, Inc.; and a concurrently filed related 
notice of exemption has been filed in Finance Docket No. 32811, Live 
Oak, Perry & Georgia Railroad Company, Inc.--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--A Portion of Line of Georgia Southern and 
Florida Railway Company and Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
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    Any comments must be filed with: Office of the Secretary, Case 
Control Branch, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, DC 20423. A 
copy of any pleading filed with the Commission should be sent to 
applicant's representative: Mark H. Sidman, Suite 800, 1350 New York 
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005-4797.4

    \4\ Legislation to sunset the Commission on December 31, 1995, 
and transfer remaining functions is now under consideration in 
Congress. Until further notice, parties submitting pleadings should 
continue to use the current name and address.
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    As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees 
adversely affected by the trackage rights will be protected under 
Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 
(1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 
360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

    4Decided: December 20, 1995.


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    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31319 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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