[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 43 (Monday, March 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8324-8325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4929]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32869]


Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C.; Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption; Cimarron Valley and Manter Branches of The Atchison, Topeka 
and Santa Fe Railway Company

    Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C. (CVR), a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice 

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of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate the Cimarron 
Valley and the Manter Branches, including overhead trackage rights, 
from The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (``Santa Fe'') 
as follows: (1) 151.04 miles of the Cimarron Valley Branch extending 
from East Ensign, KS, at milepost 3.76, to east of Boise City, OK, at 
milepost 154.80; (2) incidental overhead trackage rights to permit 
interchange on Santa Fe's C.V. Subdivision between milepost 154.80 and 
milepost 158.33, on Track No. 2 of Santa Fe's Boise City Subdivision 
between milepost 158.33 and milepost 159.74, and on Track Nos. 11, 12, 
13 and 14 of Santa Fe's Boise City Yard near Boise City, OK; (3) 103.83 
miles of the Manter Branch from Satanta, KS, at milepost 0.06 to east 
of Springfield, CO, at milepost 91.03 together with the Pritchett 
Industrial Spur from North Junction, north of Springfield, CO, at 
milepost 96.84, to near Pirtchett, CO, at milepost 109.70; and (4) 
incidental overhead trackage rights to permit interchange on Santa Fe's 
Manter Subdivision between milepost 91.03 and the west end of Santa 
Fe's Manter Subdivision at South Junction, CO, near milepost 95.00, and 
on Santa Fe's Boise City Subdivision between milepost 172.60 and 
milepost 174.40, and on the siding of Santa Fe's Boise City Subdivision 
at Springfield, CO.

    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and 
took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce 
Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions to the Surface 
Transportation Board (Board). This notice relates to functions that 
are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10901.
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    Consummation was expected to occur on or shortly after February 23, 
1996.
    This proceeding is related to David L. Durbano--Continuance in 
Control Exemption--Cimarron Valley Railroad, L.C., STB Finance Docket 
No. 32870, wherein David L. Durbano has concurrently filed a verified 
notice to continue to control CVR, upon its becoming a Class III rail 
carrier.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding to 
revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) [formerly section 
10505(d)] may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to reopen 
will not automatically stay the transaction. An original and 10 copies 
of all pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 32869, must be 
filed with the Office of the Secretary, Surface Transportation Board, 
Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20423. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Walter T. 
Merrill, Durbano & Associates, 3340 Harrison Boulevard, Suite 200, 
Ogden, UT 84403.

    Decided: February 27, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-4929 Filed 3-1-96; 8:45 am]
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