[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9005-9006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5255]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32873]


Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Company--Lease and Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and the State of Oklahoma

    Arkansas-Oklahoma\1\ Railroad Company (AOK), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to assume the 
Missouri Pacific Railroad's (MP) lease of a rail line which is owned by 
the State of Oklahoma between Howe, OK, at milepost 295.36 and 
McAlester, OK, at milepost 364.96, a distance of 69.60 miles. The 
transaction also includes incidental AOK trackage rights for 
interchange purposes over MP's Shawnee Branch rail line between 
milepost 364.96 and milepost 370.5 and between milepost 566.00 and 
milepost 563.00, a distance of 8.54 miles.

    \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 is scheduled to occur on or after the March 1, 1996 
effective date of the exemption.
    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) 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. 32873, must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, Surface Transportation Board, Case Control Branch, 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of 
each pleading must be served on Kelley E. O'Brien, Mayer, Brown & 
Platt, 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.

    Decided: February 29, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5255 Filed 3-5-96; 8:45 am]
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