[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5517]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    \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 and proceedings 
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of 
the Act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the 
ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under 
the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve 
functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding 
that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to 
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 10903. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior 
to the Act, and citations are to the former sections of the statute, 
unless otherwise indicated.
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[Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1154)]


Consolidated Rail Corporation--Abandonment--in Berrien County, MI

    The Board has issued a decision authorizing Consolidated Rail 
Corporation to abandon two connecting sections of rail line--the 2.1-
mile Niles Industrial Track and the 0.9-mile French Paper Lead Track, a 
total distance of approximately 3.0 miles, in Niles, Berrien County, 
MI, subject to environmental and labor protective conditions. The Board 
will issue an abandonment certificate within 15 days after this 
publication, to become effective no later than 45 days after this 
publication, unless the Board finds that: (1) a financially responsible 
person has offered financial assistance (through subsidy or purchase) 
to enable rail service to continue; and (2) it is likely that the 
assistance would fully compensate the railroad.
    Any financial assistance offer must be filed with the Board and the 
applicant no later than 10 days from the publication of this Notice. 
The following notation shall be typed in bold face on the lower left-
hand corner of the envelope containing the offer: ``Office of 
Proceedings, AB-OFA''. Any offer previously made must be remade within 
this 10-day period.
    Information and procedures regarding financial assistance for 
continued rail service are contained in 49 U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR 
1152.27.

    Decided: March 4, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5517 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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