[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 48 (Monday, March 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9742-9743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5693]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32754]


Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad Corporation--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Line of Consolidated Rail Corporation

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803, 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). This notice relates to 
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 10902.
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ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts from the prior 
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10902 the acquisition and operation 
of an 18.49-mile line of railroad near Rochester, NY, by the Livonia, 
Avon & Lakeville 

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Railroad Corporation, a Class III railroad.

DATES: The exemption will be effective March 31, 1996. Petitions to 
stay must be filed by March 19, 1996. Petitions to reopen must be filed 
by March 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 32754 
to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case 
Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20423; and 
(2) petitioner's representative: Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff & 
Donnelly, 1020 Nineteenth Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, 
call, or pick up in person from: DC News & Data, Inc., 1201 
Constitution Avenue NW., Room 2229, Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: 
(202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available 
through TDD services (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: March 5, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5693 Filed 3-8-96; 8:45 am]
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