[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 83 (Monday, April 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10539]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1159)]


Consolidated Rail Corporation--Abandonment--in Union County, NJ

    The Board has issued a certificate authorizing Consolidated Rail 
Corporation (Conrail) to abandon its 1.03-mile Sound Shore Industrial 
Track from milepost 0.29 to milepost 1.32, in Linden, Union County, NJ. 
The abandonment was granted subject to standard employee protective 
conditions.
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    \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 and 
transferred certain functions to the Surface Transportation Board 
(the Board). This decision relates to functions that are subject to 
Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10903.
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    The abandonment certificate will become effective 30 days after 
this publication unless the Board finds that a financially responsible 
person has offered financial assistance (through subsidy or purchase) 
to enable rail service to be continued.
    Requests for public use conditions must be filed with the Board and 
Conrail within 10 days after publication.
    Any offers of financial assistance must be filed with the Board and 
Conrail no later than 10 days from the publication date of this Notice. 
The following notation must 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. 10904 and 49 CFR 
1152.27. Requests for public use conditions must conform with 49 CFR 
1152.28(a)(2).

    Decided: April 23, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-10539 Filed 4-26-96; 8:45 am]
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