[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12456]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 32907]


Ormet Railroad Corporation; Acquisition and Operation Exemption; 
Consolidated Rail Corporation

    Ormet Railroad Corporation of Wheeling, WV (ORC), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire 
from Consolidated Rail Corporation's Omal Secondary Track from milepost 
60.5 at Powhatten Point, to the end of the line, milepost 72.7 at Omal, 
a distance of 12.2 miles in Monroe County, OH.
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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 
(Board). This notice relates to functions that are subject to Board 
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10901.
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    ORC will assume the common carrier obligation associated with the 
line, holding itself out to render common carrier service by railroad. 
Consolidated Rail Corporation will perform the operations on the line, 
solely pursuant to a private contractual arrangement, on behalf of and 
for the account of ORC.
    Consummation was to be on or after April 30, 1996. 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. 32907, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each pleading 
must be served on Fritz R. Kahn, Esq., Suite 750 West, 1100 New York 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20005-3934.

    Decided: May 10, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12456 Filed 5-16-96; 8:45 am]
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