[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12734]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board\1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 32942]


Coopersville & Marne Railway Company--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Central Michigan Railway Company (19491)

    Coopersville & Marne Railway Company of Coopersville, MI (CMR), a 
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1150.31 to acquire and operate certain railroad lines of Central 
Michigan Railway Company (CMGN) from: (1) Milepost 1.16 at Marne, to 
milepost 8.5 at Coopersville, a distance of 7.34 miles; and (2) 
milepost 1.16, (old 166.44) at Marne, to milepost 159.5 at Walker, a 
distance of 6.94 miles, for a total distance of 14.28 miles, in Kent 
and Ottawa Counties, MI.
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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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    Consummation of the transaction was to be on or after May 8, 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 revoke will not automatically stay the 
transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 32942, 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 14, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12734 Filed 5-20-96; 8:45 am]
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