[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18911]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 32996]


St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--SPCSL Corp.

    SPCSL Corp. has agreed to grant local and overhead trackage rights 
to St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company over rail lines beginning at 
a point at or near milepost CSL 281 (``Q'' Tower) and extending 
southerly 6.2 miles to milepost CSL 287.2 in the vicinity of Church, 
IL, and southwesterly 2.84 miles to milepost MM 641.96 in the vicinity 
of Tolson, IL. The total trackage rights over both routes is 
approximately 9.04 miles. The trackage rights were to become effective 
on or after July 12, 1996.
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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. 11323-24.
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    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If the notice 
contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab 
initio. Petitions 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 stay 
the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 32996, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Louis E. Gitomer, Ball 
Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk 
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as 
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 
653 (1980).

    Decided: July 17, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18911 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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