[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20580]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 33001]


Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company--Acquisition Exemption--
Line of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

    Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company (FWWR), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
acquire a rail line of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 
Company extending from Milepost 0.82, at Belt Junction, to Milepost 
1.29, a distance of approximately 0.47 miles, in the City of Fort 
Worth, Tarrant County, TX. FWWR will operate the property.
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    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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. 10902.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after July 
31, 1996.
    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 does not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33001, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on: Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff & 
Donnelly, 1020 Nineteenth Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 
20036. Telephone: (202) 293-6300.

    Decided: August 1, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20580 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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