[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 161 (Monday, August 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42936-42937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21040]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Docket Nos. AB-451X and AB-55 (Sub-No. 518X)]


Sequatchie Valley Railroad Co., Inc.--Discontinuance of Service 
Exemption--in Marion and Sequatchie Counties, TN; and CSX 
Transportation, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Marion and Sequatchie 
Counties, TN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.\1\
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    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 
803 (the ICCTA), 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. 10903.


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ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts from the prior 
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903: (1) Sequatchie Valley 
Railroad Co., Inc.'s (SQVR) discontinuance of service over 28.9 miles 
of rail line between milepost LJF-11.0 near Kimball and milepost LJF-
39.9 at Brush Creek, in Marion and Sequatchie Counties, TN; and (2) CSX 
Transportation, Inc.'s (CSXT) abandonment of the 28.9-mile rail line, 
subject to standard labor protective conditions and an environmental 
condition.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file a financial 
assistance offer has been received, this exemption will be effective on 
September 18, 1996. Formal expressions of intent to file financial 
assistance offers \2\ under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and requests for a 
notice of interim trail use/rail banking must be filed by August 29, 
1996. Petitions to stay must be filed by September 3, 1996. Requests 
for a public use condition must be filed by September 9, 1996. 
Petitions to reopen must be filed by September 13, 1996.
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    \2\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to STB Docket Nos. AB-451X and AB-
55 (Sub-No. 518X) to: (1) Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 
Surface Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423; and (2) Petitioners' representatives: G. R. 
Abernathy, P.O. Box 1317, Shelbyville, TN 37160, and Charles M. 
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Rosenberger, 500 Water Street-J150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, 
call, or pick up in person from: DC News & Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-
4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through 
TDD services (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: August 7, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-21040 Filed 8-16-96; 8:45 am]
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