[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22200]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 33013]


Kansas Southwestern Railway Company, L.L.C.--Acquisition 
Exemption--The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

    Kansas Southwestern Railway Company, L.L.C. (KSW), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 
to acquire approximately .46 miles of rail line owned by The Atchison, 
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company between milepost 0+740 feet at 
Kiowa, KS, and milepost 0+3168 feet south of Kiowa, KS. KSW will 
operate the property. Consummation was expected to occur on or after 
August 13, 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. 10902.
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    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 automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33013, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Karl Morell, Ball 
Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, N.W., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

    Decided: August 22, 1996.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22200 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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