[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46020-46021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22204]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB1 Finance Docket No. 33010]


SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority and Lycoming Valley Railroad 
Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Consolidated Rail 
Corporation

    SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority (Authority) and Lycoming Valley 
Railroad Company (Lycoming), noncarriers, have filed a joint verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 for Authority to acquire 
through purchase and for Lycoming to operate approximately 38.0 miles 
of rail line owned by Consolidated Rail Corporation known as the 
Williamsport Cluster in the counties of Clinton and Lycoming, PA. 
Lycoming will become a Class III rail carrier.2 Consummation

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was expected to occur on or after August 15, 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. 10901.
    \2\ This proceeding is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33011, 
wherein Richard D. Robey, a noncarrier individual, has filed a 
notice of exemption to continue in control of Lycoming upon 
Lycoming's becoming a Class III rail carrier.
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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. 33010, 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: Richard R. Wilson, 
Vuono & Gray, 2310 Grant Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

    Decided: August 22, 1996.

    By the Board, Joseph D. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22204 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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