[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 175 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47546-47547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22914]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33021]


Atlantic & Western Railway, L.P.--Acquisition Exemption--Lines of 
Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Atlantic & Western Railway, L.P. (ATW),\1\ a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
acquire from Norfolk Southern Railway Company approximately 6.4 route 
miles of rail line between milepost CF-123.65, at Cumnock, NC, and 
milepost CF-130.04, at Sanford, NC. ATW will operate the property.
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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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    The exemption was effective on August 28, 1996. The parties 
indicate that consummation of the transaction will occur approximately 
90 days after the effective date of the exemption.
    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. 33021, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each pleading 
must be served on: Donald G. Avery, Esq., Slover &

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Loftus, 1224 Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 
(202) 347-7170.

    Decided: August 30, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22914 Filed 9-6-96; 8:45 am]
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