[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 194 (Friday, October 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52085-52086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25514]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 33051]


Fay Penn Industrial Development Corporation--Acquisition 
Exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc.

[STB Finance Docket No. 33051 (Sub-No. 1)]
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company--Operation Exemption--CSX 
Transportation, Inc.
    Fay Penn Industrial Development Corporation (Fay Penn IDC) and 
Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad Company (Southwest) have filed a joint 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41: (1) For Fay Penn IDC to 
acquire and for Southwest to operate a total of approximately 26.80 
miles of rail line owned by CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT); and (2) 
for Southwest to acquire a total of approximately 4 miles of incidental 
trackage rights from CSXT. The lines are located in the Commonwealth of 
Pennsylvania. Consummation was expected to occur on or after September 
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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    The acquisition and operation involve lines operated by CSXT 
between a point

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at M.P.B.T. 59.4 at Greene Junction and a point at M.P.B.T. 73.0 near 
Uniontown, and abandonment tracks of CSXT between a point near M.P.B.T. 
73.0 and a point at M.P.B.T. 81.0 in Smithfield, together with the 
related branch lines, described as follows: a 21.67-mile right-of-way 
situated between Greene Junction (Rail Valuation Station 4+06.3) and 
Smithfield (Rail Valuation Station 1148+43.8), including Bo West Yard; 
the Smithfield & Masontown Branch adjacent to the rail corridor 
described immediately above; a 2.26-mile portion of the right-of-way 
known as the South West Branch in Uniontown between Rail Valuation 
Stations 1926+00 and 2045+45; a 0.27-mile portion of the South West 
Branch in Fairchance between Rail Valuation Stations 2271+39 and 
2285+55; a 0.66-mile right-of-way known as the Redstone Branch in 
Uniontown between Rail Valuation Stations 874+34 and 839+30; a 0.33-
mile portion of the right-of-way known as the Coal Lick Branch in 
Uniontown between Rail Valuation Stations 3+90 and 21+40; and, a 1.61-
mile portion of the right-of-way known as the Fairchance Branch in 
Fairchance between Rail Valuation Stations 2+10 and 87+20.
    The incidental trackage rights involve approximately 4 miles of 
line between Broad Ford and Greene Junction, including rights via 
various lead tracks and yard tracks within Connellsville Yard.
    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. 33051 and STB Finance Docket No. 33051 (Sub-No. 1), 
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 applicants' representatives: Richard 
R. Wilson, Esq., Vuono & Gray, 2310 Grant Building, Pittsburgh, PA 
15219; and Keith G. O'Brien, Esq., Rea Cross & Auchincloss, Suite 420, 
1920 N Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

    Decided: September 27, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25514 Filed 10-3-96; 8:45 am]
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