[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64409]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30717]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33264]


Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Consolidated Rail Corporation

    Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) has agreed to grant non-
exclusive overhead trackage rights to Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 
Company (IHB) over Conrail's Bernice Line from its connection with 
trackage which IHB operates at Dolton, Cook County, IL (M.P. 
293.4) to Acme Steel, Riverdale, Cook County, IL (M.P. 
294.9).
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on November 26, 
1996.
    The trackage rights will enable IHB to provide rail service to Acme 
Steel.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk 
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as 
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 
653 (1980).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33264, 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 Roger A. Serpe, Esq., Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad 
Company, 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1460, Chicago, IL 60604.

    Decided: November 26, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30717 Filed 12-3-96; 8:45 am]
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