[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 235 (Thursday, December 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 64568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30960]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Docket No. AB-227 (Sub-No. 8X)]


Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--in 
Huron County, OH

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board exempts from the requirements 
of 49 U.S.C. 10903 the abandonment by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway 
Company of a 2.3-mile rail line extending from milepost 0.0 at Huron 
Junction in Norwalk, to milepost 2.3 near Milan, all in Huron County, 
OH, subject to an environmental condition and standard labor protective 
conditions.

DATES: The exemption will be effective December 20, 1996 unless it is 
stayed or a statement of intent to file an offer of financial 
assistance (OFA) is filed. Statements of intent to file an OFA1 
under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and requests for a notice of interim trail 
use/rail banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by December 16, 
1996; petitions to stay must be filed by December 16, 1996; requests 
for a public use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by 
December 16, 1996; and petitions to reopen must be filed by December 
26, 1996.

    \1\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 
I.C.C. 2d 164 (1987).
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ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of all pleadings referring to STB 
Docket No. AB-227 (Sub-No. 8X) must be filed with: Office of the 
Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface Transportation Board, 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423; a copy of all 
pleadings must be served on petitioner's representatives: William A. 
Collison, Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company, 100 East First Street, 
Brewster, OH 44613 and William C. Sipple, Oppenheimer Wolff and 
Donnelly, Two Prudential Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson Avenue, 
Chicago, IL 60601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, 
call, or pick up in person from: DC NEWS & DATA, INC., 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229, Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: 
(202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available 
through TDD services (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: November 27, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-30960 Filed 12-4-96; 8:45 am]
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