[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31832]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB-337 (Sub-No. 5X)]


Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation--Abandonment 
Exemption--in Wabasha and Olmsted Counties, MN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts from the prior 
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 the abandonment by Dakota, 
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation of its 13.03-mile Plainview 
Branch Line located between milepost 3.07, at Plainview Junction, and 
milepost 16.1, at Plainview, in Olmsted and Wabasha Counties, MN, 
subject to labor protective conditions and a public use condition.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
effective on January 15, 1997. Formal expressions of intent to file an 
OFA 1 under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and requests for interim trail 
use/rail banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by December 26, 
1996; petitions to stay must be filed by December 31, 1996; and 
petitions to reopen must be filed by January 10, 1997.
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    \1\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to STB Docket No. AB-337 (Sub-No. 
5X) to: (1) Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface 
Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20423, and (2) Kevin V. Schieffer, Schieffer, Cutler & Donahoe, P.C., 
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431 North Phillips Avenue, Suite 300, Sioux Falls, SD 57104.

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., Room 2229, 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-
4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through 
TDD services (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: December 9, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-31832 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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