[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5273-5274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2695]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Docket No. AB-227 (Sub-No. 7X)]


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

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, Transportation.

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 the 
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company of its 2.3-mile Carey Spur line 
between milepost 55.3 and milepost 53.0 near Carey, in Wyandot County, 
OH, subject to labor protective conditions and an environmental 
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 March 6, 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 February 14, 1997; 
petitions to stay must be filed by February 19, 1997; requests for a 
public use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by February 24, 
1997; and petitions to reopen must be filed by March 3, 1997.

    \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-227 (Sub-No. 
7X): (1) Office of the Secretary, Case Control

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Branch, Surface Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423, and (2) William C. Sippel, Oppenheimer Wolff & 
Donnelly, Two Prudential Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson Avenue, 
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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., 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: January 23, 1997.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice Chairman Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2695 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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