[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5881-5882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3106]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 183X)]


Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--in 
Greenwood and Newberry Counties, SC

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts Norfolk 
Southern Railway Company (NS) from the prior approval requirements of 
49 U.S.C. 10903 to permit NS to abandon a 13-mile line of railroad 
between milepost V-58.0, at Conrad, and milepost V-71.0, at Brickdale, 
in Greenwood and Newberry Counties, SC, subject to an environmental 
condition and standard employee protective conditions.

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 9, 1997. Formal expressions of intent to file an OFA 
under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 1 and requests for issuance of a notice 
of interim trail use/rail banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by 
February 18, 1997, petitions to stay must be filed by February 24, 
1997, requests for a public use condition conforming to 49 CFR 
1152.28(a)(2) must be filed by February 27, 1997, and petitions to 
reopen must be filed by March 4, 1997.
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    \1\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).
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ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 
183X) to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, 
Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20423; and (2) James R. Paschall, Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 
23510-2191.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (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 Data & News, Inc., Room 2229, 1201 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-
4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through 
TDD services (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: January 30, 1997.


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    By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice Chairman Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3106 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]
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