[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3389]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33352]


Southern Pacific Transportation Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Southern Gulf Railway Company

    Southern Gulf Railway Company (SGR) will agree to grant trackage 
rights to Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SPT) over its line 
of railroad from milepost 0.0 (SPT milepost 226.57) to milepost 4.28, a 
distance of 4.28 miles near Sulphur, LA.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on February 3, 
1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow SPT rail access to 
the Roy S. Nelson Generating Station of Entergy Gulf States, Inc.
    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. 33352, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Gary A. Laakso, Esq., Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, One Market Plaza, Room 846, San Francisco, CA 
94105.

    Decided: February 5, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3389 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]
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