[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8240]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33371]


Oil Creek and Titusville Lines--Meadville Division--Operation 
Exemption

    Oil Creek and Titusville Lines--Meadville Division (applicant), a 
Class III rail carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1150.31 to operate a 41.8-mile line of railroad extending between 
milepost 102.3 at Meadville and milepost 60.5 at Corry, in Erie and 
Crawford Counties, PA. The rail line had been abandoned by Consolidated 
Rail Corporation and will be acquired by the Northwest Pennsylvania 
Rail Authority (Authority) through condemnation proceedings under state 
law. Applicant will operate the line under an operating agreement with 
the Authority. See Consolidated Rail Corporation--Abandonment--Between 
Corry and Meadville in Erie and Crawford Counties, PA, Docket No. AB-
167 (Sub-No. 1139) (STB served Feb. 10, 1997). The exemption became 
effective on March 11, 1997.
    Any comments must be filed with the Board 1 and served on 
applicant's representatives: Richard R. Wilson, Esq., 1126 Eighth 
Avenue, Suite 403, Altoona, PA 16602 and Dearald W. Shuffstall, II, 
Esq., 201 Arch Street, Suite 200, Meadville, PA 16335-3432.
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    \1\  Due to the Board's relocation on March 16, 1997, any 
filings made after that date must be filed with the Surface 
Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 
1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423.
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    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1150.31. If the notice 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.

    Decided: March 19, 1997.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8240 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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