[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43576-43577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21547]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33436]


Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc.--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, The Texas Mexican Railway Company and The Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company

    Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc. (CCPN), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease and 
operate all of the lines (lines) owned by Port of Corpus Christi 
Authority of Nueces County, Texas (Authority), within the Corpus 
Christi, TX terminal area, a distance of approximately 20 route 
miles.1 In

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addition, CCPN will acquire incidental trackage rights over lines of UP 
between milepost 145.9 and milepost 149.0, together with the ``loop'' 
trackage off of the main line, all in the terminal area of Corpus 
Christi, TX, a distance of approximately 3.1 miles.
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    \1\ The lines are currently operated by the Corpus Christi 
Terminal Association and its member railroads (currently Union 
Pacific Railroad Company (UP), Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company (SP), The Texas Mexican Railway Company (TM), and The 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF)). With the 
consent, and at the request of Authority, UP, SP, TM, and BNSF will 
assign all of their existing operating rights (except for specified 
nonexclusive rights to provide unit train service to facilities that 
may be built on or adjacent to Authority's trackage after 
commencement of CCPN's operations) over the lines to CCPN and will 
discontinue their current operations with respect to the Authority's 
terminal facilities.
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    The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after August 
1, 1997.
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33437, 
Genesee & Wyoming Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Corpus 
Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., wherein the Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has 
concurrently filed a verified notice to continue in control of CCPN, 
upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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. 33436, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Eric M. Hocky, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., 213 West 
Miner Street, West Chester, PA 19381-0796.

    Decided: August 5, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21547 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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