[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45475-45476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22812]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33441]


Paducah & Louisville Railway--Trackage Rights Exemption--CSX 
Transportation, Inc.

    CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Paducah & Louisville Railway (P&L) between the P&L/
CSXT connection at Madisonville, KY, at or near milepost OOH 275, and 
the Diamond J Mine located on CSXT's Morganfield Branch, at or near 
milepost MB 294.1, including access to the Western Kentucky Railroad 
connection at Providence, KY, at or near milepost MB-291.8, for a total 
distance of approximately 18.8 miles in Hopkins and Webster Counties, 
KY.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on August 25, 1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow P&L to handle 
movements of coal from the Diamond J Mine and from the Pyro, Kentucky 
Mine to the BRT Terminal, at Jessup, KY, for blending and for barge 
movement beyond to the Tennessee Valley Authority water destinations, 
and to handle empties via the reverse route under contract PAL-C-0764.
    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. 33441, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on (1) J. Thomas Garrett, Esq., Paducah & Louisville Railway, 
1500 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003, and (2) Fred R. Birkholz, 
Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street, J-150, Jacksonville, 
FL 32202.

    Decided: August 20, 1997.


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    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22812 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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