[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24704]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33453]


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

    CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to extend existing 
overhead trackage rights to Paducah & Louisville Railway (P&L) 
1 from the Providence 1 Mine located on CSXT's Morganfield 
Branch, at or near milepost MB 288.8, to the Diamond J Mine located at 
or near milepost MB 291.93, on the Morganfield Branch, an additional 
distance of 3.1 miles in Hopkins County, KY.
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    \1\  See Paducah & Louisville Railway--Trackage Rights--CSX 
Transportation, Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 33405 (STB served June 
11, 1997).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on September 9, 
1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow P&L to handle 
movements of coal from the Diamond J Mine to the generating facilities 
of Louisville Gas and Electric Company at Kosmosdale and Louisville, 
KY, and to handle empties via the reverse route.
    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. 33453, 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 (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: September 9, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24704 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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