[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 211 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28817]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33492]


State of Oklahoma by and Through the Oklahoma Department of 
Transportation and Blackwell Industrial Authority--Acquisition 
Exemption--Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C.

    The State of Oklahoma, a noncarrier, by and through the Oklahoma 
Department of Transportation (ODOT), and Blackwell Industrial Authority 
(BIA), also a noncarrier, have filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1150.31 to acquire separate segments of approximately 35.3 miles of 
rail line (lines) from the Central Kansas Railway, L.L.C. ODOT will 
acquire the segment of the line between milepost 34.3, at Blackwell, 
OK, and milepost 18.0+ 1712.9 feet, at the Oklahoma/Kansas state line 
near Hun Newell, KS. BIA will acquire the segments of the line (1) 
between milepost 35.0+ 1848 feet, west of Blackwell, OK, and milepost 
34.3, at Blackwell, OK, and (2) between milepost 18+ 1712.9 feet, at 
the Oklahoma/Kansas state line near Hun Newell, KS, and milepost 0+ 
466.3 feet, at Wellington, KS.
    South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, Inc., a Class III rail carrier, 
has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 in STB Finance 
Docket No. 33494, South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, Inc.--Operation 
Exemption--Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Blackwell 
Industrial Authority to operate the lines.
    The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after October 
16, 1997.
    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. 33492, 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 W. 
Miner Street, P. O. Box 796, West Chester, PA 19381-0796.

    Decided: October 22, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28817 Filed 10-30-97; 8:45 am]
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