[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 29060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13963]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33596]


Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority--Acquisition 
Exemption--City of Austin, TX

    Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Capital 
Metro),1 a noncarrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 
49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire the City of Austin's Giddings-Llano line, a 
162 mile continuous railroad right-of-way (including spurs), extending 
from SPTC milepost 57.00/AUNW milepost 0, near Giddings, TX, to SPTC 
milepost 99.04/AUNW milepost 154.07, near Llano, TX, including the 
Marble Falls Branch from milepost 6.2/AUNW milepost 61.2, near Marble 
Falls, TX, to SPTC milepost 0.0/AUNW milepost 124.7, near Fairland, 
TX.2
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    \1\ Capital Metro is the Austin, TX, regional transit authority, 
a body corporate and political subdivision of the State of Texas.
    \2\ Capital Metro states that the line will continue to be 
operated by the Central of Tennessee Railway & Navigation Company, 
Inc. d/b/a the Longhorn Railway.
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    The transaction is expected to be consummated on May 22, 1998.
    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. 33596, 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 Monica J. Palko, Esq., Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., 2000 K 
Street, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D.C. 20006.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: May 20, 1998.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13963 Filed 5-26-98; 8:45 am]
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