[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 103 (Friday, May 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29470-29471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14269]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33571]


Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Soo Line Railroad; Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway

    The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR), an existing Class III 
rail carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
lease from the Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway 
(CPR), and to operate a line of railroad known as the Waterloo Spur, 
extending from milepost 132.11 at Watertown, WI, to milepost 164.61 at 
Madison, WI, a total of 32.5 miles.
    Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), WSOR certified on May 7, 1998, that 
its annual revenues exceed $5 million and that it has, as of March 20, 
1998, served the national offices of the labor unions with a copy of a 
notice of its intent to undertake this transaction and posted such 
notice at the workplace of the employees on the affected lines on March 
23, 1998.
    The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after June 1, 
1998.1
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    \1\ The date of consummation under normal circumstances would be 
July 6, 1998 (60 days after WSOR's certification to the Board that 
it had complied with the Board's rule at 49 CFR 1150.42(e)). The 
Board, in a concurrently issued decision in this proceeding, has at 
the request of WSOR waived, in part, the 60-day period to allow 
consummation on June 1, 1998.
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    If the notice 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. 33571 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 upon Robert A. Wimbish, Rea, Cross & Auchincloss, Suite 570, 
1707 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''


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    Decided: May 22, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14269 Filed 5-28-98; 8:45 am]
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