[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46506-46507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23452]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33647]


Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc.--Lease Exemption--The Georgia 
Department of Transportation

    Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc. (GSWR), a Class III rail common 
carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease 
from the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)

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and operate approximately 67.63 miles of rail lines as follows: (i) the 
rail line between milepost 577.85, at Vidalia, GA, and milepost 645.00, 
at Rochelle, GA, a distance of 67.15 miles; and (ii) the Abbeville Wye 
Track between Main Line Valuation Station 3429+40 and Wye Track 
Valuation Station 25+10, at Abbeville, GA, a distance of .48 miles.
    The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after October 
6, 1998. Because the projected revenues of the rail lines to be 
operated will exceed $5 million, GSWR certified to the Board, on August 
7, 1998, that the required notice of its rail line acquisition was 
posted at the workplace of the employees on the affected lines on 
August 6, 1998. See 49 CFR 1150.42(e).1
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    \1\ GSWR notes that there are currently no employees on the 
lines it seeks to lease but that it has complied with the technical 
requirements of section 1150.42(e) by posting notice at the 
workplace of GDOT. Notice was also posted at the workplace of 
Georgia Central Railway, L.P., a former owner and operator of a 
segment of the line GSWR seeks to lease. GSWR further notes that 
there are no labor unions with employees on the affected lines.
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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 does not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33647, 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 Karl Morell, Esq., Ball Janik LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F Street, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20005.

    Decided: August 25, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23452 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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