[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64314-64315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30983]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33677]


St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Inc.; Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Line of Canadian National Railway Company

    St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Inc. (SL&AQ), a 
noncarrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 
acquire overhead trackage rights from Canadian National Railway Company 
(CN), over approximately 15.83 miles of rail line owned by St. Lawrence 
& Atlantic Railroad Company (SL&A) between Island Pond, VT (MP 0.00 on 
CN's Sherbrooke Subdivision) and the United States/Canada border, near 
Norton, VT (MP 15.83 on CN's Sherbrooke Subdivision).
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33678, Emons 
Transportation Group, Inc., and Emons Railroad Group, Inc.--Continuance 
in Control Exemption--St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Inc., 
wherein Emons Transportation Group, Inc. and Emons Railroad Group, Inc. 
have filed a petition for exemption to continue in control of SL&AQ 
once it acquires CN's overhead trackage rights and becomes a Class III 
rail carrier.1
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    \1\ Emons Transportation Group, Inc., and Emons Railroad Group, 
Inc., noncarriers, currently control through stock ownership four 
Class III rail common carriers: Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company (M&P), Yorkrail, Inc. (YRK), Penn Eastern Rail Lines, Inc. 
(PERL), and SL&A. Emons Transportation Group Inc. controls all four 
carriers; Emons Railroad Group, Inc. controls YRK, PERL, and SL&A.
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    SL&AQ intends to consummate the transaction and begin operations on 
or soon after the effective date of this notice i.e., November 5, 1998, 
and upon approval and effectiveness of the related petition for 
exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33678.
    If the 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. 33677, 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 Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff Donnelly &

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Bayh LLP, 1350 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: November 12, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-30983 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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