[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10148-10149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4367]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33819]


Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad--Operation Exemption--
Illinois Indiana Development Company, LLC

    Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad (CSS), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 
to operate approximately 25.888 miles of rail line to be owned by 
Illinois Indiana Development Company, LLC (IIDC) as follows: (1) a 
portion of the Michigan City Branch line from milepost 136.0 in Dillon, 
IN, to the end of the line, at milepost 158.518 in Michigan City, IN; 
and (2) approximately 3.37 miles of the South Bend Branch line from 
milepost 200.369 in Dillon, IN, to the end of the track in Kingsbury, 
IN. CSS states that it is a substitute operator for Norfolk Southern 
Railway Company (NS), the previous operator of the line, and that it 
will operate the line pursuant to an operating agreement entered into 
with IIDC on or about January 24, 2000.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after 
February 3, 2000.
    This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice 
of exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33845, Illinois Indiana 
Development Company, LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Norfolk 
Southern Railway Company, wherein IIDC seeks to acquire through a 
purchase and sale agreement, NS's interest in certain rail property 
including the above noted 25.888 mile line of railroad, and a 
concurrently filed petition for exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 
33846, Peter A. Gilbertson, et al., and SouthShore Corporation--Control 
Exemption--Illinois Indiana Development Company, LLC, wherein Peter A. 
Gilbertson, et al., and SouthShore Corporation seek an exemption to 
continue in control of IIDC once it becomes a Class III rail carrier. 
The petition is currently pending.
    Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), and, as stated in STB Finance Docket 
No. 33846, CSS certified to the Board on November 22, 1999, that its 
projected revenues will exceed $5 million, and that it served a copy of 
the notice on the national offices of the labor unions with a copy of 
its notice of intent to undertake the transaction and posted such 
notice at the workplace of the employees on the affected lines. CSS 
further indicated in its certification that IIDC will grant trackage 
rights over a small portion of the above-described rail line to NS, to 
enable it to connect with NS's retained portion of the South Bend 
Branch running east of the rail line. IIDC should seek the Board's 
approval for the trackage rights in a separate filing.
    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. 33819, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Rose-Michele Weinryb, Esq., Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & 
Kider, P.C., 1350 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005-
4797.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: February 17, 2000.


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By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-4367 Filed 2-24-00; 8:45 am]
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