[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 146 (Friday, July 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19167]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33905]


Lackawanna County Railroad Authority--Acquisition Exemption--F&L 
Realty, Inc.

    Lackawanna County Railroad Authority (LCRA), a political 
subdivision and nonoperating Class III rail carrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire 4.96 route 
miles of track (track) in Lackawanna County, PA, from F&L Realty, Inc. 
(F&L). The track consists of two small segments described as follows: 
(1) The Diamond Branch, of the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western 
Railroad (DL&W), extending 0.85 miles from milepost 144.75 to milepost 
145.6, in Scranton; and (2) the Laurel Line, of the former DL&W, 
extending 4.11 miles from LC 6253 milepost 0.7 (South Abutment of 
Roaring Brook Bridge) to milepost 4.81, at Montage Road, in the Borough 
of Moosic.\1\ Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc. (D-L) will be the 
operator of the track.
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    \1\ According to the verified notice of exemption, Pocono 
Northeast Railway, a now defunct corporate affiliate of F&L, 
formerly provided service over the track but stopped providing that 
service some years ago without obtaining any regulatory approval.
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    This transaction is related to a simultaneously filed verified 
notice of exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33906, Delaware-
Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc.--Operation Exemption--Lackawanna County 
Railroad Authority, wherein D-L seeks to operate the track being 
acquired by LCRA.
    The parties report that they intend to consummate the transaction 
on or about July 28, 2000. The earliest the transaction can be 
consummated is July 24, 2000, the effective date of the exemption (7 
days after the exemption was filed).
    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. 33905, 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 on Keith G. O'Brien, Esq., Rea, Cross & Auchincloss, 1707 L 
Street, NW., Suite 570, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: July 21, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-19167 Filed 7-27-00; 8:45 am]
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