[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 79917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32156]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33972]


Austin Area Terminal Railroad, Inc.--Change in Operators 
Exemption--Trans-Global Solutions, Inc.

    Austin Area Terminal Railroad, Inc. (AATR) has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to change operators from 
Trans-Global Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Austin Area Terminal Railroad (TGS) 
to AATR on a line of railroad owned by Capital Metropolitan 
Transportation Authority.\1\ The line extends between milepost AUNW-
MP0.0 (SPT-MP 57.00), west of Giddings, to milepost AUNW-MP154.07 (SPT-
MP 99.04), at Llano, including the Marble Falls Branch (6.43 miles), 
the Scobee Spur (3.3 miles), and the Burnet Spur (0.93 mile), for 
approximately 162 miles, in Bastrop, Burnet, Lee, Llano, Travis, and 
Williamson Counties, TX. This change in operators is exempt under 49 
CFR 1150.31(a)(3).\2\
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    \1\ AATR is a wholly owned subsidiary of TGS.
    \2\ In order to qualify for a change in operators exemption, an 
applicant must give notice to shippers on the line. See 49 CFR 
1150.32(b). By letter filed on December 11, 2000, AATR has certified 
to the Board that it has sent notice to all shippers on the line 
that AATR will be providing service in place of TGS.
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    The parties indicate that the exemption will be effective on or 
about December 13, 2000. The earliest the transaction can be 
consummated is December 13, 2000 (7 days after the exemption was 
filed).
    If the verified 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. 33972, 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 Edward D. Greenberg, Esq., Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, 
Fellman & Swirsky, P.C., Canal Square, 1054 Thirty-First Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20007-4492.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: December 12, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32156 Filed 12-19-00; 8:45 am]
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