[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1371-1372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-330]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33980]


Riverview Trenton Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Crown Enterprises, Inc.

    Riverview Trenton Railroad Company (Riverview), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire 
from Crown Enterprises, Inc. and operate approximately 1.5 miles of 
rail line within a 76-acre parcel in Riverview and Trenton, MI.\1\ The 
line connects with the track of the Canadian National Railway Company 
subsidiary Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc. (CN), over which 
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) has operated, at the exit from 
the southwesterly edge of the 195.45-acre DSC site, as the track 
traverses diagonally across the intersection of King Road and W. 
Jefferson Avenue, in Trenton, near the FN Tower and CN River 
Subdivision milepost 10.96. The line also connects with the track of 
the CN as the line exits the 76-acre parcel at the northwest corner 
where it traverses W. Jefferson Avenue near its junction with Ford 
Avenue in Riverview and extends into the so-called CN Penn Salt Yard, 
over which Conrail has operated, near CN River Subdivision milepost 
9.39.\2\
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    \1\ In addition, Riverview has acquired from DSC Ltd. (DSC), a 
noncarrier and nonaffiliate, related track and trackage rights 
within a 195.45-acre industrial site located adjacent to Riverview's 
76-acre parcel.
    \2\ Riverview reports that all operations will occur within the 
Conrail Detroit Shared Asset Area as designated in a transaction 
approved by the Board, and consummated by the parties on June 1, 
1999. See CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk 
Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Control 
and Operating Leases/Agreements--Conrail Inc. and Consolidated Rail 
Corporation, STB Finance Docket No. 33388, Decision No. 89 (STB 
served July 23, 1998).
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    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33979, 
CenTra, Inc., et al.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Riverview 
Trenton Railroad Company, wherein CenTra, Inc., et al. has filed a 
verified notice to continue in control of Riverview upon its becoming a 
Class III rail carrier.
    The transaction was expected to be consummated immediately after 
the effective date of the exemption. The earliest the transaction could 
be consummated was December 20, 2000, 7 days after the exemption was 
filed.\3\
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    \3\ Riverview notes that it will apply to CN and Conrail for 
switching and interchanging of traffic to and from the tracks it 
owns, and/or will operate under a trackage and right-of-way 
agreement to furnish cars, containers and trailers for the movement 
of traffic of Riverview and to provide service to move the resulting 
traffic generated by the proposed operation focusing upon intermodal 
shipments, but that it will not enter or operate any track or right-
of-way of CN or Conrail.

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    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. 33980, 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 Daniel C. Sullivan, Esq., Sullivan & Hincks, 122 W. 22nd 
Street, Suite 350, Oak Brook, IL 60523.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''


    Decided: December 29, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-330 Filed 1-5-01; 8:45 am]
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