[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9410-9411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2961]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33969]


Lancaster and Chester Railway Company--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Lancaster and Chester Railway Company (L&C), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease, 
with an option to purchase, from Norfolk Southern Railway Company and 
operate approximately 30.8 miles of rail line in Kershaw and Lancaster 
Counties, SC. The line extends from approximately milepost SB-58.7, at 
the Kershaw station, to approximately milepost SB-89.5, at the Catawba 
station. The line connects to L&C's existing rail line at L&C Chester 
District Connection, at approximately milepost SB-76.4, near Lancaster.
    Because the projected revenues of the rail lines to be operated 
will exceed $5 million, L&C certified to the Board, on December 1, 
2000, that the required notice of its proposed transaction was sent to 
the national offices of all labor unions representing employees on the 
lines and was posted at the workplace of the employees on the affected 
lines. See 49 CFR 1150.42(e). The transaction is expected to be 
consummated during the first quarter of 2001, but in no event earlier 
than the February 1, 2001 effective date of the exemption.
    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. 33969, 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 Rose-Michele Weinryb, Esq., Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider, PC, 
1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20036-1609.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 30, 2001.


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    By the Board,
David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-2961 Filed 2-6-01; 8:45 am]
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