[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10054-10055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3526]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33999]


Somerset Terminal Railroad Corporation--Operation Exemption--A 
Line of Railroad Owned by Joseph C. Horner

    Somerset Terminal Railroad Corporation (STRC), a noncarrier, has 
filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate under a 
perpetual, irrevocable, exclusive and assignable easement over 
approximately 1.25 miles of rail line owned by Joseph C. Horner. The 
rail line is located in the Township of Bridgewater and the Borough of 
Manville, Somerset County, NJ, and is part of a rail line known as the 
Reading Company New York Branch (also known as the Raritan Valley 
Connecting Track), and identified as Line Code 0326, between milepost 
57.25 at Manville Yard and milepost 58.50 at a junction with New Jersey 
Transit's commuter line. STRC also acquired title to a railroad bridge 
spanning the Raritan River and connecting the properties on which its 
easement lies.\1\
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    \1\ According to STRC, the line was conveyed to Mr. Horner by 
deed from Consolidated Rail Corporation on August 24, 1995, and was 
comprised of two pieces or parcels of land together with track, 
track materials, two switches, and the railroad bridge.
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    STRC proposes to operate the line to connect with CSX 
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company at 
points of intersection on the rail line. Pursuant to an agreement with 
Mr. Horner, STRC will replace Bridgewater Resources, Inc. (BRI), the 
Somerset County waste transfer station. BRI previously arranged for an 
independent contractor to transport the waste processed by BRI over the 
line for connection with CSXT. Mr. Horner will permit STRC to transport 
its refuse across its property and will permit STRC to move freight 
from other shippers bordering on the property upon which the easement 
exists.
    The transaction was due to be consummated on or after January 29, 
2001.\2\
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    \2\ STRC reported that the transaction was consummated during 
the year 2000. STRC's representative has been notified by Board 
staff that the earliest the transaction could be consummated was 
January 29, 2001, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after 
the exemption was filed).
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    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. 33999, must be filed with

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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 Edward M. Fink, Esq., 51 
Jamaica Street, Edison, NJ 08820.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
www.Stb.Dot.Gov.

    Decided: February 6, 2001.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3526 Filed 2-12-01; 8:45 am]
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