[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 150 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40777-40778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19452]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 2)]


TTX Company, et al.--Application for Approval of the Pooling of 
Car Service With Respect to Flat Cars

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In this proceeding, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) 
provided for the monitoring of TTX Company (TTX) during the 10-year 
term of its pooling extension. The Board now proposes to reopen this 
proceeding to take comments from interested parties on whether any of 
TTX's activities require any action or particular oversight on the 
Board's part at this time.

DATES: The effective date of this decision is July 31, 2001. Comments 
are due on October 2, 2001.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments (an original and 10 copies) referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 2) to: Surface Transportation Board, 
Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. Two copies of all filings should be sent 
separately to the Board's Office of Compliance and Enforcement, at the 
above address, Suite 780.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melvin F. Clemens, Jr., (202) 565-
1573. [TDD for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 1994 decision approving a 10-year 
extension of TTX's pooling authority,\1\ the ICC required its Office of 
Compliance and Enforcement (OCE) to monitor TTX's operations and to 
report on any problems at the end of the third and seventh years. 
Pursuant to the ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 0No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803 (1995)(ICCTA), effective January 1, 1996, the ICC was 
abolished; a number of its functions were eliminated; and its remaining 
rail and certain non-rail functions were transferred to the Surface 
Transportation Board (Board), newly established under ICCTA. Because 
the authority over TTX's pooling arrangement was transferred to the 
Board under ICCTA, the Board is now responsible for monitoring TTX's 
activities.
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    \1\ This pooling authority was approved in TTX Company, Et. Al--
Application For approval of the Pooling of Car Service With Respect 
to Flat Cars, Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 2), ICC served Aug. 
31, 1994.
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Request for Comments

    The Board requests comments on whether any of TTX's activities 
require any action or particular oversight on the Board's part at this 
time. Any commenter wishing to express a concern about any of TTX's 
activities should fully describe the activity, the concern, and the 
type of Board action that the commenter believes is appropriate. The 
comments will be reviewed by OCE, and, based on the issues raised, the 
Board will determine whether any further action is appropriate.
    Electronic Submissions. In addition to submitting an original and 
12 paper copies of each document filed with the Board (10 copies to the 
Office of the Secretary and 2 copies to OCE), parties must submit, on 
disks or CDs, copies of all textual materials, electronic work papers, 
and data bases and spreadsheets used to develop quantitative evidence. 
Data must be submitted on 3.5-inch IBM-compatible floppy disks or CDs. 
Textual materials must be in or compatible with WordPerfect 9.0. 
Electronic spreadsheets must be in, or compatible with, Lotus 1-2-3 
Release 9, or Microsoft Excel 97. Each disk or CD should be clearly 
labeled with the identification acronym and number of the corresponding 
paper document, and a copy of such disk or CD should be provided to any 
other party upon request. The flexibility provided by such computer 
data will facilitate timely review by the Board and its staff.

Environment

    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.
    It is ordered:
    1. Applicants, shippers, and other interested parties may file 
comments with the Board, as described above, on whether any of TTX's 
activities require any action or particular oversight on the Board's 
part at this time.
    2. Comments are due on October 2, 2001.
    3. This decision is being served on all parties appearing on the 
service list in Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 2).
    4. This decision is effective on July 31, 2001.

    Decided: July 27, 2001.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Clyburn, and 
Commissioner Burkes.
Vernon A. Williams,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-19452 Filed 8-2-01; 8:45 am]
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