[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 46306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22116]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34081]


Effingham Railroad Company--Operation Exemption--Line Owned by 
Total Quality Warehouse

    Effingham Railroad Company (ERRC), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate 
over approximately 3,661 feet of railroad line that will be constructed 
for and acquired by Total Quality Warehouse (TQW), located in an 
industrial park in Effingham, IL\1\ to provide a more efficient 
interchange with the Canadian National Railroad on the border of an 
existing industrial park.
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    \1\ ERRC states that the additional track to be operated will be 
constructed from ERRC's engineering designation Sta. 95+84.61 to 
Sta. 152+65.84.
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    Construction of the track was expected to begin on August 13, 2001, 
7 days after the exemption was filed, and ERRC will begin operations as 
soon as construction is completed.\2\
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    \2\ ERRC simultaneously filed a petition to dismiss the verified 
notice of exemption. The Board will address the jurisdictional issue 
raised by the petition to dismiss in a subsequent decision.
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    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen 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. 34081, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on John M. Robinson, 9616 Old Spring Road, Kensington, MD 
20895.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: August 28, 2001.
    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-22116 Filed 8-31-01; 8:45 am]
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