[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4313-4314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2038]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34162]


Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc.--Change in Operators 
Exemption--Lackawanna County Railroad Authority

    Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc. (D-L), a Class III rail 
carrier,\1\ has

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filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate 
1.5 miles of rail line to be acquired by Lackawanna County Railroad 
Authority (LCRA). The line, known as the Minooka Industrial Track, has 
been operated by Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company (L&S), and 
extends from Little Virginia Junction to the Davis Street Crossing.
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    \1\ According to D-L, it presently operates a 58-mile line of 
railroad between Fell Township and Mount Pocono, PA; a 17-mile line 
of railroad between Mount Pocono and Analomink, PA; the Diamond 
Branch of the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) 
extending 0.85 miles from MP 144.75 to MP 145.6 in Scranton, 
Lackawanna County, PA; the Laurel Line of the former DL&W extending 
4.11 miles from LC 6253 MP 0.7 to MP 4.81 at Montage Road in the 
Borough of Moosic, Lackawanna County, PA; and 10 miles of rail line 
between MP 2.0, approximately old MP 74.4 (Slate) and MP 12.2, 
approximately old MP 84.6 (Gravel) in Monroe and Northampton 
Counties, PA.
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    This transaction is related to a simultaneously filed verified 
notice of exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 34161, Lackawanna County 
Railroad Authority--Acquisition Exemption--Scranton Lackawanna 
Industrial Building Company, wherein LCRA seeks to acquire the involved 
line.
    The parties reported that they intended to consummate the 
transaction on or about January 10, 2002.\2\
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    \2\ D-L states that, upon consummation, L&S, the current 
operator of the line, will cease all operations on the line and that 
shippers on the line have been notified of the change in operator.
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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 does not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34162, 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 Keith G. O'Brien, REA, CROSS & AUCHINCLOSS, 1707 L Street, 
NW., Suite 570, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 22, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-2038 Filed 1-28-02; 8:45 am]
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