[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37470-37471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13384]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34182]


ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Rail Lines of The Cuyahoga Valley Railway Company and River 
Terminal Railway Company

    ISG Cleveland Works Railway Company (CWRO), a noncarrier and 
indirect wholly owned subsidiary of International Steel Group, Inc. 
(ISG), has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire 
and operate 9.5 miles of railroad lines of The Cuyahoga Valley Railway 
Company (CVRC) and River Terminal Railway Company (RTRC), Class III 
rail carrier subsidiaries of LTV Steel Company, Inc., as follows: (a) 
CVRC's approximately 3.4-mile line within and in the vicinity of the 
Cleveland Works West steel facility located on the west side of the 
Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga County, OH; (b) RTRC's approximately 3.9-
mile line within and in the vicinity of the Cleveland Works East steel 
facility located on the east side of the Cuyahoga River in Cuyahoga 
County; \1\ and (c) CVRC's and RTRC's approximately 2.2-mile jointly 
owned line between approximately station 25 + 49.7 and approximately 
station 140 + 5 that extends between and through the Cleveland Works 
West facility and the Cleveland Works East facility. In addition, CWRO 
will acquire overhead trackage rights of CVRC over approximately 1,750 
feet of rail line formerly owned by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 
Company and currently owned by CSX Transportation, Inc., between 
approximately P.S. 250 + 68 near Cleveland and approximately O.P. 20 + 
73 in Cuyahoga Heights, OH.\2\
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    \1\ The CVRC lines and the RTRC lines do not have milepost 
designations.
    \2\ By decision served on May 6, 2002, the Chairman issued a 
``housekeeping'' stay of the effective date of the notice of 
exemption to permit the orderly consideration of a petition filed by 
United Transportation Union (UTU) to revoke the exemption. 
Subsequently, by decision served on May 15, 2002, the Board denied 
UTU's petition to revoke the exemption in this proceeding. The May 
15 decision also vacated the housekeeping stay, making the exemption 
effective on that date.
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    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 34201, 
International

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Steel Group, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--ISG South Chicago 
& Indiana Harbor Railway Company and ISG Cleveland Works Railway 
Company, wherein ISG seeks to continue in control of ISG South Chicago 
& Indiana Harbor Railway Company and CWRO, upon CWRO's becoming a Class 
III rail carrier.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on the effective 
date of the exemption, which, as noted, was May 15, 2002.
    If the verified 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. 34182, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Kevin M. 
Sheys, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, 1800 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, 
Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: May 22, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-13384 Filed 5-28-02; 8:45 am]
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