[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 67238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27881]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34265]


Blackwell & Northern Railway Company, Inc.--Operation Exemption--
Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Blackwell Industrial 
Authority

    Blackwell & Northern Railway Company, Inc. (BNRC), a noncarrier, 
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 
operate 35.26 miles of rail line owned by the State of Oklahoma by and 
through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Blackwell 
Industries Authority. The rail line extends: (1) Between milepost 34.3 
at Blackwell, OK, and milepost 18+1712.9 feet at the Oklahoma/Kansas 
State line near Hun Newell, KS; (2) between milepost 35+1848 feet, west 
of Blackwell and milepost 34.3 at Blackwell; and (3) between milepost 
18+1712.9 feet at the Oklahoma/Kansas State line near Hun Newell and 
milepost 0+466.3 feet, at Wellington, KS. BNRC will replace South 
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, Inc., which has been operating over the 
line, and will become a Class III rail carrier.\1\ BNRC certifies that 
its projected revenues as a result of this transaction will not exceed 
those that would qualify it as a Class III carrier and that such 
revenues would not exceed $5 million.
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    \1\ See South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, Inc.-Operation 
Exemption-Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Blackwell 
Industrial Authority, STB Docket No. 33494 (STB served Oct. 31, 
1997).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated no earlier than 
October 17, 2002, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the 
exemption was filed).
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the 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. 34265, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one 
copy of each pleading must be served on Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. 
McFarland, P.C., 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 
60604-1194.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: October 28, 2002.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-27881 Filed 11-4-02; 8:45 am]
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