[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29140]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34430]


San Pedro Railroad Operating Company, LLC--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--SWKR Operating Co. Inc.

    San Pedro Railroad Operating Company, LLC (SPROC),\1\ a noncarrier, 
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 
acquire all of SWKR Operating Co., Inc.'s (SWKR) interest in and to 
operate: (a) Those rail lines extending from approximately milepost N 
1033.008 (at or near Benson, AZ) to approximately milepost NA 1055.8 
(at or near Charleston, AZ); \2\ (b) the assets and rail banked common 
carrier rights in that segment of the Douglas Branch extending from 
approximately milepost NA 1055.8 to approximately milepost NA 1106.5 
(at or near Douglas, AZ), and in the Bisbee Branch, extending from 
approximately milepost NB 1085.0 (at or near Bisbee Junction, AZ) to 
approximately milepost NB 1090.4 (at or near Bisbee, AZ); and (c) 
certain other miscellaneous assets. The subject line and all related 
properties are located wholly within Cochise County, AZ.\3\
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    \1\ SPROC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arizona Railroad 
Group, LLC, which does not currently own any other railroads.
    \2\ The milepost designation changes at Fairbank, AZ, from 
milepost N 1050.57 to milepost NA 1046.39.
    \3\ In SWKR Operating Co., Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--In 
Cochise County, AZ, Docket No. AB-441 (Sub-Nos. 1X, 2X, and 3X), 
SWKR obtained exemptions to abandon three line segments that 
comprise a portion of the interests acquired by SPROC in this 
proceeding. SWKR has not, however, consummated abandonment of any of 
the three segments--two which remain subject to trail use agreements 
and a third which is the subject of a recent SWKR request that the 
decision granting the abandonment exemption authority be vacated.
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    SPROC certifies that its projected annual revenues will not exceed 
those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier and that its 
annual revenues are not projected to exceed $5 million.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after October 
31, 2003, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the notice 
was filed).
    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 will not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34430, 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 Troy W. Garris, Weiner Brodsky 
Sidman Kider PC, 1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 
20036-1609.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: November 14, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-29140 Filed 11-20-03; 8:45 am]
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