[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 1780]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-548]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket Nos. AB-855 (Sub-No. 1X), and AB-847 (Sub-No. 2X)]


A & R Line, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Cass and Pulaski 
Counties, IN; Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation--
Discontinuance of Service, Exemption--in Cass and Pulaski Counties, IN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice to the Parties.

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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board's Section of Environmental 
Analysis is correcting the environmental assessment (EA) served on 
September 29, 2003. The correct length of the line sought to be 
abandoned and discontinued is 21 miles. All other information in the EA 
remains unchanged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Blodgett, (202) 565-1554. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 2003, the section of 
Environmental Analysis (SEA) served an environmental assessment (EA), 
which described the length of the line sought to be abandoned and 
discontinued as 15.9 miles. On December 23, 2003, Counsel for A&R Line, 
Inc., and the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway Corporation (carriers) 
filed a ``Motion to Amend the Pleadings and Decisions and Hold Offer of 
Financial Assistance Process in Abeyance.'' \1\ Included in the motion 
was a request for the Board to amend the pleadings and decisions to 
reflect the correct length of the line as 21 miles. According to the 
carriers, the pleadings contained incorrect information pertaining to 
the total mileage involved in this proceeding, and this misstatement of 
the mileage occurred because there are currently two milepost 
designations, Milepost 5.1W and Milepost 0.0, for the same location. 
Therefore, the EA should have stated that the line runs from Milepost 
0.0, near Kenneth, to Milepost 21.0W, near Winamac, for a total 
distance of 21 miles. SEA considered the impact that the abandonment 
and discontinuance would have on the area between Kenneth and Winamac, 
which covered the full 21 miles of the line. Therefore, all other 
information in the EA remains unchanged.
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    \1\ The Board is currently considering the motion.
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    Please correct your copies accordingly.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 6, 2004.

    By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief, Section of Environmental 
Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-548 Filed 1-9-04; 8:45 am]
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