[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2273]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34453]


Genesee & Wyoming Inc.--Control Exemption--Arkansas, Louisiana & 
Mississippi Railroad Company and Fordyce & Princeton Railroad Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board exempts from the prior 
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323 et seq. the acquisition by 
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) of control of two Class III rail carriers 
(Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Company (AL&M) and Fordyce 
& Princeton Railroad Company (F&P)) by purchase of all of the stock of 
each from Georgia Pacific Corporation. GWI is a noncarrier holding 
company that directly controls Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., a 
Class II carrier operating in New York and Pennsylvania. GWI also 
directly controls 13 Class III carriers (Chattahoochee Industrial 
Railroad, Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., Dansville and Mount 
Morris Railroad Company, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company, Inc., 
Golden Isles Terminal Railroad, Inc., Illinois & Midland Railroad, 
Inc., Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc., Portland & Western Railroad, 
Inc., Rochester & Southern Railroad, Inc., Savannah Port Terminal 
Railroad Inc., South Buffalo Railway Company, Utah Railway Company, and 
Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc.). GWI also indirectly controls 10 
additional Class III carriers (Commonwealth Railway, Inc., Talleyrand 
Terminal Railroad, Inc., St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company, St. 
Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Inc., York Railway Company, Salt 
Lake City Southern Railroad Company, Allegheny & Eastern Railroad, LLC, 
Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad, LLC, Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, 
LLC, and Yorkrail, LLC).

DATES: The exemption will be effective on March 6, 2004. Petitions for 
stay must be filed by February 20, 2004. Petitions for reconsideration 
must be filed by March 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 copies of any pleadings referring to 
STB Finance Docket No. 34453 to: Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, send one copy of 
any pleading to GWI's representative: Troy W. Garris, Weiner Brodsky 
Sidman Kider PC, 1300 Nineteenth Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, 
DC 20036-1609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (202) 565-1616. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision. Copies of the decision may be purchased from: ASAP 
Document Solutions, Suite 103, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706. E-
mail address: [email protected]. Telephone: (202) 293-7779. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 29, 2004.

    By the Board, Chairman Nober.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-2273 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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