[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 49 (Friday, March 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11940-11941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5364]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34466]


Georgia Midland Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Ogeechee Railway Company

    Georgia Midland Railroad, Inc. (GMR), a noncarrier, has filed an 
amended notice of exemption to acquire by sublease from Ogeechee 
Railway Company (ORC) and operate the following lines: (1) The Perry 
line between (a) milepost 90.44-FV at or near Roberta, GA, and milepost 
105.30-FV at or near Fort Valley, GA, a distance of approximately 14.86 
miles; and (b) between milepost N219.70 at or near Fort Valley, GA, and 
milepost 232.60 at or near Perry, GA, a distance of approximately 12.9 
miles; (2) the Metter line between milepost W-57.50 at or near Dover, 
GA, and milepost W-86.70 at or near Metter, GA, a distance of 
approximately 29.2 miles; and (3) the Sylvania line between milepost 
SA-36.4 at or near Ardmore, GA, and milepost SA-57.5 at or near 
Sylvania, GA, a distance of approximately 21.1 miles. ORC leases these 
lines from the State of Georgia Department of Transportation (GaDOT). 
ORC and GMR state that they have reached an agreement regarding this 
transaction and have taken steps to obtain GaDOT's consent to the 
proposed sublease and operation.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after 
February 19, 2004 (7 days after the amended notice was filed).
    This transaction is related to two concurrently filed amended 
verified notices of exemption in: (1) STB Finance Docket No. 34467, 
Heart of Georgia Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
Rail Line of Ogeechee Railway Company, wherein ORC seeks to sublease to 
Heart of Georgia Railroad, Inc. (HOG) a 42.4-mile rail line between 
Midville and Vidalia, GA; and (2) STB Finance Docket No.

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34468, Atlantic Western Transportation, Inc.--Continuance in Control 
Exemption--Georgia Midland Railroad, Inc., wherein Atlantic Western 
Transportation, Inc. (AWT), a noncarrier, will continue in control of 
GMR, upon GMR's becoming a rail carrier. AWT also currently controls 
HOG.
    GMR certifies that its projected annual revenues will not exceed 
those that would qualify it as a Class III carrier.
    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. 34466, 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, P.C., 208 
South LaSalle Street, Suite 189, Chicago, IL 60604-1112.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 4, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-5364 Filed 3-11-04; 8:45 am]
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