[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19238]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34532]


Roaring Fork Transportation Authority--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority

    Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA), a government entity 
formed to operate transportation facilities, has filed a notice of 
exemption to acquire from Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority 
(RFRHA) all of RFRHA's rights to reactivate rail service on RFRHA's 
line between milepost 360.22 in Glenwood Springs, CO, and milepost 
393.66, near Woody Creek, CO, a distance of 33.44 miles (the line).
    In a decision and notice of interim trail use or abandonment in 
Roaring Fork Railroad Holding Authority--Abandonment Exemption--in 
Garfield, Eagle, and Pitkin Counties, CO, STB Docket No. AB-547X (STB 
served Oct. 16, 1998), RFRHA was authorized to abandon the line and 
rail bank the right-of-way in its own name. In a decision served on 
November 30, 2001, in that proceeding, the Board granted the 
substitution of RFTA as the interim trail manager. RFRHA subsequently 
transferred all of its rights in the line, as well as ownership of the 
line to RFTA. RFTA now seeks Board approval for a transfer of the right 
to reactivate the rail line.
    RFTA 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. 34532, 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 Charles H. Montange, 426 NW 
162d St., Seattle, WA 98177.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: August 16, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-19238 Filed 8-20-04; 8:45 am]
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