[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55048-55049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15512]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB-459 (Sub-No. 3X)]


The Central Railroad Company of Indiana--Discontinuance of 
Service Exemption--in Decatur County, IN

    The Central Railroad Company of Indiana (CIND) has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt 
Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over 
a 2.6-mile line of railroad between milepost 64.67 and milepost 67.27, 
near Greenburg, in Decatur County, IN. The line traverses United States 
Postal Service Zip Code 47240.
    CIND has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the 
line for at least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic can be rerouted 
over other lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail 
service on the line (or by a State or local government entity acting on 
behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line 
either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with 
any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant 
within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 
governmental agencies) have been met.\1\
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    \1\ Because this is a discontinuance of service proceeding and 
not an abandonment, the proceeding is exempt from the requirements 
of 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic 
reports), and 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter).
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    As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected 
by the discontinuance shall be protected under Oregon Short Line R. 
Co.--Abandonment--Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this 
condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for 
partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
    Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
effective on October 20, 2006,\2\ unless stayed pending 
reconsideration. Petitions to stay and formal expressions of intent to 
file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) \3\ must be filed by October 2, 
2006. Petitions to reopen must be filed by October 10, 2006, with the 
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001.
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    \2\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding, trail use/rail 
banking and public use conditions are not applicable.
    \3\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which was 
increased to $1,300 effective on April 19, 2006. See Regulations 
Governing Fees for Services Performed in Connection with Licensing 
and Related Services-2006 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 13) 
(STB served Mar. 20, 2006).
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    A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to 
applicant's representative: Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, 
Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: September 12, 2006.


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    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-15512 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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