[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 7918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2887]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34839]


Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway 
Company--Control and Consolidation Exemption--Algers, Winslow and 
Western Railway Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board grants an exemption, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, from the 
prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323, et seq., for Norfolk 
Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company 
(collectively, NS), to acquire control of Algers, Winslow and Western 
Railway Company (AWW) and to consolidate AWW into NS following the 
acquisition. The exemption is granted subject to the employee 
protective conditions in New York Dock Ry.--Control--Brooklyn Eastern 
Dist., 360 I.C.C. 60 (1979), and the condition that NS adhere to its 
pledge to preserve the Oakland City, IN interchange and honor existing 
contracts involving AWW.

DATES: This exemption will be effective on March 23, 2007. Petitions to 
stay must be filed by March 5, 2007. Petitions to reopen must be filed 
by March 13, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring 
to STB Finance Docket No. 34839, to: Surface Transportation Board, 1925 
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, send one copy of 
pleadings to Richard A. Allen, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP, 888 
Seventeenth Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565-1609 
[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. A copy of the decision is available on the Board's 
Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov. To purchase a copy of the full 
decision, write to, e-mail or call: ASAP Document Solutions, 9332 
Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 306-4004. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is 
available through FIRS at 1-800-877-8339].
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: February 13, 2007.

    By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice Chairman Buttrey, and 
Commissioner Mulvey.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-2887 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
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