[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36544-36545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12678]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB-297 (Sub-No. 103X)]


Columbus and Greenville Railway Company--Discontinuance of 
Service Exemption--in Greenwood, MS

    Columbus and Greenville Railway Company (CAGY) has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments 
and Discontinuances of Service to discontinue service over an out-of-
service line of railroad between milepost 21.2 in West Point, MS, and 
milepost 110.7 in Greenwood, MS, a distance of approximately 89.5 miles 
in Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Montgomery, Carroll, and Leflore Counties, 
MS. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 39773, 
39741, 39755, 39750, 39752, 39744, 39767, 39747, 38967, 38943, 38947, 
and 38930.
    CAGY has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the 
line for at least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on the line 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 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.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected 
by the discontinuance of service 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 August 3, 2007, unless stayed pending reconsideration. 
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues and formal 
expressions of intent to file an OFA for continued rail service under 
49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\1\ must be filed by July 13, 2007.\2\ Petitions 
to reopen must

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be filed by July 23, 2007, with: Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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    \1\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which 
currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
    \2\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an 
abandonment, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are 
not appropriate. Likewise, no environmental or historical 
documentation is required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 1105.8(b), 
respectively.
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    A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to 
CAGY's representative: John D. Heffner, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, 
Washington, DC 20036.
    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 http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Dated: June 26, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-12678 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]
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