[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 1010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-81]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 698X)]


CSX Transportation, Inc.--Discontinuance of Service Exemption--in 
Clark, Floyd, Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, IN

    On December 18, 2009, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed with 
the Board a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the 
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to discontinue service over a 62.3-mile 
line of railroad on its Northern Region, Louisville Division, Hoosier 
Subdivision, between milepost 00Q 251.7, near Bedford, and milepost 00Q 
314.0, near New Albany, in Clark, Floyd, Lawrence, Orange, and 
Washington Counties, IN.\1\ The line traverses United States Postal 
Service Zip Codes 47150, 47172, 47106, 47143, 47165, 47167, 47108, 
47452, 47446, and 47421, and includes the stations of Orleans, Leipsic, 
Campbellsburg, Salem, Pekin, and Borden.
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    \1\ CSXT owns the line and acknowledges that it cannot abandon 
the line until its subsidiary, The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) 
discontinues service under the trackage rights it obtained in the 
The Indiana Rail Road Company--Acquisition--Soo Line Railroad 
Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34783 (STB served Apr. 11, 2006).
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    CSXT states that the line does not contain federally granted 
rights-of-way. Any documentation in CSXT's possession will be made 
available promptly to those requesting it.
    The interest of railroad employees will be protected by the 
conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen, 
360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    By issuing this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption 
proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be 
issued by April 7, 2010.
    Any offer of financial assistance (OFA) for subsidy under 49 CFR 
1152.27(b)(2) will be due no later than 10 days after service of a 
decision granting the petition for exemption. Each OFA must be 
accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).\2\
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    \2\ Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and not an 
abandonment, trail use/rail banking and public use conditions are 
not appropriate. Similarly, no environmental or historic 
documentation is required under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(2) and 1105.8.
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    All filings in response to this notice must refer to STB Docket No. 
AB-55 (Sub-No. 698X) and must be sent to: (1) Surface Transportation 
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001; and (2) Louis E. 
Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204. Replies to 
the petition are due on or before January 27, 2010.
    Persons seeking further information concerning discontinuance 
procedures may contact the Board's Office of Public Assistance, 
Governmental Affairs and Compliance at (202) 245-0238 or refer to the 
full abandonment and discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 
Questions concerning environmental issues may be directed to the 
Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245-0305. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: December 31, 2009.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-81 Filed 1-6-10; 8:45 am]
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