[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3576]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB-295 (Sub-No. 7X); STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 
698X) \1\]


The Indiana Rail Road Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Martin 
and Lawrence Counties, IN; CSX Transportation, Inc.--Discontinuance of 
Service Exemption--in Clark, Floyd, Lawrence, Orange, and Washington 
Counties, IN
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    \1\ These proceedings are not consolidated; they are being 
handled together for administrative convenience.
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AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Staff members of the Surface Transportation Board will hold a 
public meeting concerning the abandonment and discontinuance petitions 
for exemption in the respective above-titled dockets. The purpose of 
the meeting is to allow interested persons to comment on the petitions 
for exemption.

Date/Location: The public meeting will take place on March 5, 2010, 
beginning at 10 a.m., in the Community/Meeting Room of the Washington 
County Annex, 806 Martinsburg Road, Salem, IN.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Farr, (202) 245-0359. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A decision in STB Docket No. AB-295 (Sub-No. 
7X), served on February 16, 2010, provided that a public meeting 
conducted by Board staff will be held to permit interested persons to 
express their views about the petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 
exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 filed by The Indiana 
Rail Road Company, requesting permission to abandon a 21.15-mile line 
of railroad extending from milepost 241.35 east of Crane, IN, to 
milepost 262.50 in Bedford, IN (Crane-Bedford Line), and a track 
extending from the Crane-Bedford Line at approximately milepost 262.40 
and proceeding in an open counter-clockwise loop for approximately 1.65 
miles (Bedford Industrial Track).
    Letters of protest and requests for public hearing have been filed 
by: The Honorable Baron Hill, United States Congressman; Eric Koch, 
Indiana State Representative; Shawna Girgis, City of Bedford Mayor; Dan 
Terrell, City of Mitchell Mayor; Richard Wilson, on behalf of Radius 
Indiana; Citizens Against Rails-to-Trails; and several landowners. 
Correspondence expressing concern over the potential loss of rail 
service and, in one instance, requesting a hearing, has also been 
submitted by: Brent Steele, Indiana State Senator; Sandy Blanton, 
Indiana State Representative; David Bower, City of Salem Mayor; Douglas 
England, City of New Albany Mayor; David Branneman, Lawrence County 
Tourism Commission Executive Director; Gene McCracken, Lawrence County 
Economic Growth Council Executive Director; and Adele Bowden-Purlee, 
Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce President.\2\
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    \2\ Correspondence submitted in response to STB Docket No. AB-
295 (Sub-No. 7X) has been placed in the public docket even if it has 
not been served on all parties. However, pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.12, 
every document filed with the Board should include a certificate 
showing simultaneous service on all parties of record, if the filer 
intends for the document to be considered in the Board's evaluation 
of the merits of the proceeding.
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    Additionally, in STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 698X), CSX 
Transportation, Inc.--Discontinuance of Service Exemption--in Clark, 
Floyd, Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, IN, a petition for 
exemption was filed by CSX Transportation, Inc., to discontinue service 
over a line of railroad from a point south of Bedford to New Albany, 
IN, a distance of 62.3 miles. A number of the parties who have filed 
protests or comments in STB Docket No. AB-295 (Sub-No. 7X) reference in 
their submissions the impact of both that proposed abandonment as well 
as the proposed discontinuance in STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 698X). 
While the two proceedings are independent matters that will be treated 
separately by the Board, participants may discuss both proceedings at 
the public meeting.
    During the public meeting, staff from the Board's Office of 
Proceedings will hear comments regarding both the abandonment 
proceeding and the discontinuance proceeding. The meeting will continue 
until all interested persons or parties have had an opportunity to 
speak. Persons wishing to speak should place their names on the list of 
speakers upon arrival at the Washington County Annex. A court reporter 
will transcribe the meeting and prepare a transcript that will be 
included in the public record of each proceeding.
    All decisions, notices, and filings in this proceeding are 
available on the Board's Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov. A 
transcript of the meeting will also be posted on the Board's Web site.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.

    Dated: February 18, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-3576 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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