[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 21, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79271-79272]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32628]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35568]


Genesee & Wyoming Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption-Hilton & 
Albany Railroad, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board is granting an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from 
the prior approval requirements of 49

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U.S.C. 11323-25 for Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI), a noncarrier, to 
continue in control of Hilton & Albany Railroad, Inc. (HAL), upon HAL's 
becoming a Class III rail carrier in a related transaction involving 
HAL's lease from Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) and operation 
of a 55.5-mile rail line between Hilton and Albany, Ga.\1\ GWI's 
continuance-in-control exemption is subject to labor protective 
conditions. GWI is a holding company that directly or indirectly 
controls one Class II rail carrier and, not including HAL, 58 Class III 
rail carriers. The NSR line that HAL will lease and operate connects 
directly with 3 rail lines controlled by GWI: Chattahoochee Bay 
Railroad (CHAT), Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad, and Georgia 
Southwestern Railroad, and indirectly with a fourth, the Bay Line 
Railroad (via CHAT).
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    \1\ See Hilton & Albany R.R.--Lease & Operation Exemption--
Norfolk S. Ry., FD 35567 (STB served Dec. 2, 2011).

DATES: This exemption will be effective on December 30, 2011. Petitions 
to stay must be filed by December 27, 2011. Petitions to reopen must be 
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filed by December 27, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 copies of all pleadings referring to 
Docket No. FD 35568, to: Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street 
SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, send one copy of pleadings 
to Eric M. Hocky, Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP, One Commerce Square, 
2005 Market Street, Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott M. Zimmerman, (202) 245-0386. 
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision, which is available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: December 15, 2011.

    By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice Chairman Begeman, and 
Commissioner Mulvey.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-32628 Filed 12-20-11; 8:45 am]
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