[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 2571] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-1332] -----------------------------------------------------------------------1 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION [Finance Docket No. 32838] R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc.-- Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Lines of Consolidated Rail Corporation R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines. Inc. (RJCP), a non-carrier, has filed a verified notice under 49 CFR Part 1150, Subpart D--Exempt Transactions to acquire and operate approximately 230.4 miles of rail lines of Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) known as the ``Clearfield Cluster'' in Centre, Clinton, Clearfield, Jefferson, Indiana and Cambria Counties, PA. RJCP also will acquire by assignment from Conrail incidental trackage rights over approximately 7.8 miles of rail lines between Clearfield and Curwensville, PA, owned by the Clearfield and Mahoning Railway Company. The transaction was to have been consummated on December 29, 1995. \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions and proceedings to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10901. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior to the Act, and citations are to the former sections of the statute, unless otherwise indicated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This proceeding is related to Richard J. Corman--Continuance in Control Exemption--R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines. Inc., Finance Docket No. 32939, wherein Richard J. Corman has concurrently filed a verified notice to continue to control R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc. upon its becoming a rail carrier. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to reopen will not stay the exemption's effectiveness. An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Finance Docket No. 32838, must be filed with the Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, 1020 Nineteenth Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036. Decided: January 23, 1996. By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings. Vernon A. Williams, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-1332 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915-00-P