[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 156 (Monday, August 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 41826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20472]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 184X)] \2\
Southern Pacific Transportation Company--Abandonment Exemption--
Wendel-Alturas Line in Modoc and Lassen Counties, CA
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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 section
10903. 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.
\2\ This exemption is related to Finance Docket No. 32760, Union
Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Rail
Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, St. Louis
Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver and Rio
Grande Western Railroad Company.
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ACTION: Notice of exemption.
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SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts from the prior
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-04 the abandonment by Southern
Pacific Transportation Company of its 85.5-mile rail line between
milepost 360.1 near Wendel and milepost 445.6, near Alturas, in Modoc
and Lassen Counties, CA, subject to standard labor protective
conditions, environmental and historic preservation conditions, a 180-
day trail use condition, and a 180-day public use condition, all of
which are set forth in Decision No. 44, served on August 12, 1996, in
Finance Docket No. 32760.
DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of
financial assistance has been received, this exemption will be
effective on September 11, 1996. Formal expressions of intent to file
an offer of financial assistance under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 3 and
additional requests for trail use/rail banking under 49 U.S.C. 1152.29
must be filed by August 22, 1996; petitions to stay must be filed by
August 22, 1996; and petitions to reopen must be filed by September 3,
1996. Because the Board is imposing a 180-day public use condition in
this proceeding, it is unnecessary to request this condition.
\3\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).
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ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 184X)
to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case
Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423;
and (2) Gary A. Laakso, General Attorney, Southern Pacific Building,
One Market Plaza, Room 846, San Francisco, CA 94105.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia M. Farr, (202) 927-5352. [TDD
for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the
Board's Decision No. 44 in Finance Docket No. 32760. To purchase a copy
of the full decision, write to, call, or pick up in person from: DC
News & Data, Inc., 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229,
Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available through TDD services (202) 927-5721.]
Decided: August 6, 1996.
By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20472 Filed 8-9-96; 8:45 am]
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