Federal Register, Volume 63 Issue 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5994-5995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2727]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33545]


Turners Island, LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
Portland Terminal Co.

    Turners Island, LLC (TI), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice 
of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Portland Terminal 
Company (PT) and to operate approximately 1.09 miles of rail line 
designated as Yard 3 Track extending between Engineering Station 82 + 
03 and Engineering Station 23 + 97, in South Portland, Cumberland 
County,

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ME.¹ In addition, TI will also acquire incidental trackage 
rights over PT's rail line between Engineering Station 82 + 03, where 
it intersects with the line being acquired, and Engineering Station 148 
+ 72 on Yard 3 Track, in South Portland, a distance of approximately 
1.27 miles.
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    \1\ PT received Board authorization to abandon this line through 
a notice of exemption in Portland Terminal Company--Abandonment 
Exemption--in Cumberland County, ME, STB Docket No. AB-268 (Sub-No. 
15X) (STB served Aug. 28, 1997).
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    The transaction is expected to be consummated after the January 29, 
1998 effective date of the exemption.
    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. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. 
The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the 
transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33545, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Peter A. Greene, Esq., Thompson Hine & Flory LLP, 1920 N 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.

    Decided: January 28, 1998.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-2727 Filed 2-4-98; 8:45 am]
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