[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 33544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16002]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33763]


Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
CSX Transportation, Inc.

    CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc. (P&L) over CSXT's 
rail line between the P&L/CSXT connection at Madisonville, KY, at or 
near milepost OOH 275, and the Dotiki mines located on CSXT's 
Morganfield Branch, at or near milepost MF-298.3, a total distance of 
approximately 23 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on June 18, 1999.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow P&L to handle 
movements of coal from the Dotiki mines to the Louisville Gas & 
Electric Cave Run plant in Louisville, KY, and the Louisville Gas & 
Electric Mill Creek plant in Kosmosdale, KY, and to handle empties via 
the reverse route.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk 
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as 
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.-Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 
(1980).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it contains 
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. 
Petitions 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. 33763, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on (1) J. Thomas Garrett, Esq., Paducah & Louisville Railway, 
Inc., 1500 Kentucky Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003, and (2) Fred R. 
Birkholz, Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street, J-150, 
Jacksonville, FL 32202.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: June 16, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-16002 Filed 6-22-99; 8:45 am]
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