5662 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 24 / Thursday, February 5, 2004 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 

2004. 

Richard D. Huriaux, 

P.E., Manager, Regulations, Office of Pipeline 

Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–2454 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34453] 

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.—Control 

Exemption—Arkansas, Louisiana & 

Mississippi Railroad Company and 

Fordyce & Princeton Railroad 

Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the 

Board exempts from the prior approval 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323 et seq.

the acquisition by Genesee & Wyoming 

Inc. (GWI) of control of two Class III rail 

carriers (Arkansas, Louisiana & 

Mississippi Railroad Company (AL&M) 

and Fordyce & Princeton Railroad 

Company (F&P)) by purchase of all of 

the stock of each from Georgia Pacific 

Corporation. GWI is a noncarrier 

holding company that directly controls 

Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., a 

Class II carrier operating in New York 

and Pennsylvania. GWI also directly 

controls 13 Class III carriers 

(Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad, 

Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., 

Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad 

Company, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad 

Company, Inc., Golden Isles Terminal 

Railroad, Inc., Illinois & Midland 

Railroad, Inc., Louisiana & Delta 

Railroad, Inc., Portland & Western 

Railroad, Inc., Rochester & Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Savannah Port Terminal 

Railroad Inc., South Buffalo Railway 

Company, Utah Railway Company, and 

Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc.). 

GWI also indirectly controls 10 

additional Class III carriers 

(Commonwealth Railway, Inc., 

Talleyrand Terminal Railroad, Inc., St. 

Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company, 

St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad 

(Quebec) Inc., York Railway Company, 

Salt Lake City Southern Railroad 

Company, Allegheny & Eastern 

Railroad, LLC, Pittsburg & Shawmut 

Railroad, LLC, Maryland and 

Pennsylvania Railroad, LLC, and 

Yorkrail, LLC).

DATES: The exemption will be effective 

on March 6, 2004. Petitions for stay 

must be filed by February 20, 2004. 

Petitions for reconsideration must be 

filed by March 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of any pleadings referring to STB 

Finance Docket No. 34453 to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, send one copy of any pleading 

to GWI’s representative: Troy W. Garris, 

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300 

Nineteenth Street, NW., Fifth Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036–1609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1616. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision. Copies of the 

decision may be purchased from: ASAP 

Document Solutions, Suite 103, 9332 

Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706. Email address: asapmd@verizon.net.

Telephone: (202) 293–7779. [Assistance 

for the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: January 29, 2004.

By the Board, Chairman Nober. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–2273 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 

3)] 

TTX Company, et al.—Application for 

Approval of Pooling of Car Service 

With Respect to Flatcars

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of pooling application 

and request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: On January 6, 2004, TTX 

Company (TTX) and certain 

participating railroads filed an 

application to extend for 15 years TTX’s 

flatcar pooling authority, which the 

Board’s predecessor, the Interstate 

Commerce Commission (ICC), originally 

granted in 1974, extended in 1989, and 

extended again in 1994. Unless further 

extended, TTX’s current pooling 

authority under the ICC’s 1994 order 

will expire on October 1, 2004.

DATES: Any comments on the 

application must be filed by March 22, 

2004. If comments are filed, applicants’

rebuttal is due by April 21, 2004. A 

decision on the merits of the application 

is due to be issued by September 1, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: As required under 49 CFR 

1104.3, commenting parties must file 

with the Board an original and 10 copies 

(and electronic copies as necessary) of 

their respective comments. Comments 

must refer to STB Finance Docket No. 

27590 (Sub-No. 3) and be sent to: 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

comment must be sent to each of 

applicants’ representatives: (1) David L. 

Meyer, Covington & Burling, 1201 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004; and (2) Patrick 

B. Loftus, TTX Company, 101 North 

Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar (202) 565–1600. 

(Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TTX and 

the railroad applicants seek the Board’s 

approval of a 15-year extension of their 

pooling of flatcar service. Under 49 

U.S.C. 11322(a), the Board may approve 

a pooling agreement if it finds that the 

proposal: (1) Will be in the interest of 

better service to the public or of 

economy of operation, and (2) will not 

unreasonably restrain competition. The 

proposed pooling agreement was 

originally approved by the ICC in 

American Rail Box Car Co.—Pooling,

347 I.C.C. 862 (1974). In 1989, the ICC 

extended TTX’s pooling authority for 

another five years. See Trailer Train 

Co.—Pooling—Car Service, 5 I.C.C.2d 

552 (1989). The ICC last approved TTX’s 

pooling agreement in 1994 for a 10-year 

term, which expires on October 1, 2004. 

See TTX Company et al.—Application 

for Approval of the Pooling of Car 

Service With Respect to Flat Cars,

Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 2) 

(ICC served August 31, 1994). The 

application seeks to extend TTX’s 

authority to continue the flatcar pool 

under the same pooling agreement—

with minor, technical updates—for an 

additional 15 years. 

In addition to TTX, the applicants are:

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company; 

CSX Transportation, Inc.; 

Florida East Coast Railway Company; 

Guilford Rail System; 

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company; 

Illinois Central Railroad Company;