[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1078]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33841]


R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Memphis Line--Operation Exemption--
Line in Montgomery and Stewart Counties, TN

    R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Memphis Line (RJCM), a Class III 
common carrier by rail, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 
49 CFR 1150.31 to operate an abandoned rail line extending from former 
milepost LF-182.50, at Zinc, TN, to former milepost LF-199.08, at 
Cumberland City, TN, a distance of approximately 16.58 miles in 
Montgomery and Stewart Counties, TN.\1\ The line would connect with 
RJCM's existing rail line at Zinc.
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    \1\ RJCM states that the rail line was abandoned by Seaboard 
Systems Railroad, Inc. (SBD) in 1984. See Seaboard System Railroad, 
Inc.--Abandonment--in Houston, Stewart and Montgomery Counties, TN, 
Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 84) (ICC served Oct. 5, 1983). RJCM 
further states that it had previously acquired the right, title and 
interest of CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), SBD's successor, in the 
abandoned rail line, as well as a short segment of the abandoned 
line that had been transferred by CSXT to a third party.
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    The exemption became effective on December 30, 1999, 7 days after 
the exemption was filed.\2\
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    \2\ RJCM's has indicated that its present and projected annual 
revenues exceed $5 million and has acknowledged that the 60-day 
advance notice requirements of 49 CFR 1150.32(e) would appear to 
apply here. RJCM simultaneously filed a petition for waiver of the 
advance notice requirement. The purpose of the Board's rule at 49 
CFR 1150.32(e) is to give advance notice of a transaction to any 
employees on the affected line. Because the line had been previously 
abandoned and there thus are no employees on the line, the rule does 
not apply here.
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    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. 33841, 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 Thomas J. Litwiler, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly (Illinois), 
Two Prudential Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson Avenue, Chicago, IL 
60601-6710.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: January 11, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-1078 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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