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by a party or by the Board’s Section of

Environmental Analysis in its independent

investigation) cannot be made before the

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible

so that the Board may take appropriate action before

the exemption’s effective date.

3Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $900. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

4The Board will accept late-filed trail use

requests as long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

expressions of intent to file an OFA

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail

use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR

1152.29 4 must be filed by August 29,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by September 8,

1997, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, Surface Transportation

Board, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant

representatives: Kelvin J. Dowd, Esq.,

Slover & Loftus, 1224 Seventeenth

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

WTRC and EDRC–II have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment and

discontinuance, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by August 22, 1997.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

SEA, at (202) 565–1545. Comments on

environmental and historic preservation

matters must be filed within 15 days

after the EA becomes available to the

public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR

1152.29(e)(2), EDRC–II shall file a notice

of consummation with the Board to

signify that it has exercised the

authority granted and fully abandoned

the line. If consummation has not been

effected by EDRC–II’s filing of a notice

of consummation by August 19, 1998,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: August 13, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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