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addition, CCPN will acquire incidental

trackage rights over lines of UP between

milepost 145.9 and milepost 149.0,

together with the ‘‘loop’’ trackage off of

the main line, all in the terminal area of

Corpus Christi, TX, a distance of

approximately 3.1 miles.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after August 1,

1997.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33437, Genesee &

Wyoming Inc.—Continuance in Control

Exemption—Corpus Christi Terminal

Railroad, Inc., wherein the Genesee &

Wyoming Inc. has concurrently filed a

verified notice to continue in control of

CCPN, upon its becoming a Class III rail

carrier.

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. 33436, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Eric M.

Hocky, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing,

P.C., 213 West Miner Street, West

Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Decided: August 5, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21547 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33437]

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc.

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. (GWI) has

filed a notice of exemption to continue

in control of the Corpus Christi

Terminal Railroad, Inc. (CCPN), upon

CCPN’s becoming a Class III railroad.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after August 1,

1997.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33436, Corpus

Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc.—Lease

and Operation Exemption—Port of

Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces

County, Texas, Union Pacific Railroad

Company, Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, The Texas

Mexican Railway Company and The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company, wherein CCPN seeks

to acquire and operate certain rail lines

from Port of Corpus Christi Authority of

Nueces County, Texas.

GWI directly controls one existing

Class II rail carrier subsidiary: Buffalo &

Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., operating in

New York and Pennsylvania. GWI

directly controls 11 existing Class III rail

carrier subsidiaries: Genesee &

Wyoming Railroad Company, Inc.,

operating in western New York;

Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad

Company, operating in New York;

Rochester & Southern Railroad, Inc.,

operating in New York; Louisiana &

Delta Railroad, Inc., operating in

Louisiana; Bradford Industrial Rail, Inc.,

operating in Pennsylvania and New

York; Allegheny & Eastern Railroad,

Inc., operating in Pennsylvania;

Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc.,

operating in Oregon; GWI Switching

Services, operating in Texas; Illinois &

Midland Railroad, Inc., operating in

Illinois; Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad,

Inc., operating in Pennsylvania; and

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.,

operating in Oregon.

GWI indirectly controls 3 Class III rail

carriers through its ownership of Rail

Link, Inc.: Carolina Coastal Railway,

Inc., operating in North Carolina;

Commonwealth Railway, Inc., operating

in Virginia; and Talleyrand Terminal

Railroad, Inc., operating in Florida.

GWI states that: (i) The rail lines to be

operated by CCPN do not connect with

any railroad in the corporate family; (ii)

the transaction is not part of a series of

anticipated transactions that would

connect CCPN with any railroads in the

corporate family; and (iii) the

transaction does not involve a Class I

carrier. Therefore, the transaction is

exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(2).

As a condition to this exemption, the

continuance in control of CCPN by GWI

is subject to the labor protection

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11326(b).

If the notice 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. 33437, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Eric M.

Hocky, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing,

P.C., 213 West Miner Street, West

Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Decided: August 5, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary,

[FR Doc. 97–21548 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33439]

Kauri, Inc. and StatesRail LLC—

Continuance in Control—Alabama &

Gulf Coast Railway LLC

Kauri, Inc. (Kauri) and StatesRail LLC

(StatesRail) filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) and 1180.4(g)

to continue in control of Alabama &

Gulf Coast Railway LLC (ALA) upon

ALA’s becoming a Class III rail carrier.

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after September 1,

1997.

ALA, a noncarrier, has concurrently

filed a notice of exemption in Alabama

& Gulf Coast Railway LLC—Acquisition

and Operation Exemption—The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company, STB Finance Docket

No. 33438, to acquire from The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) and operate a

140.58-mile rail line between milepost

776.10 near Kimbrough, AL, and

milepost 916.68 in Pensacola, FL. ALA

will also acquire incidental trackage

rights over 13.6 miles of BNSF’s line

between milepost 776.10 near

Kimbrough, AL, and milepost 762.5

near Magnolia, AL. ALA will also be

temporarily assigned trackage rights

over a 43.1-mile line of CSX

Transportation, Inc., between milepost

L621.7 near Atmore, AL, and milepost

L635.4 near Catonment, FL, pending

completion of repairs to the line to be

acquired from BNSF.

Kauri, a noncarrier, through its

noncarrier subsidiary, StatesRail,

controls: (1) Kiamichi Railroad

Company, L.L.C. (Kiamichi), which

operates lines in Arkansas, Oklahoma,

and Texas; and (2) through its

noncarrier subsidiary StatesRail, Inc.,

and its noncarrier subsidiary, Kyle

Railways, Inc., controls: (a) Arizona

Eastern Railway Company, which