Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 180 / Wednesday, September 17, 1997 / Notices 48919

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

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.

2Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

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

1 See Paducah & Louisville Railway—Trackage

Rights—CSX Transportation, Inc., STB Finance

Docket No. 33405 (STB served June 11, 1997).

1UP has filed an abandonment application in

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment—Barr-Girard Line in Menard,

Sangamon, and Macoupin Counties, IL, Docket No.

AB–33 (Sub-No. 96) (STB served Aug. 12, 1996)

which was related to, and contingent upon the

merger approved in Union Pacific Corporation,

Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri

Pacific Railroad Company—Control and Merger—

Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern

Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver

and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Finance Docket

No. 32760 (Decision No. 44) (STB served Aug. 12,

1996).

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September

29, 1997. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by October 7,

1997, with: Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Robert A. Wimbish, Esq.,

Rea, Cross & Auchincloss, Suite 420,

1920 N Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20036.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

B&M has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by September 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), B&M 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

B&M’s filing of a notice of

consummation by September 17, 1998,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: September 10, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24706 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33453]

Paducah & Louisville Railway—

Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX

Transportation, Inc.

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

agreed to extend existing overhead

trackage rights to Paducah & Louisville

Railway (P&L) 1 from the Providence 1

Mine located on CSXT’s Morganfield

Branch, at or near milepost MB 288.8,

to the Diamond J Mine located at or near

milepost MB 291.93, on the Morganfield

Branch, an additional distance of 3.1

miles in Hopkins County, KY.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on September 9, 1997.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to allow P&L to handle movements of

coal from the Diamond J Mine to the

generating facilities of Louisville Gas

and Electric Company at Kosmosdale

and Louisville, 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. 33453, 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 (1) J.

Thomas Garrett, Esq., Paducah &

Louisville Railway, 1500 Kentucky

Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003, and (2)

Fred R. Birkholz, Esq., CSX

Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street,

J–150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

Decided: September 9, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24704 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33454]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Illinois &

Midland Railroad, Inc.

Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc. has

agreed to grant overhead trackage rights

to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

from milepost 75.4, near Barr, IL, to

milepost 85.1, near Springfield, IL, a

distance of 9.7 miles in Menard and

Sangamon Counties, IL.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after September 11,

1997.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to facilitate efficient train operations in

a continuous route to and from Peoria,

IL, after UP has abandoned its rail line

between Barr and Girard, IL.1

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. 33454, 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