Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 196 / Thursday, October 9, 1997 / Notices 52807

1 CSXT is acquiring overhead trackage rights only

and will not be allowed to perform any local freight

service of any kind to ETRY’s patrons at any point

located on the joint trackage.

1This proceeding also embraces the following:

STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 3), CSX

Transportation, Inc.—Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connection Tracks at Greenwich, OH;

STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 4), CSX

Transportation, Inc.—Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connection Track at Sidney Junction,

OH; STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 5),

Norfolk and Western Railway Company—

Construction and Operation Exemption—

Connecting Track with Union Pacific Railroad

Company at Sidney, IL; STB Finance Docket No.

33388 (Sub-No. 6), Norfolk and Western Railway

Company—Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connecting Track with Consolidated

Rail Corporation at Alexandria, IN; and STB

Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 7), Norfolk and

Western Railway Company— Construction and

Operation Exemption—Connecting Track with

Consolidated Rail Corporation at Bucyrus, OH.

2These proceedings are related to STB Finance

Docket No. 33388, CSX Corporation and CSX

Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Corporation

and Norfolk Southern Railway Company—Control

and Operating Leases/Agreements—Conrail Inc.

and Consolidated Rail Corporation (CSX/NS/CR). In

CSX/NS/CR, Decision No. 9, served June 12, 1997,

we granted petitions for waiver that would allow

CSX, NW, and Conrail to seek approval for

construction of seven connection projects,

including the connections proposed here, following

the completion of our environmental review of the

construction projects, and our issuance of further

decisions exempting or approving the proposals,

but prior to our approval of the primary application.

a petition to revoke does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33470, 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 Karl Morell,

Esq., Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F Street,

N.W., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

Decided: October 1, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33465]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—Trackage

Rights Exemption—East Tennessee

Railway, L.P.

East Tennessee Railway, L.P. (ETRY),

has agreed to grant overhead trackage

rights to CSX Transportation, Inc.

(CSXT), over main line trackage of

ETRY between turnouts to be

constructed at a point approximately 39

feet west of derail located on ETRY’s #2

track and a point approximately 80 feet

west of the west line of Buffalo Street in

Johnson City, TN, a total distance of

approximately 1,900 feet, exclusive of

turnouts.1 The transaction is expected to

be consummated after completion of the

construction of two connection tracks

between CSXT and ETRY, but not

earlier than October 2, 1997, the

effective date of the exemption.

The purpose of the proposed trackage

rights is to allow CSXT to rationalize

approximately 1,900 feet of its trackage

through Cherry Street in downtown

Johnson City, TN, which is a high

maintenance and high risk area in the

City.

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 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. 33465, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001 and served on: Charles M.

Rosenberger, Senior Counsel, CSX

Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street,

J–150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

Decided: October 2, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26836 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub=No.

2)] 11

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Construction and Operation

Exemption—Connection Track at

Willow Creek, IN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board

(Board).

ACTION: Notice of exemptions.

SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C.

10502, conditionally exempts from the

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10901 the construction by CSX

Transportation, Inc., (CSX), Norfolk and

Western Railway Company (NW), and

Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)

of six connection track projects at

Sidney, IL, Willow Creek and

Alexandria, IN, and Greenwich, Sidney

Junction, and Bucyrus, OH, subject to

the results of the Board’s environmental

review and further decision.2

DATES: The exemptions cannot become

effective until after the environmental

process has been completed. At that

time, the Board will issue a further

decision or decisions addressing the

environmental matters and establishing

exemption effective dates, if

appropriate. Petitions to reopen must be

filed by October 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: An original and 25 copies of

all documents must be sent to the

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001 ATTN: STB Finance Docket No.

33388 (Sub-Nos. 2–7). In addition, one

copy of all documents in this

proceeding must be sent to

Administrative Law Judge Jacob

Leventhal, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Suite 11F, Washington, DC 20426 [(202)

219–2538; FAX: (202) 219–3289] and to

petitioners’ representatives: Charles M.

Rosenberger, 500 Water Street-J150,

Jacksonville, FL 32202; James R.

Paschall, Norfolk Southern Corporation,

Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA

23510–2191; and John J. Paylor, 2001

Market Street-16A, Philadelphia, PA

19101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia

M. Farr, (202) 565–1613. [TDD for the

hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., 1925 K Street, N.W., Suite

210, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone

(202) 289–4357.

Decided: October 1, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26838 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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