5516 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 1997 / Notices

1The exemption in STB Finance Docket No.

33290, which covers the transaction by which

SSMB would acquire the lines over which it is

granting trackage rights to WCL in the present

transaction, became effective on January 20, 1997.

SSMB agreed to refrain from consummating the

acquisition until January 24, 1997. A petition to

stay the effective date, that had been filed on

January 6, 1997, was denied by decision served on

January 24, 1997.

Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson

Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601.

Decided: January 29, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2855 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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[STB Finance Docket No. 33349]

Wisconsin Central Ltd.—Trackage

Rights Exemption—Sault Ste. Marie

Bridge Company

Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company

(SSMB) has agreed to grant Wisconsin

Central Ltd. (WCL) non-exclusive

overhead trackage rights over SSMB’s

line of railroad between milepost 118.0

at Larch, MI, and milepost 176.9 at

Negaunee, MI, a distance of

approximately 58.9 miles, and nonexclusive overhead and local trackage

rights between milepost 4.1 at

Hermansville, MI, and milepost 118.0 at

Larch, MI, a distance of approximately

25.0 miles. The total distance of

trackage rights to be acquired is

approximately 83.9 miles.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on January 29, 1997, or

upon SSMB’s consummation of the

transaction in STB Finance Docket No.

33290, Sault St. Marie Bridge

Company—Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Lines of Union Pacific

Railroad Company, whichever is later.1

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to connect WCL’s existing lines at

Hermansville, Larch, and Negaunee, MI.

The trackage rights between Larch and

Negaunee will improve transit times

and the quality of WCL service for

shippers in Michigan’s Upper

Peninsula. SSMB has concurrently filed

a Notice of Exemption in STB Finance

Docket No. 33348, Sault Ste. Marie

Bridge Company—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Wisconsin Central Ltd. In

conjunction with that filing, the

proposed trackage rights between

Hermansville, MI, and Larch, MI, will

allow WCL and SSMB to jointly utilize

their parallel lines to improve the

flexibility and efficiency of operations

in that corridor.

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. 33349, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Thomas J. Litwiler, Esq., Oppenheimer

Wolff & Donnelly, Two Prudential

Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson

Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601.

Decided: January 29, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2856 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 188X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—Between

Edgefield and Escambia Junction, SC

Notice to the Parties

A notice in the above proceeding,

served and published in the Federal

Register (62 FR 3941) on January 27,

1997, inadvertently referred to the

applicant as Norfolk and Western

Railway Company (NW) in the title and

in the text of the notice. Please correct

your copies by substituting Norfolk

Southern Railway Company (NS) as the

applicant. Because this is a ministerial

error, the procedural schedule dates set

forth in the served notice will remain

the same.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–2859 Filed 2–4–97; 8:45 am]

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