63746 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 1997 / Notices

1The Line was the subject of an application for

abandonment in Docket No. AB–3 (Sub-No. 130),

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment—Towner-NA Junction Line in Kiowa,

Crowley, and Pueblo Counties, CO, and

discontinuance of trackage rights operations in the

embraced Docket No. AB–8 (Sub-No. 38), The

Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

Company—Discontinuance of Trackage Rights—

Towner-NA Junction Line in Kiowa, Crowley and

Pueblo Counties, CO. The abandonment and

discontinuance were granted 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, SPCSC

Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grand Western

Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 32760 (STB

served Aug. 12, 1996). Colorado indicates that the

abandonment was never consummated.

Dated: November 26, 1997.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31561 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Sec. 5a Application No. 61]

National Classification Committee—

Agreement

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Extension of deadlines for filing

comments.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board is granting a 3-week extension of

the deadlines for filing opening and

reply comments in this proceeding. All

other dates and deadlines remain the

same.

DATES: Opening comments are now due

by January 29, 1998. Reply comments

are now due by February 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of notices of intent to participate

(still due by November 28, 1997) and

comments, referring to ‘‘Section 5a

Application No. 61,’’ to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423.

Opening and reply comments must be

served on the persons identified as

‘‘parties of record’’ on the service list.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565–1600.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

proceeding involves the issue of

whether, under 49 U.S.C. 13703(d) and

(e), it is in the public interest to renew

the bureau agreement of the National

Classification Committee, which

administers the National Motor Freight

Classification. For additional

information, see the notice published in

the Federal Register on November 13,

1997.

Decided: November 25, 1997.

By the Board, Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31629 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33509]

Colorado, Kansas & Pacific Railway

Company—Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Colorado, Kansas & Pacific Railway

Company (Colorado), a noncarrier, has

filed a verified notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from

Union Pacific Railroad Company and to

operate approximately 121.9 miles of

rail line between milepost 747.5, near

Towner, and milepost 869.4, near NA

Junction, in Kiowa, Crowley, and

Pueblo Counties, CO (Line).1

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or about November 17,

1997.

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. 33509, 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 John D.

Heffner, Esq., Rea, Cross & Auchincloss,

1920 N Street, N.W., Suite 420,

Washington, DC 20036.

Decided: November 25, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–31556 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33412]

Peter A. Gilbertson, H. Terry Hearst,

Bruce A. Lieberman, R. Lawrence

McCaffrey, Jr., Harold F. Parmly, and

Anacostia Rail Holdings Company—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

Pacific Harbor Line, Inc.

Peter A. Gilbertson, H. Terry Hearst,

Bruce A. Lieberman, R. Lawrence

McCaffrey, Jr., and Harold F. Parmly

(Gilbertson, et al.), noncarrier

individuals, and Anacostia Rail

Holdings Company (ARC), a noncarrier

holding company (collectively

Applicants), have filed a verified notice

of exemption to continue in control of

Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. (PHL) upon

PHL’s becoming a Class III rail carrier.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after November 15,

1997.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33411, Pacific

Harbor Line, Inc.—Operation

Exemption—Port of Los Angeles, in

which PHL seeks to acquire operating

rights within the City of Los Angeles’

Port of Los Angeles (POLA) to provide

switching service on track owned by

POLA.

Applicants own and control two

existing Class III common carriers by

rail: Louisville & Indiana Railroad

Company, operating in Southern

Indiana and Northern Kentucky; and the

New York & Atlantic Railway Company,

operating within the State of New York.

With the exception of R. Lawrence

McCaffrey, Jr., each of Gilbertson, et al.

is an officer and/or director of the

Chicago SouthShore & South Bend

Railroad Corporation (CSS), a Class III

common carrier by rail, operating in

Northern Illinois and Northern Indiana.

In addition, Gilbertson et al. are

minority shareholders in CSS’s

corporate general partner SouthShore

Corporation, a noncarrier.

Applicants state that: (i) the railroads

will not connect with each other or any

railroad in their corporate family; (ii)

the continuance in control is not part of

a series of anticipated transactions that

would connect the railroads with each

other or any railroad in their 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).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its