Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 1997 / Notices 6039

1C&M does not presently offer freight service over

the line.

hearing. No formal scoping meeting is

planned at this time.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments and questions concerning the

proposed action should be directed to

the FHWA or PennDOT at the addresses

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal Programs and activities apply to this

program)

Issued on: January 29, 1997.

J. Stephen Guhin,

Assistant Division Administrator, Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania.

[FR Doc. 97–3144 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift

Agreement (VISA)

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of joint

planning advisory group.

On January 28–29, 1997, the Maritime

Administration and the United States

Transportation Command, Co-Chairs of

the Joint Planning Advisory Group

(Group), conducted a meeting of the

Group at Scott Air Force Base, IL, to

discuss contingency movement

operations through the application of

Stages I and II of VISA (60 FR 54144,

October 19, 1995). The meeting was

closed to the public because material

presented was classified.

CONTACT PERSON FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION: James E. Caponiti,

Associate Administrator for National

Security (202) 366–5400.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Joel C Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3240 Filed 2–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33344]

Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad, Inc.;

Lease and Operation Exemption;

Coopersville and Marne Railway

Company Line

Grand Rapids Eastern Railroad, Inc.

(GRE), a Class III rail carrier, has filed

a notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.41 to lease and operate

approximately 6.94 miles of rail line

owned and operated by Coopersville

and Marne Railway Company Line

(C&M),1 a Class III rail carrier, between

milepost 159.5 at Grand Rapids (Walker)

and milepost 166.44 at Marne, in Kent

and Ottawa Counties, MI.

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after February 1,

1997.

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 does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33344, 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

Michael W. Blaszak, Esq., 211 South

Leitch Avenue, LaGrante, IL 60525–

2162.

Decided: January 31, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3109 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 33180]

Indiana & Ohio Railway Company;

Aquisition Exemption; Lines of the

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc.

The Indiana & Ohio Railway

Company (IORY), a Class III rail carrier,

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.41 to acquire from the Grand

Trunk Western Railroad Inc. (GTW) rail

lines totaling approximately 146.1 miles

between Diann, MI, and Springfield,

OH. The lines are located between: (1)

milepost 39.7 at Diann, MI, and

milepost 107.29 at XN Station near

Leipsic, OH; (2) milepost 128.3 at DT&I

Junction near Lima, OH, and milepost

202.7 at Springfield, OH; and (3) the

Ottawa Loop between mileposts 110.8

and 114.88, south of XN Station.

As part of the acquisition, IORY will

be assigned GTW’s overhead trackage

rights totaling 107.6 miles over: (1) 20.7

miles of CSX Transportation, Inc.

(CSXT) line between CSXT Milepost

155.2 at XN Station and CSXT Milepost

134.5 at DT&I Junction; (2) 3.5 miles of

Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad, Inc.

(IOCR) line between IOCR Milepost

129.1 at Maitland Junction and IOCR

Milepost 132.6 at Cold Springs, OH; and

(3) 83.4 miles of Consolidated Rail

Corporation (CR) line between CR

Milepost 36.3 at Springfield and CR

Milepost 119.7 at Cincinnati, OH. IORY

will also acquire incidental overhead

trackage rights over 22.5 miles of GTW’s

rail line between GTW milepost 39.7 at

Diann and GTW milepost 17.2 at Flat

Rock, MI.

The transaction was scheduled to

become effective on December 27, 1996.

Petitions to stay the effective date of the

exemption pending the consideration of

concurrently filed petitions to reject or

revoke the notice were filed. A decision

served December 20, 1996, stayed the

effective date of the exemption until

January 26, 1997, and directed parties to

file additional information about the

transaction. A decision served January

24, 1997, extended the stay to February

4, 1997. By decision served February 3,

1997, the Board denied the petitions to

reject or revoke and dismissed the

petitions to stay as moot.

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 prior to

consummation of a transaction does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33180, 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

Karl Morell, Suite 225, 1455 F Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20005 and other

parties of record. To obtain a list of

parties of record in this proceeding, call

(202) 927–5628.

Decided: February 3, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–3108 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 33339]

Owensville Terminal Company, Inc.—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Evansville Terminal

Company, Inc.

Owensville Terminal Company, Inc.

(OTC), a Class III rail carrier, has filed