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###### Department of Transportation

###### Surface Transportation Board 

          - [STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 582X)] 

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                    CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—                    *Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Trackage Rights*                     to discontinue trackage rights over an approximately 2.5-mile line of railroad owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) between milepost QVJ-0.6 and milepost QVJ 3.1 near Seekonk, in Bristol County, MA. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 02771 and potentially 02703.                 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line; (3) no complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. 

                    As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment shall be protected under                     *Oregon Short Line R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen,*                     360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.                 

                    Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on December 1, 2000, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay and formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) [1]                                          must be filed by November 13, 2000. Petitions to reopen [2]                                          must be filed by November 21, 2000, with: Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423.                 

A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to applicant's representative: Natalie S. Rosenberg, Counsel, CSX Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street J150, Jacksonville, FL 32202. 

                    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void                     *ab initio.*

Board decisions and notices are available on our website at “WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.” 

Decided: October 23, 2000. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

# Footnotes

1.                             Each offer of financial assistance must be accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is set at $1000.                         *See*49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).                    
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2.                             Because MBTA will continue to provide rail service over the line, there is no need to provide an opportunity for trail use/rail banking or public use condition requests. Likewise, no environmental or historic documentation is required under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(6) and 1105.8.                     
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[FR Doc. 00-27805 Filed 10-31-00; 8:45 am] 

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