Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices 76705

1See Gulf & Ohio Railways, Inc.—Exemption

Form 49 U.S.C. 11301, 10901 and 11322, Finance

Docket No. 30683 (ICC served Nov. 6, 1985),

wherein G&O leased a line of railroad from IC.

2MSD operates a contiguous rial line owned by

G&O from milepost 55.40 at Lulu, MS, to milespost

74.00 at Lyon, MS, which connects to the Swan

Lake Line. See Finance Docket No. 30683. G&O and

Coahoma are currently negotiating the potential sale

of this rail line.

Copies of this information collection

can be reviewed at the Dockets Facility,

Plaza 401, DOT, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590 from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through

Friday except Federal holidays. They

also can be viewed over the Internet at

http://dms.dot.gov

Comments are invited on: (a) The

need for the proposed collection of

information for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1,

2000.

Stacey L. Gerard,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 00–31226 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33964]

V and S Railway, Inc.—Acquisition and

Operation Exemption—Central Kansas

Railway, L.L.C.

V and S Railway, Inc. (V&S), a

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire and to operate the Medicine

Lodge Subdivision (line) of Central

Kansas Railway, L.L.C. The line extends

between milepost 0+1016′, in Attica,

and the end of the line at milepost 41.0,

in Sun City, serving the intermediate

points of Sharon, Medicine Lodge, and

Lake City, a distance of approximately

41 miles in Harper and Barber Counties,

KS.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after November 28,

2000.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33965, Kern W.

Schumacher and Morris H. Kulmer—

Continuance in Control Exemption—V

and S Railway, Inc., wherein Kern W.

Schumacher and Morris H. Kulmer have

concurrently filed a verified notice to

continue in control of V&S upon its

becoming a Class III rail carrier.

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. 33964, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Fritz R.

Kahn, Esq., 1920 N Street, NW., 8th

Floor, Washington, DC 20036–1601.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: November 29, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30943 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33953]

County of Coahoma, MS—Acquisition

Exemption—Line of Illinois Central

Railroad Company

The County of Coahoma, Mississippi

(Coahoma), a noncarrier, has filed a

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to acquire approximately 32.46

miles of rail line known as the Swan

Lake Line from Illinois Central Railroad

Company (IC) extending between

milepost L–74.00 at Lyon, MS, and

milepost L–79.00 at Clarksdale, MS, and

between milepost 104.00 at Swan Lake,

MS, to the connection with the LyonClarksdale line at Clarksdale near

milepost 76.54. The line is currently

operated by Mississippi Delta Railroad

(MSD), an affiliate of Gulf & Ohio

Railways, Inc. (G&O), a noncarrier.1 In

addition, Coahoma will acquire

approximately 1.39 miles of incidental

trackage rights over IC’s line from

milepost 104.00 to the connection with

IC’s main line at milepost 105.39 so that

the operator of the Swan Lake Line can

reach IC’s main line and conduct

interchange at Swan Lake. Coahoma

certifies that its annual revenues will

not exceed those that would qualify it

as a Class III rail carrier and that its

annual revenues are not projected to

exceed $5 million.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or shortly after

November 16, 2000.

Coahoma states that, following

consummation of this transaction, MSD

is expected to continue operations until

July 1, 2001. Coahoma further states

that, if MSD should discontinue

operations, it would be replaced by

another rail operator, and that it is also

possible that MSD and Coahoma could

reach an agreement under which MSD

would continue to operate the line after

July 1, 2001. According to Coahoma, it

will seek the Board’s approval for any

authority needed in connection with

MSD’s discontinuance of operations or

a replacement operator’s

commencement of operations.2

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. 33953, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on William C.

Sippel, Esq., Fletcher & Sippel LLC,

Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 3125, 180

North Stetson Avenue, Chicago, IL

60601–6721.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: November 30, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31230 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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