36032 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 126 /Wednesday, July 1, 1998 / Notices

1The rail lines are located within a terminal area

and do not have designated mileposts. GITM

certifies that its projected revenues will not exceed

those that would qualify it as a Class III carrier.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–1600.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

565–1695.]

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Decided: June 23, 1998.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17394 Filed 6–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33615]

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.—

Continuance in Control Exemption—

Savannah Port Terminal Railroad, Inc.

and Golden Isles Terminal Railroad,

Inc.

Genesee and Wyoming Inc. (GWI), a

noncarrier holding company, has filed a

notice of exemption to continue in

control of Savannah Port Terminal

Railroad, Inc. (SAPT) and Golden Isles

Terminal Railroad, Inc. (GITM), upon

SAPT and GITM becoming Class III

railroads.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after June 8,

1998.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33613, Savannah

Port Terminal Railroad, Inc—

Acquisition and Operation Exemption—

Georgia Ports Authority and Savannah

State Docks Railroad and STB Finance

Docket No. 33614, Golden Isles

Terminal Railroad, Inc.—Acquisition

and Operation Exemption—Georgia

Ports Authority and Colonel’s Island

Railroad, wherein SAPT and GITM seek

to acquire easements to operate over

certain rail lines from GPA.

GWI directly controls one existing

Class II rail carrier subsidiary: Buffalo &

Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., operating in

New York and Pennsylvania. GWI

directly controls 12 existing Class III rail

carrier subsidiaries: Genesee &

Wyoming Railroad Company, Inc.,

operating in New York; Dansville and

Mount Morris Railroad Company,

operating in New York; Rochester &

Southern Railroad, Inc., operating in

New York; Louisiana & Delta Railroad,

Inc., operating in Louisiana; Bradford

Industrial Rail, Inc., operating in

Pennsylvania and New York; Allegheny

& Eastern Railroad, Inc., operating in

Pennsylvania; Willamette & Pacific

Railroad, Inc., operating in Oregon; GWI

Switching Services, operating in Texas;

Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc.,

operating in Illinois; Pittsburgh &

Shawmut Railroad, Inc., operating in

Pennsylvania; Portland & Western

Railroad, Inc., operating in Oregon; and

Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc.,

operating in Texas.

GWI indirectly controls 3 Class III rail

carriers through its ownership of Rail

Link, Inc.: Carolina Coastal Railway,

Inc., operating in North Carolina;

Commonwealth Railway, Inc., operating

in Virginia; and Talleyrand Terminal

Railroad, Inc., operating in Florida.

GWI states that: (1) The rail lines to

be operated by SAPT and GITM do not

connect with any railroad in the

corporate family; (ii) the transaction is

not part of a series of anticipated

transactions that would connect SAPT

and GITM’s lines with any railroads in

the 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).

As a condition to this exemption the

continuance in control of SAPT and

GITM are subject to the labor protection

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11326(b).

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. 33615, 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 Eric M.

Hocky, Esquire, Gollatz, Griffin &

Ewing, P.C., 213 West Miner Street, P.O.

Box 796, West Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Board decision and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 24, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17506 Filed 6–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33614]

Golden Isles Terminal Railroad, Inc.—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Georgia Ports Authority

and Colonel’s Island Railroad

Golden Isles Terminal Railroad, Inc.

(GITM), a noncarrier has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to acquire the exclusive rail

freight easement over and operate

approximately 33 of miles rail line

(consisting of approximately 12.6 miles

of common use tracks and 20.4 miles of

yard tracks, industrial leads, and related

trackage over which the Board might not

have jurisdiction) owned by Georgia

Ports Authority (GPA).1 The rail line

involved in this acquisition is located in

the Colonel’s Island Bulk and Auto

Processing Terminal near Brunswick,

Glynn County Georgia. The line is

currently operated by Colonel’s Island

Railroad (CIRR). Following GITM’s

acquisition of the line CIRR will

permanently relinquish its rights to

operate as a common carrier railroad

over the line.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or shortly after June 8,

1998.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket 33615, Genesee &

Wyoming Inc.—Continuance in Control

Exemption—Savannah Port Terminal

Railroad, Inc. and Golden Isled

Terminal Railroad, Inc., wherein

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., has

concurrently filed a verified notice of

exemption to continue in control of

GITM 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 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. 33614, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office