[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 27 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7792-7793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3254]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket No. AB-397 (Sub-No. 3X)]


Tulare Valley Railroad Company--Abandonment and Discontinuance 
Exemption--In Tulare and Fresno Counties, CA

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Commission, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts Tulare 
Valley Railroad Company (TVR) from the prior approval requirements of 
49 U.S.C. 10903 et seq. to abandon 55.7 miles of rail line between: (1) 
Milepost 51.0 near Lac Jac and milepost 67.0 near Calwa, in Fresno 
County, CA, a distance of 16 miles; (2) milepost 49.8 near Reedley and 
milepost 38.5 near Cutler, in Tulare County, CA, a distance of 11.3 
miles; (3) milepost 19.0 near Cutler and milepost 38.0 near Exeter, in 
Tulare County, a distance of 19.0 miles; and (4) milepost 20.6 near 
Wyeth and milepost 11.2 near Orange Cove, in Tulare County, a distance 
of 9.4 miles. In addition, [[Page 7793]] pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10505, 
the Commission exempts TVR from the prior approval requirements of 49 
U.S.C. 10903 to discontinue service over 1.2 miles between milepost 
51.0 near Lac Jac and milepost 49.8 at Manning Avenue in Reedley. The 
exemptions are subject to historic, environmental and standard labor 
protective conditions.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file a financial 
assistance offer has been received, this exemption will be effective on 
March 11, 1995. Formal expressions of intent to file financial 
assistance offers<SUP>1 under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by 
February 21, 1995. Petitions to stay must be filed by February 24, 
1995. Requests for a public use condition must be filed by March 1, 
1995. Petitions to reopen must be filed by March 6, 1995.

    \1\See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 
I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).
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ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to Docket No. AB-397 (Sub-No. 3X) 
to: (1) Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate 
Commerce Commission, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 
20423; and (2) Petitioner's representative: Mark H. Sidman, Weiner, 
Brodsky, Sidman & Kider, P.C., Suite 800, 1350 New York Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20005-4797.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Commission's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write 
to, call, or pick up in person from: Dynamic Concepts, Inc., Room 2229, 
Interstate Commerce Commission Building, 1201 Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance 
for the hearing impaired is available through TDD services (202) 927-
5721.]

    Decided: January 26, 1995.

    By the Commission, Chairman McDonald, Vice Chairman Morgan, 
Commissioners Simmons and Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-3254 Filed 2-8-95; 8:45 am]
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