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2A stay will be issued routinely by the Board in

those proceedings where an informed decision on

environmental issues (whether raised by a party or

by the Board’s Section of Environmental Analysis

in its independent investigation) cannot be made

prior to the effective date of the notice of

exemption. See Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail

Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any entity seeking a

stay on environmental concerns is encouraged to

file its request as soon as possible in order to permit

the Board to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

4The Board will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted

on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January

1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

and proceedings to the Surface Transportation

Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act

provides, in general, that proceedings pending

before the ICC on the effective date of that

legislation shall be decided under the law in effect

prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve

functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to

a proceeding that was pending with the ICC prior

to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject

to Board jurisdiction pursuant to section 10903.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the Act, and citations are to the former sections

of the statute, unless otherwise indicated.

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Board in its independent

investigation) cannot be made before the

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any

request for stay should be filed as soon as possible

so that the Board may take appropriate action before

the exemption’s effective date.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

4The Board will accept a late-filed trail use

request so long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to

governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, any employee adversely

affected by the abandonment/

discontinuance 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)

[formerly 10505(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 February

23, 1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 4 must be filed by February

5, 1996. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by February 13,

1996, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any pleading filed with the

Board should be sent to applicants’

representatives: John M. Robinson, for

Ogeechee, 9616 Old Spring Road,

Kensington, MD 20895; and James R.

Paschall, Norfolk Southern Corporation,

Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA

23510.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

Applicants have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment/

discontinuance, if any, on the

environmental and historic resources.

The Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by January 29, 1996.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser, Chief of SEA, at (202)

927–6248. Comments on environmental

and historic preservation matters must

be filed within 15 days after the EA is

available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: January 17, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–826 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 178X)]

Georgia Southern and Florida Railway

Company; Abandonment Exemption in

Mitchell and Worth Counties, GA

Georgia Southern and Florida Railway

Company (GS&F) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon an 18-mile rail line extending

between milepost GS–75.0 at Bridgeboro

and milepost GS–93.0 at Camilla, in

Mitchell and Worth Counties, GA.

GS&F has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic can be

rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal

complaint filed by a user of rail service

on this line (or a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Board or any U.S. District Court or has

been decided in favor of the

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic report), 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 use of 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)

[formerly 10505(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 February

23, 1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and

trail use/rail banking statements under

49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by

February 5, 1996.4 Petitions to reopen or

requests for public use conditions under

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by

February 13, 1996, with: Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface

Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: James R. Paschall,

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Three

Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

GS&F has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by January 29, 1996.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser, Chief of SEA, at (202)

927–6248. Comments on environmental

and historic preservation matters must

be filed within 15 days after the EA

becomes available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or other trail use/rail

banking conditions will be imposed,

where appropriate, in a subsequent

decision.

Decided: January 18, 1996.
1996 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 16 / Wednesday, January 24, 1996 / Notices

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted

on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January

1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

and proceedings to the Surface Transportation

Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act

provides, in general, that proceedings pending

before the ICC on the effective date of that

legislation shall be decided under the law in effect

prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve

functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to

a proceeding that was pending with the ICC prior

to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject

to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10903.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the Act, and citations are to the former sections

of the statute, unless otherwise indicated.

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Board’s Section of

Environmental Analysis in its independent

investigation) cannot be made before the

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible

so that the Board may take appropriate action before

the exemption’s effective date.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

4The Board will accept late-filed trail use

requests so long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted

on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January

1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

and proceedings to the Surface Transportation

Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act

provides, in general, that proceedings pending

before the ICC on the effective date of that

legislation shall be decided under the law in effect

prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve

functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to

a proceeding that was pending with the ICC prior

to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject

to Board jurisdiction pursuant to section 11323.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the Act, and citations are to the former section

of the statute, unless otherwise indicated.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1054 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–43 (Sub-No. 161X)]

Illinois Central Railroad Company;

Abandonment Exemption; in Cook

County, IL

Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR Part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon its 0.4-mile

line of railroad between milepost CI–7.8

and milepost CI–8.2 in McCook, in Cook

County, IL.

IC 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 formal

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

Board or with any U.S. District Court or

has been decided in favor of the

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (service of environmental report

on agencies), 49 CFR 1105.8 (service of

historic report on State Historic

Preservation Officer), 49 CFR 1105.11

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR

1152.50(d)(1) (service of verified notice

on governmental agencies) have been

met.

As a condition to use of 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. 10505(d)

[now 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 February

23, 1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 4 must be filed by February

5, 1996. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by February 13,

1996. An original and 10 copies of any

such filing must be sent to the Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

Surface Transportation Board, 1201

Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington,

DC 20423. In addition, one copy must

be served on Myles L. Tobin, Associate

General Counsel, Illinois Central

Railroad Company, 455 North Cityfront

Plaza Drive, 20th Floor, Chicago, IL

60611.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

IC has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environment and

historic resources. The Board’s Section

of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by January 29, 1996. A copy of the EA

may be obtained by writing to SEA

(Room 3219, Surface Transportation

Board, Washington, DC 20423) or by

calling Elaine Kaiser at (202) 927–6248.

Comments on environmental and

historic preservation matters must be

filed within 15 days after the EA

becomes available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: January 18, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1055 Filed 1–23–96; 8:45 am]

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[Finance Docket No. 32843]

Norfolk and Western Railway Company

and The Cincinnati, New Orleans and

Texas Pacific Railway Company;

Trackage Rights Exemption;

Consolidated Rail Corporation

Consolidated Rail Corporation

(Conrail) has agreed to grant overhead

trackage rights to Norfolk and Western

Railway Company and The Cincinnati,

New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway

Company (collectively, NS), over the

following trackage: (1) Approximately

6.1 miles between Bannon, milepost

137.6 at South Columbus, and CP-Camp,

milepost 131.5 at Columbus, OH; (2)

approximately 0.6 miles between CPCamp, milepost 131.5, and the Auburn

Switch, milepost 139.7 at Columbus,

OH; and (3) approximately 115.3 miles

between the Auburn Switch, milepost

139.7, and milepost 255.0 at Cincinnati,

OH. Overhead trackage rights also are

granted by Conrail to NS over a

secondary route in and around

Columbus, OH, as follows: (1)

Approximately 5.2 miles between CPCamp, milepost 131.5, and CP-Mounds,

milepost 126.3 at Columbus, OH, and

(2) approximately 5.9 miles between CPMounds and W. Alton, milepost 146.0 at

Columbus, OH. The total trackage rights

over both routes is 133.1 miles.

The purpose of this transaction is to

provide NS with a more efficient route

for traffic moving between or through

Cincinnati and Columbus, OH. The

trackage rights were to become effective

on or after December 29, 1995.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false

or misleading information, the