[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12054]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board <SUP>1
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    \1\ The 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.
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[Docket No. AB-454X]


The Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C.--Abandonment Exemption-- in Jackson 
and Holmes Counties, FL

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

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SUMMARY: The abandonment by The Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C. of its 
Graceville Branch, consisting of 9.19 miles of rail line between 
milepost 61.3, near Campbellton, and milepost 70.49, at Graceville, in 
Jackson and Holmes Counties, FL, is exempted from the prior approval 
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-04, subject to standard employee 
protective conditions.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of 
financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be 
effective on June 13, 1996. Formal expressions of intent to file an OFA 
<SUP>2 under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by May 24, 1996; 
petitions to stay must be filed by May 29, 1996; requests for a public 
use condition must be filed by June 3, 1996; and petitions to reopen 
must be filed by June 10, 1996.

    \2\ 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-454X to: (1) 
Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control 
Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423; and (2) 
Petitioner's representative Patricia E. Dietrich, Slover & Loftus, 1224 
Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (202) 927-7513. [TDD for 
the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, 
call, or pick up in person from: DC News & Data, Inc., 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 2229, Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: 
(202) 289-4357/4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available 
through TDD services at (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: April 29, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12054 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am]
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