[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1332]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Finance Docket No. 32838]


R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc.--
Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Lines of Consolidated Rail 
Corporation

    R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines. Inc. (RJCP), a 
non-carrier, has filed a verified notice under 49 CFR Part 1150, 
Subpart D--Exempt Transactions to acquire and operate approximately 
230.4 miles of rail lines of Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) 
known as the ``Clearfield Cluster'' in Centre, Clinton, Clearfield, 
Jefferson, Indiana and Cambria Counties, PA. RJCP also will acquire by 
assignment from Conrail incidental trackage rights over approximately 
7.8 miles of rail lines between Clearfield and Curwensville, PA, owned 
by the Clearfield and Mahoning Railway Company. The transaction was to 
have been consummated on December 29, 1995.

    \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. 10901. 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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    This proceeding is related to Richard J. Corman--Continuance in 
Control Exemption--R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines. 
Inc., Finance Docket No. 32939, wherein Richard J. Corman has 
concurrently filed a verified notice to continue to control R.J. Corman 
Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc. upon its becoming a 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. 10505(d) may be filed at any time. 
The filing of a petition to reopen will not stay the exemption's 
effectiveness. An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to 
Finance Docket No. 32838, must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface Transportation Board, 
Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, 1020 Nineteenth 
Street NW., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036.

    Decided: January 23, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-1332 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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