Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 106 / Friday, May 31, 1996 / Notices 27383

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

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323–24.

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

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323–24.

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

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323–24.

1201 Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Karl Morell, Ball, Janik & Novack, Suite

1035, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20004.

Decided: May 24, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13688 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 32954]

Great Western Railway of Colorado,

LLC—Trackage Rights Exemption—

Great Western Lines, LLC

Great Western Lines, LLC (GWL),

which will become a Class III carrier by

virtue of its acquisition in a

concurrently filed notice of exemption

in Great Western Lines, LLC—

Acquisition Exemption—Burlington

Northern Railroad Company, STB

Finance Docket No. 32952 (ICC served

May 31, 1996), will agree to grant local

and assign overhead trackage rights to

Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC

(GWC), also a Class III rail carrier. GWL

will grant GWC local trackage rights

over GWL’s rail lines as follows: (i)

between milepost 76.5 at Fort Collins,

CO, and milepost 98.9 at Greeley, CO;

and (ii) GWL’s interchange track at

Loveland, CO. GWL will assign to GWC

overhead trackage rights being acquired

by GWL over Burlington Northern

Railroad Company’s (BN’s) lines as

follows: (i) Between milepost 76.5 at

Fort Collins, CO, and BN’s Rex Rail

Yard at Fort Collins; and (ii) all tracks

in BN’s Rex Rail Yard.

The trackage rights agreement will

become effective immediately upon the

consummation of the transaction in STB

Finance Docket No. 32952.

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 32954, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Karl Morell, Ball, Janik & Novack, 1101

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,

DC 20004.

Decided: May 24, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13686 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 32953]

Neptune Partners, Ltd.—Continuance

in Control Exemption—Great Western

Lines, LLC

Neptune Partners, Ltd. (Neptune), a

noncarrier, has filed a notice of

exemption to continue in control of

Great Western Lines, LLC (GWL), upon

GWL’s becoming a Class III rail carrier.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after May 20, 1996.

This transaction is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 32952, Great

Western Lines, LLC—Acquisition

Exemption—-Burlington Northern

Railroad Company, wherein GWL seeks

to acquire certain rail lines from the

Burlington Northern Railroad Company.

Neptune owns and controls one

existing Class III common carrier by rail:

Northern Ohio & Western Railway, LLC

(NOWRR), operating in Ohio.

Neptune states that: (i) the railroads

will not connect with each other; (ii) the

continuance in control is not part of a

series of anticipated transactions that

would connect GWL with NOWRR; 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).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

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. 32953, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Karl Morell, Ball, Janik & Novack, 1101

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 1035,

Washington, DC 20004.

Decided: May 24, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13689 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 32959]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Chicago,

Central and Pacific Railroad Company

Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad

Company (CCP) has agreed to grant

overhead trackage rights to Union

Pacific Railroad Company (UP). CCP

will grant UP overhead trackage rights

in a north-south direction from the

point of switch of the connection at CCP

milepost 455.8, near Arion, to the point

of switch of the connection at CCP

milepost 512.2, near Council Bluffs, IA,

a total distance of approximately 56.4

miles. The trackage rights are located in