31606 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 120 / Thursday, June 20, 1996 / Notices

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 the Board’s

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

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, 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 the Board’s

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

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.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Docket No. AB–77 (Sub-No. 8X)]

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Aroostook County, ME

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

Company (Applicant) has filed a notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon a 16.20 mile portion of its St.

Francis Branch between a point at Fort

Kent, milepost R–0.40, and the end of

the branch at St. Francis, milepost R–

16.60, in Aroostook County, ME.

Applicant 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

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic reports), 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)

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 July 20,

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 July 1,

1996. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by July 10, 1996,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Eric M. Hocky, Esquire,

Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., 213 W.

Miner Street, P. O. Box 796, West

Chester, PA 19380–0796.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Applicant 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 June 25, 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 trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: June 11, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15762 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Docket No. AB–77 (Sub-No. 9X)]

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Aroostook County, ME

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

Company (Applicant) has filed a notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon a 0.64 mile portion of its Van

Buren Branch between milepost V–

24.10, and the end of the branch at

milepost V–24.74, within the Town of

Van Buren in Aroostook County, ME.

Applicant 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

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic reports), 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)

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 July 20,

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 July 1,

1996. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by July 10, 1996,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 120 / Thursday, June 20, 1996 / Notices 31607

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 the Board’s

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

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, 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 the Board’s

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

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Eric M. Hocky, Esquire,

Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., 213 W.

Miner Street, P.O. Box 796, West

Chester, PA 19380–0796.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Applicant 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 June 25, 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 trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: June 11, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director,

Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15768 Filed 6–19 –96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–M

[STB Docket No. AB–77 (Sub-No. 7X)]

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Aroostook County, ME

Bangor & Aroostook Railroad

Company (Applicant) has filed a notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon a 6.48 mile portion of its

Washburn Branch between a point at

Mapleton, milepost W–0.30, and the

end of the branch at Washburn at a

point just south of the Aroostook River,

milepost W–6.78, in Aroostook County,

ME.

Applicant 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

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic reports), 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)

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 July 20,

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 July 1,

1996. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by July 10, 1996,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Eric M. Hocky, Esquire,

Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., 213 W.

Miner Street, P. O. Box 796, West

Chester, PA 19380–0796.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Applicant 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 June 25, 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 trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: June 11, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15765 Filed 6–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Docket No. AB–167 (Sub-No. 1162X)]

Consolidated Rail Corporation—

Abandonment Exemption—in Monroe

County, NY

Consolidated Rail Corporation

(Conrail) filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 8.50 miles of its line of

railroad from approximately milepost

0.10 to approximately milepost 7.20

(Rochester Running Track) and from

approximately milepost 92.90 to

approximately milepost 94.10 (Ontario

Industrial Track) in Monroe County,

NY.

Conrail 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

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and