Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 121 / Friday, June 21, 1996 / Notices 32025

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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.

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–

88, 109 Stat. 803 (ICCTA), which was enacted on

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

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions and

proceedings to the Surface Transportation Board

(Board). This notice relates to functions that are

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

11323–25.

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested persons that RSPA will

conduct a public meeting to report on

the results of the twelfth session of the

United Nations’ (UN) Sub-Committee of

Experts on the Transport of Dangerous

Goods (UNSCOE) and to prepare for the

nineteenth session of the United

Nations’ Committee of Experts on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods

(UNCOE).

DATE: July 18, 1996 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESS: Room 6200–6204, Nassif

Building, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits

Wybenga, International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590,

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of this meeting will be

to review the progress made by the

twelfth session of the UNSCOE held

from July 1–12, 1996 and to prepare for

the nineteenth session of the UNCOE to

be held from December 2–11, 1996.

Topics to be covered during the public

meeting include matters related to

restructuring the UN Recommendations

on the Transport of Dangerous Goods

into a model rule, criteria for

environmentally hazardous substances,

review of intermodal portable tank

requirements, review of the

requirements applicable to small

quantities of hazardous materials in

transport (limited quantities),

classification of individual substances,

requirements for bulk and non-bulk

packagings used to transport hazardous

materials, infectious substances and

international harmonization of

classification criteria.

The public is invited to attend without

prior notification.

DOCUMENTS: Copies of documents

submitted to the eleventh session of the

UN Sub-Committee meeting may be

obtained from RSPA. A listing of these

documents is available on the

Hazardous Materials Information

Exchange (HMIX), RSPA’s computer

bulletin board. Documents may be

ordered by contacting RSPA’s Dockets

Unit (202–366–5046). For more

information on the use of the HMIX

system, contact the HMIX information

center; 1–800–PLANFOR (1–800–752–

6367); in Illinois, 1–800–367–9592;

Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. central time. The HMIX may

also be accessed via the Internet at

hmix.dis.anl.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 16,

1996.

Alan I. Roberts,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 96–15865 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32854]

Richard J. Corman, Control Exemption,

Clearfield & Mahoning Railway

Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502,

Richard J. Corman (Corman), an

individual, is exempted from the prior

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

11323–25 to acquire a controlling stock

interest in the Clearfield & Mahoning

Railway Company (C&M), a Class III rail

carrier. Corman also controls through

stock ownership five other Class III rail

carriers as follows: R. J. Corman

Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines

Inc. (RJCP); R. J. Corman Railroad

Corporation; R. J. Corman Railroad

Company/Memphis Line; R. J. Corman

Railroad Company/Western Ohio Line;

and R. J. Corman Railroad Company/

Cleveland Line.

This proceeding is related to R.J.

Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Lease

Exemption—Clearfield & Mahoning

Railway Company, STB Finance Docket

No. 32861, where a concurrently filed

petition for exemption by RJCP to lease

the C&M line between milepost 17.4 at

East Bickford and milepost 25.8 at

Clearfield, Clearfield County, PA, is also

being granted.

DATES: This exemption will be effective

July 21, 1996. Petitions to stay must be

filed by July 8, 1996, and petitions to

reopen must be filed by July 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

STB Finance Docket No. 32854 to (1):

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20423, and (2)

Petitioner’s representative: Kevin M.

Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly,

1020 19th St., NW., Suite 400,

Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5660. [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., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289–4357/

4359. [Assistance for the hearing

impaired is available through TDD

services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: June 6, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15896 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4515–00–P

Surface Transportation Board1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32904]

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Continuance

in Control Exemption, Pittsburg &

Shawmut Railroad, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board under 49 U.S.C.

10502 exempts from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323, et seq.,

the continuance in control by Genesee

& Wyoming, Inc. (GWI) of the Pittsburg

& Shawmut Railroad, Inc. (P&S). GWI

presently controls 10 Class III rail

carriers located in six states. P&S was

authorized to acquire lines owned by

the Arthur T. Walker Estate Corporation

(the Pittsburg & Shawmut Railroad

Company, Red Bank Railroad Company

and Mountain Laurel Railroad

Company) pursuant to a notice of

exemption in STB Finance Docket No.
32026 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 121 / Friday, June 21, 1996 / Notices

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. 10901.

2A notice of exemption for a similar transaction

was served and published previously in The

Indiana & Ohio Rail Passenger Corporation;

Acquisition by Trackage Rights and Operation

Exemption; Cincinnati Terminal Railway Corp.,

Indiana and Ohio Railroad Company, Indiana &

Ohio Railway Company, Inc., and Indiana & Ohio

Central Railroad Company, Inc., STB Finance

Docket No. 32893 (STB served Apr. 30, 1996) (61

FR 19112). Contrary to an erroneous, but harmless,

assertion in that proceeding, IORP was, until June

4, 1996, a wholly owned noncarrier subsidiary of

the Indiana & Ohio Rail Corp. (IORC), the

noncarrier parent holding company for the four

Class III carriers from which IORP is obtaining

trackage rights in the present proceeding. IORP, in

fact, was a wholly owned, noncarrier subsidiary of

the IORC. Because IORP did not act on the

exemption authorized in STB Finance Docket No.

32893 (nor on the exemption authorized in The

Indiana & Ohio Rail Passenger Corporation;

Trackage Rights Exemption; Cincinnati Terminal

Railway Corp., Indiana and Ohio Railroad

Company, Indiana & Ohio Railway Company, Inc.,

and Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad Company,

Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 32894 (STB served

Apr. 30, 1996) (61 FR 19112), it did not become a

carrier until June 4, 1996. On that date, the stock

of IORC was sold to RailTex, Inc., pursuant to a

notice of exemption filed on May 28, 1996, and

effective on June 4, 1996, in RailTex, Inc.; Control

Exemption; Indiana & Ohio Rail Corp., STB Finance

Docket No. 32975 (STB served June 21, 1996). With

the sale of IORC’s stock, the control of all four

carrier subsidiaries of IORC passed to RailTex, but

the ownership and control of IORP, under the sale

agreement, was retained by Thomas B. McOwen,

one of the prior owners of IORC. IORP is thus not

presently affiliated with any other rail carrier, and

it was never a carrier while it was affiliated with

the other rail carriers. Thus, at no time did IORC,

Mr. McOwen, or RailTex, require Board approval or

exemption to control IORP while in control of rail

carriers.

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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.

32903 published at 61 FR 20551 on May

7, 1996.

DATES: This exemption will be effective

on July 21, 1996. Petitions to stay must

be filed July 1, 1996. Petitions to reopen

must be filed by July 11, 1996.

ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32904 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 all pleadings must be served on

William P. Quinn, Gollatz, Griffin &

Ewing, P.C., 213 West Miner Street, P.O.

Box 796, West Chester, PA 19381–0796.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660.

[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: June 6, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15894 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

Surface Transportation Board1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32976]

The Indiana & Ohio Rail Passenger

Corporation; Acquisition by Trackage

Rights and Operation Exemption;

Cincinnati Terminal Railway Corp.,

Indiana and Ohio Railroad Company,

Indiana & Ohio Railway Company, Inc.,

and Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad

Company, Inc.

The Indiana & Ohio Rail Passenger

Corporation (IORP), a noncarrier, has

filed a verified notice of exemption, as

clarified and corrected by letter dated

June 12, 1996, from Counsel for IORP,

under 49 CFR 1150.31 2 to acquire, and

operate over, local and overhead

trackage rights from Cincinnati

Terminal Railway Corp., the Indiana

and Ohio Railroad Company, the

Indiana & Ohio Railway Company, Inc.,

and the Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad

Company, Inc. all Class III rail carriers.

The trackage over which IORP’s

operations will be conducted are: (1)

Over Cincinnati Terminal Railway

Corp., from MP 0.4 in Cincinnati, OH,

to MP 16.4 at Evendale, OH, for a total

of 16 miles; (2) over Indiana and Ohio

Railroad Company, from MP 17.75 at

Valley Junction, OH, to MP 43.90 at

Brookville, IN, for a total of

approximately 26.2 miles; (3) over

Indiana & Ohio Railway Company, Inc.,

from (a) MP 5.9 near Monroe, OH, to MP

12.0 near Hageman, OH, (b) MP 31.1

near Hageman, OH, to MP 36.9 at South

Mason, OH, (c) MP 26.7 at Lebanon, OH,

to MP 31.1 near Hageman, OH, and (d)

MP 39.76 at Brecon, OH, to MP 50.5 at

Norwood, OH, for a total of

approximately 26 miles; and (4) over

Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad

Company, Inc., from (a) MP 44.96 at

Midland City, OH, to MP 74.45 near

Thrifton, OH, (b) MP 9.1 near

Columbus, OH, to MP 52.56 near Logan,

OH, (c) MP 200.57 at Springfield, OH,

to MP 228.83 at Fayne, OH, (d) MP

129.4 near Bell, OH, to MP 130.1 near

Springfield, OH, (e) MP 0.0 near Bell,

OH, to MP 17.2, near Mechanicsburg,

OH, (f) MP 98.8 at Bellfontaine, OH, to

MP 129.4 at Bell, OH; and (g) MP 124.5

at Glen Echo, to Cold Springs. The total

mileage for all segments is

approximately 215.8.

The exemption became effective, and,

according to Counsel for IORP, the

transaction was consummated, on June

4, 1996.

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 does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32976, 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: Robert L. Calhoun, Sullivan &

Worcester, LLP, 1025 Connecticut

Avenue, NW., Suite 1000, Washington,

DC 20036.

Decided: June 14, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15892 Filed 6–20–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

Surface Transportation Board1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32861]

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines Inc.; Lease

Exemption; Clearfield & Mahoning

Railway Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the

lease by R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines Inc. of 8.4 miles of

rail line of the Clearfield & Mahoning

Railway Company (C&M) between

milepost 17.4 at East Bickford and

milepost 25.8 at Clearfield, in Clearfield

County, PA, is exempted from the prior