[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34925-34926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16991]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board <SUP>1
[Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 374)]

Burlington Northern Railroad Company--Adverse Discontinuance--in 
Denver, CO

[Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 92)]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Adverse Discontinuance--in 
Denver, CO

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

    \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 and 10904.

ACTION: Notice of findings.

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SUMMARY: The Board has found that the public convenience and necessity 
permit: (1) Burlington Northern Railroad Company to discontinue 
trackage rights and service over a section of rail line generally 
running along National Western Drive (in the ``National Western Drive 
Corridor''), from the intersection of the track, on the south, with the 
rail line that runs generally along the east bank of the South Platte 
River (in the ``River Corridor''), to the inactive connection with the 
line of track of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company 
along Franklin Street, on the north, and to, but not across, the right-
of-way for Race Court, on the northeast, in the Denver Stockyards, 
Denver, CO, a total distance of approximately 0.8 miles; and (2) Union 
Pacific Railroad Company to discontinue trackage rights and service 
over two sections of rail line, totaling approximately 1.2 miles in 
distance, in the Denver Stockyards, Denver, CO, consisting of: (a) in 
the ``River Corridor,'' the section of line adjacent to the east bank 
of the South Platte River, from a point 600 feet north of the 
intersection of the River Corridor track with the northwestern right-
of-way line of National Western Drive to the west right-of-way line of 
Franklin Street; and (b) in the ``National Western Drive Corridor,'' 
the section of line adjacent to National Western Drive, from the 
intersection of the line with the south right-of-way line of East 46th 
Street to the intersection of the line with the east

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right-of-way line of Franklin Street. The Board's decision will be 
effective 30 days after publication of this notice and a certificate 
will be issued unless the Board also finds that: (1) A financially 
responsible person has offered financial assistance (through subsidy or 
purchase) to enable the rail service to continue; and (2) it is likely 
that the assistance would fully compensate the railroad.

DATES: Any financial assistance offer must be filed with the Board and 
the railroad no later than July 12, 1996. Any offer previously made 
must be remade by the due date.

ADDRESSES: Send offers referring to Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 374) or 
Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 92) to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, 
Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20423; and (2) in the former proceeding, 
Burlington Northern's representative: Peter M. Lee, 3800 Continental 
Plaza, 777 Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102, or, in the latter 
proceeding, Union Pacific's representative: Joe Anthofer, Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, 1416 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68179. The following 
notation must be typed in bold face on the lower left-hand corner of 
the envelope containing the offer mailed to the Board: ``Office of 
Proceedings, AB-OFA.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These proceedings are consolidated with 
Docket Nos. AB-452 (Sub-No. 1X), The Western Stock Show Association--
Abandonment Exemption--in Denver, CO; and AB-446 (Sub-No. 2), Denver 
Terminal Railroad Company--Adverse Discontinuance--in Denver, CO. 
    Information and procedures regarding financial assistance for 
continued rail service are contained in 49 U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR 
1152.27.

    Decided: June 12, 1996.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and 
Commissioner Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16991 Filed 7-2-96; 8:45 am]
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