65530 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 244 / Wednesday, December 19, 2001 / Notices

1NSR, in its verified notice filed on November 29,

2001, indicated a proposed consummation date of

January 16, 2002. However, the earliest possible

consummation date, based on the November 29,

2001 filing date, is January 18, 2002. Applicant’s

representative has confirmed that the correct

consummation date is January 18, 2002.

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 (SEA) 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.

3Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $1000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 231X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Fayette

County, WV

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

1.75-mile line of railroad between

milepost WL–0.0, at Oak Hill Jct., and

milepost WL–1.75, at Oak Hill, in

Fayette County, WV (line). The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Code 25901.

Applicant has certified that: (1) No

local or overhead traffic has moved over

the line for at least 2 years; (2) any

overhead traffic, if there is any, can be

rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal

complaint filed by a user of rail service

on the line (or by a state or local

government agency acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or

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 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 January 18, 2002,1 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 must be filed by December 31,

2001. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 8,

2002, with the Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: James R. Paschall, Esq.,

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Three

Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. If

the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Applicant has filed a separate

environmental report which addresses

the abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources.

SEA will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by December 21, 2001.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by

calling SEA, at (202) 565–1552.

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.

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR

1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of

consummation with the Board to signify

that it has exercised the authority

granted and fully abandoned the line. If

consummation has not been effected by

NSR’s filing of a notice of

consummation by December 19, 2002,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our web site at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 11, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31164 Filed 12–18–01; 8:45 am]

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