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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34875]
V&S Railway, LLC—Acquisition and
Operation Exemption—The Hutchinson
and Northern Railway Company
V&S Railway, LLC (VSR), a Class III
rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to
acquire from The Hutchinson and
Northern Railway Company (HN), also a
Class III rail carrier,1 and to operate
approximately 5.14 miles of rail line
from milepost 0.0 to milepost 5.14 in
Hutchinson, Reno County, KS.
VSR certifies that its projected annual
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not result in the creation of a Class
II or Class I rail carrier, and further
certifies that its projected annual
revenues will not exceed $5 million.
The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on May 11, 2006.
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. 34875, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 1925
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, one copy of each
pleading must be served on Fritz R.
Kahn, Fritz R. Kahn P.C., 1920 N Street,
NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 20036–
1601.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 23, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 222X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Ouachita
County, AR
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a verified notice of exemption
1 Pacific Western Railroad, a noncarrier holding
company, owns all of the issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock of HN.
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under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—
Exempt Abandonments to abandon a
3.6-mile line of railroad on the El
Dorado Subdivision, extending from
milepost 457.0 near Gilcrest to milepost
460.6 near El Dorado Junction, in
Quachita County, AR. The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
71701 and 71711.
UP 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
Surface Transportation 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 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 June 30,
2006, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,1
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by June 12,
2006. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by June 20, 2006,
with the Surface Transportation Board,
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1 The 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.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which was increased to $1,300 effective on
April 19, 2006. See Regulations Governing Fees for
Services Performed in Connection with Licensing
and Related Services—2006 Update, STB Ex Parte
No. 542 (Sub-No. 13) (STB served Mar. 20, 2006).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34875]
V&S Railway, LLC--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The
Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company
V&S Railway, LLC (VSR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire from The
Hutchinson and Northern Railway Company (HN), also a Class III rail
carrier,\1\ and to operate approximately 5.14 miles of rail line from
milepost 0.0 to milepost 5.14 in Hutchinson, Reno County, KS.
VSR certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of
this transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class
I rail carrier, and further certifies that its projected annual
revenues will not exceed $5 million.
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\1\ Pacific Western Railroad, a noncarrier holding company, owns
all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of HN.
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The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on May 11, 2006.
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. 34875, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one
copy of each pleading must be served on Fritz R. Kahn, Fritz R. Kahn
P.C., 1920 N Street, NW., 8th floor, Washington, DC 20036-1601.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 23, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-8259 Filed 5-30-06; 8:45 am]
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