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Issued in Washington, DC, on May 30,
2008.
William H. Gute,
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Safety.
[FR Doc. E8–12566 Filed 6–4–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35143]
R.J. Corman Railroad Company/
Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Acquisition
and Operation Exemption—Line of
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
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R.J. Corman Railroad Company/
Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP), a Class
III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to
acquire by purchase from Norfolk
Southern Railway Company (NS) 1 a rail
line extending between milepost 64.5
near Winburne, PA, and milepost 45.5
near Gillintown, PA, a distance of
approximately 19 miles in Clearfield
and Centre Counties, PA (the Snow
Shoe Industrial Track).2
RJCP intends to operate rail service
over the Eastern Segment.3
1 NS succeeded to Consolidated Rail
Corporation’s (Conrail) ownership of the subject
line as a result of the merger proceeding in CSX
Corp. et al.—Control—Conrail Inc. et al., 3 S.T.B.
196 (1998).
2 This proceeding also is related to STB Finance
Docket No. 35116, R.J. Corman Railroad Company/
Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Construction and
Operation Exemption—in Clearfield County, PA, in
which RJCP seeks an exemption to construct and to
operate over approximately 10.8 miles of
abandoned Conrail right-of-way from Wallaceton
Junction, at Conrail milepost 11.76, to Winburne, at
milepost 64.5 (Conrail milepost 22.56), (the Western
Segment), and to rebuild the track on a rail banked
9.3-mile portion of the Snow Shoe Industrial Track
between milepost 64.5 near Winburne and milepost
55.2 near Gorton, PA (the Eastern Segment). RJCP
takes the position that it does not need Board
authority for construction with respect to the rail
banked Eastern Segment and has filed a motion to
dismiss that part of the construction petition for
exemption that pertains to the Eastern Segment.
The Western Segment connects at Wallaceton
Junction with RJCP’s existing rail line. Together, the
Eastern and Western Segments would be operated
by RJCP as the Beech Creek Branch Line.
3 A Certificate of Interim Trail Use or
Abandonment (CITU) was issued for the entire 19
miles of the Snow Shoe Industrial Track in Conrail
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Based on projected revenues for the
line being acquired, RJCP expects to
remain a Class III rail carrier after
consummation of the proposed
transaction. RJCP 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.
Because the projected annual
revenues of the lines, together with
RJCP’s projected annual revenue, will
exceed $5 million, RJCP is required, at
least 60 days before an exemption is to
become effective, to send notice of the
transaction to the national and local
offices of the labor unions with
employees on the affected lines and post
a copy of the notice at the workplace of
the employees on the affected lines and
certify to the Board that it has done so.
49 CFR 1150.42(e). However, RJCP has
noted that there are no affected
employees as there is no current rail
line. Therefore, RJCP has filed for a
waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR
1150.42(e). RJCP states in the waiver
request that the track materials on the
line have been removed, no rail
operations have been conducted for at
least 15 years, and no railroad workers
have been employed on the line for at
least the same period of time. RJCP’s
waiver request will be handled in a
subsequent decision.
The Board will establish in the
decision on the waiver request the
earliest this transaction may be
consummated. RJCP states that it
intends to consummate the transaction
only following approval of RJCP’s
petition for exemption in STB Finance
Docket No. 35116.
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.
Petitions for stay must be filed no later
than 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective.
Pursuant to the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law
110–161 section 193, 121 Stat. 1844
Abandonment of the Snow Shoe Industrial Track in
Centre and Clearfield Counties, PA, Docket No. AB–
167 (Sub-No. 1004N) (ICC served Nov. 5, 1993) and
remains in place. The Headwaters Charitable Trust
(HCT) has been using the rail banked right-of-way
as a recreational trail on an interim basis. RJCP has
concurrently filed a petition in STB Docket No. AB–
167 (Sub-No. 1004N), seeking vacation of the CITU
with respect to the Eastern Segment. With respect
to the remaining portion of the Snow Shoe
Industrial track, from milepost 55.2 to milepost
45.5, RJCP states that it intends to maintain the
agreement with HCT to allow continued
recreational trail use.
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(2007), nothing in this decision
authorizes the following activities at any
solid waste rail transfer facility:
collecting, storing, or transferring solid
waste outside of its original shipping
container; or separating or processing
solid waste (including baling, crushing,
compacting, and shredding). The term
‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004
of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42
U.S.C. 6903.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 35143, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, one copy of each
pleading must be served on Ronald A.
Lane, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North
Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL
60606–2832.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 30, 2008.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35143]
R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.--Acquisition
and Operation Exemption--Line of Norfolk Southern Railway Company
R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc. (RJCP), a
Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under
49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire by purchase from Norfolk Southern Railway
Company (NS) \1\ a rail line extending between milepost 64.5 near
Winburne, PA, and milepost 45.5 near Gillintown, PA, a distance of
approximately 19 miles in Clearfield and Centre Counties, PA (the Snow
Shoe Industrial Track).\2\
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\1\ NS succeeded to Consolidated Rail Corporation's (Conrail)
ownership of the subject line as a result of the merger proceeding
in CSX Corp. et al.--Control--Conrail Inc. et al., 3 S.T.B. 196
(1998).
\2\ This proceeding also is related to STB Finance Docket No.
35116, R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines Inc.--
Construction and Operation Exemption--in Clearfield County, PA, in
which RJCP seeks an exemption to construct and to operate over
approximately 10.8 miles of abandoned Conrail right-of-way from
Wallaceton Junction, at Conrail milepost 11.76, to Winburne, at
milepost 64.5 (Conrail milepost 22.56), (the Western Segment), and
to rebuild the track on a rail banked 9.3-mile portion of the Snow
Shoe Industrial Track between milepost 64.5 near Winburne and
milepost 55.2 near Gorton, PA (the Eastern Segment). RJCP takes the
position that it does not need Board authority for construction with
respect to the rail banked Eastern Segment and has filed a motion to
dismiss that part of the construction petition for exemption that
pertains to the Eastern Segment. The Western Segment connects at
Wallaceton Junction with RJCP's existing rail line. Together, the
Eastern and Western Segments would be operated by RJCP as the Beech
Creek Branch Line.
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RJCP intends to operate rail service over the Eastern Segment.\3\
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\3\ A Certificate of Interim Trail Use or Abandonment (CITU) was
issued for the entire 19 miles of the Snow Shoe Industrial Track in
Conrail Abandonment of the Snow Shoe Industrial Track in Centre and
Clearfield Counties, PA, Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1004N) (ICC
served Nov. 5, 1993) and remains in place. The Headwaters Charitable
Trust (HCT) has been using the rail banked right-of-way as a
recreational trail on an interim basis. RJCP has concurrently filed
a petition in STB Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1004N), seeking
vacation of the CITU with respect to the Eastern Segment. With
respect to the remaining portion of the Snow Shoe Industrial track,
from milepost 55.2 to milepost 45.5, RJCP states that it intends to
maintain the agreement with HCT to allow continued recreational
trail use.
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Based on projected revenues for the line being acquired, RJCP
expects to remain a Class III rail carrier after consummation of the
proposed transaction. RJCP 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.
Because the projected annual revenues of the lines, together with
RJCP's projected annual revenue, will exceed $5 million, RJCP is
required, at least 60 days before an exemption is to become effective,
to send notice of the transaction to the national and local offices of
the labor unions with employees on the affected lines and post a copy
of the notice at the workplace of the employees on the affected lines
and certify to the Board that it has done so. 49 CFR 1150.42(e).
However, RJCP has noted that there are no affected employees as there
is no current rail line. Therefore, RJCP has filed for a waiver from
the requirements of 49 CFR 1150.42(e). RJCP states in the waiver
request that the track materials on the line have been removed, no rail
operations have been conducted for at least 15 years, and no railroad
workers have been employed on the line for at least the same period of
time. RJCP's waiver request will be handled in a subsequent decision.
The Board will establish in the decision on the waiver request the
earliest this transaction may be consummated. RJCP states that it
intends to consummate the transaction only following approval of RJCP's
petition for exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 35116.
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. Petitions for stay
must be filed no later than 7 days before the exemption becomes
effective.
Pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law
110-161 section 193, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007), nothing in this decision
authorizes the following activities at any solid waste rail transfer
facility: collecting, storing, or transferring solid waste outside of
its original shipping container; or separating or processing solid
waste (including baling, crushing, compacting, and shredding). The term
``solid waste'' is defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6903.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 35143, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one
copy of each pleading must be served on Ronald A. Lane, Fletcher &
Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2832.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 30, 2008.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Anne K. Quinlan,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-12584 Filed 6-4-08; 8:45 am]
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