81 FR 84673 - Central of Georgia Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Newton County, Ga.

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 226 (November 23, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84673-84674]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28295]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 343X)]


Central of Georgia Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in 
Newton County, Ga.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Correction to notice of exemption.

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    On July 1, 2013, Central of Georgia Railroad Company (CGA) \1\ 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F--
Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 14.90 miles of rail line 
between milepost E 65.80 and milepost E 80.70, in Newton County, Ga. 
The notice was served and published in the Federal Register on July 19, 
2013 (78 FR 43,273).
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    \1\ CGA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway 
Company.
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    Before the exemption became effective, Newton County Trail-Path 
Foundation, Inc. (Newton Trail) filed a request for a notice of interim 
trail use (NITU). The Board issued a NITU on August 19, 2013, and on 
September 28, 2016, CGA and Newton Trail filed a notice informing the 
Board that they had entered into a lease agreement for interim trail 
use and rail banking for the 14.90 miles of rail line that was subject 
to abandonment.
    On October 14, 2016, CGR filed a letter stating that the map 
attached as

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Appendix A to its July 1, 2013 verified notice did not properly depict 
the location of milepost E 65.80, and that parentheticals in the notice 
incorrectly refer to milepost E 65.80 as: ``(at the point of the Line's 
crossing of Route 229 in Newborn).'' \2\ Thus, CGR requests that the 
Board accept the corrected map attached to the October 14, 2016 letter 
and clarify the parenthetical references to milepost E 65.80 in its 
July 1, 2013 verified notice and the notice the Board served and 
published on July 19, 2013, to read: ``(a point just east of the 
Ziegler Road crossing west of downtown Newborn)''. These corrections 
are recognized here. All of the remaining information in the July 19, 
2013 notice remains unchanged.
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    \2\ On October 14, 2016, CGA and Newton Trail also filed a 
letter to correct their September 28, 2016 notification that a lease 
agreement for interim trail use and rail banking had been reached. 
This filing as well as the modification of the NITU to reflect the 
correct location of milepost E 65.80 will be addressed in a separate 
decision.
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    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: November 18, 2016.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.

Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016-28295 Filed 11-22-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4915-01-P