[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 252 (Tuesday, December 31, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 69132] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-33275] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Docket No. AB-480X] K & E Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Alfalfa, Garfield, and Grant Counties, OK, and Barber County, KS
Agency
Surface Transportation Board, DOT.
Action
Notice of exemption.
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Summary
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the Board exempts the abandonment by K & E Railway Company of its entire 57.69-mile rail line, between milepost 0.60, at or near Kiowa, in Barber County, KS, and milepost 56.98, at or near Blanton, in Garfield County, OK, and between milepost 299.88 and milepost 301.19, near Cherokee, in Alfalfa County, OK, from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903, and the abandonment of 5.69 miles of the right-of-way between milepost 18.82 and milepost 23.20, and between milepost 299.88 and milepost 301.19, from the offer of financial assistance (OFA) requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10904 and the public use requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10905, subject to historic preservation and environmental conditions.
Dates
With respect to the two line segments exempted from 49 U.S.C. 10904-05, the exemption will be effective on December 31, 1996, and petitions to reopen must be filed by January 27, 1997. With respect to the remainder of the line, provided no formal expression of intent to file an OFA is received, this exemption will be effective on January 30, 1997, formal expressions of intent to file an OFA 1 under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) and requests for a notice of interim trail use/rail banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by January 10, 1997; petitions to stay must be filed by January 10, 1997; requests for public use conditions in conformity with 49 CFR 1152.28(a)(2) must be filed by January 21, 1997; and petitions to reopen must be filed by January 27, 1997.
\1\ See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment--Offers of Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Addresses
Send pleadings referring to STB Docket No. AB-480X to: (1) Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20423, and (2) Petitioner's representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
For Further Information Contact
Beryl Gordon, (202) 927-5660. [TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]
Supplementary Information
Additional information is contained in the Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, call, or pick up in person from: DC News & Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289 4357-4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through TDD services (202) 927-5721.]
Decided: December 23, 1996.
By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner Owen. Vernon A. Williams, Secretary. [FR Doc. 96-33275 Filed 12-30-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915-00-P