The Blacklands Railroad CompanyOperation ExemptionLines of Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3648]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33708]


The Blacklands Railroad Company--Operation Exemption--Lines of 
Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District

    The Blacklands Railroad Company (BLRR), a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from East 
Texas Central Railroad its rights under an agreement with Northeast 
Texas Rural Rail Transportation District (NETEX) 1 to 
operate over approximately 38 miles of rail line in the State of Texas 
as follows: (1) approximately 31 miles of rail line owned by NETEX, 
beginning at milepost 524.0, located approximately 6.2 miles west of 
Sulphur Springs, and proceeding west through Hopkins and Delta Counties 
to milepost 555.0, at Simtrott, in Hunt County; and (2) approximately 7 
miles of rail line owned by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, 
between milepost 524.0 and milepost 517.0, pursuant to trackage rights 
acquired by NETEX for the purpose of interchanging and switching at 
Sulphur Springs (subject lines).2
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    \1\ See East Texas Central Railroad, Inc.--Operation Exemption--
Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District, STB Finance 
Docket No. 32841 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Sept. 27, 1996).
    \2\ BLRR will operate the subject lines.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after the 
February 9, 1999 effective date of the exemption.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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. 33708, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Jo A. DeRoche, Esq., Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & Kider, P.C., 
1350 New York Avenue, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005-4797.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: February 9, 1999.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3648 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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