Federal Register: August 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 151)
DOCID: FR Doc 04-18010
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
STB ID: [STB Finance Docket No. 34521]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Cleveland Commercial Railroad Company, LLC--Change in Operators Exemption--Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Cleveland Commercial Railroad Company, LLC (CCR), a noncarrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate a
line of railroad owned by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (W&LE).
Pursuant to a Lease and Operating Agreement entered into on June 21,
2004, between CCR and W&LE, CCR will lease and operate W&LE's rail line
extending from a connection with W&LE at milepost 15.5 at Falls
Junction, in Glenwillow, OH, to milepost 5.1, in Cleveland, OH, a
distance of approximately 10.4 miles, in Cuyahoga County, OH. The line
has been operated previously by Connotton Valley Railway, Inc. (CVR).\1\
\1\ See Connotton Valley Railway, Inc.Lease and Operation
ExemptionWheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company, STB Finance Docket
No. 34264 (STB served Nov. 7, 2002). On June 18, 2004, CVR's lease
of the line terminated, and CVR ceased all operations on the line.
W&LE has been providing rail service to customers on the line since
June 18, 2004, pursuant to its underlying common carrier obligation
as owner of the line. Upon consummation of the change in operators
authorized by the exemption, CVR's authority to lease and operate
the line will terminate. W&LE states that CVR consents to the proposed change in operators of the line.
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The parties indicated that the transaction was scheduled to be consummated not less than 7 days after the exemption was filed, which would have been July 15, 2004.
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 by 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. 34521, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 204230001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Jami L. Bishop, Law Offices of Bishop & Nosich, LLC, 143 West Main Street, Cortland, OH 44410.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov .
Decided: July 30, 2004.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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SUMMARY:
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co.,
DOCUMENT BODY 2:
Cleveland Commercial Railroad Company, LLC (CCR), a noncarrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate a
line of railroad owned by Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company (W&LE).
Pursuant to a Lease and Operating Agreement entered into on June 21,
2004, between CCR and W&LE, CCR will lease and operate W&LE's rail line
extending from a connection with W&LE at milepost 15.5 at Falls
Junction, in Glenwillow, OH, to milepost 5.1, in Cleveland, OH, a
distance of approximately 10.4 miles, in Cuyahoga County, OH. The line
has been operated previously by Connotton Valley Railway, Inc. (CVR).\1\
\1\ See Connotton Valley Railway, Inc.Lease and Operation
ExemptionWheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company, STB Finance Docket
No. 34264 (STB served Nov. 7, 2002). On June 18, 2004, CVR's lease
of the line terminated, and CVR ceased all operations on the line.
W&LE has been providing rail service to customers on the line since
June 18, 2004, pursuant to its underlying common carrier obligation
as owner of the line. Upon consummation of the change in operators
authorized by the exemption, CVR's authority to lease and operate
the line will terminate. W&LE states that CVR consents to the proposed change in operators of the line.
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The parties indicated that the transaction was scheduled to be consummated not less than 7 days after the exemption was filed, which would have been July 15, 2004.
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 by 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. 34521, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 204230001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Jami L. Bishop, Law Offices of Bishop & Nosich, LLC, 143 West Main Street, Cortland, OH 44410.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov .
Decided: July 30, 2004.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 0418010 Filed 8504; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 491501P