[Federal Register: September 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 177)]
[Notices]
[Page 53779-53780]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34387]
R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Central Kentucky Lines--Lease and
Operation Exemption--Lines of R.J. Corman Equipment Company, LLC
R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Central Kentucky Lines (RJCK), a Class
III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR
1150.41 to lease from R.J. Corman Equipment Company, LLC (RJCE) and to
operate 100.04 miles of RJCE's line of railroad and associated branch
lines. The line extends from approximately milepost 12.49 at HK Tower
in Anchorage, KY (near Louisville), to approximately milepost 113.81 in
Winchester, KY, a distance of approximately 91.48 miles.\1\ The
associated branch lines include: (1) The Bloomfield Branch, extending
from a connection with the Old Road main line at milepost 30.64 to
milepost 33.71, a distance of approximately 3.07 miles, in Shelbyville,
KY; and (2) the Chilesburg Branch, extending from a connection with the
Old Road main line at milepost 643.90 in Lexington, KY (milepost 97.74
on the Old Road main line), to milepost 638.41 near Cadentown, KY, a
distance of approximately 5.49 miles. RJCK will also lease and operate
certain industrial, spur and yard tracks in Lexington and Frankfort,
KY. RJCK will operate and provide all rail common carrier service on
the Old Road. CSXT will retain overhead trackage rights on the portion
of the Old Road between Winchester and Lexington.
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\1\ There are milepost equations at Christianburg, KY, where
milepost 39.52 = milepost 49.46; at Lexington, KY, where milepost
93.43 = 96.89; and near Montrose, KY, where milepost 102.76 =
milepost 99.20.
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Based on projected annual revenues for the line, RJCK states that
it expects to remain a Class III rail carrier after consummation of the
proposed transaction. It certifies that its projected annual revenues
do not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier.
Nevertheless, RJCK certified to the Board on July 31, 2003, that it had
posted a 60-day notice of intent to undertake the proposed transaction
at the workplace of the employees on the affected line and that it had
served a copy of the notice of intent on the national offices of all
labor unions with employees on the rail line. See 49 CFR 1150.42(e).
RJCK states that it intends to consummate the transaction on
September 30, 2003 (60 days after its certification to the Board under
49 CFR 1150.42(e)), and commence operations on October 1, 2003.
This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 34386, R.J.
Corman Equipment Company, LLC--Acquisition Exemption--Lines of CSX
Transportation, Inc., wherein RJCE seeks to acquire the line and
associated branch lines from CSX Transportation, Inc.
If the verified 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.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 34387, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 1925
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K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Ronald A. Lane, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29
North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2875.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov
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Decided: September 8, 2003.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-23258 Filed 9-11-03; 8:45 am]
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