[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 79458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32013]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33970]


Minnesota Southern Railway, Inc.--Lease and Operation Exemption--
Buffalo Ridge Regional Rail Authority

    Minnesota Southern Railway, Inc. (MSWY), a Class III rail carrier, 
has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease and 
operate approximately 41.44 miles of rail line owned and operated by 
Buffalo Ridge Regional Rail Authority (BRRA) between milepost 0.0, at 
Agate, MN, and milepost 41.44, at Manley, MN.\1\ MSWY states that BRRA 
has agreed to lease its rail line to MSWY in order to provide 
continuous rail service to shippers located along the rail line. MSWY 
certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this transaction 
will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class I rail carrier.
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    \1\ See Buffalo Ridge Regional Railroad Authority--Operation 
Exemption--Rail Lines Between Manley and Worthington, MN, STB 
Finance Docket No. 33925 (STB served Sept. 22, 2000).
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    The earliest the transaction can be consummated is December 11, 
2000, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the exemption 
was filed).
    If the 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. 33970, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Brent A. Polanchek, P.O. Box 562, Luverne, MN 56156.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: December 8, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32013 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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