DOT REPORT #43 - September, 1997 ================================================================= A compilation of rail notices published by the US Department of Transportation between September 1 - 15, 1997. Includes abandonment, operation and control notices, FRA orders and related petitions. Condensed from original. ================================================================= CONTENTS: Petition for Waiver of Compliance St. Croix Valley Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company RailAmerica, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--St. Croix Valley Railroad Company Kansas City Southern Railway Company--Construction and Operation Exemption--Geismar Industrial Area Near Gonzales and Sorrento, Louisiana City of Anacortes--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.--Corporate Family Transaction Exemption--Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Company Petitions for Waivers of Compliance Arizona & California Railroad Company Limited Partnership-- Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc.--Lease Exemption-- Union Pacific Railroad Company Omaha Public Power District--Acquisition Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Track Tech, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc.-- Abandonment Exemption--in Cambria County, PA Union Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Transportation Company: Reno Mitigation Study, Preliminary Mitigation Plan Union Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Transportation Company: Wichita Mitigation Study, Preliminary Mitigation Plan CSX Transportation, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Mecklenburg County, NC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration Petition for Waiver of Compliance Notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) received a request for waiver of compliance with certain requirements of its safety standards. The individual petition is described below. VIA Rail Canada, Incorporated (Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM- 97-4) VIA Rail Canada, Incorporated (VIA) seeks a temporary waiver of compliance with the Safety Glazing Standards, which requires FRA certified glazing in all windows of passenger cars, for fifteen passenger coaches rebuilt in 1997. VIA states that the contractor who rebuilt the cars failed to equip the cars with FRA certified glazing. VIA plans to use the coaches to operate a special train on September 21, 1997, between Toronto, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York, for Canadian Buffalo Bills fans. A second trip is planned for November 1997. VIA is working with the contractor to replace the windows with FRA certified glazing and requests the waiver to ensure the equipment is available. VIA states that the fifteen coaches have standard VIA safety glazing in all locations and are equipped with four emergency egress windows per coach, not FRA certified. Issued in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33442] St. Croix Valley Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company St. Croix Valley Railroad Company (SCV), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and to operate approximately 33.3 miles of rail line between Hinckley, MN, milepost 74.0, and North Branch, MN, milepost 40.7, and 11.1 miles of rail line between Brook Park, MN, milepost 58.0, and Mora, MN, milepost 46.9. In addition, SCV will acquire incidental overhead trackage rights to operate between Hinckley, MN, milepost 74.0, and Brook Park, MN, milepost 58.0, and over BNSF's yard tracks in its Hinckley yard. The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after the August 21, 1997 effective date of the exemption. Decided: August 26, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33443] RailAmerica, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--St. Croix Valley Railroad Company RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica) has filed a notice of exemption to continue in control of the St. Croix Valley Railroad Company (SCV), upon SCV's becoming a Class III railroad. The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after the August 21, 1997 effective date of the exemption. RailAmerica directly controls 11 common carrier Class III railroads operating in 9 states: the Cascade and Columbia River Railroad Company; the Delaware Valley Railway Company, Inc.; the Evansville Terminal Company, Inc.; the Gettysburg Railway; the Huron & Eastern Railway Company, Inc.; the Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc.; the Otter Tail Valley Railroad Company; the Saginaw Valley Railway Company, Inc; the West Texas & Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc.; the Dakota Rail, Inc.; and the South Central Tennessee Railroad Company. RailAmerica states that: (i) The rail lines to be operated by SCV do not connect with any railroad in the corporate family; (ii) the transaction is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that would connect SCV with any railroad in the corporate family; and (iii) the transaction does not involve a Class I carrier. Therefore, the transaction is exempt from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. . Decided: August 26, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Finance Docket No. 32530] Kansas City Southern Railway Company--Construction and Operation Exemption--Geismar Industrial Area Near Gonzales and Sorrento, Louisiana ACTION: Notice of extension of time for comment period for draft environmental impact statement (EIS). SUMMARY: The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), now the Surface Transportation Board (Board), for authority to construct and operate an 8.62-mile rail line from the Geismar Industrial area to its mainline near Gonzales and Sorrento, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. On July 16, 1997, the Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) issued a draft EIS. Consistent with Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), SEA provided a 45-day comment period for the public review of the draft EIS, with comments due by September 8, 1997. Several parties, including the Concerned Citizens of Ascension Parish (CCAP), Illinois Central Railroad (IC), members of Congress, and local individuals have requested that the comment period be extended an additional 60 days and also requested a public hearing. KCS replied to these petitions stating in essence that petitioners had not provided sufficient reason why the 45-day comment period was inadequate. In carefully reviewing CCAP's concerns, as well as those expressed by other parties, SEA believes that the 45-day comment period specified by CEQ guidelines is sufficient in this case. However, in order to allow every opportunity for public input into the Board's NEPA process in this case, SEA will accept comments to the draft EIS for an additional 15 days past the current due date of September 8, 1997. Comments to the draft EIS will now be due on September 23, 1997. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because the Board served the draft EIS on the parties of record on July 16, 1997 and the 45-day comment period did not begin until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the Notice of EIS Availability in the Federal Register on July 25, 1997, the actual total time between the service and distribution of the draft EIS and the end of the comment period is 55 days. The additional 15-day extension results in a 70-day comment period. In addition, CEQ guidelines and the Board's environmental rules do not require a public hearing to solicit comments on a draft EIS. SEA believes that the submission of written comments, which is the Board's normal procedure, is sufficient to develop the record in this case. In this regard, the Board has found that written comments provide necessary and effective written documentation of environmental issues and concerns for our public record. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33446] City of Anacortes--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company The City of Anacortes (a political subdivision of the State of Washington), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company and to operate approximately 3.98 miles of rail line known as the Anacortes Branch from its endpoint at milepost 0.0, in Anacortes, to milepost 3.98, near Fidalgo, in Skagit County, WA. The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after the August 20, 1997 effective date of the exemption. Decided: August 28, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33450] Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.--Corporate Family Transaction Exemption--Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Company Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co. (WSOR) and Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Company (WICT), Class III railroads, have jointly filed a verified notice of exemption. The exempt transaction is a merger of WICT into WSOR. WSOR and WICT are commonly-controlled by William E. Gardner. WSOR operates in the State of Wisconsin, and WICT operates in the States of Wisconsin and Illinois. The transaction is expected to be consummated on or about September 1, 1997. The proposed merger is intended to enhance operating economies, improve service, foster greater operating efficiency, simplify the corporate structure, unify accounting and billing, and improve the financial viability of the surviving corporation. This is a transaction within a corporate family of the type specifically exempted from prior review and approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). The parties state that the transaction will not result in adverse changes in service levels, significant operational changes, or a change in the competitive balance with carriers outside the corporate family. Decided: August 28, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration Petitions for Waivers of Compliance Notice is hereby given that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) received requests for waivers of compliance with certain requirements of its safety standards. The individual petitions are described below. Long Island Rail Road (Waiver Petition Docket Number LI-97-2) The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) seeks a waiver of compliance from certain provisions of the Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards, for its M-1 and M-3 type MU locomotives. Specifically, LIRR wants to extend the required time intervals for cleaning, repairing, and testing of MU locomotive brake equipment from 736 days to 1104 days. Based on the results of Metro-North Railroad's (Metro-North) recently concluded test program, LIRR concurs with Metro-North's position that the test results demonstrate that extending the clean, oil, test, and stencil time interval to three years on MU locomotives can be accomplished without compromising brake and train/rail safety. LIRR declares that their railroad and Metro-North are sister agencies of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York State, and that both railroads operate M-1 and M-3 MU type locomotives using identical WABCO RT-5A electro-pneumatic brake systems which perform in similar type service. Like Metro-North, LIRR's MU locomotive fleet is 100 percent air-dryer equipped. LIRR states that it uses one of the most efficient and effective air dryer/filtration systems available today, the Salem 976 Twin Tower, which greatly enhances the long-term reliability of the pneumatic components of the air brake system by virtually eliminating the introduction of water, oil, and other contaminates into the brake system. Golden Gate Railroad Museum (Waiver Petition Docket Number LI-97-3) The Golden Gate Railroad Museum (GGRM) seeks a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 230.108(b), which requires that the entire surface of the main air reservoirs be hammer tested not less than once every 18 months, for its steam locomotive 2472. GGRM would like to substitute ultrasonic testing of the reservoir at the time of hydrostatic testing, at least every 12 months. GGRM feels that ultrasonic testing will provide a more accurate evaluation of the reservoir's condition than hammer testing. Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society, Incorporated (Waiver Petition Docket Number LI-97-4) The Mid-Continent Railway Historical Society, Incorporated (MCRY) seeks a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 230.110, which requires a steam locomotive's distributing or control valves, reducing valves, triple valves, straight-air double-check valves, and dirt collectors be cleaned as often as conditions require, but not less frequently than once every six months. MCRY requests that the requirement be extended to 12 months for steam locomotives MCRY 1385, a 4-6-0 built in 1907 by the American Locomotive Company, and MCRY 7, a 2-8-2 built in 1912 by Baldwin Locomotive Company. MCRY indicates that it operates the steam locomotives a total of seven months a year, including three days in the month of February. Private Car ``Colonial Crafts'' (Waiver Petition Docket Number PB- 97-9) Rod and Ellen Fishburn seeks a waiver of compliance from certain sections of the Railroad Power Brakes and Drawbars Regulations, 49 CFR Part 232, regarding the private passenger coach they own called Colonial Crafts, PPCX 800061. In 1995, FRA granted the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) a waiver (Waiver Petition Docket Number PB-94-3) extending the frequency for the cleaning, oiling, testing and stenciling (COT&S) of passenger cars equipped with 26-C brake equipment from the required 36 months to 48 months. The Fishburns request that PPCX 800061 be under the maintenance conditions set forth in Waiver Docket Number PB-94-3. This would include a COT&S be performed as often as necessary to maintain the car in a safe and suitable condition for service, but not less frequently than once each 48 months. It would also require a single car test be performed on the car each time it is on a repair track, but not less frequently than once each 12 months. The Fishburns declare that PPCX 800061 is maintained in accordance with Amtrak's standard maintenance procedures and is inspected annually by Amtrak inspectors. Lewis and Clark Railway Company (Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM-96- 7) The Lewis and Clark Railway Company seeks a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 223.11(c), which requires that locomotives built or rebuilt prior to July 1, 1980, be equipped with certified glazing in all locomotive cab windows. The Lewis and Clark Railway Company requests a permanent waiver of compliance for two locomotives, LINC #81, built by Electro Motive Division (EMD) in 1954; and LINC #82, built by EMD in 1953, which were never equipped with certified glazing. The locomotives are utilized in passenger excursion and limited freight service. They are operated 30 miles between Chelatchie and Vancouver, Washington, and 3 miles on the Rey Branch--a section of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe--in the state of Washington at a speed not in excess of 15 mph. Madison Railroad (Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM-96-14) The Madison Railroad (CMPA) seeks a waiver of compliance from 49 CFR 223.11(c) which requires that locomotives built or rebuilt prior to July 1, 1980, be equipped with certified glazing in all locomotive cab windows and 49 CFR 223.13 (a) and (b) which requires cabooses other than yard cabooses be equipped with FRA Type I glazing in forward and rearward locations, and side facing be equipped with glazing that meets the requirements of FRA Type II. CMPA requests a permanent waiver of compliance for one locomotive, CMPA 2013, built by Electro Motive Division locomotive works in 1951, which was never equipped with certified glazing and a caboose built between 1970-1977 by the Canadian National Railway and never equipped with FRA Type glazing. The Madison Railroad operates a twenty five mile short line. The locomotive will be utilized in freight service at speeds not to exceed 10 mph. The caboose is utilized as an office and is sometimes used as an inspection car. Issued in Washington, D.C. on September 2, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33448] Arizona & California Railroad Company Limited Partnership-- Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Arizona & California Railroad Company Limited Partnership (ARZC), a Class III rail common carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire and operate approximately 83.5 mainline route miles of rail line over two connecting branch lines and a connecting spur track from The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), as follows: (i) The Centralia-Hoquiam Line, which extends from milepost 0.6, at or near Centralia, WA, to the western end of the line at about milepost 74.1, at or near Hoquiam, WA, including the Horn Spur Track, which connects to the Centralia-Hoquiam Line at milepost 72.5 and extends northward to the end of the track at approximately milepost 2.0; and (ii) the Elma-Shelton Line, which extends from milepost 0.0, at Elma, WA, (connecting to the Centralia-Hoquiam Line at about milepost 46.7) northward to the end of BNSF-owned track at milepost 25.1, at or near Shelton, WA. The Centralia-Hoquiam Line, the Horn Spur Track, and the Elma-Shelton Line are collectively referred to as the Subject Lines. In connection with ARZC's acquisition of the Subject Lines, ARZC will also acquire incidental trackage rights as follows: (i) BNSF will assign its trackage rights to operate over Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) from (a) milepost 68.9 to milepost 69.4 and (b) milepost 70.3 to 72.0, at and near Aberdeen, WA; (ii) BNSF will grant to ARZC incidental trackage rights. for the sole purpose of operating overhead rail freight service, that extend from BNSF milepost 0.6 to BNSF milepost 0.4, at or near Centralia, WA; and (iii) BNSF will assign its rights under a December 11, 1994 agreement between its predecessor, Northern Pacific Railway Company, and the United States of America, pursuant to which BNSF provides service on a government-owned line from its connection with the Elma-Shelton Line to Bangor, a distance of approximately 44 miles, and a branch line to Bremerton Navy Yard, a distance of approximately 4.6 miles. The notice of exemption states that should the assignment by BNSF to ARZC of incidental trackage rights over UP's rail line require UP's consent, such consent will be obtained. On August 21, 1997, Simpson Timber Company (Simpson) filed a petition to stay or revoke the exemption in this proceeding. ARZC replied in opposition to Simpson's petition. BNSF also sought leave to intervene in the proceeding and submitted a reply in opposition to Simpson's petition. Simpson subsequently requested permission to withdraw its petition. BNSF is granted permission to intervene and Simpson is granted permission to withdraw its petition. The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after August 29, 1997. The Subject Lines and the incidental trackage rights will be operated by an operating division of ARZC, d/b/a Puget Sound & Pacific. Decided: September 4, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33426] Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc.--Lease Exemption-- Union Pacific Railroad Company Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc. (DGNO), a Class III rail common carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease and operate 2 sections of rail line totaling approximately 7.5 miles from Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) between (1) DGNO milepost 753.7 and the end of the line near Oakland Avenue in Garland, TX, and (2) UP milepost 214.8 and the end of the line near Westmorland Road in Dallas, TX. In conjunction with the lease of these lines, DGNO will acquire by assignment UP's local trackage rights over .626 miles of rail line owned by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit between milepost 210.078, at MP Junction, and milepost 210.704, at East Dallas Yard in Dallas, TX. The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after September 2, 1997. Decided: September 5, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33447] Omaha Public Power District--Acquisition Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire 56.75 miles of rail line (Acquired Line) and associated assets of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) between milepost 56.30, at Collegeview, NE, and milepost 6.1, at Arbor, NE. In addition, OPPD will acquire 4.53 miles of incidental overhead trackage rights over the BNSF line from milepost 56.3, in the Nebraska City Sub- division, and milepost 61.38, in the St. Joe Sub-Division. The transaction is expected to be consummated on or about October 1, 1998 OPPD states that it does not intend to provide common carrier rail service on the Acquired Line and that common carrier service is expected to be provided by a third party to be selected by OPPD. OPPD indicates that the operator would file its own verified notice of exemption to permit it to operate over the line. BNSF will retain trackage rights over the Acquired Line to provide rail transportation service to OPPD until December 31, 1998. Decided: September 4, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33434] Track Tech, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company Track Tech, Inc. (TTI), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company and to operate approximately 19.70 miles of rail line between Creston, IA, milepost 1.45, and the end of the line at Greenfield, IA, milepost 21.15. TTI reports that it purchased the line on June 11, 1997, but the earliest the transaction could be consummated pursuant to the exemption was August 29, 1997, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the August 22, 1997 filing date). Decided: September 5, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Docket No. AB-491X] R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc.-- Abandonment Exemption--in Cambria County, PA On August 25, 1997, R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Pennsylvania Lines, Inc. filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a line of railroad known as the Blacklick Secondary line, extending from railroad milepost 6.4 at Ebensburg Junction to the end of the track at railroad milepost 16, east of Nanty Glo, a distance of 9.6 miles, in Cambria County, PA. The line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 15931, 15943 and 15948. By issuance of this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be issued by December 12, 1997. Decided: September 4, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Finance Docket No. 32760] Union Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Transportation Company: Reno Mitigation Study, Preliminary Mitigation Plan ACTION: Issuance of Preliminary Mitigation Plan (PMP), request for public comment, and notice of public meetings. SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board's (Board) Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will issue the Preliminary Mitigation Plan (PMP) for the Reno, NV Mitigation Study on September 15, 1997, for public review and comment. On August 12, 1996, in Decision No. 44, the Board approved the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger. As part of its approval, the Board directed SEA to conduct a mitigation study to develop additional tailored environmental mitigation measures (beyond those already imposed in Decision No. 44) to address unique local conditions in Reno and Washoe County regarding the potential environmental impacts of increased rail traffic. The preliminary results of this study and SEA's preliminary recommendations for additional environmental mitigation measures are reflected in the PMP. SEA encourages public comment on the PMP during the 30-day review period, which will end on October 15, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Finance Docket No. 32760] Union Pacific Railroad Company--Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Transportation Company: Wichita Mitigation Study, Preliminary Mitigation Plan ACTION: Issuance of Preliminary Mitigation Plan (PMP), request for public comment, and notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board's (Board) Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) will issue the Preliminary Mitigation Plan (PMP) for the Wichita, KS Mitigation Study on September 15, 1997, for public review and comment. On August 12, 1996, in Decision No. 44, the Board approved the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger. As part of its approval, the Board directed SEA to conduct a mitigation study to develop additional tailored environmental mitigation measures (beyond those already imposed in Decision No. 44) to address unique local conditions in Wichita and Sedgwick County regarding the potential environmental impacts of increased rail traffic. The preliminary results of this study and SEA's preliminary recommendations for additional environmental mitigation measures are reflected in the PMP. SEA encourages public comments on the PMP during the 30-day review period, which will end on October 15, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 549X)] CSX Transportation, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Mecklenburg County, NC On August 4, 1997, CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a portion of its Florence Service Lane, Charlotte Subdivision, extending from milepost SFC-1.52 near State Street to milepost SFC-0.82 at the end of track at Cedar Street Yard, which traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 28202, a distance of 0.70 miles, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC. By issuance of this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be issued by November 21, 1997. Decided: September 9, 1997. ================================================================== Comments or questions about this compilation should be directed to Paul Moore at 71367.1057@Compuserve.com. ==================================================================