Notice of Intent to Discontinue Trackage Rights
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company, Inc. ("D&H") gives notice that on or about March 16, 2015 it intends to file with the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423, a notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. 1152 Subpart F - Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances permitting the discontinuance of D&H's trackage rights on approximately 673 miles of rail line on lines owned or operated by Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad Company, CSX Transportation, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Wilkes-Barre Connecting Railroad Company, Pocono Northeast Railway, Inc., and National Railroad Passenger Corporation in Binghamton, NY; in Wilkes-Barre, PA; between Hudson (Plains), PA and Buttonwood, PA; between Sunbury and Harrisburg, PA; between Harrisburg, PA and Potomac Yard, VA via Perryville, MD; between Harrisburg and Philadelphia, PA via Reading, PA; between Reading and Allentown, PA; between Dupont, PA and Allentown, PA; and between Allentown and Oak Island, NJ, traversing United States Postal Service Zip Codes 17110, 17020, 17053, 17025, 17011, 17043, 17070, 17319, 17370, 17345, 17347, 17406, 17547, 17512, 17582, 17516, 17565, 17532, 17518, 17563, 17101, 17102, 17120, 17104, 17113, 17057, 17502, 17801, 17823, 17830, 17017, 17061, 17032, 17018, 17112, 18240, 18229, 18235, 18071, 18058, 18080, 18088, 18059, 18067, 18052, 18032, 18109, 18018, 18015, 18017, 18020, 18045, 18042, 18103, 18049, 18062, 18011, 19539, 19562, 19530, 19522, 19510, 19605, 19604, 19601, 19602, 19606, 19508, 19518, 19464, 19468, 19460, 19406, 19401, 19428, 19035, 19072, 19004, 19131, 19121, 19129, 19132, 19133, 19122, 19123, 19107, 19147, 19148, 19145, 19106, 19112, 17103, 17111, 17036, 17033, 17078, 17042, 17046, 17067, 17087, 17073, 19567, 19551, 19565, 19608, 19609, 19610, 19611, 18641, 18640, 18702, 18706, 18707, 18661, 18255, 18701, 18704, 18705, 21918, 21904, 21903, 21078, 21001, 21040, 21010, 21220, 21221, 21237, 21224, 21205, 21203, 21212, 21201, 21217, 21223, 21229, 21227, 21090, 21076, 21240, 21077, 21144, 21113, 20775, 20715, 20720, 20769, 20706, 20784, 20785, 20743, 20003, 20019, 20024, 22202, 07102, 07105, 07114, 07112, 07205, 07083, 07204, 07203, 07016, 07027, 07090, 07076, 07023, 07062, 07060, 07063, 08812, 08846, 08805, 08807, 08835, 08844, 08853, 08822, 08887, 08801, 08867, 08827, 08802, 08804, 08865, 13748, 13790, 13901, 13903, and 13905 in Broome County, NY; Essex, Union, Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties, NJ; Luzerne, Perry, York, Lancaster, Northampton, Lehigh, Carbon, Berks, Montgomery, Northumberland, Dauphin, Lebanon, and Philadelphia Counties, PA; Harford, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Prince George's Counties, MD; the District of Columbia; and Arlington County, VA. The proceeding will be docketed as AB-156 (Sub-No. 27X).
The proposed discontinuance is exempt from the Board's environmental and historic reporting requirements. 49 C.F.R. 1105.6(c) and 1105.8(b). Interested persons may make inquiries regarding environmental matters by writing to the Section of Environmental Analysis, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423 or by calling that office at (202) 245-0295.
Appropriate offers of financial assistance to continue rail service can be filed with the Board. Public use conditions and rail banking/trails use are not available in proceedings involving only a discontinuance and not an abandonment. An original and 10 copies of any pleading that raises matters other than environmental issues (such as offers of financial assistance) must be filed directly with the Board's Office of the Secretary, 395 E Street, S. W., Washington, DC 20423 [see 49 C.F.R. 1104.1(a) and 1104.3(a)]. Questions regarding offers of financial assistance or the Board's discontinuance procedures may be directed to the Board's Office of Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs & Compliance at (202) 245-0238. Copies of any comments or requests for conditions should be served on D&H's representative at the following address: W. Karl Hansen, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
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