discontinuance and abandonment procedures

discontinuance and abandonment procedures Sec. 218. (a) Section la(1) of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C 1a(l)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “The authority granted to the Commission under this section shall not apply to (a) abandonment or discontinuance with respect to spur, industrial, team, switching, or side tracks if such tracks are located entirely within one State, or (b) any street, sub-urban, or interurban electric railway which is not operated as part of a general system of rail transportation.”. (b) Section la(4) of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. la (4)) is amended— (1) by adding immediately before the last sentence thereof the following new sentence “If such certificate is issued without an investigation pursuant to paragraph (3) of this section, actual abandonment or discontinuance may take effect, in accordance with such certificate, 30 davs after the date of issuance thereof.”; and (2) in the last sentence thereof, by inserting immediately after “issued” the following: “after an investigation pursuant to such paragraph (3)”.