Rural Rail Service Preservation Act of 1989

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Rural Rail Service Preservation Act of 1989 - Amends Federal law to prohibit the Interstate Commerce Commission from exempting a person, class of persons, or a transaction or service from provisions authorizing rail carriers to abandon any part of their railroad lines or discontinue transportation over such lines. Authorizes the Commission to issue a certificate of abandonment or discontinuance only if, at least one year (currently, four months) before the application was filed, the railroad line, (or portion) was identified in the rail carrier's diagram (or an amendment to the diagram) as one for which an application was anticipated. Increases the period of time within which a person may file a protest to an application for abandonment or discontinuance by a rail carrier. Requires the Commission, upon the request of a shipper located in any community affected by a proposed abandonment or discontinuance, to provide in one or more of such communities an opportunity for a hearing on such proposed abandonment or discontinuance, unless the Commission for good cause finds that a hearing is impracticable or unnecessary. Requires the Commission to base its determination in an abandonment …