[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2217]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 32856]


Burlington Northern Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd.

    Iowa Interstate Railroad Ltd. has agreed to grant overhead trackage 
rights to Burlington Northern Railroad Company over 2.24 miles of rail 
line, (a) between milepost 177.25 and milepost 178.51 at or near 
Moline, IL, and (b) between milepost 180.42 and milepost 181.40 at or 
near Rock Island, IL. The trackage rights were to become effective on 
January 24, 1996.

    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and 
took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce 
Commission and transferred certain functions to the Surface 
Transportation Board (Board).
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    This notice relates to a function that is subject to the Board's 
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323. This notice is filed under 49 
CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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 stay the transaction. Pleadings must 
be filed with the Board and served on: Michael E. Roper, Associate 
General Counsel, Burlington Northern Railroad Company, 3800 Continental 
Plaza, 777 Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102-5384.
    As a condition to use of this exemption, any employees adversely 
affected by the trackage rights will be protected pursuant to Norfolk 
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as 
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate,  360 I.C.C. 
653 (1980).

    Decided: January 25, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-2217 Filed 2-1-96; 8:45 am]
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