[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 29447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14575]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 32965]


Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant local and 
overhead trackage rights to Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MP) over 
approximately 2.225 miles of the McPherson Branch from milepost 515.775 
to milepost 518.0 near McPherson in McPherson County, KS. The trackage 
rights were to become effective on or after May 29, 1996.
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    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803, 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). This notice relates to functions that are subject to Board 
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323-24.
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    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.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 32965, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Joseph D. Anthofer, 
General Attorney, 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 68179.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in 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: May 31, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-14575 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
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