[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32897-32898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16130]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board


Sunshine Act Meeting

Board Conference

TIME and DATES: 10:00 a.m., July 3, 1996.

PLACE: Hearing Room A, Surface Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20423.

STATUS: The Board will meet to discuss among themselves the following 
agenda items. Although the conference is open for the public 
observation, no public participation is permitted.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:

    Finance Docket No. 32760, Union Pacific Corporation, Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--
Control and Merger--Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern 
Pacific Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 
Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 
Company
    This notice covers both the Finance Docket No. 32760 lead 
proceeding and the following embraced proceedings:
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad 
Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, 
SPCSL Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad 
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Burlington Northern Railroad 
Company and The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 2), Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company and The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 
Company--Petition for Exemption--Acquisition and Operation of 
Trackage in California, Texas, and Louisiana;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 3), Union Pacific Corporation, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 
Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and 
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Control 
Exemption--The Alton & Southern Railway Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 4), Union Pacific Corporation, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 
Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and 
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Control 
Exemption--Central California Traction Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 5), Union Pacific Corporation, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 
Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and 
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Control 
Exemption--The Ogden Union Railway & Depot Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 6), Union Pacific Corporation, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 
Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and 
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Control 
Exemption--Portland Terminal Railroad Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 7), Union Pacific Corporation, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 
Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and 
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Control 
Exemption--Portland Traction Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 8), Union Pacific Corporation, 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 
Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and 
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company--Control 
Exemption--Overnite Transportation Company, Southern Pacific Motor 
Trucking Company, and Pacific Motor Transport Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 9), Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company and The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 
Company--Terminal Trackage Rights--Kansas City Southern Railway 
Company;
    Docket No. AB-3 (Sub-No. 129X), Missouri Pacific Railroad 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Gurdon-Camden Line In Clark, Nevada, 
and Ouachita Counties, AR; Docket No. AB-3 (Sub-No. 130), Missouri 
Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment--Towner-NA Junction Line In 
Kiowa, Crowley, and Pueblo Counties, CO;
    Docket No. AB-3 (Sub-No. 131), Missouri Pacific Railroad 
Company--Abandonment--Hope-Bridgeport Line In Dickinson and Saline 
Counties, KS;
    Docket No. AB-3 (Sub-No. 132X), Missouri Pacific Railroad 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Whitewater-Newton Line In Butler and 
Harvey Counties, KS;
    Docket No. AB-3 (Sub-No. 133X), Missouri Pacific Railroad 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Iowa Junction-Manchester Line In 
Jefferson Davis and Calcasieu Parishes, LA;
    Docket No. AB-3 (Sub-No. 134X), Missouri Pacific Railroad 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Troup-Whitehouse Line In Smith 
County, TX;
    Docket No. AB-8 (Sub-No. 36X), The Denver and Rio Grande Western 
Railroad Company--Discontinuance Exemption--Sage-Leadville Line In 
Eagle and Lake Counties, CO;
    Docket No. AB-8 (Sub-No. 37), The Denver and Rio Grande Western 
Railroad Company--Discontinuance of Trackage Rights--Hope-Bridgeport 
Line In Dickinson and Saline Counties, KS;
    Docket No. AB-8 (Sub-No. 38), The Denver and Rio Grande Western 
Railroad Company--Discontinuance of Trackage Rights--Towner-NA 
Junction Line In Kiowa, Crowley, and Pueblo Counties, CO;
    Docket No. AB-8 (Sub-No. 39), The Denver and Rio Grande Western 
Railroad Company--Discontinuance--Malta-Canon City Line In Lake, 
Chaffee and Fremont Counties, CO;
    Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 184X), Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Wendel-Alturas Line In Modoc and 
Lassen Counties, CA;
    Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 185X), Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Suman-Bryan Line In Brazos and 
Robertson Counties, TX;
    Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 187X), Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Seabrook-San Leon Line In Galveston 
and Harris Counties, TX;
    Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 188), Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company--Abandonment--Malta-Canon City Line In Lake, Chafee, and 
Fremont Counties, CO;
    Docket No. AB-12 (Sub-No. 189X), Southern Pacific Transportation 
Company--Abandonment Exemption--Sage-Leadville Line In Eagle and 
Lake Counties, CO;
    Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 93X), Union Pacific Railroad Company--
Abandonment Exemption--Whittier Junction-Colima Junction Line In Los 
Angeles County, CA;
    Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 94X), Union Pacific Railroad Company--
Abandonment Exemption--Magnolia Tower-Melrose Line In Alameda 
County, CA;
    Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 96), Union Pacific Railroad Company--
Abandonment--Barr-Girard Line In Menard, Sangamon, and Macoupin 
Counties, IL;
    Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 97X), Union Pacific Railroad Company--
Abandonment Exemption--DeCamp-Edwardsville Line In Madison County, 
IL;
    Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 98X), Union Pacific Railroad Company--
Abandonment Exemption--Edwardsville-Madison Line In Madison County, 
IL;
    Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 99X), Union Pacific Railroad Company--
Abandonment Exemption--Little Mountain Jct.-Little Mountain Line In 
Box Elder and Weber Counties, UT;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 10), Responsive Application--
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 11), Responsive Application--
Montana Rail Link, Inc.;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 12), Responsive Application--
Entergy Services, Inc., Arkansas Power & Light Company, and Gulf 
States Utility Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 13), Responsive Application--
The Texas Mexican Railway Company;
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 14), Application for Terminal 
Trackage Rights Over Lines of The Houston Belt & Terminal Railway 
Company--The Texas Mexican Railway Company;

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    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 15), Responsive Application--
Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd./South Orient Railroad Company, Ltd.;1
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    \1\ In Decision No. 29 (served April 12, 1996), the responsive 
application filed by Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd./South Orient Railroad 
Company, Ltd. was rejected as incomplete.
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    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 16), Responsive Application--
Wisconsin Electric Power Company; and
    Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 17), Responsive Application--
Magma Copper Company, The Magma Arizona Railroad Company, and The 
San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE INFORMATION: Dennis Watson, Office of 
Congressional and Press Service, Telephone: (202) 927-5350, TDD: (202) 
927-5721.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16130 Filed 6-20-96; 3:17 pm]
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