[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 195 (Monday, October 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 52495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25615]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board \1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 32714]


Fox Valley & Western Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union 
Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I railroad, has agreed 
to grant trackage rights to Fox Valley & Western Ltd. (FVW), a Class II 
railroad, over UP's line of railway: (1) Between milepost 99.5, in 
Granville, WI, to milepost 92.4, in Wiscona, WI; (2) from milepost 
8.59, in Wiscona, WI, to milepost 13.97, near Butler, WI; and (3) from 
milepost 17.31M to milepost 14.50, in Butler, WI, a total distance of 
15.29 miles.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on September 27, 
1996.
    The trackage rights will provide for an efficient interchange route 
for FVW with UP in UP's Butler Yard at Butler, WI.
    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).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it 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 automatically 
stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 32714, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Janet H. Gilbert, Esq., Fox Valley & 
Western, Ltd., 6250 N. River Road, Suite No. 9000, Rosemont, IL 60018.

    Decided: September 27, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25615 Filed 10-4-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-00-P