[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 1487]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-629]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33318]


Port of Columbia--Acquisition Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad 
Company

    Port of Columbia (Port) has filed a verified notice of exemption 
under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire approximately 37.4 miles of rail line 
owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) between milepost 48.0 near 
Walla Walla, WA, and milepost 71.3 at Bolles, WA, and between milepost 
0.0 at Bolles, WA, and milepost 14.06 at Dayton, WA.1 Consummation 
was expected to occur on or shortly after December 19, 1996.
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    \1\ Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc. (BMR) currently operates over 
the line pursuant to a lease agreement that was the subject of a 
notice of exemption in Finance Docket No. 32193. The agreement 
between UP and the Port is subject to that lease agreement and BMR 
will continue to operate the line after this transaction is 
consummated under an assignment of the lease from UP to the Port.
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    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 automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33318, 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: Karl Morell, Ball 
Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, N.W., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

    Decided: January 6, 1997.

    By the board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-629 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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