[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 7294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3934]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33347] 1
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    \1\ On January 28, 1997, Joseph C. Szabo, on behalf of the 
United Transportation Union-Illinois Legislative Board, filed a 
petition to reject this notice of exemption and for stay of the 
effectiveness of the exemption. Union Pacific replied on January 30, 
1997. The petition will be considered by the entire Board in a 
separate decision.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Elgin, 
Joliet and Eastern Railway Company

    Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union 
Pacific) over 11 miles of rail line between milepost 25.2 near Chicago 
Heights, IL, and milepost 36.2 near Griffith, IN. The transaction was 
expected to be consummated on, or as soon as possible after, January 
31, 1997.
    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 
automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33347, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., 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: February 10, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-3934 Filed 2-14-97; 8:45 am]
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