[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 76 (Monday, April 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10235]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33346]


Soo Line Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--
I&M Rail Link, LLC

    I&M Rail Link, LLC (I&M) has agreed to grant temporary local and 
overhead trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a/ Canadian 
Pacific Railway (CPR) over I&M's trackage between milepost 123.8 near 
Comus and milepost 100.5 near Owatonna, in Rice and Steele Counties, 
MN.
    This notice is related to I&M Rail Link, LLC--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Certain Lines of Soo Line Railroad Company D/B/A/ 
Canadian Pacific Railway, STB Finance Docket No. 33326 (STB served 
April 2, 1997). The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit CPR to 
provide continuous service on the line until I&M commences operations 
on the line. CPR has submitted a filing in support of the notice. The 
temporary trackage rights will be effective on April 12, 1997, and will 
terminate automatically on April 12, 1999.1
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     1  The Board has previously authorized temporary or limited 
term trackage rights. Limiting the term of the trackage rights is 
consistent with the limited scope of the transaction. Se, e.g., 
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption-- Chicago, 
Central & Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 32959 
(Sub-No. 1) (STB served July 25, 1996).
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    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. 33346, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Larry D. Starns, Esq., Leonard, Street and Deinard, 150 South 
Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402.

    Decided: April 15, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-10235 Filed 4-18-97; 8:45 am]
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