[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40138]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19653]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33427]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company; Trackage 
Rights Exemption; Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company has agreed to grant local trackage 
rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company over 
approximately 1 mile of rail line between milepost 601.5 and milepost 
602.5 in Casper, WY, for the purpose of serving the facility of Black 
Hills Bentonite, LLC.
    The transaction was expected to be consummated on July 21, 
1997.1
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    \1\ Under 49 CFR 1180.4(g)(1), a notice of exemption is 
effective 7 days after it is filed. Although applicant indicated 
that the proposed transaction would be consummated on July 21, 1997, 
because the notice was filed on July 15, 1997, the proposed 
transaction could not be consummated before the July 22, 1997 
effective date.
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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 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 stay 
the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33427, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001 and served on: Michael E. Roper, Senior 
General Attorney, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, 
P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.

    Decided: July 18, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-19653 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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