[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43772-43773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21720]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33440]


Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) will agree to lease trackage to 
Arkansas-Oklahoma Railroad Company (AOK)

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over: (1) UP's Krebs Industrial Lead extending from the clearance point 
of the mainline switch at milepost 564.5 to the end of the Krebs 
Industrial Lead, and (2) UP's Shawnee Branch extending from milepost 
364.96 to milepost 370.5.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after August 
7, 1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to provide AOK railroad 
freight service on the Shawnee Branch at McAlester, OK, and the Krebs 
Industrial spur between McAlester, and Krebs, OK.
    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. 33440 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 Kelley E. O'Brien, Esq., Mayer, Brown & Platt, 2000 
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20006-1881.

    Decided: August 6, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21720 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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