[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23823-23824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11361]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33558]


Camas Prairie Railnet, Inc.; Acquisition and Operation Exemption; 
Camas Prairie Railroad Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and the 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company

    Camas Prairie Railnet, Inc. (CSPR), a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and 
operate a series of interconnected lines of railroad currently owned by 
the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), and The Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), and operated by the Camas Prairie 
Railroad Company (CSP) 1 as follows: (1) A line of railroad, 
known as the 1st Subdivision, extending from milepost 137.0, at 
Lewiston, ID, to milepost 61.0 (end of track), at or near Kooskia, ID; 
(2) a line of railroad, known as the 2nd Subdivision, extending from 
milepost 0.0, at Spalding, ID, to milepost 66.5 (end of track), at or 
near Grangeville, ID; (3) a line of railroad, known as the 3rd 
Subdivision, extending from milepost 0.0, at Riparia, WA, to milepost 
71.5, at East Lewiston, ID; and (4) a line of railroad, known as the 
4th Subdivision, extending from milepost 0.0, at Orofino, ID, to 
milepost 31.0 (end of track), at or near Revling, ID.2 In 
addition, CSPR will also obtain incidental overhead trackage rights 
over UP trackage between milepost 10.46, at Riparia, and approximately 
milepost 267.1, at Ayer, WA, for the purpose of interchanging traffic 
with both UP and BNSF. The trackage to be acquired and operated by CSPR 
is approximately 245 route miles in length, and the related trackage 
rights are approximately 15.1 miles in length.
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    \1\ CSPR will replace CSP as the common carrier operator of the 
lines being acquired.
    \2\ BNSF currently owns the lines known as the 1st Subdivision, 
the 2nd Subdivision, and the 4th Subdivision. UP currently owns the 
line known as the 3rd Subdivision.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after April 
17, 1998.
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33578, North 
American Railnet, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Camas Prairie 
Railnet, Inc., wherein North American Railnet, Inc. has concurrently 
filed a verified notice to continue in control of CSPR upon its 
becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    Because the projected revenues of the rail lines to be operated 
will exceed $5 million, CSPR certified to the Board, on

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February 13, 1998, that the required notice of its rail line 
acquisition was posted at the workplace of the employees on the 
affected lines on February 12, 1998. See 49 CFR 1150.42(e).
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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. 33558, 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 Robert A. Wimbish, Esq., Rea, Cross & Auchincloss, 1707 L 
Street, N.W., Suite 570, Washington, DC 20036.

    Decided: April 23, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11361 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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