[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 183 (Tuesday, September 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25332]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33655]


Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Sault Ste. 
Marie Bridge Company and Fox Valley & Western Ltd.

    Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSAM) and Fox Valley & Western 
Ltd. (FVW) have agreed to grant non-exclusive overhead trackage rights 
to Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL): 1 (1) over SSAM's line of 
railroad between milepost 92.1, at Powers, MI, and milepost 4, at Duck 
Creek, WI, including access to FVW's main line at Duck Creek (milepost 
4), a distance of approximately 88.1 miles; and (2) over FVW's line of 
railroad between milepost 4, at Duck Creek, and milepost 1.4, at North 
Green Bay, WI, including access to WCL's pre-existing rights at North 
Green Bay, a distance of approximately 2.6 miles.
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    \1\ SSAM is a Class III railroad. FVW and WCL are Class II 
railroads.
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    The purpose of the trackage rights is to provide more efficient 
service by WCL between its lines in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and 
the Fox Valley Area of Wisconsin.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected as required by 49 U.S.C. 11326(b), 
subject to the procedural interpretations of the analogous statutory 
provisions at 49 U.S.C. 10902 contained in the Board's decision in 
Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Acquisition Exemption--Lines of Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 33116 (STB served Apr. 17, 
1997) (WCL Exemption).
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after 
September 11, 1998.2
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    \2\ The notice to employees discussed in WCL Exemption and 
adopted as a requirement for certain transactions in Acquisition of 
Rail Lines Under 49 U.S.C. 10901 and 10902--Advance Notice of 
Proposed Transactions, STB Ex Parte No. 562 (STB served Sept. 9, 
1997), does not apply to exempt trackage rights transactions.
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    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. 33655, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Michael J. Barron, Jr., Esq., Wisconsin Central Ltd., 6250 
North River Road, Suite 9000, Rosemont, IL 60018.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: September 15, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-25332 Filed 9-21-98; 8:45 am]
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