[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-207]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33698]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Operation Exemption--A Line of 
Railroad Owned by the City of Los Angeles, CA, Through Its Board of 
Harbor Commissioners

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has filed a verified notice of 
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate a rail line owned by the City 
of Los Angeles, CA, through its Board of Harbor Commissioners, a 
noncarrier. The 0.8-mile rail line involved in this transaction is 
located between milepost 17.0 and milepost 17.8, in Los Angeles, and 
will constitute part of the Alameda Rail Corridor 
(Corridor).1
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    \1\ See Alameda Corridor Construction Application, Finance 
Docket No. 32830 (STB served May 13, 1996).
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    The exemption became effective on December 30, 1998, but the 
exempted transaction is not expected to be consummated until 
approximately March 2002.2
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    \2\ Applicant notes that the segment of track involved in this 
proceeding is located within the Port of Los Angeles and is 
currently being operated by UP and The Burlington Northern Santa Fe 
Railroad (BNSF) without prior Board authority pursuant to the 
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10906. According to applicant, upon 
substantial completion of the Corridor, on or about March 2002, the 
segment of track will become part of the Corridor, and at that time, 
operations over the track will require the Board authorization being 
requested in this proceeding.
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    UP and BNSF will operate the rail line as part of an overall 
coordination of rail operations along the Corridor that will give UP 
and BNSF access to facilities and terminals in the Ports of Los Angeles 
and Long Beach, CA.3 As part of the coordination project, UP 
has concurrently filed a verified notice of exemption in STB Finance 
Docket No. 33702, Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, to 
acquire overhead trackage rights.
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    \3\ BNSF has filed a separate notice of exemption to operate the 
line in STB Finance Docket No. 33700, The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company--Operation Exemption--A Line of Railroad 
Owned by the City of Los Angeles, CA, Through its Board of Harbor 
Commissioners.
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    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. 33698, 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 Joseph D. Antofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, No. 830, Omaha, 
NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: December 30, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-207 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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