[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 57696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27777]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33808]


Salt Lake City Southern Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant local 
trackage rights to the Salt Lake City Southern Railroad Company, Inc., 
(SLCS), a Class III rail carrier, over 2.1 miles of rail line between 
milepost 735.8 and milepost 737.9, on UP's Provo Subdivision, near 
Provo, UT. The trackage rights include the Midvale siding and crossover 
track.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to enable SLCS to provide 
improved rail service to certain shippers it is currently unable to 
serve and to improve its financial viability.
    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).
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after October 
15, 1999.
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7).1 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.
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    \1\ The notice invokes the class exemption from 49 U.S.C. 11323 
at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). While the notice cites 49 U.S.C. 10902 
rather than 49 U.S.C. 11323, in a telephone conversation with Board 
staff, SLCS acknowledged that 49 U.S.C. 11323 is the applicable 
statutory provision.
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    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33808, 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 Theodore A. McConnell, Kirkpatrick and Lockhart LLP, 1500 
Oliver Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: October 18, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-27777 Filed 10-25-99; 8:45 am]
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