[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72141-72142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33336]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33834]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant limited 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company between Roseville, CA, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 
106.6 (Valley Subdivision), and Binney Junction, CA, in the vicinity of 
UP's milepost 141.9 (Valley Subdivision).
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on December 21, 
1999.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to facilitate southbound 
directional train operations between Roseville and Binney Junction.
    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

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a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33834, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Yolanda Grimes Brown, Esq, The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company, P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: December 17, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-33336 Filed 12-22-99; 8:45 am]
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