[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 180 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56019-56020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23631]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33926]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company 
(BNSF) over UP's lines as follows: (1) Between East Portland, OR, in 
the vicinity of UP's milepost 770.34, and Oakridge, OR, in the vicinity 
of UP's milepost 580.5 (UP's Brooklyn Subdivision); and (2) between 
Oakridge, OR, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 580.5 and Chemult, OR, 
in the vicinity of UP's milepost 502.9 (UP's Cascade Subdivision), a 
distance of approximately 245 miles.\1\
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    \1\ On September 6, 2000, BNSF filed a petition for exemption in 
STB Finance Docket No. 33926 (Sub-No. 1), The Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, wherein BNSF requests that the Board 
permit the proposed overhead trackage rights arrangement described 
in the present proceeding to expire on November 11, 2000. That 
petition will be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on September 15, 
2000.
    The primary purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to 
operate over an alternative line while BNSF's lines are undergoing 
maintenance and repair.
    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 a petition to revoke will not automatically 
stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33926, 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, 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.

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    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: September 8, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23631 Filed 9-14-00; 8:45 am]
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