[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 208 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27559]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33948]


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

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has 
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP) over BNSF's rail line between BNSF milepost 885.2 near 
Bakersfield, CA, and BNSF milepost 1120.54 near Stockton, CA, a 
distance of 235 miles.\1\
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    \1\ On October 16, 2000, UP filed a petition for exemption in 
STB Finance Docket No. 33948 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad 
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company, wherein UP requests that the Board permit 
the proposed overhead trackage rights arrangement described in the 
present proceeding to expire on February 15, 2001. That petition 
will be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on October 20, 2000.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit UP to use the BNSF 
trackage when UP's trackage is out of service for scheduled 
maintenance.
    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. 33948 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 Robert T. Opal, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 830, Omaha, NE 
68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: October 19, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-27559 Filed 10-25-00; 8:45 am]
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