[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 76003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30655]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33960]


The Central Illinois Railroad Company--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Lines of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company at Chicago, Cook County, IL

    The Central Illinois Railroad Company, a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from The 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) approximately 
5.9 miles of main line track and approximately 12.47 miles of 
sidetrack, collectively referred to as the Lumber District and Illinois 
Northern lines or portions thereof, in the vicinity of BNSF's Western 
Avenue Yard in Chicago, Cook County, IL.\1\
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    \1\ On November 20, 2000, a petition to stay the effective date 
of the exemption was filed by Joseph C. Szabo, on behalf of United 
Transportation Union-Illinois Legislative Board. The petition for 
stay was denied in The Central Illinois Railroad Company--Lease and 
Operation Exemption--Lines of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company at Chicago, Cook County, IL, STB Finance Docket No. 
33960 (STB served Nov. 22, 2000).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated no earlier than 
November 23, 2000, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after 
the exemption was filed).
    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. 33960, 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, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Thomas F. McFarland, Jr., Esq., McFarland & Herman, 20 North 
Wacker Drive, Suite 1330, Chicago, IL 60606-2902.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: November 27, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-30655 Filed 12-4-00; 8:45 am]
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