[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7020]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34014]


Canadian National Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption-
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company and Van Buren Bridge Company

    Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company (BAR) and Van Buren Bridge 
Company (VBBC), pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement to be 
entered into between BAR, VBBC and Canadian National Railway Company 
(CNR), will grant limited local trackage rights to CNR over BAR's track 
between milepost 0.0 at Madawaska, ME, and milepost 22.72 at Canadian 
Junction, ME, and over VBBC's track between milepost 0.0 at Canadian 
Junction and milepost 0.31 at the United States-Canada border, a total 
distance of approximately 23.03 miles. CNR will also acquire trackage 
rights over a short distance of VBBC's line in Canada to reach a 
connection with an existing CNR line in St. Leonard, New Brunswick, 
Canada.\1\
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    \1\ CNR's acquisition of trackage rights over VBBC's line in 
Canada is not subject to the Board's jurisdiction.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
March 14, 2001.
    This transaction is related to a simultaneously filed notice of 
exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 34015, Waterloo Railway Company--
Acquisition Exemption--Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company and Van 
Buren Bridge Company, wherein Waterloo Railway Company would acquire 
from BAR and VBBC, pursuant to a negotiated agreement the parties were 
in the process of executing, a nonexclusive freight operating easement 
over the same 23.03 miles of rail line.
    The trackage rights will allow CNR to directly access a specified 
shipper in Madawaska, thus providing that shipper with enhanced rail 
service options.
    CNR agrees to, and affected United States employees will be 
protected by, imposition of the employee conditions established 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. 34014, 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 William C. Sippel, Esq., Fletcher & Sippel LLC, Two 
Prudential Plaza, Suite 3125, 180 North Stetson Avenue, Chicago, IL 
60601-6721.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 14, 2001.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7020 Filed 3-20-01; 8:45 am]
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