[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16702-16703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7397]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34018]


Yolo Shortline Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--County of Sacramento, CA

    Yolo Shortline Railroad Company (Yolo), a Class III rail carrier, 
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
acquire from the County of Sacramento, CA (County), the exclusive 
occupancy and operating rights over 7 miles of unmarked railroad track 
within McClellan Park,\1\ in

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McClellan, CA.\2\ In addition, Yolo has leased the associated engine 
house and shop.
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    \1\ Yolo states that McClellan Park a new site being developed 
from the former McClellan Air Force Base (Base), which was slated 
for closure by the U.S. Department of Defense and will be officially 
closed by the U.S. Air Force in July 2001. Yolo indicates that, as 
portions of the Base are closed, they are turned over to the County 
for redevelopment. According to Yolo, there is no rail traffic 
currently at McClellan Park but that the track is usable for team 
track and reloading areas and service to warehousing.
    \2\ Yolo notes that the Union Pacific Railroad Company has filed 
McClellan Park at milepost 97.5 on its Martinez Subdivision, between 
Roseville and Sacramento, CA. Certain attachments to the verified 
notice indicate that the Base is in Planehaven, CA.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or about April 2, 
2001. The earliest the transaction could be consummated was March 16, 
2001, 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. 34018, 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 Mr. David Magaw, General Manager, Yolo Shortline Railroad, 
341 Industrial Way, Woodland, CA 95776.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 20, 2001.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-7397 Filed 3-26-01; 8:45 am]
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