[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 76 (Thursday, April 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20172-20173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9587]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34028]


BQ Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Certain 
Lines of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company

    BQ Railroad Company (BQRR), a noncarrier,\1\ has filed a notice of

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exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire (by purchase) The Burlington 
Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company's (BNSF) interests in, and to 
operate, approximately 1.64 miles of rail line between milepost 8.0 and 
milepost 9.64 at Rogers, in Barnes County, ND, with a retention of 
trackage rights by BNSF over the entire line, including the right to 
serve customers on the line. BQRR certifies that its projected revenues 
will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail 
carrier.
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    \1\ BQRR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Benson-Quinn Company 
(B-Q). B Q has entered into an agreement with BNSF to purchase 
BNSF's interests in the above-described rail line. B-Q has assigned 
its rights and obligations under the agreement to BQRR to be the 
common carrier operator of the rail line. BQRR states that it may 
enter into an agreement with B-Q to allow a portion of the trackage 
to be used for industrial switching when doing so does not interfere 
with common carrier operations.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
April 6, 2001, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the 
exemption was filed).
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 34029, 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company--Control Exemption--BQ Railroad Company 
and Iowa Interstate Railroads, Ltd., wherein Archer-Daniels-Midland 
Company is seeking an exemption to continue in control of BQRR upon its 
becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    If the notice 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 does not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34028, 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 Andrew P. Goldstein, McCarthy, Sweeney & Harkaway, P.C., 
Suite 600, 2175 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings.
    Decided: April 12, 2001.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-9587 Filed 4-18-01; 8:45 am]
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