[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 117 (Monday, June 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 32873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15321]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34055]


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 lines as follows: (1) between Shawnee 
Jct., WY, BNSF milepost 117.1 and Bridger Jct., WY, BNSF milepost 127.3 
(Orin Subdivision); (2) between Bridger Jct., BNSF milepost 133.2 and 
East Guernsey, WY, BNSF milepost 91.7 (Canyon Subdivision); (3) between 
East Guernsey, BNSF milepost 91.7 and Northport, NE, BNSF milepost 0.0 
(Valley Subdivision); and (4) between Northport, BNSF milepost 33.8 and 
Sidney, NE, BNSF milepost 75.4 (Angora Subdivision), a distance of 
approximately 175 miles.\1\
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    \1\ On June 6, 2001, UP and BNSF filed a petition for exemption 
in STB Finance Docket No. 34055 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad 
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company, wherein UP and BNSF request that the Board 
permit the proposed overhead trackage rights arrangement described 
in the present proceeding to expire on June 22, 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 June 13, 2001.
    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. 34055 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: June 11, 2001.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-15321 Filed 6-15-01; 8:45 am]
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