[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16301]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34058]


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 temporary overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific 
Railroad Company (UP) over 136.5 miles of BNSF trackage extending from 
BNSF milepost 2.7, near Pasco, WA, to BNSF milepost 11.8, near Spokane, 
WA.\1\
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    \1\ On June 18, 2001, UP concurrently filed a petition for 
exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 34058 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific 
Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company, wherein UP requests that the Board 
permit the proposed temporary overhead trackage rights arrangement 
described in the present proceeding to expire on September 4, 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 26, 2001. 
The temporary trackage rights will facilitate maintenance work on UP's 
lines.
    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. 34058 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, Esq., Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1416 
Dodge Street, Room 830, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 22, 2001.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-16301 Filed 6-28-01; 8:45 am]
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