[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45891-45892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21947]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34083]


CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Canadian 
National Railway Company, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated, 
and St. Clair Tunnel Company

    Canadian National Railway Company (CN) and its subsidiaries, Grand 
Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated (GTW) and St. Clair Tunnel Company 
(St. Clair), have agreed to grant trackage rights to CSX 
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) as follows: (1) over GTW's Tappen 
Interlocking, at Port Huron, MI, between milepost 332.3 and milepost 
334.20; (2) over St. Clair's tracks between milepost 61.14 and milepost 
59.98, via the Sarnia Tunnel; and (3) over CN's tracks between milepost 
61.69 and milepost 61.14, in Port Huron, between milepost 59.98 and 
milepost 58.90, at Sarnia, Ontario, and thence northwesterly over CN's 
Port Edward

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Spur, Sarnia, between milepost 59.20=0.0 and milepost 1.41 to a 
connection with CSXT's track at Sarnia, a total distance of 
approximately 6.3 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on August 27, 2001. 
The trackage rights will allow CSXT to achieve greater operating 
efficiencies by allowing it to reach its lines in Sarnia.
    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. 34083 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 Natalie S. Rosenberg, Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 500 
Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: August 23, 2001.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-21947 Filed 8-29-01; 8:45 am]
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