[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 80 (Thursday, April 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10028]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34180]


Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--I&M Rail 
Link, LLC

    I&M Rail Link, LLC (I&M) has agreed to grant overhead and local 
trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific 
Railway Company (CPR) over its lines located in Illinois, Iowa and 
Missouri as follows: between River Junction (milepost 159.0) and the 
I&M/Kansas City Southern Railway Joint Agency Yard, Kansas City, MO 
(milepost 498.8), via Marquette, Sabula, Davenport and Ottumwa, IA, and 
Chillicothe, MO, with access to all connections at Kansas City; and 
between Pingree Grove, IL (milepost 40.26), and Sabula, IA (milepost 
140.8), the latter being the point of intersection between the 
aforementioned routes; and direct access to Ipsco Steel, Inc.'s (Ipsco) 
steel mill at Montpelier, IA (milepost 206.6).\1\
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    \1\ A redacted version of the trackage rights agreement between 
I&M and CPR was filed with the notice of exemption. The full version 
of the agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), was 
concurrently filed under seal along with a motion for protective 
order. A protective order was served in this proceeding on April 18, 
2002.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
April 12, 2002.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow CPR to serve the 
Ipsco facility in Montpelier under the terms of a transportation 
agreement entered into by CPR, I&M and Ipsco.
    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. 34180, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-
0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Diane P. 
Gerth, LEONARD, STREET AND DEINARD PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION, 150 South 
Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: April 18, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-10028 Filed 4-24-02; 8:45 am]
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