[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21799-21800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10753]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34194]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company-Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company (BNSF) from UP's milepost 2.3 in Omaha, NE, to milepost 
76.0 in Sioux City, IA, for a distance of 73.7 miles.\1\
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    \1\ On April 10, 2002, BNSF filed a petition for exemption in 
STB Finance Docket No. 34194 (Sub-No. 1), The Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, wherein BNSF requests that the Board 
permit the proposed temporary overhead trackage rights arrangement 
described in the present proceeding to expire on April 30, 2002. 
That petition will be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on April 15, 2002. 
The temporary trackage rights will allow BNSF to bridge its train 
service over the UP line while BNSF's main line is out of service due 
to 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. 34194, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001. In addition, one copy of each pleading must be served on Michael 
E. Roper, Senior General Attorney, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.

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    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: April 25, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-10753 Filed 4-30-02; 8:45 am]
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