[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 43698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16260]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34218]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), pursuant to a written trackage 
rights agreement entered into between UP and The Burlington Northern 
and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to BNSF over UP's rail line between UP's 
milepost 428.7 at Klamath Falls, OR, and UP's milepost 141.9 at Binney 
Junction (Marysville), CA, a total distance of approximately 286.8 
miles. BNSF will operate its own trains with its own crews over UP's 
line under the trackage rights agreement.\1\
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    \1\ On June 20, 2002, BNSF filed a petition for exemption in STB 
Finance Docket No. 34218 (Sub-No. 1), The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, where BNSF requests that the Board permit the 
proposed overhead trackage rights arrangement described in the 
present proceeding to expire on August 16, 2002. That petition will 
be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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    Operations under the exemption were scheduled to begin on June 17, 
2002, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the notice was 
filed).
    The temporary trackage rights are to allow BNSF to bridge its train 
service while BNSF's main line is out of service for 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 the notice 
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. 34218, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a 
copy of each pleading must be served on Michael E. Roper, 2500 Lou Menk 
Drive, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 20, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-16260 Filed 6-27-02; 8:45 am]
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