[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52518-52519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19943]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34208]


Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Hennepin 
County Regional Rail Authority

    Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority (HCRRA), pursuant to a 
written trackage rights agreement \1\ entered into between HCRRA and 
Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo), d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway 
(CPR),\2\ has agreed to grant trackage rights to CPR over HCRRA's rail 
line from a point of connection with existing trackage rights in the 
City of Minneapolis, MN, at or near CNW milepost 16.2,\3\ to 
approximately 330 feet west in the City of St. Louis Park, MN, at a 
point of connection with Soo-owned trackage located at or near Soo 
milepost 428.38, engineering station 381.90, at or near CNW milepost 
16.3.\4\
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    \1\ A redacted version of the trackage rights agreement 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 is being served on August 5, 2002.
    \2\ Soo is a wholly owned subsidiary of CPR.
    \3\ Some of the trackage and right-of-way in the vicinity was 
formerly owned by the Chicago and North Western Transportation 
Company (CNW).
    \4\ CPR agreed to sell this segment of Soo's track to HCRRA. The 
segment is adjacent to track already owned by HCRRA over which CPR 
and the Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company have trackage rights 
under an August 10, 1998 agreement that will be supplemented to 
include this line segment under its terms.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
July 30, 2002, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the 
exemption was filed).
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow CPR to continue to 
hold rights to operate over a 330-foot section of trackage that is 
being sold to HCRRA by CPR.
    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).
    The 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. 34208, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., 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.

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    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: August 1, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-19943 Filed 8-9-02; 8:45 am]
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