[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23093]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34248]


Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Dallas Area Rapid Transit

    Dallas, Garland & Northeastern Railroad, Inc. (DGNO), has agreed to 
acquire by assignment from Union Pacific Railroad Company exclusive 
trackage rights over Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) Elam Branch 
line between approximately milepost 308.80 near Elam, TX, and 
approximately milepost 314.84 near Briggs, TX, a total distance of 
approximately 6.04 miles.\1\
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    \1\ An unredacted version of the Trackage Rights Agreement, as 
required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), was concurrently filed under 
seal along with the motion for a protective order. That motion was 
granted and a protective order was issued in a decision served on 
September 5, 2002.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
August 30, 2002, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the 
exemption was filed).
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to enable DGNO to provide 
freight rail service on DART's rail line.
    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. 34248, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one 
copy of each pleading must be served on Gary Laakso, Vice President 
Regulatory Counsel, 5300 Broken Sound Blvd., NW., 2nd Floor, Boca 
Raton, FL 44487.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: September 5, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-23093 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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