[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44139-44140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18727]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34380]


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

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has 
agreed to

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grant temporary overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP) between BNSF milepost 29.9 near Fremont, NE, and BNSF 
milepost 104.1 near Ferry, NE, a distance of 74.2 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to become effective on August 31, 
2003, and the authorization is scheduled to expire on or about October 
20, 2003. The purpose of the temporary rights is to facilitate 
maintenance work on UP lines.
    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 by Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 
653 (1980), aff'd sub nom. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. United 
States, 675 F.2d 1248 (D.C. Cir. 1982).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). 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 stay 
the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34380, 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: Robert T. Opal, 1416 Dodge 
St., Room 830, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: July 17, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18727 Filed 7-24-03; 8:45 am]
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