[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 44563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18973]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34377]


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

    Union Pacific Railway Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company (BNSF) over UP's Memphis Subdivision lines between West 
Memphis, AR, at UP milepost 375.9, and Memphis, TN, at UP milepost 
378.1, a distance of approximately 2.2 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to become effective on July 16, 2003, 
and the authorization is scheduled to expire on October 2, 2003. The 
purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to allow BNSF to bridge its 
train service while its main lines are out of service due to certain 
programmed track, roadbed, and structural 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 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 (DC 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. 34377, 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 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: July 18, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18973 Filed 7-29-03; 8:45 am]
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