[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 44 (Friday, March 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 10507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4850]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34477]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company (BNSF) over UP's (1) Lake Charles Subdivision line 
between UP milepost 680.2 at Iowa Junction, LA, and UP milepost 660.6 
at Kinder, LA, (2) Beaumont Subdivision line between UP milepost 544.5 
at Kinder, LA, and UP milepost 621.0 at Livonia, LA, and (3) Livonia 
Subdivision line between UP milepost 114.8 at Livonia, LA, and UP 
milepost 14.4 at Live Oak, LA, a total distance of approximately 196.5 
miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on March 1, 2004, 
and the trackage rights are scheduled to expire on June 24, 2004. 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 
temporary 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. 34477, 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 Sarah W. Bailiff, 2500 Lou Menk 
Drive, P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: February 27, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-4850 Filed 3-4-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P