[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 49 (Friday, March 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11939-11940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5380]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34478]


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 grant temporary overhead trackage

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rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over a BNSF rail line 
between BNSF milepost 5.7 near Villard Junction, WA, and BNSF milepost 
11.98 near Lakeside Junction, WA, a distance of approximately 139.3 
miles.\1\
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    \1\ The trackage rights involve BNSF subdivisions with non-
contiguous mileposts. Therefore, total mileage does not correspond 
to the milepost designations of the endpoints.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on March 1, 2004, 
and the authorization is expected to expire on or about March 29, 2004. 
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 
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 in 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 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. 34478, 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 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 4, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-5380 Filed 3-11-04; 8:45 am]
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