[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 68440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-26054]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34604]


Rio Valley Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition Exemption--Rail Lines of 
Union Pacific Railroad Company in Cameron County, TX

    Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. (RVRI), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire by 
lease approximately 17.38 miles of rail lines located in Cameron 
County, TX, from the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP). RVRI will 
lease the following rail lines: (1) A portion of the Mission Industrial 
Lead from milepost 0.06, at a point 50 feet measured at a right angle 
from UP's Brownsville Subdivision main track No. 104 at Harlingen, TX, 
to milepost 1.00 in Harlingen Yard at Harlingen, TX; (2) the Santa Rosa 
Industrial Lead from milepost 0.00 in Harlingen Yard at Harlingen, TX, 
to milepost 11.38 near Rogers Lacy, TX; and (3) approximately 5 miles 
of track in Harlingen Yard at Harlingen, TX.
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 34605, Rio 
Valley Switching Company--Operation Exemption--Rio Valley Railroad, 
Inc., wherein Rio Valley Switching Company seeks to operate the lines 
being leased by RVRI.
    RVRI certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this 
transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class I 
rail carrier. The transaction was scheduled to be consummated no sooner 
than November 2, 2004, the effective date of the exemption (7 days 
after the exemption was filed).
    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 automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34604, 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 Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. 
McFarland, P.C., 208 South LaSalle Street, 1890, Chicago, IL 
60604-1112.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: November 17, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-26054 Filed 11-23-04; 8:45 am]
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