[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39009-39010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13294]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34713]


BG & CM Railroad--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Great 
Northwest Railroad, Inc

    BG & CM Railroad (BG & CM), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate 
approximately 76.2 miles of rail line owned by Great Northwest 
Railroad, Inc. (GNR) in Nez Perce, Clearwater, and Lewis Counties, ID 
as follows: (1) From milepost 132.7 east of Lewiston to milepost 61.9 
(end of line), at or near Kooskia; (2) from milepost 0.0 at Spalding to 
milepost 1.0 near Spalding;\1\ and (3) from milepost 0.0 at Orofino to 
milepost 3.5 at Konkolville.
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    \1\ Pursuant to BG & CM Railroad, Inc.--Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 
Subtitle IV, STB Finance Docket No. 34399, served Oct. 17, 2003, 
clarified Camas Prairie Railnet, Inc.--Abandonment--in Lewis, Nez 
Perce, and Idaho Counties, ID (Between Spalding and Grangeville, 
ID), STB Docket No. AB-564 (STB served May 3, 2004), BG & CM 
previously acquired and operated an extension of this segment 
(milepost 1.0 near Spalding to the end of the line at milepost 66.8 
near Grangeville) as a contract carrier. BG & CM's status as a 
contract rather than a common carrier between milepost 1.0 and 
milepost 66.8 will not change as a result of this filing.
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    BG & CM certifies that its projected revenues will not exceed those 
that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier, and that its annual 
revenues will not exceed $5 million.
    The transaction was expected to be consummated on June 13, 2005, 
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. 34713, 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 Charles H. Montange, 426 NW 
162nd St., Seattle, WA 98177.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 28, 2005.


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    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-13294 Filed 7-5-05; 8:45 am]
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