[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5905-5906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1488]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34772]


R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Tennessee Terminal, LLC--Lease and 
Operation Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Tennessee Terminal, LLC (RJCK), a 
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 
1150.31 to lease, from BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), and operate 
approximately 46.7 miles of rail line known as the Tennessee-
Mississippi Terminal Tracks as follows: (1) Tracks referred to as the 
Olive Branch Metro Industrial Park tracks all in DeSoto County, MS; (2) 
tracks referred to as the Airport Industrial Park tracks, located in 
Shelby County, TN; and (3) tracks referred to as the Tennessee Yard 
tracks, all in Shelby County, TN: (a) Track No. 0323 from a point west 
of track No. 0324 to the point it connects with track No. 2058 on the 
west end of the yard; \1\ (b) track Nos. 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 0311 
and 0312; (c) track No. 1400, the Solae Lead, and all connected BNSF 
owned industrial tracks north of the yard; (d) track No. 1300, the 
Perkins Lead, and all connected BNSF owned industrial tracks north of 
the yard; (e) track Nos. 1365, 1370, 1372 and 1375, the Coors Leads; 
(f) track Nos. 1318 and 1356, Transload of Tennessee lead track; (g) 
track No. 1500 from a point east of the Shelby overpass and all Hickory 
Hill Industrial Park leads owned by BNSF; and (h) track Nos. 0892, 
1202, 1204, 1207 and all connected BNSF owned industrial tracks north 
of main track No. 2. In addition, BNSF is granting incidental trackage 
rights at its Tennessee Yard to RJCK for the purpose of moving RJCK's 
trains and equipment on BNSF's tracks as follows: (a) Track No. 0323 
from a point west of track No. 0324 to the point it connects with track 
No. 1500 on the east end of the yard; (b) track No. 1500 from a point 
east of the Shelby overpass to the point it connects with track No. 
0323; (c) track No. 0323 from the point it connects with track No. 2058 
to the point track No. 0323 connects with track No. 1008; and (d) track 
No. 1008 (former Main 2) from the point it connects with track No. 0323 
to milepost 493.0.
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    \1\ BNSF is reserving the right to use this track for the sole 
purpose of moving its trains and equipment.
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    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 34775, 
Richard J. Corman and R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC--Continuance in 
Control Exemption--R.J. Corman Railroad Company/Tennessee Terminal, 
LLC, wherein Richard J. Corman and R.J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, 
have concurrently filed a verified notice of exemption to continue in 
control of RJCK, upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    RJCK certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of 
this transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class 
I rail carrier, and further certifies that its projected annual 
revenues will not exceed $5 million. The transaction was scheduled to 
be consummated on January 15, 2006.
    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.

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    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34772, 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 Ronald A. Lane, Fletcher & 
Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606-2832.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 30, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-1488 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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