[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 92 (Friday, May 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27789-27790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7262]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34874]


South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Inc.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Wichita Union Terminal

    Wichita Union Terminal (WUT) has agreed to grant restricted 
overhead trackage rights to South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, Inc. 
(SKO), over WUT's line of railroad between BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) 
milepost 213.2 and BNSF milepost 211.7, in Wichita, KS, a total 
distance of approximately 1.5 miles. WUT is jointly owned by BNSF and 
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on the May 1, 2006 
effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the trackage rights agreement is to enable SKO to 
handle overhead traffic within Wichita, KS.
    As a condition of this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the

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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).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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. 34874, 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 Karl Morell, Of Counsel, Ball 
Janik LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: May 5, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-7262 Filed 5-11-06; 8:45 am]
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