[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 198 (Friday, October 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60607-60608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16949]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34911]


Montana Rail Link, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--BNSF Railway 
Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant overhead trackage 
rights \1\ to Montana Rail Link, Inc. (MRL) over BNSF's rail lines 
extending from approximately milepost 51.07 at or near Garrison, MT, to 
approximately milepost 21.5, a location south of Warm Springs, MT, a 
distance of approximately 29.57 miles.
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    \1\ On September 25, 2006, MRL filed a petition for exemption in 
STB Finance Docket No. 34911 (Sub-No. 1), Montana Rail Link, Inc.--
Trackage Rights Exemption--BNSF Railway Company, wherein MRL and 
BNSF request that the Board permit the proposed overhead trackage 
rights arrangement described in the present proceeding to expire on 
or about December 31, 2010. That petition will be addressed by the 
Board in a separate decision.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or before 
October 2, 2006. The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow for the 
movement of sediment from the Clark Fork River between Garrison and 
Missoula, MT (Milltown Dam Area), near Bonner, MT, to Opportunity 
Ponds, MT.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
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).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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. 34911, 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 Troy Garris,

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1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: October 5, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-16949 Filed 10-12-06; 8:45 am]
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