[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 74579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21046]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34969]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant temporary overhead 
trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over BNSF's 
lines between milepost 146.0, Hobart, CA, and milepost 9.8, Riverside, 
CA, a distance of approximately 55 miles.\1\
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    \1\ Total mileage does not correspond to the milepost 
designations of the endpoints because the trackage rights involve 
BNSF subdivisions with non-contiguous mileposts.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on January 2, 2007, 
and the temporary trackage rights will expire on or about April 5, 
2007. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to facilitate 
maintenance work on UP lines.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employee affected by the 
acquisition of the temporary 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), and any employee affected by the 
discontinuance of those trackage rights will be protected by the 
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen, 
360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). 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. 34969, 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 Gabriel S. Meyer, Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas St., STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
    Decided: December 5, 2006.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-21046 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]
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