[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 74998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21175]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34971]


BNSF Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Stillwater 
Central Railroad

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant overhead trackage 
rights to Stillwater Central Railroad (SLWC) over BNSF's line of 
railroad between milepost 688.0 (Altus Yard) in Altus, OK, and milepost 
668.73 in Long, OK, a distance of approximately 19.3 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on the December 29, 
2006 effective date of the exemption.\1\
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    \1\ The trackage rights' agreement provides for an initial term 
of 15 years. The parties must seek Board authority for the trackage 
rights to expire at the end of that time period.
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    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow overhead movement of 
SLWC's trains between Altus, OK and Long, OK.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employee affected by the 
acquisition of 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 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. 34971, 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 Sidney L. Strickland, Jr., 
Sidney Strickland and Associates, PLLC, 3050 K Street, NW., Suite 101, 
Washington, DC 20007.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.gov.

    Decided: December 6, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-21175 Filed 12-12-06; 8:45 am]
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