[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 66 (Friday, April 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17220-17221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6217]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35007]


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

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated March 15, 
2007, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over 
approximately 2 miles of BNSF's lines extending between Basta, CA 
(milepost 163.15), and Fullerton, CA (milepost 165.23).
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on April 27, 2007. 
The temporary trackage rights are intended to expire on or about August 
28, 2007.\1\
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    \1\ In accordance with the trackage rights agreement, UP 
indicates that it will utilize its trackage rights from April 27, 
2007, through May 19, 2007, and from August 7, 2007, through August 
28, 2007.
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    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 effectiveness of the exemption. Any stay petition must

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be filed on or before April 13, 2007 (at least 7 days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35007, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a 
copy of each pleading must be served on Gabriel S. Meyer, Assistant 
General Attorney, 1400 Douglas Street, Union Pacific Railroad Company, 
STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 28, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-6217 Filed 4-5-07; 8:45 am]
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