[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 66 (Friday, April 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6483]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35010]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Orange County Transportation Authority

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated March 20, 
2007, Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has agreed to grant 
temporary overhead trackage to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over 
OCTA's trackage extending between milepost 165.25, Fullerton Junction, 
CA, and milepost 171.00, CP College, CA, a distance of approximately 
5.75 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on April 27, 2007. 
The temporary trackage rights are scheduled to expire on August 28, 
2007.\1\ The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to facilitate 
maintenance work on UP lines.
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    \1\ In accordance with the trackage rights agreement, UP 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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    As a condition to this exemption, any employees 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 employees 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. Stay petitions must be filed 
by 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. 35010, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 395 E Street, SW., 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.

    Decided: April 2, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-6483 Filed 4-5-07; 8:45 am]
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