[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 80 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8010]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35011]


Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement, Soo Line Railroad 
Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) has agreed to grant 
nonexclusive overhead trackage rights to Wisconsin & Southern Railroad 
Company (WSOR) over a line of railroad between the connection of WSOR 
with CPR's Watertown Subdivision at milepost 93.20 in North Milwaukee, 
WI, and the connection of CPR and the Northeast Illinois Regional 
Commuter Railroad Corporation \1\ on CPR's C&M Subdivision at milepost 
32.3 at Rondout, IL.\2\
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    \1\ In its pleadings, WSOR refers to this entity at METRA.
    \2\ With its verified notice of exemption, WSOR filed a redacted 
version of its trackage rights agreement with CPR. As required by 49 
CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), WSOR concurrently filed an unredacted version 
of the agreement, along with a motion for protective order to 
protect the confidential document. A protective order in this 
proceeding was served on April 20, 2007.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after the May 
10, 2007 effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption 
was filed).\3\
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    \3\ In the verified notice, although WSOR proposes to consummate 
on or about May 9, 2007, WSOR clearly states its intent to 
consummate ``after the conclusion of the 30[-]day waiting period 
required by the Board's trackage rights exemption regulations.''
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    The purpose of the trackage rights is to enable WSOR to handle more 
efficiently existing movements of specific traffic between Chicago, IL, 
and North Milwaukee by reducing trip mileage, time, crew costs, fuel 
consumption, and equipment costs.
    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 effectiveness of the exemption. Stay petitions 
must be filed by May 3, 2007 (at least 7 days before the exemption 
becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35011, 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 John D. Heffner, John D. 
Heffner, PLLC, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: April 20, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-8010 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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