[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 125 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 35740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12608]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35047]


Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Duluth, 
Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated June 4, 2007, 
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company (DMIR) has agreed to 
grant overhead trackage rights to Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC) over a 
line of railroad between South Itasca, WI (milepost 455.1), and Shelton 
Junction, MN (milepost 68.4), via Carson, MN, including all industry 
spurs, connecting tracks and sidings now existent or hereafter 
constructed along the subject tracks, and right-of-way for the tracks, 
signals, interlocking devices and plants, telegraph and telephone 
lines, and other necessary appurtenances, a distance of approximately 
80.80 miles, all within the States of Minnesota and Wisconsin.\1\
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    \1\ A redacted version of the trackage rights agreement between 
WC and DMIR was filed with the notice of exemption. The full version 
of the agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), was 
concurrently filed under seal along with a motion for protective 
order. The request for a protective order is being addressed in a 
separate decision.
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    The earliest this transaction may be consummated is July 14, 2007, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was 
filed).
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to enhance operational 
efficiency in the movement of overhead freight movements, reblocking of 
cars within the same train, and setting out cars requiring servicing 
between South Itasca and Shelton Junction.
    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 July 6, 2007 (at least 7 days before the exemption 
becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35047, 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 Thomas J. Healey, 17641 S. 
Ashland Ave., Homewood, IL 60430.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 25, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-12608 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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