[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 134 (Friday, July 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38654-38655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13524]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35059]


The Indiana Rail Road Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--CSX 
Transportation, Inc.

    Pursuant to a written draft trackage rights agreement, CSX 
Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to grant limited overhead 
trackage rights to The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) over CSXT's 
line of railroad known as the CE&D Subdivision, between CSXT's 
connection with INRD's trackage at approximately CSXT milepost OZA 
181.70 at Belt Junction, Terre Haute, IN, and at approximately CSXT 
milepost 204.20 at Sullivan, IN, a distance of approximately 22.5 
miles.\1\
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    \1\ Pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), INRD states that it 
will file the executed trackage rights agreement with the Board 
within 10 days of the date of its execution.

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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on July 29, 2007. 
The trackage rights are necessary, for economy and efficiency of 
operation, to permit CSXT and INRD to interchange at Terre Haute unit 
coal trains and empty hopper trains moving to and from Ameren Energy 
Generating Company at Lis, IL, on INRD's line of railroad west of 
Sullivan, using its own trains (locomotives or cars) with its own 
crews.\2\
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    \2\ INRD states that it is contemplating rehabilitating its own 
line or railroad between Terre Haute and Sullivan within the next 5 
years so that it can operate the Ameren trains entirely via lines of 
INRD between Terre Haute and Lis.
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    As a condition to this exemption, any employees 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 effectiveness of the exemption. Stay petitions must be filed 
by July 20, 2007 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes 
effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35059, 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 John Broadley, 1054 31st 
Street, NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at: 
http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Dated: July 6, 2007.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-13524 Filed 7-12-07; 8:45 am]
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