[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52197-52198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17730]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35076]


City of Boise Railroad--Operation Exemption--The Boise Cutoff 
Rail Line in Ada County, ID

    The City of Boise Railroad (the City), a noncarrier, has filed a 
verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate an 18.2-
mile line of railroad known as the Boise Cutoff between milepost 424.80 
near Orchard and

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milepost 443.0 near Hillcrest, in Ada County, ID.\1\
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    \1\ The Boise Cutoff was formerly part of the Boise Subdivision 
of Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP). See, Union Pacific Railroad 
Company--Abandonment and Discontinuance of Trackage Rights 
Exemption--in Ada County, ID, STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 137X) 
(STB served July 8, 1999). The City states that after abandonment, 
UP conveyed the Boise Cutoff to the City in 2000. The City did not 
believe at that time that it required Board authority or an 
exemption for its operation of the Boise Cutoff. The City now 
proposes to actively operate the Boise Cutoff.
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    The City certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result 
of this transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or 
Class I rail carrier and further certifies that its projected annual 
revenues will not exceed $5 million. The transaction is scheduled to be 
consummated on or after September 26, 2007.
    If the verified 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 transaction. 
Petitions for stay must be filed no later than September 19, 2007.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35076, 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 Thomas F. McFarland, P.C., 208 
South LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604-1112.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: August 31, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-17730 Filed 9-11-07; 8:45 am]
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