[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 70643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23916]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35105]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), pursuant to a written trackage rights 
agreement entered into between BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad Company 
(UP), has agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage rights to UP, to 
expire on or about March 18, 2008, over BNSF's lines between Hobart, CA 
(milepost 144.5), and Riverside, CA (milepost 10.6), a total distance 
of approximately 55 miles.\1\
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    \1\ UP states that the total mileage does not correspond to the 
milepost designations of the endpoints because the trackage rights 
involve BNSF subdivisions with non-contiguous mileposts.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on January 2, 2008. 
The purpose of the temporary overhead trackage rights is to allow UP to 
facilitate maintenance work on its lines.
    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 transaction. Any stay petition must be 
filed on or before December 19, 2007 (at least 7 days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35105, 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 Gabriel S. Meyer, Assistant 
General Attorney, Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street, 
STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: December 5, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-23916 Filed 12-11-07; 8:45 am]
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