[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 220 (Thursday, November 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67251-67252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26919]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35087 \1\]


Canadian National Railway Company and Grand Trunk Corporation--
Control--EJ&E West Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
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    \1\ This decision also embraces Elgin, Joliet and Eastern 
Railway Company--Corporate Family Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB 
Finance Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 1); Chicago, Central & Pacific 
Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB 
Finance Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 2); Grand Trunk Western Railroad 
Incorporated--Trackage Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB 
Finance Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 3); Illinois Central Railroad 
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB Finance 
Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 4); Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087 
(Sub-No. 5); EJ&E West Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Chicago, 
Central & Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087 
(Sub-No. 6); and EJ&E West Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Illinois Central Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087 
(Sub-No. 7).

ACTION: Notice of Board meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 
to receive a briefing from and discuss with the Section of 
Environmental Analysis (SEA) staff the Environmental Impact Statement 
(EIS) being prepared in STB Finance Docket No. 35087. The meeting will 
be open for public observation but not public participation.

DATES: The meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 
beginning at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Hearing Room on the first 
floor of the Board's headquarters at Patriot's Plaza, 395 E Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
    A video broadcast of the hearing will be available via the Board's 
Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under ``Information Center''/
``Webcast''/``Live Video'' on the home page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Dennis Watson, Office of Public 
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, Telephone: (202) 245-
0234, FIRS: (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 30, 2007, the Canadian National

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Railway Company (CN) and Grand Trunk Corporation (collectively, CN or 
the Applicants) filed an application with the Board, seeking the 
Board's approval to acquire control of EJ&E West (EJ&EW) Company, a 
wholly owned noncarrier subsidiary of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern 
Railway Company (EJ&E). EJ&E is a Class II railroad that currently 
operates approximately 200 miles of track in Northeastern Illinois and 
Northwestern Indiana.
    On November 26, 2007, the Board issued Decision No. 2 announcing 
that SEA will prepare an EIS to assess the potential environmental 
impacts that may result from the proposed acquisition. The Draft EIS 
was served on July 25, 2008, and public comments on the Draft EIS were 
due by September 30, 2008. SEA is currently preparing the Final EIS in 
response to comments on the Draft EIS.
    This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the 
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.

    Dated: November 7, 2008.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
Clearance Clerk.
 [FR Doc. E8-26919 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am]
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