[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 35273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14640]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35528]


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

    Pursuant to a supplemental trackage rights agreement (Supplemental 
Agreement No. 1),\1\ The Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) has agreed to 
grant overhead trackage rights to CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) \2\ 
over approximately 3.5 miles of rail line in Terre Haute, Vigo County, 
Ind., as follows: Between Belt Junction (milepost 181.7) and the south 
end of INRD's Martin Siding (milepost 185.2), including a right of 
entry and exit at the connections of INRD with CSXT at Belt Junction 
and Spring Hill (milepost 182.7).
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    \1\ A draft of the agreement was included with the notice of 
exemption. The parties state that, upon execution of the agreement, 
an executed copy will be filed with the Board.
    \2\ CSXT controls INRD. CSX Corp.--Control--Ind. Rail Rd., FD 
32892 (STB served Nov. 7, 1996).
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    The new trackage rights agreement extends the trackage rights that 
INRD had previously granted to CSXT \3\ to operate over INRD's Chicago 
Subdivision, between the connection of CSXT and INRD trackage at ConMil 
at approximately INRD milepost 175.5 and the connection of CSXT and 
INRD trackage at approximately INRD milepost 181.7, a distance of 6.2 
miles. The new trackage rights will allow CSXT's crews to deliver 
trains to and receive trains from INRD on INRD's newly constructed 
Martin Siding south of Belt Junction.
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    \3\ See CSX Transp., Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Ind. Rail 
Rd., FD 35058 (STB served July 13, 2007).
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    The transaction may be consummated on June 30, 2011, the effective 
date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed).
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk 
& Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 
I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease & 
Operate--California Western Railroad, 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 June 23, 2011 (at least 7 days before the exemption 
becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35528, 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 Louis E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Ave., Suite 
301, Towson, MD 21204.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``http://www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: June 8, 2011.

    By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-14640 Filed 6-15-11; 8:45 am]
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