[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 21835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-8804]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35611]


Savage, Bingham & Garfield Railroad Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated March 5, 
2012, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (CN),\1\ has agreed to 
grant limited overhead trackage rights to Savage, Bingham & Garfield 
Railroad Company (SBG) over approximately 0.6 miles of rail line 
between milepost J 47.4 (south end of CN's Whiting Yard) and Bridge 
Number 631 at or near milepost J 46.8 on CN's Calumet Spur on CN's 
Matteson Subdivision in Whiting, Ind.
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    \1\ Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company is an indirect 
subsidiary of Canadian National Railway Company.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on April 25, 2012, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was 
filed).
    The purpose of the transaction is to allow SBG to move freight for 
customers in CN's Whiting Yard on CN's Matteson Subdivision.
    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 transaction. Petitions for stay must be filed by 
April 18, 2012 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes 
effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35611, 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 David T. Ralston, Jr., Foley & Lardner LLP, 
3000 K Street NW., Washington, DC 20007.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: April 3, 2012.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012-8804 Filed 4-10-12; 8:45 am]
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