[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33560-33561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13699]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35629]


Eastern Maine Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Woodland Rail, LLC

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated April 30, 
2012, Woodland Rail, LLC (Woodland Rail) has agreed to grant limited, 
nonexclusive trackage rights to Eastern Maine Railway Company (EMR) 
over a rail line known as the Calais Industrial Track (the Line). The 
Line is approximately 11.83 track miles in length, with approximately 
6.75 track miles located in Maine and

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approximately 5.08 track miles located in New Brunswick, Canada. As EMR 
acknowledges in its notice, the jurisdiction of the Board only extends 
to the portions of the Line within the United States. The end points of 
the Line are at engineering station 64+17 in Baileyville and 
engineering station 6978+84 in Calais, in Washington County, Me. The 
transaction includes a spur track between Woodland Junction, Me., which 
is engineering station 363+45, and engineering station 393+37 and 
another spur track at St. Croix Junction, Me., which is engineering 
station 6817+12.\1\
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    \1\ In a related transaction, Woodland Rail has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate the 
Line from Maine Central Railroad Co. See Woodland Rail, LLC--Acquis. 
& Operation Exemption--Line of Me. Cent. R.R., FD 35628 (STB served 
June 6, 2012).
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on June 21, 2012, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was 
filed).
    The purpose of the transaction is to permit EMR to directly serve a 
pulp mill owned by Woodland Pulp, LLC in Baileyville. EMR will be able 
to serve the mill with both inbound and outbound traffic, and EMR will 
also have all rights needed to interchange or provide run-through 
service with New Brunswick Southern Railway. Other than direct service 
to the mill, EMR's rights on the Line will be overhead only, and EMR 
will be prohibited from serving any other locations or shippers on the 
Line.
    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. Petitions for 
stay must be filed by June 14, 2012 (at least 7 days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35629, 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 E. Benz; Thompson Hine LLP; Suite 700; 
1919 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 1, 2012.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012-13699 Filed 6-5-12; 8:45 am]
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