[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 36380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14980]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35833]


Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Dakota, 
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation

    Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E), pursuant 
to a written trackage rights agreement, has agreed to grant 
nonexclusive, local and overhead trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad 
Company (SOO) between milepost 159.0+/- on DM&E's Marquette Subdivision 
at or in the vicinity of Bluff, Minn. (previously known as La Crescent, 
Minn.), and milepost 96.7 on DM&E's Marquette Subdivision at or in the 
vicinity of McGregor, Iowa, a distance of approximately 62.3 miles.\1\
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    \1\ A parallel trackage rights agreement in which DM&E would 
acquire trackage rights over SOO's Tomah and Watertown Subdivisions 
is the subject of the verified notice of exemption that was filed 
concurrently in Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Soo Line Railroad Company, Docket No.FD 
35834.
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after July 10, 2014, the 
effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice of 
exemption was filed).
    According to SOO, the purpose of the transaction is to promote the 
more efficient and economical movement of freight by allowing SOO 
continued handling of traffic between SOO's Tomah, Watertown, and M&P 
Subdivisions and DM&E's Marquette 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 effectiveness of the exemption. Petitions for 
stay must be filed by July 3, 2014 (at least seven days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35831, 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 Terence M. Hynes, Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: June 23, 2014.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-14980 Filed 6-25-14; 8:45 am]
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