[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36379-36380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14981]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35834]


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

    Soo Line Railroad Company (SOO), pursuant to a written trackage 
rights agreement, has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to 
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific 
(DM&E) between mile post 159.0+/- on DM&E's Marquette Subdivision at or 
in the vicinity of Bluff, MN, over SOO's Tomah Subdivision and 
Watertown Subdivision to the connection SOO's and M&P Subdivision and 
over the MP& Subdivision to mile post 7.0 at or in the vicinity of 
Columbia, WI, a distance of approximately 119.0+/- miles.\1\
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    \1\ A parallel trackage rights agreement in which SOO would 
acquire trackage rights over DM&E's Marquette Subdivision is subject 
of the Verified Notice of Exemption being filed concurrently in 
Docket No. FD 35833.
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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 DM&E, the purpose of the transaction is to promote the 
more efficient and economical movement of freight by allowing DM&E 
continued handling of traffic between DM&E's Marquette Subdivision and 
SOO's Tomah, Watertown, and M&P Subdivisions.
    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 7 days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35834, 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.


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    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-14981 Filed 6-25-14; 8:45 am]
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