[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42072-42073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16878]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35845]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), pursuant to a written trackage rights 
agreement dated June 25, 2014, has agreed to grant overhead temporary 
trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), over 
approximately 691.5 miles of rail line extending between milepost 0.0 
(near Houston, Tex.) and milepost 335.7 (near Amarillo, Tex.) on BNSF's 
Mykawa, Galveston, Lampasas, Slaton, Plainview, and Hereford 
subdivisions.\1\ The trackage rights are granted for the sole purpose 
of allowing UP to bridge its train service while UP's main lines are 
impacted due to the Tower 55 construction project in Ft. Worth, Tex.
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    \1\ UP states that the temporary trackage rights cross several 
BNSF subdivisions and the beginning and ending mileposts therefore 
do not equal 691.5 miles. UP submitted a map displaying the route 
between the beginning and ending mileposts.
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after August 1, 2014, and 
the temporary trackage rights are scheduled to expire on September 30, 
2014.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
acquisition of the temporary trackage rights will be protected by the 
conditions imposed in Norfolk and Western Railway--Trackage Rights--
Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 
Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease and Operate--California Western 
Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980), and any employees affected by the 
discontinuance of those trackage rights will be protected by the 
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line Railroad--Abandonment Portion 
Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, 
Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). If it 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

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a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of 
the exemption. Petitions for stay must be filed no later than July 25, 
2014 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35845, 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 Jeremy M. Berman, 1400 Douglas St., Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: July 14, 2014.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-16878 Filed 7-17-14; 8:45 am]
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