[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 48820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19531]



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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

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Correction to notice of exemption.

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    Soo Line Railroad Company (SOO), pursuant to a written trackage 
rights agreement, has agreed to grant local and overhead trackage 
rights to Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) 
between milepost 159.0+/- on DM&E's Marquette Subdivision at or in the 
vicinity of Bluff, Minn. (previously known as La Crescent, Minn.), over 
SOO's Tomah and Watertown Subdivisions to the connection with SOO's M&P 
Subdivision and over the M&P Subdivision to milepost 7.0 at or in the 
vicinity of Columbia, Wis., a distance of approximately 119.0 +/- 
miles.\1\ On June 26, 2014, notice of the exemption was served and 
published in the Federal Register (79 FR 36,379). The exemption became 
effective on July 10, 2014.
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    \1\ A parallel trackage rights agreement in which SOO would 
acquire trackage rights over DM&E's Marquette Subdivision is the 
subject of the verified notice of exemption that was filed 
concurrently in Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation, Docket 
No. FD 35833.
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    The published notice stated that SOO was granting DM&E overhead 
trackage rights. The notice should have stated that SOO was granting 
DM&E local and overhead trackage rights. This notice corrects that 
error.
    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 verified 
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.
    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: August 12, 2014.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-19531 Filed 8-15-14; 8:45 am]
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