[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 16252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06783]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36001]


BNSF Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--State of 
Washington, Department of Transportation

    The State of Washington, Department of Transportation (WDOT), 
pursuant to a trackage rights agreement being negotiated between WDOT 
and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF),\1\ has agreed to grant BNSF restricted 
local trackage rights over approximately 5.3 miles of rail line between 
milepost 1.0 at Cheney, Wa., and milepost 6.30 near Four Lakes, Wa. 
(the Line). The trackage rights are intended to permit BNSF to move 
unit trains of 75 to 120 cars of grain or grain products or empty cars 
originating or terminating at the Highline Grain facility at milepost 
6.30, and to perform overhead movements over the Line.
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    \1\ WDOT and BNSF state that a copy of the agreement will be 
filed with the Board within 10 days of the agreement's execution. 
Also, WDOT states that Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad Company, 
which leases the Line for which BNSF seeks restricted local trackage 
rights, will be a party to the trackage rights agreement.
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after April 10, 2016, the 
effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice of 
exemption was filed).
    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 April 1, 2016 (at least 7 days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 36001, 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 Karl Morell, Karl Morell & Associates, 655 
15th Street NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: March 21, 2016.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016-06783 Filed 3-24-16; 8:45 am]
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