[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34732-34733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15704]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36135]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for its 
acquisition of temporary overhead trackage rights over a line of 
railroad of Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) between milepost 
681.0 near Pineville, La., and milepost 561.7 near Bossier City, La., a 
distance of approximately 119.3 miles.
    UP states that, pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement 
(Agreement) dated July 12, 2017,\1\ KCS has agreed to grant the 
specified temporary overhead trackage rights to UP. UP states that it 
intends to consummate the transaction upon the effective date of the 
notice.\2\ The sole purpose of the trackage rights is to allow UP to 
operate its own trains that are rerouted over the KCS line while UP 
repairs a damaged bridge on its DeQuincy Subdivision. The temporary 
trackage rights will expire on August 31, 2017.
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    \1\ A redacted copy of the Agreement between UP and KCS was 
filed with the notice. An unredacted copy was filed under seal along 
with a motion for protective order pursuant to 49 CFR 1194.14(a). 
That motion will be addressed in a separate decision.
    \2\ On July 18, 2017, UP filed a petition requesting that the 
Board allow this trackage rights transaction to become effective 
immediately rather than on August 17, 2017. The Board is addressing 
this request in another decision.
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    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 & 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), 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 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. The filing of a petition to

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revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 36135, 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 applicant's representative, Jeremy M. 
Berman, Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 1580, 
Omaha, NE 68179.
    According to UP, this action is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and historic reporting 
under 49 CFR 1105.8(b)(3).
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
WWW.STB.GOV.

    Decided: July 21, 2017.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2017-15704 Filed 7-25-17; 8:45 am]
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