[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04819]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36230]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has filed a verified notice of 
exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8) for acquisition of temporary 
overhead trackage rights over a rail line of BNSF Railway Company 
(BNSF) between milepost 579.3 near Mill Creek, Okla., on BNSF's Creek 
Subdivision and milepost 631.0 near Joe Junction, Tex., on BNSF's 
Madill Subdivision, a total distance of approximately 51.7 miles.
    UP states that, pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement, 
BNSF has agreed to grant the specified temporary overhead trackage 
rights to UP.\1\ According to UP, the temporary trackage rights are for 
the sole purpose of moving loaded and empty unit ballast trains to be 
used for UP maintenance-of-way projects. The temporary trackage rights 
will expire on December 31, 2019.
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    \1\ A copy of the agreement, dated December 31, 2018, was filed 
with the notice.
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after March 29, 2019, 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 
acquisition of 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), 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).
    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 revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the 
exemption. Petitions to stay must be filed by March 22, 2019 (at least 
seven days before the exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 36230, 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 Berman, 1400 Douglas Street, Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.

    Decided.

    By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019-04819 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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