[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 64616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25334]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 36346]


Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Operation Exemption--Hallett Dock No. 5 
in Duluth, Minn.

    Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL), a rail carrier,\1\ filed a petition 
seeking an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval 
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10901 to operate a rail/water dock facility 
in Duluth, Minn., known as Hallett Dock No. 5 (the Dock), after WCL 
acquires the Dock from its current noncarrier owner, Hallett Dock 
Company. The Dock is an approximately 100-acre, ground-level rail/water 
bulk commodity transfer and storage dock facility that includes a 
2,400-foot vessel berth, two ship loaders, a railcar unloader, dry 
storage building, approximately 9,000 feet of rail trackage on the 
dock, and approximately 6,300 feet of adjacent railcar holding tracks 
along the shore line.
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    \1\ WCL is an indirect subsidiary of Canadian National Railway 
Company.
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    In an accompanying petition to set a procedural schedule, WCL 
requests that replies to the petition for exemption be due by December 
13, 2019, and WCL's response by January 2, 2020.
    The Board will institute an exemption proceeding pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 10502(b). A procedural schedule will be set as noted below, 
consistent with the reply and response deadlines WCL requested.
    All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36346, must be filed with 
the Surface Transportation Board either via e-filing or in writing 
addressed to 395 E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, 
a copy of each pleading must be served on WCL's representative: Thomas 
J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, 
Chicago, IL 60606-3208.
    Board decisions and notices are available at www.stb.gov.
    It is ordered:
    1. An exemption proceeding is instituted under 49 U.S.C. 10502(b).
    2. Replies to WCL's petition are due by December 13, 2019.
    3. WCL's response to any replies is due by January 2, 2020.
    4. Notice of this decision will be published in the Federal 
Register.
    5. This decision is effective on its date of service.

    Decided: November 18, 2019.

    By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019-25334 Filed 11-21-19; 8:45 am]
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