[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3615-3616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1638]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33540]
Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) will agree to grant local
trackage rights to Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc. (BMR) between: (1) UP
milepost 210.0 at
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Juniper, OR, and UP milepost 218.0 at Wallula Heights, WA; and (2) UP
milepost 0.0 at Wallula, WA, and UP milepost 2.0 near Attilia, WA, a
total distance of 10 miles. BMR will be permitted to provide local
switching service only to Boise Cascade Corporation, Ponderosa Fibers,
and WATCO, Inc., at Wallula, WA.
The transaction is expected to be consummated on or shortly after
January 15, 1998, the effective date of the exemption.
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk
and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33540, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on: Karl Morell, Ball Janik LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20005.
Decided: January 15, 1998.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1638 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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