[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 51316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25095]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 33117]
Fox Valley & Western Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I railroad, has agreed
to grant non-exclusive trackage rights, subject to certain routing
restrictions, to Fox Valley & Western Ltd. (FVW), a Class II railroad,
over its trackage between milepost 4.00 at Duck Creek, WI, and milepost
5.70, at Howard, Brown County, WI.
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\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109
Stat. 803, which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took effect
on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and
transferred certain functions to the Surface Transportation Board
(Board). This notice relates to functions that are subject to Board
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323-24.
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The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on September 26,
1996.
The trackage rights will enable FVW to move loaded and empty cars
for the purpose of serving industries at Howard, WI.
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 it 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. 33117, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Janet H. Gilbert, Esq., Fox Valley & Western
Ltd., 6250 N. River Road, Suite No. 9000, Rosemont, IL 60018.
Decided: September 24, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25095 Filed 9-30-96; 8:45 am]
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