[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52839-52840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25747]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
\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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[STB Finance Docket No. 33129]
Southern Pacific Transportation Company--Trackage Rights
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead
trackage rights to Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) over
three rail segments that total approximately 65.60 miles of contiguous
rail lines located in Los Angeles and the vicinity of Los Angeles, CA,
as follows: (1) The Los Angeles Subdivision between Los Angeles (M.P.
2.88) and Bartola (M.P. 11.44); (2) the Los Angeles Subdivision between
City of Industry (M.P. 18.44) and Riverside (M.P. 56.6); and (3) the
San Pedro Branch in Los Angeles (M.P. 2.83 to M.P. 21.71). The trackage
rights were to become effective on or after September 26, 1996.2
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\2\ Under 49 CFR 1180.4(g)(1), a notice of exemption is
effective 7 days after it is filed. Although applicants indicated
that the proposed transaction would be consummated on or after
September 25, 1996, because the notice was filed on September 19,
1996, the proposed transaction could not be consummated before the
September 26, 1996 effective date.
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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 stay
the transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33129, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, NW.,
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Washington, DC 20423 and served on: James V. Dolan, Vice President-Law,
1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 68179.
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).
Decided: October 1, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-25747 Filed 10-7-96; 8:45 am]
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