[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65630-65631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31712]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33140]
Columbia Basin Railroad Company, Inc.--Exemption To Lease and
Operate--Burlington Northern Railroad Co. and BNSF Acquisition, Inc.
Columbia Basin Railroad Company, Inc. (CBRC), a non-carrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease and
operate the following rail lines: (1) Connell (MP 186.9) to Wheeler, WA
(MP 147.3); (2) Bassett Junction (MP 0.0) to Schrag, WA (MP 12.50); (3)
Moses Lake (MP 18.3) to Sieler, WA (MP 5.0); and (4) Sieler (MP 5.0) to
Wheeler, WA (MP 0.0). According to CBRC, it will lease a total of 65.4
miles of the lines which were to be acquired by Burlington Northern
Railroad Company (BNRR) and BNSF Acquisition Inc. when they consummated
the transaction authorized in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation,
BNSF Acquisition Corp., and Burlington Northern Railroad Company--
Control--Washington Central Railroad Company, Inc., STB Finance Docket
No. 32974 (STB served Oct. 25, 1996). In addition, CBRC will acquire
trackage rights to provide local and overhead freight service over
BNRR's 13-mile line between Warden (MP 1976.0) and Othello, WA (MP
1989.0).
The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after December
4, 1996 contemporaneously with the
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transaction in STB Finance Docket No. 32974.
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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33140, 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 Mark H. Sidman, 1350 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005-4797.
Decided: December 6, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-31712 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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