[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 44 (Thursday, March 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10308]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5547]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33363]
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co.; Trackage Rights
Exemption; Birmingham Southern Railway Co.
Birmingham Southern Railway Company has agreed to grant overhead
trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
(BNSF) from BNSF's rail yard at milepost 147 + 28.00 to milepost 225 +
51.51 in Birmingham, AL, for the purpose of moving loaded and empty
cars to the American Cast Iron Pipe Company plant.
The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on February 26,
1997.
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. 33363, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. 1 In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Michael E. Roper, Esq., The Burlington
Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, 3800 Continental Plaza, 777 Main
Street, Forth Worth, TX 76102-5384.
\1\ Due to the Board's scheduled relocation on March 16, 1997,
any filings made after March 16, 1997, must be filed with the
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC
20423-0001.
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Decided: February 27, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-5547 Filed 3-5-97; 8:45 am]
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