[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27383-27384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13687]
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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. 32959]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad Company (CCP) has agreed to
grant overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP).
CCP will grant UP overhead trackage rights in a north-south direction
from the point of switch of the connection at CCP milepost 455.8, near
Arion, to the point of switch of the connection at CCP milepost 512.2,
near Council Bluffs, IA, a total distance of approximately 56.4 miles.
The trackage rights are located in
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Crawford, Harrison, and Pottawattamie Counties, IA.2
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\2\ On May 21, 1996, the Board concurrently received UP and
CCP's request in STB Finance Docket No. 32959 (Sub-No. 1), Petition
for Partial Revocation of Class Exemption and for Temporary
Exemption of Trackage Rights, that the Board permit the trackage
rights arrangement to extend only until August 1, 1996. That
petition will be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on, or as soon as
possible after, the effective date of the exemption. Because the notice
of exemption was filed on May 21, 1996, the transaction could be
consummated no sooner than May 28, 1996.
The purposes of the trackage rights are: (1) to allow UP to operate
over an alternate line while UP's parallel line is undergoing repair;
and (2) to allow use of the trackage rights as required to alleviate
congestion on UP's parallel track.
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, 354 I.C.C.
732 (1978) and 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. 32959, 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 Joseph D. Anthofer, General Attorney, 1416
Dodge Street, No. 830, Omaha, NE 68179.
Decided: May 28, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-13687 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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