[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16120]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33410]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Southern Pacific Transportation Company
Southern Pacific Transportation Company has agreed to grant
overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company over
trackage from milepost 360.42, at Houston (near the Carr Street
connection), to milepost 280.1, at Beaumont, a distance of 80.32 miles,
in the State of Texas.
The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on June 16, 1997.
The purpose of the trackage rights is to facilitate efficient train
operations in a one-way directional move of rail traffic between
Houston and Beaumont, TX.
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. 33410, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE
68179.
Decided: June 12, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-16120 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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