[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16531]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33612]
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company; Trackage
Rights Exemption; Union Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead
trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
(BNSF) between Dallas, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 214.6
(Dallas Subdivision) and Tower 55, Fort Worth, TX, in the vicinity of
UP's milepost 245.5 (Dallas Subdivision), a distance of approximately
30.9 miles.1
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\1\ On June 4, 1998, BNSF and UP filed a petition for exemption
in STB Finance Docket No. 33612 (Sub-No. 1), The Burlington Northern
and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union
Pacific Railroad Company, wherein BNSF and UP request that the Board
permit the overhead trackage rights arrangement described in the
present proceeding to expire on July 31, 1998. That petition will be
addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on June 15, 1998.
The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to operate over
an alternative line while BNSF's line is undergoing maintenance and
repair.
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. 33612, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on Yolanda M. Grimes, Esq., The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe
Railway Company, P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.
Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: June 15, 1998.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16531 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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