61434 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 200 / Monday, October 18, 2004 / Notices 

Corporation and Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company—Control and 

Operation Leases/Agreements—Conrail 

Inc. and Consolidated Rail Corporation 

[General Oversight].

STB Finance Docket No. 34421, 

HolRail LLC—Construction and 

Operation Exemption—in Orangeburg 

and Dorchester Counties, SC.

Embraced Case: STB Finance Docket 

No. 34421 (Sub-No. 1), HolRail LLC—

Petition for Crossing Authority under 49 

U.S.C. 10901(d).

STB Finance Docket No. 34462, MVC 

Transportation, LLC—Acquisition 

Exemption—P&LE Properties, Inc.

Embraced Case: STB Finance Docket 

No. 34462 (Sub-No. 1), MVC 

Transportation, LLC—Acquisition 

Exemption—P&LE Properties, Inc.

STB Finance Docket No. 30186 (SubNo. 3), Tongue River Railroad Company, 

Inc.—Construction and Operation—

Western Alignment.

STB Docket No. AB–68 (Sub-No. 4X), 

Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Marquette County, MI.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Dennis Watson, Office of Congressional 

and Public Services, Telephone: (202) 

565–1596 FIRS: 1–800–877–8339.

Dated: October 13, 2004. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23367 Filed 10–14–04; 11:51 

am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34559] 

Illinois Railnet, Inc.—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—The Burlington Northern 

and Santa Fe Railway Company 

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to 

grant to Illinois Railnet, Inc. (Illinois): 

(1) limited local trackage rights for the 

purpose of servicing customers on BNSF 

in and around Oregon, IL, and (2) 

limited overhead trackage rights for the 

purpose of interchanging traffic between 

BNSF and Illinois and accommodating 

light power moving over BNSF’s lines 

between milepost 98.49 near Oregon, 

and milepost 86.57 near Flag Center, IL, 

and between milepost 43.36 near 

Zearing, IL, and milepost 40.73 near 

Montgomery, IL. 

Illinois indicates that it expected to 

consummate the transaction on October 

8, 2004. 

The transaction is related to STB 

Finance Docket No. 34549, Illinois 

Railnet, Inc.—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—The Burlington 

Northern and Santa Fe Railway 

Company, wherein Illinois seeks to 

acquire from BNSF and operate two 

lines of railroad: (1) a portion of BNSF’s 

Oregon Subdivision between milepost 

98.75 at Oregon, and milepost 105.78 at 

Mt. Morris, IL, and (2) a portion of 

BNSF’s La Salle Subdivision between 

milepost 25.7 at La Salle, IL, and 

milepost 43.36 at Zearing. 

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 the 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. 34559, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on John D. 

Heffner, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: October 12, 2004.

By the Board David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23259 Filed 10–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34549] 

Illinois Railnet, Inc.—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—The Burlington 

Northern and Santa Fe Railway 

Company 

Illinois Railnet, Inc. (Illinois), a Class 

III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

acquire from The Burlington Northern 

and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF), 

and operate two lines of railroad: (1) A 

portion of BNSF’s Oregon Subdivision 

between milepost 98.75 at Oregon, IL, 

and milepost 105.78 at Mt. Morris, IL, 

and (2) a portion of BNSF’s La Salle 

Subdivision between milepost 25.7 at La 

Salle, IL, and milepost 43.36 at Zearing, 

IL, a distance of approximately 24.7 

miles in Ogle, La Salle, and Bureau 

Counties, IL. 

The transaction is related to STB 

Finance Docket No. 34559, Illinois 

Railnet, Inc.—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—The Burlington Northern 

and Santa Fe Railway Company, 

wherein BNSF will grant Illinois: (1) 

Limited local trackage rights for the 

purpose of servicing customers on BNSF 

in and around Oregon, and (2) limited 

overhead trackage rights for the purpose 

of interchanging traffic between BNSF 

and Illinois and accommodating light 

power moving over BNSF’s lines 

between milepost 98.49 near Oregon, 

and milepost 86.57 near Flag Center, IL, 

and between milepost 43.36 near 

Zearing, and milepost 40.73 near 

Montgomery, IL. 

Illinois certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in the 

creation of a Class I or Class II rail 

carrier, and that its revenues will not 

exceed $5 million. 

Illinois indicates that it expected to 

consummate the transaction on October 

8, 2004. 

If the 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. 34549, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on John D. 

Heffner, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: October 12, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23260 Filed 10–15–04; 8:45 am] 

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