[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 80894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32290]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35452]


Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway Company--Lease Renewal 
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway Company (WTJR) has filed a 
verified notice of exemption to renew its lease of approximately 40.48 
miles of rail line consisting of two unconnected segments: \1\ (1) The 
Western Branch, owned by Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP),\2\ 
extending between milepost 0.99 at Wichita Falls, Tex., and 
approximately milepost 17.54 near Burkburnett, Tex., at the Texas-
Oklahoma state line; and (2) the Walters Industrial Lead, owned by the 
Oklahoma Department of Transportation, extending between milepost 
513.50 at Walters, Okla., and milepost 537.43 at Waurika, Okla. The 
current lease agreement is scheduled to expire on January 12, 2011.\3\
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    \1\ WTJR was authorized to lease and operate the rail lines in 
Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway Company--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Docket No. FD 31787 
(ICC served Jan. 8, 1991).
    \2\ The Western Branch was previously owned by Missouri Pacific 
Railroad Company (MP). Upon UP's acquisition of MP, UP assumed the 
lease agreement.
    \3\ According to WTJR, the current agreement provides for an 
automatic 20-year extension if applicant provides proper written 
notice. WTJR submitted a copy of a renewal of lease agreement which 
it has also forwarded to UP.
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    The transaction is related to a concurrently filed notice of 
exemption wherein WTJR seeks to renew its lease of 61.02 miles of the 
Western Branch in Oklahoma owned by the Oklahoma Department of 
Transportation. Wichita, Tillman & Jackson Railway Company--Lease 
Renewal Exemption--Oklahoma Department of Transportation, FD 35451.
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(4). If the verified 
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.
    As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees affected 
by this transaction will be protected by the conditions imposed in 
Norfolk and Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington Northern, 
Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway--
Lease and Operate--California Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35452, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Karl Morell, Suite 225, 1455 F Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: December 17, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-32290 Filed 12-22-10; 8:45 am]
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