[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19399-19400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08252]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35908]


Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR), pursuant to a written 
trackage rights agreement (Agreement) \1\ dated February 1, 2015, has 
agreed to grant non-exclusive, overhead trackage rights to Nittany and 
Bald Eagle Railroad Company (N&BE) over NSR's line of railroad between 
milepost BR 194.2 at Lock Haven, Pa., and milepost BR 139.2 at 
Driftwood, Pa., a distance of 55 miles.\2\
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    \1\ A redacted version of the Agreement between NSR and N&BE was 
filed with the notice of exemption. N&BE simultaneously filed a 
motion for protective order to protect the confidential and 
commercially sensitive information contained in the unredacted 
version of the Agreement, which N&BE submitted under seal in this 
proceeding. That motion will be addressed in a separate decision.
    \2\ N&BE was previously authorized non-exclusive, temporary, 
overhead trackage rights over the 55 miles of rail line that expired 
on December 30, 2014. See Nittany & Bald Eagle R.R.--Temp. Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Norfolk S. Ry., FD 35793, (STB served Feb. 7, 
2014).
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after April 26, 2015, the 
effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice of 
exemption was filed). The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow 
N&BE to operate bridge train service for certain seasonal traffic.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
acquisition of the trackage rights will be protected by the conditions 
imposed in Norfolk & Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington 
Northern, Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast 
Railway, Inc.--Lease & Operate--California Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 
653 (1980), and any employees affected by the discontinuance of those 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions set out in Oregon 
Short Line Railroad--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & 
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    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 effectiveness of the exemption. Petitions for 
stay must be filed no later than April 17, 2015 (at least 7 days before 
the exemption becomes effective).

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    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35908, 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 Richard R. Wilson, 518 N. Center Street, 
Ste. 1, Ebensburg, PA 15931.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: April 6, 2015.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Raina S. Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2015-08252 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4915-01-P