[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 79 (Friday, April 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20441-20442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10961]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33574 (Sub-No. 1)]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

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SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, exempts the trackage rights 
described in STB Finance Docket No. 33574 <SUP>1</SUP> to permit the 
trackage rights to expire, as they relate to the operation on the 
Shawnee Junction segment, on July 15, 1998, as they relate to the 
operation on the Fish Lake segment, on September 1, 1998, and as they 
relate to the Lewisville/Longview segment, on July 31, 1998, in 
accordance with the agreement of the parties.<SUP>2</SUP>

    \1\ On March 24, 1998, BNSF filed a notice of exemption under 
the Board's class exemption procedures at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). The 
notice covered the agreement by UP to grant BNSF limited overhead 
trackage rights between the following points: (1) Shawnee Junction, 
WY, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 271.4 (North Platte 
Subdivision) and Northport, NE, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 
117.3 (North Platte Subdivision), a distance of approximately 154 
miles (Shawnee Junction segment); (2) Fish Lake, WA, in the vicinity 
of UP's milepost 354.7 (Spokane Subdivision) and Attalia, WA, in the 
vicinity of UP's milepost 215.7 (Spokane Subdivision), a distance of 
approximately 139 miles (Fish Lake segment); and (3)(a) Lewisville, 
AR, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 390.3 (Pine Bluff Subdivision) 
and Big Sandy, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 525.0, on the 
Pine Bluff Subdivision (milepost 112.95 Dallas Subdivision), and (b) 
Longview, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 89.6, on the Dallas 
Subdivision (milepost 0.0 Palestine Subdivision) and Dallas, TX, in 
the vicinity of UP's milepost 214.6 (Dallas Subdivision), a distance 
of approximately 260 miles (Lewisville/Longview segment). The 
trackage rights are scheduled to expire effective July 15, 1998, for 
the Shawnee Junction segment, effective September 1, 1998, for the 
Fish Lake segment, and effective July 31, 1998, for the Lewisville/
Longview segment. See The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company, 
STB Finance Docket No. 33574 (STB served Apr. 6, 1998). The trackage 
rights operations under the exemption became, or will become, 
effective on April 1, 1998, for the Shawnee Junction segment, on 
July 1, 1998, for the Fish Lake segment, and on June 15, 1998, for 
the Lewisville/Longville segment.
    \2\ Trackage rights normally remain in effect unless 
discontinuance authority or approval of a new agreement is sought. 
See Milford-Bennington Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Boston and Maine Corporation and Springfield Terminal 
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32103 (ICC served Sept. 3, 
1993).


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DATES: This exemption is effective on May 24, 1998. Petitions to reopen 
must be filed by May 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of all pleadings referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33574 (Sub-No. 1) must be filed with the Office of 
the Secretary, Case Control Unit, Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of all 
pleadings must be served on petitioners' representatives (1) Yolanda M. 
Grimes, Esq., The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, P. 
O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039, and (2) Joseph D. Anthofer, 
Esq., Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, 
NE 68179.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-1600. 
[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202) 565-1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information is contained in the 
Board's decision. To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, 
call, or pick up in person from: DC NEWS & DATA, INC., Suite 210, 1925 
K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 289-4357. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through TDD services 
(202) 565-1695.]

    Decided: April 10, 1998.

    By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice Chairman Owen.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10961 Filed 4-23-98; 8:45 am]
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