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commenter provides, to 

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Issued in Washington, DC, on December 8, 

2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29127 Filed 12–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35862] 

Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi 

Railroad Company—Lease and 

Operation Exemption Including 

Interchange Commitment—Union 

Pacific Railroad Company 

Arkansas Louisiana & Mississippi 

Railroad Company (ALM), a Class III rail 

carrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

lease from Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP) and operate 

approximately 9.32 miles of rail line, 

known as the Bastrop Lead, between 

mileposts 551.25 and 560.57, in 

Collinston, La. 

ALM and UP have entered into a lease 

agreement wherein the Bastrop Lead 

connects with another line leased by 

ALM between Bastrop and Monroe, La., 

to UP’s McGehee Sub at Collinston. 

According to ALM, the lease will allow 

ALM and UP to shift their primary 

interchange location from Monroe to 

Collinston, which should allow for more 

efficient interchange and handling of 

traffic that is moved jointly by the 

carriers. 

As required by 49 CFR 1150.43(h), 

ALM has disclosed in the verified notice 

that the subject lease agreement 

contains an interchange commitment 

that indirectly affects interchange with 

Kansas City Southern Railway Company 

at Monroe. 

ALM has certified that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not result in ALM’s 

becoming a Class II or Class I rail 

carrier, but that its annual revenues 

exceed $5 million. Accordingly, as 

required by 49 CFR 1150.42(e), ALM has 

certified that: (1) On October 16 and 23, 

2014, a copy of the verified notice was 

posted at the workplaces of the 

employees on the line, and (2) on 

October 24, 2014, a copy of the verified 

notice was served on the national offices 

of all labor unions with employees on 

the line. Additionally, under 49 CFR 

1150.42(b), a change in operators 

requires that notice be given to shippers. 

ALM states that there are no shippers on 

the line. 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is December 26, 2014, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). ALM 

states that it intends to consummate the 

transaction on or shortly after that date. 

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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than December 19, 2014 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35862, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Eric M. Hocky, Clark 

Hill, PLC, One Commerce Square, 2005 

Market Street, Suite 1000, Philadelphia, 

PA 19103. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV. 

Decided: December 9, 2014. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29186 Filed 12–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35884] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—BNSF Railway Company 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), 

pursuant to a written trackage rights 

agreement dated November 24, 2014, 

has agreed to grant temporary overhead 

trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP) between milepost 579.3 

near Mill Creek, Okla., on BNSF’s Creek 

Subdivision and milepost 631.0 near Joe 

Junction, Tex., on BNSF’s Madill 

Subdivision, a distance of 

approximately 51.7 miles. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after December 28, 2014, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice of exemption 

was filed). The temporary trackage 

rights will expire on November 30, 

2015. The purpose of the temporary 

trackage rights is to allow UP to move 

loaded and empty unit ballast trains to 

be used for UP maintenance of way 

projects. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary 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—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)(8). 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than December 19, 2014 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35884, 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 Jeremy M. Berman, Union 

Pacific Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas 

Street, STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: December 9, 2014. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29187 Filed 12–11–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

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