[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 73950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29188]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35883]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

    The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS), pursuant to a 
written trackage rights agreement (Agreement) dated November 21, 
2014,\1\ has agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage rights to 
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) between milepost 678.5 near 
Alexandria, La., and milepost 780.7 at Lobdell Junction, La., a 
distance of approximately 102.2 miles.
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    \1\ A redacted version of the Agreement between KCS and UP was 
filed with the notice of exemption. UP states that, within ten days 
of its execution, it will file an executed, redacted copy. UP also 
states that it will file an unredacted copy along with a motion for 
protective order. That motion will be addressed in a separate 
decision.
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    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 
February 20, 2015. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to 
allow UP to bridge its train service while UP's rail lines are impacted 
due to maintenance projects in Louisiana.
    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 35883, 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. 2014-29188 Filed 12-11-14; 8:45 am]
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