Great Northwest Railroad, L.L.C.-Amendment of Trackage Rights Exemption Containing Interchange Commitment-Union Pacific Railroad Company
| Published date | 19 December 2018 |
| Record Number | 2018-27468 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Surface Transportation Board |
Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 65198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27468]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36235]
Great Northwest Railroad, L.L.C.--Amendment of Trackage Rights
Exemption Containing Interchange Commitment--Union Pacific Railroad
Company
Great Northwest Railroad, L.L.C. (GRNW) has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) to amend its existing overhead
trackage rights over a rail line owned by Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP). GRNW states that the existing trackage rights extend over
UP's line of railroad between milepost 10.46 at Riparia, Wash., and
milepost 267.10 at Ayer, Wash. (the Line). The total distance is
approximately 15.10 miles.\1\
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\1\ GRNW states that it acquired incidental overhead trackage
rights on the Line by assignment from Camas Prairie RailNet, Inc.
Great N.W. R.R.--Acquis. & Operation Exemption--Camas Prairie
RailNet, Inc., FD 34474 (STB served Mar. 19, 2004).
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GRNW states that the amended trackage rights agreement between it
and UP (the Amendment) will permit GRNW to provide local service to a
new facility locating on the Line.
According to GRNW, the Amendment includes an interchange
commitment. As required under 49 CFR 1180.4(g)(4), GRNW has provided
additional information regarding the interchange commitment.
The transaction may be consummated on or after January 2, 2019, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice of
exemption was filed).
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by 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--Lease &
Operate--California Western Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).
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 to stay must be filed by December 26, 2018 (at least seven
days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 36235, 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, Karl Morell & Associates, 440
1st Street NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20001.
Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
www.stb.gov.
Decided: December 13, 2018.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Raina Contee,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2018-27468 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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