Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.: Union Pacific Railroad Co.,

[Federal Register: December 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 246)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33834]

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

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant limited overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company between Roseville, CA, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 106.6 (Valley Subdivision), and Binney Junction, CA, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 141.9 (Valley Subdivision).

The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on December 21, 1999.

The purpose of the trackage rights is to facilitate southbound directional train operations between Roseville and Binney Junction.

As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filedunder 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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

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a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB Finance Docket No. 33834, must be filedwith the Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one copy of each pleading must be served on Yolanda Grimes Brown, Esq, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.

Board decisions and notices are available on our website at ``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

Decided: December 17, 1999.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings. Vernon A. Williams, Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-33336Filed12-22-99; 8:45 am]

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