Union Pacific Railroad Company-Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption-BNSF Railway Company, 4967 [06-761]
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order to notify law enforcement
agencies of new vehicle lines exempted
from the parts marking requirements of
the Theft Prevention Standard.
Therefore, although VW has been
granted confidential treatment for most
aspects of its petition, the agency notes
certain information that may be
published in the Federal Register. If VW
decides not to use the exemption for
this line, it must formally notify the
agency, and, thereafter, the line must be
fully marked as required by 49 CFR
parts 541.5 and 541.6 (marking of major
component parts and replacement
parts).
NHTSA notes that if VW wishes in
the future to modify the device on
which this exemption is based, the
company may have to submit a petition
to modify the exemption. Part 543.7(d)
states that a Part 543 exemption applies
only to vehicles that belong to a line
exempted under this part and equipped
with the anti-theft device on which the
line’s exemption is based. Further,
§ 543.9(c)(2) provides for the submission
of petitions ‘‘to modify an exemption to
permit the use of an antitheft device
similar to but differing from the one
specified in that exemption.’’
The agency wishes to minimize the
administrative burden that Part
543.9(c)(2) could place on exempted
vehicle manufacturers and itself. The
agency did not intend Part 543 to
require the submission of a modification
petition for every change to the
components or design of an antitheft
device. The significance of many such
changes could be de minimis. Therefore,
NHTSA suggests that if the
manufacturer contemplates making any
changes the effects of which might be
characterized as de minimis, it should
consult the agency before preparing and
submitting a petition to modify.
We note that VW requested
confidential treatment for the
information and attachments it
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submitted in support of its petition.
While the agency granted the
petitioner’s request for confidential
treatment of most aspects of its petition,
we have released the model year for
which the exemption is granted. This
information is necessary for the law
enforcement efforts to combat motor
vehicle theft. That is, law enforcement
officials need to know whether a given
motor vehicle line was subject or
exempted from the parts-marking
requirements for a given model year.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 33106; delegation of
authority at 49 CFR 1.50.
Issued on: January 23, 2006.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E6–1073 Filed 1–27–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34820]
Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—BNSF Railway Company
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF)
pursuant to a written trackage rights
agreement entered into between BNSF
and Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UP) has agreed to grant temporary
overhead trackage rights to UP over
BNSF’s line of railroad between Hobart
Tower, CA (milepost 146.0), and
Riverside, CA (milepost 9.8), a distance
of approximately 57.7 miles.1
The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on January 16, 2006, but
consummation could lawfully occur no
earlier than January 17, 2006, the
1 Total mileage does not correspond to the
milepost designations of the endpoints because the
trackage rights involve BNSF subdivisions with
non-contiguous mileposts.
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effective date of the exemption (7 days
after the exemption was filed). The
temporary trackage rights will expire on
or about March 22, 2006. The purpose
of the temporary trackage rights is to
facilitate maintenance work on UP lines.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee affected by the acquisition of
the temporary 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), and any employee affected by
the discontinuance of those trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line
R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34820, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 1925
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Gabriel S.
Meyer, Assistant General Attorney, 1400
Douglas Street, STOP 1580, Omaha, NE
68179.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 23, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34820]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) pursuant to a written trackage rights
agreement entered into between BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UP) has agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage rights to UP over
BNSF's line of railroad between Hobart Tower, CA (milepost 146.0), and
Riverside, CA (milepost 9.8), a distance of approximately 57.7
miles.\1\
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\1\ Total mileage does not correspond to the milepost
designations of the endpoints because the trackage rights involve
BNSF subdivisions with non-contiguous mileposts.
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The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on January 16,
2006, but consummation could lawfully occur no earlier than January 17,
2006, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the exemption
was filed). The temporary trackage rights will expire on or about March
22, 2006. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to facilitate
maintenance work on UP lines.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee affected by the
acquisition of the temporary 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), and any employee affected by the
discontinuance of those trackage rights will be protected by the
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen,
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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 34820, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a
copy of each pleading must be served on Gabriel S. Meyer, Assistant
General Attorney, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 23, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-761 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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