Iowa River Railroad, Inc.-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-Rail Lines of North Central Railway Association, Inc., and Union Pacific Railroad Company, 38209 [E6-10372]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34877]
[STB Finance Docket No. 34850 (Sub-No.
1)]
Iowa River Railroad, Inc.—Acquisition
and Operation Exemption—Rail Lines
of North Central Railway Association,
Inc., and Union Pacific Railroad
Company
BNSF Railway Company—Temporary
Trackage Rights Exemption—Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Iowa River Railroad, Inc. (IRR), a
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 1 to
acquire (by purchase) and operate rail
lines from: (1) North Central Railway
Association, Inc., extending between
milepost 201.46 at or near Ackley and
milepost 212.0 at or near Steamboat
Rock, a distance of 10.54 miles, in
Hardin County, IA; and (2) Union
Pacific Railroad Company, extending
between milepost 212.0 at or near
Steamboat Rock and milepost 243.35 at
or near Marshalltown, a distance of
31.35 miles, in Hardin and Marshall
Counties, IA. The total distance of rail
lines to be purchased and operated by
IRR is 41.89 miles.
IRR certifies that its projected
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not exceed those that would qualify
it as a Class III rail carrier.
IRR stated that the transaction would
be consummated no sooner than 7 days
after June 5, 2006.
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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34877 must be filed with the
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, one copy of each
pleading must be served on: T. Scott
Bannister, T. Scott Bannister &
Associates, 111—Fifty-Sixth Street, Des
Moines, IA 50312.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
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Decided: June 27, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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1 IRR’s notice of exemption originally was filed
on May 23, 2006, but was amended on June 1 and
June 5, 2006. Therefore, the official filing date for
the notice of exemption is June 5, 2006.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company
(UP), pursuant to an amended written
trackage rights agreement entered into
between UP and BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF), has agreed to grant
limited temporary overhead trackage
rights to BNSF eastbound trains on: (1)
UP’s Dallas Subdivision from Tower 55
at Ft. Worth, TX (milepost 245.3), to
Longview, TX (milepost 89.6); (2) UP’s
Little Rock Subdivision from Longview
(milepost 89.6) to North Little Rock, AR
(milepost 343.6); (3) UP’s Hoxie
Subdivision from North Little Rock
(milepost 343.6) to Bald Knob, AR
(milepost 287.9); and (4) UP’s Memphis
Subdivision from Bald Knob (milepost
287.9) to Kentucky Street, Memphis, TN
(UP milepost 378.1), a distance of 542.2
miles. UP has also agreed to grant
limited overhead trackage rights to
BNSF for westbound trains on: (1) UP’s
Memphis Subdivision from Kentucky
Street to Briark, AR (milepost 375.3); (2)
UP’s Brinkley Subdivision (milepost
4.1) to Brinkley, AR (milepost 70.6); (3)
UP’s Jonesboro Subdivision (milepost
200.5) to Pine Bluff, AR (milepost
264.2); (4) UP’s Pine Bluff Subdivision
(milepost 264.2) to Big Sandy, TX
(milepost 525.1); and (5) UP’s Dallas
Subdivision (milepost 114.5) to Tower
55 at Ft. Worth (milepost 245.3), a
distance of 526.3 miles.
The original trackage rights granted in
BNSF Railway Company—Temporary
Trackage Rights Exemption—Union
Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance
Docket No. 34850 (STB served Apr. 7,
2006) covered the same lines. The
purpose of this transaction is to extend
the expiration date of the trackage rights
to July 15, 2006.
The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on July 3, 2006. The
temporary trackage rights will facilitate
a programmed maintenance outage.
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 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 employees affected by
the discontinuance of those trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line
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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. 34850 (Sub-No. 1), 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 Sidney
L. Strickland, Jr. 3050 K Street, NW.,
Suite 101, Washington, DC 20007.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 29, 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 Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. 441X)]
BNSF Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Kootenai
County, ID
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has
filed a notice of exemption under 49
CFR part 1152 subpart F–Exempt
Abandonments to abandon
approximately 2.12 miles of rail line,
extending from milepost 12.33 to
milepost 14.45, in Coeur d’Alene in
Kootenai County, ID. The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
83814 and 83816.
BNSF has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the line to be rerouted; (3) no
formal complaint filed by a user of rail
service on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the 2-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7
(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34877]
Iowa River Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
Rail Lines of North Central Railway Association, Inc., and Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Iowa River Railroad, Inc. (IRR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 \1\ to acquire (by purchase)
and operate rail lines from: (1) North Central Railway Association,
Inc., extending between milepost 201.46 at or near Ackley and milepost
212.0 at or near Steamboat Rock, a distance of 10.54 miles, in Hardin
County, IA; and (2) Union Pacific Railroad Company, extending between
milepost 212.0 at or near Steamboat Rock and milepost 243.35 at or near
Marshalltown, a distance of 31.35 miles, in Hardin and Marshall
Counties, IA. The total distance of rail lines to be purchased and
operated by IRR is 41.89 miles.
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\1\ IRR's notice of exemption originally was filed on May 23,
2006, but was amended on June 1 and June 5, 2006. Therefore, the
official filing date for the notice of exemption is June 5, 2006.
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IRR certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this
transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III
rail carrier.
IRR stated that the transaction would be consummated no sooner than
7 days after June 5, 2006.
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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 34877 must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one
copy of each pleading must be served on: T. Scott Bannister, T. Scott
Bannister & Associates, 111--Fifty-Sixth Street, Des Moines, IA 50312.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 27, 2006.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10372 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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