Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company-Amended Trackage Rights Exemption-Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, 35739 [E7-12606]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Finance Docket No. 34075]
Six County Association of
Governments—Construction and
Operation Exemption—Rail Line
Between Levan and Salina, UT
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
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Notice of Availability of Draft
Environmental Impact Statement.
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SUMMARY: On July 30, 2001, the Six
County Association of Governments
(SCAOG) filed a Petition for Exemption
with the Surface Transportation Board
(Board) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502 for
authority to construct and operate a new
rail line between Juab (near Levan) and
Salina, Utah. The project involves
approximately 43 miles of new rail line
and ancillary facilities. Because the
construction and operation of this
project has the potential to result in
significant environmental impacts, the
Board’s Section of Environmental
Analysis (SEA), in cooperation with the
Department of Interior Bureau of Land
Management, prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft
EIS). The purpose of this Notice of
Availability is to notify individuals and
agencies interested in or affected by the
proposed project of the availability of
the Draft EIS for review and comment.
Implementation of the proposed
project would restore rail service to the
Sevier Valley, provide rail service to
shippers, and reduce the number of
trucks on area highways. The Draft EIS
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analyses the potential impacts of the
proposed route, the ‘‘no-build’’
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recommendations for environmental
mitigation measures. The Draft EIS is
being made available for public and
agency review and comment. SEA will
prepare a Final Environmental Impact
Statement (Final EIS) that considers
comments on the Draft EIS from the
public and agencies. In reaching its
decision in this case, the Board will take
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EIS, which was served on June 29, 2007
are due on August 22, 2007.
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of comments referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34075 to: Surface
Transportation Board, Case Control
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20423, Attention: Phillis Johnson-Ball,
Section of Environmental Analysis.
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Decided: June 29, 2007.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Chief,
Section of Environmental Analysis.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35045]
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
Company—Amended Trackage Rights
Exemption—Duluth, Missabe and Iron
Range Railway Company
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range
Railway Company (DMIR) has agreed to
amend the existing overhead trackage
rights previously granted to Duluth,
Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company
(DWP).1 The rights extend between
Shelton Junction, MN (milepost B 2.71
1 DWP initially obtained these trackage rights in
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company—
Trackage Rights Exemption—Duluth, Missabe and
Iron Range Railway Company, STB Finance Docket
No. 34424 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Apr. 9, 2004).
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on DMIR’s Virginia Branch), and
Nopeming Junction, MN (milepost R
5.77 on DMIR’s Spirit Lake Branch), a
distance of approximately 64 miles.
DWP states that the amendment will
allow a limited expansion of DWP’s
rights on trackage over which it already
operates.
The purpose of the proposed
transaction is to allow for nonexclusive
overhead movements, reblocking cars
within single trains, or setting out cars
requiring servicing over the existing
trackage (including an additional 616
feet of connecting track), thus enhancing
operational efficiency. The transaction
includes all industry spurs, connecting
tracks and sidings now existent or
hereafter constructed along the subject
tracks, and right-of-way for the tracks,
signals, interlocking devices and plants,
telegraph and telephone lines, and other
necessary appurtenances, a distance of
approximately 63.82 miles, all within
the State of Minnesota.
The earliest this transaction may be
consummated is July 14, 2007, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the 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 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 filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(7). 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 for stay must
be filed no later than July 6, 2007 (at
least 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 35045, 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 Thomas J.
Healey, 17641 S. Ashland Ave.,
Homewood, IL 60430.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 25, 2007.
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. 35045]
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company--Amended Trackage
Rights Exemption--Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company (DMIR) has agreed to
amend the existing overhead trackage rights previously granted to
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company (DWP).\1\ The rights
extend between Shelton Junction, MN (milepost B 2.71 on DMIR's Virginia
Branch), and Nopeming Junction, MN (milepost R 5.77 on DMIR's Spirit
Lake Branch), a distance of approximately 64 miles. DWP states that the
amendment will allow a limited expansion of DWP's rights on trackage
over which it already operates.
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\1\ DWP initially obtained these trackage rights in Duluth,
Winnipeg and Pacific Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company, STB Finance Docket
No. 34424 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Apr. 9, 2004).
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The purpose of the proposed transaction is to allow for
nonexclusive overhead movements, reblocking cars within single trains,
or setting out cars requiring servicing over the existing trackage
(including an additional 616 feet of connecting track), thus enhancing
operational efficiency. The transaction includes all industry spurs,
connecting tracks and sidings now existent or hereafter constructed
along the subject tracks, and right-of-way for the tracks, signals,
interlocking devices and plants, telegraph and telephone lines, and
other necessary appurtenances, a distance of approximately 63.82 miles,
all within the State of Minnesota.
The earliest this transaction may be consummated is July 14, 2007,
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the 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
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 filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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 for
stay must be filed no later than July 6, 2007 (at least 7 days before
the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 35045, 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 Thomas J. Healey, 17641 S.
Ashland Ave., Homewood, IL 60430.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: June 25, 2007.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-12606 Filed 6-28-07; 8:45 am]
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