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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 90 / Friday, May 9, 2014 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35818]
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Corporation—Trackage Rights
Exemption—Rapid City, Pierre &
Eastern Railroad, Inc.
ehiers on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad,
Inc. (RCP&E), pursuant to a written
trackage rights agreement, has agreed to
grant overhead trackage rights to Dakota,
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad
Corporation d/b/a Canadian Pacific
(DM&E) 1 between milepost
231.5+/¥ near Tracy, Minn., and
milepost 378.4+/¥ near Wolsey, S.D., a
distance of approximately 146.9 miles.2
Recently, RCP&E received authority to
acquire from DM&E and to operate 670
miles of rail lines. See Rapid City, Pierre
& E.R.R.—Acquis. and Oper. Exemption
Including Interchange Commitment—
Dakota, Minn. & E.R.R., FD 35799 (STB
served Mar. 27, 2014).3 The purpose of
this verified notice of exemption is to
allow DM&E: (1) To continue to handle
overhead grain trains in conjunction
with BNSF Railway Company (BNSF)
that are currently operating between
Florence, Minn., and points on DM&E
beyond Tracy; and (2) to handle nonrevenue ballast trains, including the
right to interchange those trains with
BNSF or other carriers at Wolsey.
This transaction is proposed to be
consummated on or after May 25, 2014,
the effective date of the exemption (30
days after the exemption was filed), and
after the consummation of the
acquisition of the lines by RCP&E in
Docket No. FD 35799.
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).
1 In Canadian Pacific Railway—Control—Dakota,
Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, FD 35081 (STB
served Sept. 30, 2008), the Board approved an
application allowing Canadian Pacific Railway
Company to acquire indirect control of DM&E and
DM&E’s wholly owned rail subsidiary, Iowa,
Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation.
2 A redacted and unexecuted trackage rights
agreement between RCP&E and DM&E was filed
with the notice of exemption. An unredacted
version was filed under seal along with a motion
for protective order, which will be addressed in a
separate decision.
3 Recently, the Board received petitions seeking to
revoke this exemption. The Board will address the
petitions to revoke the exemption in a subsequent
decision.
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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 by May 16, 2014 (at least 7 days
before the exemption becomes
effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35818, 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 W. Karl Hansen, Stinson
Leonard Street LLP, 150 South Fifth
Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN
55402.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: May 6, 2014.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35818]
Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation--Trackage Rights
Exemption--Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc.
Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern Railroad, Inc. (RCP&E), pursuant to a
written trackage rights agreement, has agreed to grant overhead
trackage rights to Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation d/
b/a Canadian Pacific (DM&E) \1\ between milepost 231.5+/- near Tracy,
Minn., and milepost 378.4+/- near Wolsey, S.D., a distance of
approximately 146.9 miles.\2\
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\1\ In Canadian Pacific Railway--Control--Dakota, Minnesota &
Eastern Railroad, FD 35081 (STB served Sept. 30, 2008), the Board
approved an application allowing Canadian Pacific Railway Company to
acquire indirect control of DM&E and DM&E's wholly owned rail
subsidiary, Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation.
\2\ A redacted and unexecuted trackage rights agreement between
RCP&E and DM&E was filed with the notice of exemption. An unredacted
version was filed under seal along with a motion for protective
order, which will be addressed in a separate decision.
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Recently, RCP&E received authority to acquire from DM&E and to
operate 670 miles of rail lines. See Rapid City, Pierre & E.R.R.--
Acquis. and Oper. Exemption Including Interchange Commitment--Dakota,
Minn. & E.R.R., FD 35799 (STB served Mar. 27, 2014).\3\ The purpose of
this verified notice of exemption is to allow DM&E: (1) To continue to
handle overhead grain trains in conjunction with BNSF Railway Company
(BNSF) that are currently operating between Florence, Minn., and points
on DM&E beyond Tracy; and (2) to handle non-revenue ballast trains,
including the right to interchange those trains with BNSF or other
carriers at Wolsey.
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\3\ Recently, the Board received petitions seeking to revoke
this exemption. The Board will address the petitions to revoke the
exemption in a subsequent decision.
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This transaction is proposed to be consummated on or after May 25,
2014, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption
was filed), and after the consummation of the acquisition of the lines
by RCP&E in Docket No. FD 35799.
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).
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 by May 16, 2014 (at least 7 days before the
exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 35818, 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 W. Karl Hansen, Stinson Leonard Street LLP,
150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
``www.stb.dot.gov.''
Decided: May 6, 2014.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-10714 Filed 5-8-14; 8:45 am]
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