[Federal Register: July 31, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 147)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33636]

 
Bad Water Line--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington 
Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Co.

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company (BNSF) has 
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Bad Water Line (BWL) 
between milepost 303.06 and milepost 306.0 a distance of 2.4 miles in 
the state of WY.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on July 16, 1998, 
the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of this transaction is to permit BWL to move trains, 
locomotive, cabooses and cars with its own officers, agents, employees 
and contractors and equipment in its account, over the joint trackage 
between points on its existing line and interchange with BNSF near 
Shoshoni, WY.
    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 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. 33636, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Clifford Root, 642 South Federal Blvd., Riverton, WY 82501.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20389 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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