Notice2021-24703
Union Pacific Railroad Company-Trackage Rights Exemption-BNSF Railway Company
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Published
November 12, 2021
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Surface Transportation Board
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 62861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24703]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36556]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--BNSF
Railway Company
Union Pacific Railway Company (UP), a Class I rail carrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7) for
renewal of trackage rights on a rail line owned by BNSF Railway Company
(BNSF) between milepost 9 plus 1487.0 feet and milepost 10 plus 3570.0
feet, a total distance of approximately 1.39 miles, in or near
Riverside, Cal. (the Line).
According to the verified notice, UP originally acquired trackage
rights pursuant to an agreement dated July 10, 1984.\1\ UP and BNSF
have agreed to a written amendment dated June 25, 2021, extending the
term of the 1984 agreement.\2\ UP states that operations will continue
as they have since 1984 without material change.
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\1\ See Union Pac. R.R. & Los Angeles & Salt Lake R.R.--Aban. &
Acquis. of Trackage Rts. over ATSF Ry., FD 30015 (ICC served Sept.
10, 1982).
\2\ An unredacted copy of the amendment is attached to the
verified notice.
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The transaction may be consummated on or after November 28, 2021,
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice
was filed).
As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
acquisition of 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).
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 November 19, 2021.
All pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 36556, should be filed
with the Surface Transportation Board via e-filing on the Board's
website. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on UP's
representative, Jeremy Berman, 1400 Douglas St., Union Pacific Railroad
Company, STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
According to UP, this action is categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(3) and from historic
preservation reporting requirements under 49 CFR 1105.8(b)(3).
Board decisions and notices are available at <a href="http://www.stb.gov">www.stb.gov</a>.
Decided: November 8, 2021.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2021-24703 Filed 11-10-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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