[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26332]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33137]


Canadian American Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
The Northern Vermont Railroad Company Incorporated

    The Northern Vermont Railroad Company Incorporated (NV) will agree 
to grant local and overhead trackage rights to Canadian American 
Railroad Company (CDAC) over four rail segments that total 
approximately 86.41 miles of rail lines located in Franklin, Orleans, 
Caledonia and Orange Counties, VT, as follows: (1) A portion of the 
Newport Subdivision between the U.S.-Canadian border crossings at 
mileposts 26.25 and 32.63 (running through Richford); (2) a portion of 
the Newport Subdivision between the border crossing at milepost 43.32 
and the end of the subdivision at Newport at milepost 58.4; (3) the 
Lyndonville Subdivision, which runs between Newport at milepost 0.0 and 
Wells River at milepost 63.78; and (4) the unabandoned portion of the 
former Beebe Subdivision between mileposts 39.04 and 40.21 in or near 
Newport. These rail lines were expected to be acquired by NV from 
Canadian Pacific Limited on September 27, 1996, pursuant to an 
exemption that was the subject of a notice of exemption in STB Finance 
Docket No. 32981 that was served and published in the Federal Register 
(61 FR 38798) on July 25, 1996. The trackage rights are to become 
effective as soon as a final trackage rights agreement is reached 
between CDAC and NV, but not sooner than October 2, 1996 (the effective 
date of the trackage rights exemption).
    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 stay 
the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33137, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: David A. Hirsh, 
Harkins Cunningham, 1300 19th Street, N.W., Suite 600, Washington, DC 
20036.
    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).

    Decided: October 7, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-26332 Filed 10-11-96; 8:45 am]
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