[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-67]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33305]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Acquisition Exemption--Idaho 
Northern & Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I rail carrier, has 
filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2 to acquire trackage and 
right-of-way owned by Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad Company (INP) 
and previously authorized for abandonment, subject to negotiations for 
trail use,1 between milepost 1.0, near Weiser, and milepost 84.1 
at Rubicon, in Washington and Adams Counties, ID (Line). UP notes that 
it has no plan to reactivate rail service on the Line at this time, 
although reactivation for rail service would be possible in the future 
if the Line were conveyed to a trail user under the Trails Act. In its 
notice, UP has stated that, if trail use negotiations are unsuccessful, 
UP will abandon the Line pursuant to the authorization granted in 
Docket No. AB-433 (Sub-No. 2X).
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    \1\ Abandonment of the Line was authorized in Idaho Northern & 
Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment and Discontinuance Exemption--
in Washington and Adams Counties, ID, Docket No. AB-433 (Sub-No. 2X) 
(ICC served Nov. 1, 1995). In addition, the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, by decision served December 28, 1995, issued a notice of 
interim trail use under the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. 
1247(d) (Trails Act).
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    UP's acquisition transaction was expected to be consummated on or 
after December 19, 1996.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees adversely affected 
by the transaction will be protected under New York Dock Ry.--Control--
Brooklyn Eastern Dist., 360 I.C.C. 60 (1979).
    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 does not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33305, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, 
Omaha, NE 68179.

    Decided: December 23, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-67 Filed 1-2-97; 8:45 am]
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