Arizona & California Railroad Company Limited Partnership d/b/a Puget Sound & Pacific RailroadTrackage Rights ExemptionThe City of Tacoma d/b/a Tacoma Rail

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32655]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33832]


Arizona & California Railroad Company Limited Partnership d/b/a 
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad--Trackage Rights Exemption--The City of 
Tacoma d/b/a Tacoma Rail

    The City of Tacoma d/b/a Tacoma Rail (TR) has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to Arizona & California Railroad Company 
Limited Partnership (ARZC) d/b/a Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad Company 
(PS&P) (collectively, ARZC d/b/a PS&P): \1\ (1) From the Lakeside 
Siding near Blakeslee Junction, milepost 60.0, southwest six miles to 
the interchange with The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company (BNSF) at Chehalis, milepost 66.0 (the TR/BNSF Interchange); 
and (2) From the TR/BNSF Interchange one mile to milepost 67.0, where 
TR's rail lines connect with rail line owned by the Port of Chehalis, 
for a total distance of approximately 7.0 miles.\2\
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    \1\ ARZC is an existing Class III rail carrier, and PS&P is an 
operating division of ARZC. See Arizona & California Railroad 
Company Limited Partnership--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, STB Finance 
Docket No. 33448 (STB served Sept. 11, 1999).
    \2\ ARZC d/b/a PS&P previously filed a modified rail certificate 
to operate over a 10-mile rail line owned by the Port of Chehalis. 
See Arizona & California Railroad Company Limited Partnership d/ba/a 
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad--Modified Rail Certificate, STB 
Finance Docket No. 33812 (STB served Oct. 27, 1999).
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
the December 13, 1999, effective date of the exemption.
    The trackage rights will promote operating efficiencies, such as 
enabling ARCZ d/b/a PS&P to interchange traffic with BNSF and TR at 
certain locations.
    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. 33832, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Rose-Michele Weinryb, Esq., Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & 
Kider, P.C., Suite 800, 1350 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005-
4797.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: December 10, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32655 Filed 12-16-99; 8:45 am]
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