Week of 12 Jan 2004

Decisions served

1. 16 Jan 2004 NOR 41185
   GRANTED THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY'S MOTION TO COMPEL FILED ON JANUARY 15, 2004.

   Secretary · ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY & PACIFICORP V. THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 34401
2. 16 Jan 2004 AB 318 (Sub-No. 4X)
   THIS DECISION (1) REOPENED THE PROCEEDING, (2) VACATED THE NITU SERVED ON OCTOBER 24, 1997 WITH RESPECT TO THE LINE SEGMENT BETWEEN MILEPOST 1.0 NEAR THIBODAUX AND MILEPOST 5.7 NEAR LEIGHTON, A DISTANCE OF 4.7 MILES IN LAFOURCHE PARISH, LA, AND (3) ORDERED THAT LOUISIANA & DELTA RAILROAD, INC., MAY FULLY ABANDON THIS LINE SEGMENT, PROVIDED THAT IT HAS COMPLIED WITH THE MEASURES PRESCRIBED IN THE OCTOBER 24, 1997 DECISION TO ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

   Director Of Proceedings · LOUISIANA AND DELTA RAILROAD, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAFOURCHE AND ASSUMPTION PARISHES, LA · decision 34366
3. 16 Jan 2004 AB 444 (Sub-No. 1X)
   NOTICE THAT LAMOILLE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER 49 CFR 1152 SUBPART F TO ABANDON APPROXIMATELY 96.78 MILES OF RAIL LINE IN CALEDONIA, WASHINGTON, ORLEANS, LAMOILLE, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, VT.

   Director Of Proceedings · LAMOILLE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--IN CALEDONIA, WASHINGTON, ORLEANS, LAMOILLE, AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES, VT · decision 34354
4. 16 Jan 2004 AB 859-X
   CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

   Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · PENNSYLVANIA LINES LLC--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA · decision 34347
5. 16 Jan 2004 AB 43 (Sub-No. 175X)
   CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

   Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN MOBILE COUNTY, AL · decision 34346
6. 16 Jan 2004 FD 34454
   NOTICE THAT GENESEE & WYOMING INC. (GWI), FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO PERMIT GWI TO ACQUIRE CONTROL OF CHATTAHOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL RAILROAD (CIRR) BY PURCHASE OF ALL OF CIRR'S STOCK FROM GREAT NORTHERN NEKOOSA CORP., A SUBSIDIARY OF GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION. CIRR IS A CLASS III CARRIER OPERATING IN GEORGIA, BETWEEN HILTON, GA, AND SAFFOLD, GA.

   Director Of Proceedings · GENESEE & WYOMING INC.--CONTROL EXEMPTION--CHATTAHOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL RAILROAD · decision 34327
7. 16 Jan 2004 FD 34446
   NOTICE THAT BCLR HAS FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ACQUIRE FROM CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., AS OPERATOR FOR NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, LLC AND OPERATE APPROXIMATELY 5.92 MILES OF RAIL LINE BETWEEN MILEPOST QND 0.08 AND MILEPOST QND 6.00, IN BRISTOL COUNTY, MA.

   Director Of Proceedings · BAY COLONY RAILROAD CORPORATION--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., AS OPERATOR FOR NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, LLC · decision 34314
8. 16 Jan 2004 AB 55 (Sub-No. 642X)
   GRANTED CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (CSXT), AN EXEMPTION UNDER 49 U.S.C. 10502 FROM THE PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS OF 49 U.S.C. 10903 TO ABANDON A 5.9-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD IN CSXT'S WESTERN REGION, CHICAGO DIVISION, WOODLAND SUBDIVISION, EXTENDING FROM MILEPOST OZE 107.1 AT ROSSVILLE JUNCTION TO MILEPOST OZE 113.0 AT HENNING, IN VERMILION COUNTY, IL, SUBJECT TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION AND STANDARD EMPLOYEE PROTECTIVE CONDITIONS.

   Entire Board · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN VERMILION COUNTY, IL · decision 34057
9. 15 Jan 2004 AB 857-X
   (1) TOLLED THE TIME PERIOD FOR WINDSOR, SEVERANCE & EATON RAILROAD, LLC TO FILE AN OFA UNTIL FEBRUARY 15, 2004; AND (2) ORDERED THAT THE EXEMPTION BECOME EFFECTIVE ON FEBRUARY 25, 2004.

   Director Of Proceedings · GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF COLORADO, LLC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN WELD COUNTY, CO · decision 34395
10. 15 Jan 2004 AB 863-X
    GRANTED THE CITY OF VENICE, IL'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS OF TERMINAL RAILROAD ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS UNTIL JANUARY 23, 2004.

    Director Of Proceedings · CITY OF VENICE--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN VENICE, IL, AND ST. LOUIS, MO · decision 34391
11. 15 Jan 2004 NOR 41185
    GRANTED ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE CO. & PACIFICORP'S MOTION TO COMPEL TO THE EXTENT AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTIES.

    Secretary · ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY & PACIFICORP V. THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 34352
12. 15 Jan 2004 S5M 22 (Sub-No. 8)
    (1) APPROVED PACIFIC INLAND TARIFF BUREAU, INC.'S REVISED BUREAU AGREEMENT; AND (2) DISCONTINUED THIS PROCEEDING.

    Secretary · PACIFIC INLAND TARIFF BUREAU INC. -- RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT · decision 34323
13. 14 Jan 2004 FD 34424
    PROVIDES THE SERVICE LIST FOR THIS PROCEEDING AND SETS JANUARY 21, 2004 AS THE DEADLINE FOR FILING REQUESTS TO CHANGE OR CORRECT SERVICE LIST INFORMATION OR TO BE DELETED FROM THE SERVICE LIST.

    Secretary · CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY AND GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION-CONTROL-DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE RAILWAY COMPANY, BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE PITTSBURGH & CONNEAUT DOCK COMPANY · decision 34358
14. 14 Jan 2004 FD 34450
    NOTICE THAT PAV RAILROAD, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER 49 CFR 1150.31 TO ACQUIRE FROM N&T RAILWAY COMPANY LLC (N&T) AND OPERATE ALL OF N&T'S INTERESTS IN THE SUBJECT LINE, INCLUDING TRACK AND RELATED PROPERTIES. THE LINE EXTENDS FOR APPROXIMATELY 21 MILES FROM A POINT AT OR NEAR THE TOWNSHIP OF CANTON, OH.

    Director Of Proceedings · PAV RAILROAD, INC.--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--ASSETS OF N&T RAILWAY COMPANY LLC · decision 34290
15. 14 Jan 2004 FD 34419
    NOTICE THAT THE INDIANA RAIL ROAD COMPANY FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER 49 CFR 1150.41 ET. SEQ., TO LEASE FROM CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. AND OPERATE 1.88 MILES OF RAIL LINE BETWEEN CSXT MILEPOST 00Q 219.55 AND CSXT MILEPOST 00Q 217.67 IN OR NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IN MONROE COUNTY, IN.

    Director Of Proceedings · THE INDIANA RAIL ROAD COMPANY--LEASE AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. · decision 34288
16. 13 Jan 2004 NOR 41191 (Sub-No. 1)
    GRANTED THE PETITION OF AEP TEXAS NORTH COMPANY FILED JANUARY 9, 2004, REQUESTING REVISION OF THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE.

    Secretary · AEP TEXAS NORTH COMPANY V. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 34387
17. 13 Jan 2004 FD 34452
    NOTICE THAT THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY (BNSF) HAS AGREED TO GRANT TEMPORARY OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY OVER BNSF'S RAIL LINE BETWEEN BNSF MILEPOST 0.0 AT KLAMATH FALLS, OR, AND BNSF MILEPOST 203.0 AT KEDDIE, CA, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 203 MILES.

    Director Of Proceedings · UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY--TEMPORARY TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 34369
18. 13 Jan 2004 AB 842-X
    THIS DECISION (1) GRANTS A PETITION FOR EXEMPTION UNDER 49 U.S.C. 10502 FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 49 U.S.C. 10903 AND 49 U.S.C. 10905 FOR ALMONO LP TO ABANDON AN APPROXIMATELY 2-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD EXTENDING BETWEEN THE PLANT OF SHIPPER METALTECH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MONONGAHELA RIVER AND AN INTERCHANGE POINT WITH CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (CSXT) NORTH OF CSXT'S GLENWOOD YARD IN HAZELWOOD, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA, (2) DENIES A REQUEST FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF 49 U.S.C. 10904, AND (3) SUBJECTS THE ABANDONMENT OF THE LINE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION CONDITIONS.

    Entire Board · ALMONO LP--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA · decision 34231
19. 12 Jan 2004 AB 855 (Sub-No. 1X)
    PROVIDES NOTICE THAT THE BOARD'S SECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IS CORRECTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 TO REFLECT THE CORRECT LENGTH OF THE LINE SOUGHT TO BE ABANDONED AND DISCONTINUED AS 21 MILES.

    Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · A & R LINE, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN CASS AND PULASKI COUNTIES, IND. · also entered in AB 847 (Sub-No. 2X) · decision 34357
20. 12 Jan 2004 AB 855 (Sub-No. 1X)
    PROVIDES NOTICE THAT THE BOARD'S SECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IS CORRECTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SERVED ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2003 TO REFLECT THE CORRECT LENGTH OF THE LINE SOUGHT TO BE ABANDONED AND DISCONTINUED AS 21 MILES.

    Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · A & R LINE, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN CASS AND PULASKI COUNTIES, IND. · also entered in AB 847 (Sub-No. 2X) · decision 34356
21. 12 Jan 2004 EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)
    REQUESTS COMMENTS ON THE BOARD'S PROPOSAL TO ADOPT 1.022 (2.2% PER YEAR) AS THE MEASURE OF AVERAGE CHANGE IN RAILROAD PRODUCTIVITY FOR THE 1998-2002 (5-YEAR) AVERAGING PERIOD.

    Entire Board · RAILROAD COST RECOVERY PROCEDURES-PRODUCTIVITY ADJUSTMENT · decision 34351
22. 12 Jan 2004 AB 290 (Sub-No. 247X)
    NOTICE THAT NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FILED A PETITION UNDER 49 U.S.C. 10502 FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF 49 U.S.C. 10903-05 TO ABANDON A SEGMENT AT THE END OF ITS LINE OF RAILROAD KNOWN AS THE OLD R-LINE. THE 1.95-MILE SEGMENT EXTENDS FROM MILEPOST OLD R-3.00 TO MILEPOST OLD R-4.95, IN CHARLOTTE, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC.

    Director Of Proceedings · NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC · decision 34345
23. 12 Jan 2004 NOR 42076
    DISMISSED THIS PROCEEDING WITH PREJUDICE.

    Secretary · ALBANY & EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY V. THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 34343
24. 12 Jan 2004 AB 43 (Sub-No. 175X)
    NOTICE THAT ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER 49 CFR 1152 SUBPART F- TO ABANDON A 1.03-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST 3.67 AND MILEPOST 4.7 IN PRICHARD, MOBILE COUNTY, AL.

    Director Of Proceedings · ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN MOBILE COUNTY, AL · decision 34332