Week of 26 Apr 2004

Decisions served

1. 30 Apr 2004 NOR 42082
   GRANTED MARTIN GAS SALES, INC.'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION TO FILE ITS OPENING STATEMENT TO MAY 12, 2004.

   Secretary · MARTIN GAS SALES, INC.--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER--CERTAIN RATES AND PRACTICES OF UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 34695
2. 30 Apr 2004 AB 6 (Sub-No. 410X)
   CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

   Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY - ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION - IN THURSTON COUNTY, WA · decision 34632
3. 30 Apr 2004 AB 6 (Sub-No. 411X)
   CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

   Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, AR · decision 34631
4. 30 Apr 2004 AB 55 (Sub-No. 643X)
   SET THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR THE INCORPORATED TOWN OF NORTH JUDSON'S PURCHASE OF 32.97-MILES OF RAILROAD IN LAPORTE, PORTER, AND STARKE COUNTIES, IN, FROM CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

   Entire Board · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAPORTE, PORTER AND STARKE COUNTIES, IND. · decision 34618
5. 30 Apr 2004 AB 55 (Sub-No. 646X)
   CONCLUDED THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

   Chief Of Section Of Environmental Analysis · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN PINELLAS COUNTY, FL · decision 34519
6. 29 Apr 2004 MCF 21006-TA
   GRANTED INTERIM APPROVAL UNDER 49 U.S.C. 14303(I) AND THE BOARD'S REGULATIONS AT 49 CFR 1182.7 TO PERMIT STAGECOACH GROUP, PLC SCUSI LIMITED, COACH ADMINISTRATION, INC., COACH USA, INC., AND SAM VAN GALDER, INC., TO ACQUIRE CONTROL AND OPERATE CERTAIN ASSETS OF ROCKFORD COACH LINES, L.L.C.

   Entire Board · STAGECOACH GROUP PLC AND COACH USA, INC., ET AL.--ACQUISITION AND CONSOLIDATION OF ASSETS--ROCKFORD COACH LINES, L.L.C. · decision 34683
7. 29 Apr 2004 FD 34462
   NOTICE THAT MVC TRANSPORTATION, LLC FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER 49 CFR 1150.31 TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES OF RAIL LINES LOCATED IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA, FROM P&LE PROPERTIES, INC.

   Director Of Proceedings · MVC TRANSPORTATION, LLC--ACQUISITION EXEMPTION--P&LE PROPERTIES, INC. · decision 34647
8. 28 Apr 2004 AB 55 (Sub-No. 643X)
   (1) GRANTED CSXT'S MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER; AND (2) ORDERED THAT THE TWO SALES ORDERS, SUBMITTED IN STB DOCKET NO. AB-55 (SUB-NO, 643X), WILL BE KEPT UNDER SEAL BY THE BOARD AND NOT PLACED IN THE PUBLIC DOCKET OR OTHERWISE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, UNLESS THE UNDERTAKING IS EXECUTED AND THE TERMS OF THE PROTECTIVE ORDER ARE FOLLOWED, OR UNLESS OTHERWISE ORDERED BY THE BOARD.

   Secretary · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAPORTE, PORTER AND STARKE COUNTIES, IND. · decision 34680
9. 28 Apr 2004 AB 103 (Sub-No. 17X)
   NOTICE THAT THE KANSAS CITY 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 APPROXIMATELY 1.3 MILES OF ITS LINE OF RAILROAD KNOWN AS THE SECOND STREET TRACK LOCATED IN KANSAS CITY, JACKSON COUNTY, MO.

   Director Of Proceedings · KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN JACKSON COUNTY, MO · decision 34657
10. 28 Apr 2004 AB 6 (Sub-No. 409X)
    NOTICE THAT BNSF FILED A PETITION FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF 49 U.S.C. 10903 TO ABANDON AND DISCONTINUE SERVICE OVER A 39.95-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST 167.78 NEAR SUPERIOR, NE, AND MILEPOST 127.83 NEAR REYNOLDS, NE, IN JEFFERSON, THAYER AND NUCKOLLS COUNTIES, NE, AND REPUBLIC COUNTY, KS.

    Director Of Proceedings · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN JEFFERSON, THAYER, AND NUCKOLLS COUNTIES, NE, AND REPUBLIC COUNTY, KS · decision 34644
11. 27 Apr 2004 AB 565 (Sub-No. 14X)
    GRANTED THE REQUEST FILED BY CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND THAT OF NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, LLC, FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE NITU NEGOTIATING PERIOD UNTIL OCTOBER 21, 2004.

    Director Of Proceedings · NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES, LLC--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN MONTGOMERY AND SCHENECTADY COUNTIES, NY · decision 34676
12. 27 Apr 2004 AB 868-X
    NOTICE THAT MTH AND MTR JOINTLY FILED A PETITION FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF 49 U.S.C. 10903, WHERE MTH SEEKS TO ABANDON AND MTR SEEKS TO DISCONTINUE SERVICE OVER A LINE OF RAILROAD EXTENDING FROM MILEPOST 324.2 NEAR NEW ALBANY AND THE END OF THE LINE AT MILEPOST 281.0 NEAR HOUSTON, MS, IN UNION, PONTOTOC AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES, MS.

    Director Of Proceedings · MISSISSIPPI TENNESSEE HOLDINGS, LLC--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN UNION, PONTOTOC, AND CHICKASAW COUNTIES, MS · also entered in AB 869-X · decision 34639
13. 27 Apr 2004 AB 290 (Sub-No. 248X)
    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. 10903-10905 TO ABANDON A 7.3-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST NS-82.7 AT MACKEYS, AND MILEPOST NS-90.0 AT PLYMOUTH, IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, NC.

    Director Of Proceedings · NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, NC · decision 34636
14. 26 Apr 2004 FD 33388 (Sub-No. 91)
    PROVIDED THE SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES AND THE TIME ALLOCATION FOR EACH PERSON SPEAKING AT THE MAY 3, 2004 PUBLIC HEARING IN WASHINGTON, DC.

    Secretary · CSX CORPORATION AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGREEMENTS--CONRAIL INC. AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION [GENERAL OVERSIGHT] · decision 34681
15. 26 Apr 2004 FD 34494
    NOTICE THAT UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY (UP) HAS AGREED TO GRANT TEMPORARY OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY OVER UP'S FALLS CITY SUBDIVISION BETWEEN KANSAS CITY, MO, AND FALLS CITY, NE, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 98 MILES.

    Director Of Proceedings · THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 34645
16. 26 Apr 2004 AB 55 (Sub-No. 638X)
    GRANTED THE REQUEST OF KNOX COUNTY, OH COMMISSIONERS AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. TO EXTEND THE NITU NEGOTIATING PERIOD TO JULY 1, 2004.

    Director Of Proceedings · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN KNOX COUNTY, OH · decision 34633
17. 26 Apr 2004 AB 6 (Sub-No. 410X)
    NOTICE THAT BNSF HAS FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ABANDON AND DISCONTINUE SERVICE OVER A 5.80-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST 3.27 IN QUADLOCK AND MILEPOST 9.07 IN OLYMPIA, IN THURSTON COUNTY, WA.

    Director Of Proceedings · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY - ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION - IN THURSTON COUNTY, WA · decision 34626
18. 26 Apr 2004 AB 6 (Sub-No. 411X)
    NOTICE THAT BNSF HAS FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ABANDON AND DISCONTINUE SERVICE OVER A 4.50-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST 397.78 IN HOXIE, AND MILEPOST 402.28, IN WALPORT, AND THE 2.20-MILE WALNUT RIDGE INDUSTRIAL SPUR, IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, AR.

    Director Of Proceedings · THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, AR · decision 34625
19. 26 Apr 2004 AB 55 (Sub-No. 634X)
    GRANTED THE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF BLOOMINGTON, ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, TO EXTEND THE NITU NEGOTIATING PERIOD TO OCTOBER 11, 2004.

    Director Of Proceedings · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN MONROE COUNTY, IN · decision 34586