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Week of 23 May 2011

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12 decisions served and 79 filings observed, in 28 proceedings — 40 of them in EP 705.

Decisions served

  1. FD 35511
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT, PURSUANT TO A PROSPECTIVE TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DAKOTA, MINNESOTA & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION D/B/A CANADIAN PACIFIC WILL AGREE TO GRANT OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY OVER APPROXIMATELY 78.2 MILES OF RAIL LINE IN IOWA.
    Director Of Proceedings · IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--DAKOTA, MINNESOTA & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION D/B/A CANADIAN PACIFIC · decision 41631
  2. FD 35503
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT YELLOWSTONE VALLEY RAILROAD, INC. HAS AGREED TO GRANT, PURSUANT TO A PROSPECTIVE WRITTEN TRACKAGE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RESTRICTED LOCAL AND OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY (BNSF) OVER A RAIL LINE THAT IT LEASES FROM BNSF IN MONTANA.
    Director Of Proceedings · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--YELLOWSTONE VALLEY RAILROAD, INC. · decision 41628
  3. FD 35505
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT MAINE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY HAS AGREED TO GRANT OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO MONTREAL, MAINE & ATLANTIC RAILWAY, LTD. OVER APPROXIMATELY 151 MILES OF RAIL LINE OWNED BY THE STATE OF MAINE.
    Director Of Proceedings · MONTREAL, MAINE & ATLANTIC RAILWAY, LTD--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--MAINE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 41622
  4. AB 55 (Sub-No. 706X)
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ABANDON AN APPROXIMATELY 0.56-MILE RAIL LINE IN BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY, N.Y.
    Director Of Proceedings · CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. · decision 41617
  5. AB 1043 (Sub-No. 2X)
    CONCLUDED THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS IS UNNECESSARY AND INVITED PUBLIC COMMENT.
    Director, Office Of Environmental Analysis · MONTREAL, MAINE & ATLANTIC RAILWAY, LTD.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN AROOSTOOK COUNTY, ME. · decision 41543
  6. FD 35508
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO OPERATE APPROXIMATELY 27.83 MILES OF RAIL LINE OWNED BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY IN HANCOCK, WINNEBAGO, AND WRIGHT COUNTIES, IOWA.
    Director Of Proceedings · IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY--OPERATION EXEMPTION--NORTH CENTRAL IOWA RAIL CORRIDOR, LLC · decision 41630
  7. FD 35507
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT NORTH CENTRAL IOWA RAIL CORRIDOR, LLC FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO ACQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 27.83 MILES OF RAIL LINE OWNED BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY IN HANCOCK, WINNEBAGO, AND WRIGHT COUNTIES, IOWA.
    Director Of Proceedings · NORTH CENTRAL IOWA RAIL CORRIDOR, LLC --ACQUISITION EXEMPTION--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 41629
  8. FD 35393
    DECISION INSTITUTED A DECLARATORY ORDER PROCEEDING TO RESOLVE A CONTROVERSY BETWEEN PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY (P&W) AND NEW ENGLAND POWER COMPANY D/B/A NATIONAL GRID (NATIONAL GRID) OVER A 26.1-MILE LINE EXTENDING BETWEEN WORCESTER AND GARDNER, MASS. IN THIS PROCEEDING, THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE WHETHER A MASSACHUSETTS LAW PREVENTS P&W FROM REMOVING NATIONAL GRID'S POWER LINE FROM ITS RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, OR WHETHER FEDERAL LAW PERMITS THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT SUCH A CONSENT.
    Entire Board · PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER--GARDNER BRANCH · decision 41074
  9. FD 35393
    DECISION GRANTED A MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THIS PROCEEDING.
    Director Of Proceedings · PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER--GARDNER BRANCH · decision 41073
  10. FD 35520
    DECISION DETERMINED THAT REPLIES TO NEW BRUNSWICK RAILWAY COMPANY'S PETITION FOR EXEMPTION TO CONTINUE IN CONTROL OF EASTERN MAINE RAILWAY ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE MAY 27, 2011.
    Director Of Proceedings · THE NEW BRUNSWICK RAILWAY COMPANY--CONTINUANCE IN CONTROL EXEMPTION--MAINE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 41645
  11. FD 34797
    DECISION DIRECTED NEW ENGLAND TRANSRAIL, LLC, D/B/A WILLINGTON & WOBURN TERMINAL RAILWAY TO FILE A STATUS REPORT BY AUGUST 23, 2011, AND CONTINUES TO DEFER ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND DECISION ON THE PETITION UNTIL RELEVANT REPORTS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
    Director Of Proceedings · NEW ENGLAND TRANSRAIL, LLC, D/B/A WILMINGTON & WOBURN TERMINAL RAILWAY--CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION-- IN WILMINGTON AND WOBURN, MASS. · decision 41508
  12. NOR 42125
    DECISION GRANTED SEPARATE MOTIONS TO WITHDRAW TWO PREVIOUSLY FILED MOTIONS TO COMPEL DISCOVERY.
    Director Of Proceedings · E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY V. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 41633

Proceedings that moved in the week of 23 May 2011

DocketProceedingFilingsLast activity
EP 705 COMPETITION IN THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY 40
AB 1065-X INDIANA SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY CO.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN POSEY AND VANDERBURGH COUNTIES, IND. 2
AB 33 (Sub-No. 297X) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MO. 2
AB 384 (Sub-No. 2X) DELTA SOUTHERN RAILROAD, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA. 2
EP 682 (Sub-No. 2) 2010 TAX INFORMATION FOR USE IN THE REVENUE SHORTFALL ALLOCATION METHOD 1
AB 33 (Sub-No. 263X) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY-ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION-IN COOK COUNTY, ILL. 2
AB 101 (Sub-No. 18X) DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MINN. 1
FD 35239 ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER 1
FD 35377 NORTH SHORE RAILROAD COMPANY--ACQUISITION AND OPERATION EXEMPTION--PPL SUSQUEHANNA, LLC 1
FD 35405 C.T. CHAPPELEAR, dba OMAHA AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD--FEEDER RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION--LINE OF NEBRASKA RAILROAD MUSEUM BETWEEN FREMONT AND WEST POINT, NEB. 1
AB 1071 STEWARTSTOWN RAILROAD COMPANY--ADVERSE ABANDONMENT--IN YORK COUNTY, PA. 1
FD 35524 CANEXUS CHEMICALS CANADA L.P. v. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY-EMERGENCY SERVICE ORDER 1
FD 35506 WESTERN COAL TRAFFIC LEAGUE--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER 4
AB 1014 DENVER & RIO GRANDE RAILWAY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION--ADVERSE ABANDONMENT--IN MINERAL COUNTY, CO 1
AB 43 (Sub-No. 184X) ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY-ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION-IN COOK COUNTY, ILL. 1
AB 55 (Sub-No. 703X) CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN CHESTERFIELD AND DARLINGTON COUNTIES, S.C. 1
FD 35505 MONTREAL, MAINE & ATLANTIC RAILWAY, LTD--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--MAINE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY 1
FD 35520 THE NEW BRUNSWICK RAILWAY COMPANY--CONTINUANCE IN CONTROL EXEMPTION--MAINE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY 1
EP 684 SOLID WASTE RAIL TRANSFER FACILITIES 6
AB 1003 (Sub-No. 1X) MOHALL CENTRAL RAILROAD, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN CAVALIER COUNTY, N.D. 1
AB 1011 (Sub-No. 1X) NORTHERN LINES RAILWAY, LLC--DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE EXEMPTION--IN STEARNS COUNTY, MINN. 1
AB 1075-X MANUFACTURERS RAILWAY COMPANY-DISCONTINUANCE EXEMPTION-IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO. 1
AB 33 (Sub-No. 257X) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY--ABANDONMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE OF TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--IN BENTON COUNTY, OR. 1
AB 55 (Sub-No. 705X) CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.--DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE EXEMPTION--IN PINELLAS COUNTY, FLA. 1
AB 6 (Sub-No. 472X) BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN STERNS COUNTY, MINN. 1
AB 986 (Sub-No. 1X) WILLIAMETTE & PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC.--DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE AND DISCONTINUANCE OF TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTIONS--IN BENTON COUNTY, OR. 1
FD 33388 (Sub-No. 95) 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 1
FD 35476 WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD.--INTRA-CORPORATE FAMILY MERGER EXEMPTION--DULUTH, MISSABE AND IRON RANGE RAILWAY COMPANY AND DULUTH, WINNIPEG AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY 1

Captions and summaries appear as the Board prints them. Counts are filings observed in the record between 23–29 May 2011; decisions are listed above and not counted here. Dates are quoted from the record, never computed.

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