Week of 5 Mar 2012

Decisions served

1. 9 Mar 2012 NOR 42117
   DECISION GRANTED A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MEDIATION PERIOD IN THIS PROCEEDING UNTIL MAY 11, 2012.

   Director Of Proceedings · CARGILL, INC.; E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION; JONES-HAMILTON CO.; PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.; REAGENT CHEMICAL AND RESEARCH, INC.; TAMINCO METHYLAMINES, INC. V. ABERDEEN AND ROCKFISH RAILROAD COMPANY; BALTIMORE AND OHIO CHICAGO TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY; BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY; BOSTON AND MAINE CORPORATION; BUFFALO AND PITTSBURGH RAILROAD, INC.; CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY; CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY; CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY RAILWAY COMPANY; CENTRAL WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY; CSX TRANSPORTATION INC.; ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY; GARY RAILWAY COMPANY; INDIANA & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY; IOWA, CHICAGO & EASTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION; IOWA NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY; KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY; MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY; MONTANA RAIL LINK, INC.; NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA AND WESTERN RAILWAY CORP.; NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY; PAN AM RAILWAYS INC.; PORTLAND TERMINAL COMPANY; ROCHESTER AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD, INC.; SANDERSVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY; SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY CO.; UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; RAILINC · decision 42271
2. 9 Mar 2012 FD 35557
   DECISION POSTPONED THE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 13, 2012.

   Director Of Proceedings · REASONABLENESS OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY COAL DUST MITIGATION TARIFF PROVISIONS · decision 42268
3. 9 Mar 2012 RR 999
   DECISION GRANTED IN PART A PETITION FILED BY THE AMERICAN MOVING AND STORAGE ASSOCIATION TO POSTPONE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECISIONS SERVED BY THE BOARD ON JANUARY 21, 2011, AND JANUARY 12, 2012. THE JANUARY 2011 AND JANUARY 2012 DECISION IMPLEMENTED A CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVE TO ENHANCE CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE CASE OF LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT OCCURS DURING INTERSTATE HOUSEHOLD-GOODS MOVES. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME FOR AFFECTED PARTIES TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, AND IN ORDER TO ALLOW CONSUMERS TO BENEFIT FROM THE CHANGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE DECISION POSTPONES THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE JANUARY AND JANUARY 2012 DECISION UNTIL MAY 15, 2012.

   Entire Board · RELEASED RATES OF MOTOR COMMON CARRIERS OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS · decision 42232
4. 9 Mar 2012 NOR 42133
   DECISION GRANTED A MOTION FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER IN THIS PROCEEDING.

   Director Of Proceedings · SIERRA RAILROAD COMPANY AND SIERRA NORTHERN RAILWAY V. SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILROAD, LLC, MCCLELLAN BUSINESS PARK, LLC, AND COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO · decision 42228
5. 9 Mar 2012 FD 35583
   DECISION DECLARED THAT THE PROPOSED CONDEMNATION OF CERTAIN RAILROAD PROPERTY OWNED BY EASTERN ALABAMA RAILWAY LLC FOR UNDERGROUND WATER AND SEWER LINES IS NOT FEDERALLY PREEMPTED.

   Entire Board · EASTERN ALABAMA RAILWAY LLC--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER · decision 42178
6. 8 Mar 2012 FD 35600
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT GREGORY B. CUNDIFF, CONNIE CUNDIFF, CGX, INC. AND IRONHORSE RESOURCES, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO CONTINUE IN CONTROL OF SANTA TERESA SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LLC (STSR), UPON STSR'S BECOMING A CLASS III RAIL CARRIER.

   Director Of Proceedings · GREGORY B. CUNDIFF, CONNIE CUNDIFF, CGX, INC. AND IRONHORSE RESOURCES, INC.--CONTINUANCE IN CONTROL EXEMPTION--SANTA TERESA SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LLC · decision 42238
7. 8 Mar 2012 FD 35599
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT SANTA TERESA SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LLC FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO OPERATE APPROXIMATELY 12,000 FEET OF RAIL LINE NEAR SANTA TERESA, DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M.

   Director Of Proceedings · SANTA TERESA SOUTHERN RAILROAD, LLC-OPERATION EXEMPTION-RAIL LINE OF VERDE LOGISTICS RAILROAD, LLC AT SANTA TERESA, DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. · decision 42237
8. 8 Mar 2012 FD 35601
   PROVIDED NOTICE THAT, PURSUANT TO A WRITTEN AGREEMENT, UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AGREED TO GRANT TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY OVER A PORTION OF A LINE OF RAILROAD KNOWN AS THE LOCKPORT BRANCH, BETWEEN MILEPOST 0.1 AT RACELAND JUNCTION AND MILEPOST 14.2 AT JAY, A DISTANCE OF 14.1 MILES, IN LAFOURCHE PARISH, LA.

   Director Of Proceedings · BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 42236
9. 8 Mar 2012 FD 35582
   DECISION GRANTED A REQUEST TO INSTITUTE A DECLARATORY ORDER IN THIS PROCEEDING.

   Director Of Proceedings · RAIL-TERM CORP.--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER · decision 42221
10. 7 Mar 2012 NOR 42056
    PROVIDED NOTICE THAT COURT ACTION WAS INSTITUTED IN THIS PROCEEDING.

    Director Of Proceedings · TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY V. THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY · decision 42261
11. 7 Mar 2012 FD 35353
    DECISION GRANTED VFRC, LLC'S REQUEST TO WITHDRAW ITS MOTION TO DISMISS.

    Director Of Proceedings · VFRC, LLC--ACQUISIITON EXEMPTION--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 41479
12. 6 Mar 2012 AB 1068-X
    DECISION GRANTED A MOTION TO EXTEND TIME TO NEGOTIATE INTERIM TRAIL USE FOR AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAY PERIOD, OR UNTIL JUNE 19, 2012.

    Director Of Proceedings · MISSOURI CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY-ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION-IN CASS COUNTY, MO. · decision 42258
13. 6 Mar 2012 FD 33556 (Sub-No. 6)
    DECISION GRANTED THE AMERICAN TRAIN DISPATCHERS ASSOCIATION'S WITHDRAWAL OF ITS PETITION TO ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD'S ORDER DATED SEPTEMBER 29, 2011.

    Director Of Proceedings · CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION, AND GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY INCORPORATED--CONTROL--ILLINOIS CENTRAL CORPORATION, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, CHICAGO, CENTRAL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, AND CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. · decision 42256
14. 6 Mar 2012 AB 303 (Sub-No. 38X)
    DECISION: (1) REOPENED THIS PROCEEDING; AND (2) MODIFIED THE NOTICE SERVED ON DECEMBER 19, 2011 AND PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER ON DECEMBER 20, 2011.

    Director Of Proceedings · WISCONSIN CENTRAL, LTD.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN FOND DU LAC COUNTY, WIS. · decision 42193
15. 6 Mar 2012 FD 35449
    DECISION DENIED A PETITION FILED BY SIERRA NORTHERN RAILWAY TO REVOKE PATRIOT RAIL, LLC'S, PATRIOT RAIL HOLDINGS, LLC'S, PATRIOT RAIL CORP.'S, AND TENNESSEE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY'S CORPORATE FAMILY EXEMPTION.

    Entire Board · TENNESSEE SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, PATRIOT RAIL, LLC, PATRIOT RAIL HOLDINGS LLC, AND PATRIOT RAIL CORP.--CORPORATE FAMILY TRANSACTION EXEMPTION--SACRAMENTO VALLEY RAILROAD, LLC AND PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RAILWAY, LLC · decision 42188
16. 5 Mar 2012 FD 35506
    PROVIDED NOTICE TO THE PARTIES THAT THE NOTICES OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE AND THE SUMMARIES OF TESTIMONY THAT ARE DUE MARCH 6, 2012, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE SERVED ON THE PARTIES OF RECORD IN THIS PROCEEDING.

    Director Of Proceedings · WESTERN COAL TRAFFIC LEAGUE--PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER · decision 42254
17. 5 Mar 2012 FD 35557
    DECISION DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE THE MOTION OF ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION (AECC) TO COMPEL BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS RESPONSIVE TO AECC'S DISCOVERY REQUESTS.

    Director Of Proceedings · REASONABLENESS OF BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY COAL DUST MITIGATION TARIFF PROVISIONS · decision 42223