[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 220 (Thursday, November 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67251-67252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26919]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35087 \1\]
Canadian National Railway Company and Grand Trunk Corporation--
Control--EJ&E West Company
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
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\1\ This decision also embraces Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Railway Company--Corporate Family Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB
Finance Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 1); Chicago, Central & Pacific
Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB
Finance Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 2); Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Incorporated--Trackage Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB
Finance Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 3); Illinois Central Railroad
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB Finance
Docket No. 35087 (Sub-No. 4); Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage
Rights Exemption--EJ&E West Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087
(Sub-No. 5); EJ&E West Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Chicago,
Central & Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087
(Sub-No. 6); and EJ&E West Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Illinois Central Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 35087
(Sub-No. 7).
ACTION: Notice of Board meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Board will hold a meeting on Tuesday, November 18, 2008,
to receive a briefing from and discuss with the Section of
Environmental Analysis (SEA) staff the Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) being prepared in STB Finance Docket No. 35087. The meeting will
be open for public observation but not public participation.
DATES: The meeting will take place on Tuesday, November 18, 2008,
beginning at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Hearing Room on the first
floor of the Board's headquarters at Patriot's Plaza, 395 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
A video broadcast of the hearing will be available via the Board's
Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, under ``Information Center''/
``Webcast''/``Live Video'' on the home page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. Dennis Watson, Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, Telephone: (202) 245-
0234, FIRS: (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 30, 2007, the Canadian National
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Railway Company (CN) and Grand Trunk Corporation (collectively, CN or
the Applicants) filed an application with the Board, seeking the
Board's approval to acquire control of EJ&E West (EJ&EW) Company, a
wholly owned noncarrier subsidiary of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
Railway Company (EJ&E). EJ&E is a Class II railroad that currently
operates approximately 200 miles of track in Northeastern Illinois and
Northwestern Indiana.
On November 26, 2007, the Board issued Decision No. 2 announcing
that SEA will prepare an EIS to assess the potential environmental
impacts that may result from the proposed acquisition. The Draft EIS
was served on July 25, 2008, and public comments on the Draft EIS were
due by September 30, 2008. SEA is currently preparing the Final EIS in
response to comments on the Draft EIS.
This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the
human environment or the conservation of energy resources.
Dated: November 7, 2008.
Kulunie L. Cannon,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. E8-26919 Filed 11-12-08; 8:45 am]
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