SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION DOCUMENT
    Decision Information

Docket Number:  
FD_33556_0

Case Title:  
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION AND GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INCORPORATED--CONTROL--ILLINOIS CENTRAL CORPORATION, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, CHICAGO, CENTRAL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, AND CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY

Decision Type:  
Decision

Deciding Body:  
Secretary

    Decision Summary

Decision Notes:  
GRANTED IN PART, THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION REQUEST IN CN/IC-53 AND REVISED THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE AS SET FORTH IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS DECISION.

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SERVICE DATE - LATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 30, 1998

SEC

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD


STB Finance Docket No. 33556


CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY, GRAND TRUNK CORPORATION, AND

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INCORPORATED--CONTROL--ILLINOIS

CENTRAL CORPORATION, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, CHICAGO,

CENTRAL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, AND CEDAR RIVER RAILROAD

COMPANY


Decision No. 26


Decided: November 30, 1998


This decision considers the emergency petition (designated as CN/IC-53) to modify the procedural schedule in this proceeding.(1)

By petition filed November 30, 1998, applicants request an extension of time of 5 business days from December 11, 1998, for applicants to file their rebuttal and response to comments and requested conditions. Applicants refer to an extraordinary circumstance as the reason for their extension request.

An extension of 5 calender days will be granted. Accordingly, the due date for applicants' rebuttal and response to comments and requested conditions will be extended to December 16, 1998. Rebuttal in support of inconsistent and responsive applications will be due 30 days later on January 15, 1999, instead of on January 11, 1999. The remainder of the procedural schedule will not change.

It is ordered:

1. The emergency extension request in CN/IC-53 is granted in part, as discussed in this decision. The due date for applicants' rebuttal and response to comments and requested conditions is extended to December 16, 1998. The due date for rebuttal in support of inconsistent and responsive applications is extended to January 15, 1999. The procedural schedule, as revised, is set forth in the Appendix to this decision.

2. This decision is effective on the date of service.

By the Board, Vernon A. Williams, Secretary.







Vernon A. Williams

Secretary

APPENDIX: REVISED PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE






December 16, 1998 Response to comments, protests, requested conditions, and other opposition due. Response to comments of DOJ and DOT due. Rebuttal in support of primary application and related application due. Response to inconsistent and responsive applications due.

January 15, 1999 Rebuttal in support of inconsistent and responsive applications due.

February 19, 1999 Briefs due, all parties (not to exceed 50 pages for applicants and not to exceed 25 pages for all other parties).

March 22, 1999 Oral argument (close of record).

March 29, 1999 Voting conference (at Board's discretion).

May 25, 1999 Date of service of final decision.

1. By application filed July 15, 1998, Canadian National Railway Company (CNR), Grand Trunk Corporation (GTC), and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated (GTW) (collectively with their affiliates, CN), Illinois Central Corporation (IC Corp.), Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICR), Chicago, Central and Pacific Railroad Company (CCP), and Cedar River Railroad Company (CRRC) (referred to collectively as IC) seek approval and authorization under 49 U.S.C. 11321-26 for: (1) the acquisition of control by CNR of IC Corp., ICR, and ICR's railroad affiliates; and (2) for the resulting common control by CNR of GTW and its railroad affiliates and ICR and its railroad affiliates. CN and IC are referred to collectively as applicants.