SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION DOCUMENT
    Decision Information

Docket Number:  
NOR_42120_0

Case Title:  
CARGILL, INCORPORATED V. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

Decision Type:  
Decision

Deciding Body:  
Director Of Proceedings

    Decision Summary

Decision Notes:  
DECISION GRANTED A MODIFIED JOINT MOTION TO REVISE THE PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE IN THIS PROCEEDING FILED BY CARGILL, INCORPORATED AND BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY.

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    Full Text of Decision

41766                        SERVICE DATE – LATE RELEASE JULY 19, 2011

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

 

DECISION

 

Docket No. NOR 42120

 

CARGILL, INCORPORATED v. BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY

 

Decided:  July 18, 2011

 

In connection with a complaint filed under 49 U.S.C. § 11701(b), Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill), on March 31, 2011, filed a motion to compel discovery from defendant, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF).  On April 11, 2011, BNSF replied in opposition, and, at the Board’s request, Cargill filed a response on April 15, 2011.  Pursuant to 49 C.F.R. § 1114.31(a)(3), Board staff held a conference with Cargill and BNSF on April 26, 2011, to assist them in resolving these discovery matters.  Following the conference, the parties engaged in further discussions and resolved the remaining issues in the motion to compel.  In a decision served on June 24, 2011, the Board granted Cargill’s motion to withdraw its motion to compel discovery without prejudice.

 

On July 12, 2011, Cargill and BNSF filed a modified joint motion to revise the procedural schedule that was adopted by the Board in a decision served on January 4, 2011, and was the subject of a joint motion to revise that was filed on April 13, 2011.  They request that the procedural schedule be modified as follows:

 

June 24, 2011—End of Discovery

August 25, 2011— Cargill Opening Statement

October 24, 2011— BNSF Reply Statement

November 23, 2011—Cargill Rebuttal Statement

 

Cargill and BNSF both reserve the right under the modified proposed procedural schedule to seek follow-up on discovery served on or before June 24, 2011, and to object to any such follow-up requests.  The revised procedural schedule is reasonable and will be adopted.

 

This action will not significantly affect either the quality of the human environment or the conservation of energy resources.

 

It is ordered:

 

1.  Cargill’s and BNSF’s modified joint motion to revise the procedural schedule is granted.  The procedural schedule set forth above is adopted. 

 

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

 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings.