WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 575) entitled "Montana Rail Link, Inc. - Discontinuance of Service Exemption - In Yellowstone, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Park, Gallatin, Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Powell, Deer Lodge, Granite, Missoula, Lake, Mineral, and Sanders Counties, Mont.; Bonner and Kootenai Counties, Idaho; and Spokane County, Wash.":

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