57746 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 186 / Monday, September 27, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Peter Sorum, 

Senior Advisor, Office of the National 

Ombudsman.

[FR Doc. 04–21544 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4839] 

Culturally Significant Objects Imported 

for Exhibition 

Determinations: ‘‘Nineteenth-Century 

European Paintings Galleries’’

Summary: Notice is hereby given of 

the following determinations: Pursuant 

to the authority vested in me by the Act 

of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 

U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and 

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of 

October 19, 1999, as amended, and 

Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 

15, 2003 (68 FR 19875), I hereby 

determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘NineteenthCentury European Paintings Galleries,’’

imported from abroad for temporary 

exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to a loan agreement 

with the foreign owner. I also determine 

that the exhibition or display of the 

exhibit objects at The Metropolitan 

Museum of Art, New York, NY in late 

September 2004, for two years, and at 

possible additional venues yet to be 

determined, is in the national interest. 

Public notice of these determinations is 

ordered to be published in the Federal 

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Carol B. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, Department of State, 

(telephone: 202/619–6981). The address 

is Department of State, SA–44, 301 4th 

Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 

20547–0001.

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State.

[FR Doc. 04–21612 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4838] 

Bureau of Nonproliferation

ACTION: Notice correction.

SUMMARY: The Department of State 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of September 20, 2004, 

concerning Imposition of 

Nonproliferation Measures on an Entity 

in China, Including A Ban on U.S. 

Government Procurement. This 

document contained an incorrect name.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: On 

general issues: Vann H. Van Diepen, 

Office of Chemical, Biological and 

Missile Nonproliferation, Bureau of 

Nonproliferation, Department of State 

(202–647–1142). On U.S. Government 

procurement ban issues: Gladys Gines, 

Office of the Procurement Executive, 

Department of State (703–516–1691). 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of September 

20, 2004, in FR Doc 04–21079 on page 

56260–56261, in the third column, the 

correct name should read:

Xinshidai (also known as: China 

Xinshidai Company, XSD, China New 

Era Group or New Era Group).

Dated: September 21, 2004. 

Holly West-Owen, 

Federal Register Liaison, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 04–21611 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Announcing the Thirteenth Quarterly 

Meeting of the Crash Injury Research 

and Engineering Network (CIREN)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Meeting announcement.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Thirteenth Quarterly Meeting of 

members of the Crash Injury Research 

and Engineering Network. CIREN is a 

collaborative effort to conduct research 

on crashes and injuries at ten Level 1 

Trauma Centers linked by a computer 

network. Researchers can review data 

and share expertise, which could lead to 

a better understanding of crash injury 

mechanisms and the design of safer 

vehicles.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 

4, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the University of Maryland-Baltimore in 

the Health Science Facility (Building 2, 

Room 130). The facility is located at the 

corner of Penn and Lombard Streets in 

Baltimore City.

TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT: Contact the 

National Study Center for Trauma and 

EMS at 410–328–5085 or e-mail 

tkerns@som.umaryland.edu. 

Registration is strongly recommended.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CIREN System has been established and 

crash cases have been entered into the 

database by each Center. CIREN cases 

may be viewed from the NHTSA/CIREN 

Web site at: http://wwwnrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-50/

ciren/CIREN.html. NHTSA has held 

three Annual Conferences where CIREN 

research results were presented. Further 

information about the three previous 

CIREN conferences is also available 

through the NHTSA Web site. NHTSA 

held the first quarterly meeting on May 

5, 2000, with a topic of lower extremity 

injuries in motor vehicle crashes; the 

second quarterly meeting on July 21, 

2000, with a topic of side impact 

crashes; the third quarterly meeting on 

November 30, 2000, with a topic of 

thoracic injuries in crashes; the fourth 

quarterly meeting on March 16, 2001, 

with a topic of offset frontal collisions; 

the fifth quarterly meeting on June 21, 

2001, on CIREN outreach efforts; the 

sixth quarterly meeting (held in Ann 

Arbor, Michigan) with a topic of injuries 

involving sport utility vehicles; the 

seventh quarterly meeting on December 

6, 2001, with a topic of Age Related 

Injuries (Elderly and Children); the 

eighth quarterly meeting on April 25, 

2002, with a topic of Head and 

Traumatic Brain Injuries; the ninth 

quarterly meeting on August 22, 2002, at 

Harborview Injury Prevention and 

Research Center in Seattle, Washington 

with presentations highlighting the 

various research specialties of the 

Centers; the tenth Quarterly meeting on 

December 5, 2002, with a topic of 

Occult Injuries; the eleventh Quarterly 

Meeting on April 3, 2003, with papers 

on the injuries sustained in crashes 

where vehicles are mis-matched in 

terms of size or weight; and the twelfth 

quarterly meeting on December 5, 2003, 

at the University of Alabama at 

Birmingham with presentations on 

various research specialties of the 

Centers. Presentations from these 

meetings are available through the 

NHTSA Web site. 

NHTSA plans to continue holding 

quarterly meetings on a regular basis to 

disseminate CIREN information to 

interested parties. This is the thirteenth 

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1RJCE and RJCR are commonly controlled by 

Richard J. Corman and are part of the R.J. Corman 

family of railroads, which includes seven other 

Class III rail carriers in the eastern United States.

such meeting. The CIREN Centers will 

be presenting papers on a variety of 

research topics. 

Should it be necessary to cancel the 

meeting due to inclement weather or to 

any other emergencies, a decision to 

cancel will be made as soon as possible 

and posted immediately on NHTSA’s 

Web site http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

nhtsa/announce/meetings/. If you do 

not have access to the Web site, you 

may call the contact listed below and 

leave your telephone or fax number. 

You will be called only if the meeting 

is postponed or canceled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

NHTSA or the Baltimore CIREN Center.

NHTSA, Mark Scarboro, Office of 

Advanced Safety Research, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 6220, 

Washington, DC 20590, telephone: 

(202) 366–5932. 

Or 

Baltimore CIREN Center, Tim Kerns, 

National Study Center for Trauma/

EMS, 701 West Pratt Street, Room 

553, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Issued on: September 21, 2004. 

Joseph N. Kanianthra, 

Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety 

Research, National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–21594 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–876X and AB–875X] 

R.J. Corman Equipment Company, 

LLC—Abandonment Exemption—in 

Johnson, Magoffin and Breathitt 

Counties, KY; R.J. Corman Railroad 

Company/Bardstown Line—

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Johnson, Magoffin and 

Breathitt Counties, KY 

On September 7, 2004, (1) R.J. Corman 

Equipment Company, LLC (RJCE) and 

(2) R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Bardstown Line (RJCR) jointly filed with 

the Board a petition under 49 U.S.C. 

10502 for exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903.1 RCJE 

seeks to abandon and RJCR seeks to 

discontinue service on, a line of railroad 

known as the Dawkins Line, extending 

from milepost 0.05 at Dawkins, KY, to 

the end of the track at milepost 36.13 

near Evanston, KY, a distance of 

approximately 36.08 miles in Johnson, 

Magoffin and Breathitt Counties, KY. 

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Codes 41240, 41260, 41222, 

41465, and 41339 and includes the 

stations of Paintsville, Ivyton, Royalton, 

Magoffin and Skyline.

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in the possession of 

RJCE and RJCR will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.-

Abandonment-Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by December 23, 

2004. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,100 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than October 15, 2004. Each 

trail use request must be accompanied 

by a $200 filing fee. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket Nos. AB–876X 

and AB–875X and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001, and (2) Thomas J. Litwiler, 29 

North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, 

IL 60606–2832. Replies to the petition 

are due on or before October 15, 2004. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Services at (202) 565–1592 or refer to 

the full abandonment or discontinuance 

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 

Questions concerning environmental 

issues may be directed to the Board’s 

Section of Environmental Analysis 

(SEA) at (202) 565–1539. (Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.) 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by the SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: September 21, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–21681 Filed 9–24–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Former 

Prisoners of War; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Former Prisoners of War 

(FPOW) will be held on October 12–14, 

2004, in the Basement Conference 

Room, at the VA Boston Healthcare 

System, 150 South Huntington Avenue, 

Boston, MA 02130. Each day, the 

meeting will convene at 9 a.m. and end 

at 4:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the administration of benefits under 

Title 38, United States Code, for 

veterans who are former prisoners of 

war and to make recommendations on 

the needs of such veterans for 

compensation, health care, and 

rehabilitation. 

The agenda for October 12 consists of 

an introduction of Committee members, 

remarks from dignitaries, a review of 

Committee reports, an update of 

activities since the last meeting, and 

time for FPOW veterans and/or the 

public to address the committee. The 

Chairman of the FPOW presumptive 

workgroup will provide a status report 

on the recommendations made to the 

Secretary. The agenda for October 13 

includes reports on the progress of the 

VA FPOW Case Management training 

and the progress of the Special FPOW 

Care and Benefits Teams. The Director 

of the Robert E. Mitchell Center for 

Prisoners of War Studies will provide an 

update on center activities. The 

Committee will discuss the VA’s 

responses to the Committee’s previous 

recommendations. The Committee will