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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.

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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.

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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 

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also hear presentations on activities in 

Veterans Health Administration VISN 1 

Network. The day will conclude with 

new business and general discussion. 

On October 14, the Committee’s medical 

and administrative work groups will 

meet separately to discuss their new 

recommendations and report to the 

Committee Chairman. Additionally, the 

Committee will analyze the comments 

discussed throughout the meeting for 

the development of a final report for the 

Secretary. 

Members of the public may direct 

questions or submit written statements 

for review by the Committee in advance 

of the meeting to Rene ́e L. Szybala, 

Director, Compensation and Pension 

Service (21), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420.

Dated: September 20, 2004.

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Prosthetics 

and Special Disabilities Programs; 

Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Public Law 

92–463 (Federal Advisory Committee 

Act) that a meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on Prosthetics and Special 

Disabilities Programs will be held 

November 9–10, 2004, at VA 

Headquarters, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Room 830, Washington, DC. 

Meeting sessions will convene at 8:30 

a.m. on both days and will adjourn at 

4:30 p.m. on November 9 and at 12 noon 

on November 19. The meeting is open 

to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on VA’s prosthetic programs designed to 

provide state-of-the-art prosthetics and 

the associated rehabilitation research, 

development, and evaluation of such 

technology. The Committee also 

provides advice to the Secretary on 

special disability programs which are 

defined as any program administered by 

the Secretary to serve veterans with 

spinal cord injury, blindness or vision 

impairment, loss of or loss of use of 

extremities, deafness or hearing 

impairment, or other serious 

incapacities in terms of daily life 

functions. 

On the morning of November 9, the 

Committee will be briefed by the Chief 

Consultants, Rehabilitation Strategic 

Healthcare Group and Prosthetics and 

Sensory Aids. In the afternoon, the 

Committee will be briefed by the 

directors of VA’s special disabilities 

programs (physical medicine and 

rehabilitation, audiology and speech 

pathology), and the national program 

directors of VA’s ophthalmology and 

optometry programs. On the morning of 

November 10, the Committee will be 

briefed by the Director Rehabilitation 

Research and Development, and will 

subsequently discuss the annual 

Capacity Report as well as transition 

issues and benefits. 

No time will be allocated for receiving 

oral presentations from the public. 

However, members of the public may 

direct questions or submit written 

statements for review by the Committee 

in advance of the meeting to Ms. 

Cynthia Wade, Veterans Health 

Administration, Patient Care Services, 

Rehabilitation Strategic Healthcare 

Group (117), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. Any member of 

the public wishing to attend the meeting 

should contact Ms. Wade at (202) 273–

8485.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer.

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