60220 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 194 / Thursday, October 7, 2004 / Notices 

1See Tazewell & Peoria Railroad, Inc.—Lease and 

Operation Exemption—Peoria and Pekin Union 

Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34544 

(STB served Sept. 28, 2004).

and may be made by calling (202) 395–

6186. 

General information concerning the 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative may be obtained by 

accessing its Internet Web site (http://

www.ustr.gov).

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 04–22574 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Impact Statement: 

Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) and Alaska 

Department of Transportation and 

Public Facilities (ADOT&PF).

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this 

notice to advise the public that an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

will be prepared for the West Dowling 

Road Connection Project located in the 

Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edrie Vinson, Environmental Project 

Manager, Federal Highway 

Administration, P O Box 21648, Juneau, 

AK 99802, (907) 586–7464 or Miriam 

Tanaka, P.E. Project Manager, 

ADOT&PF, Box 196900, Anchorage, AK 

99519, (907) 269–0546.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

FHWA, in cooperation with the 

ADOT&PF, will prepare an EIS for the 

West Dowling Road Connection Project. 

The ADOT&PF has identified the need 

to enhance roadway connectivity and 

construct accessibility improvements in 

the West Dowling Road Connection 

Project area. The arterial network in the 

project area is poorly connected. Of the 

roads that are classified as arterials, 

none connect east-west across the 

project area. The road network that does 

exist (minor arterials and collectors that 

feed traffic to the arterials) is 

discontinuous, which limits 

accessibility and mobility within and 

through the project area. East-west 

barriers to through traffic in the project 

area are Campbell Creek, the Alaska 

Railroad tracks, and the controlledaccess freeways (New Seward Highway 

and Minnesota Drive). Because of the 

limited roadway connections, 

accessibility is a concern of emergency 

service providers. For the land uses 

within the project area, the incomplete 

road network often results in long and 

circuitous trip patterns. The lack of 

connectivity also hampers 

neighborhood access to residential areas 

and truck access to industrial areas. 

These problems add to traffic congestion 

on the adjacent street network. The 

project is identified in Anchorage’s 

long-range transportation plan. As such, 

the improvement is an important 

component of maintaining compliance 

with federal carbon monoxide (CO) 

standards (Anchorage was recently 

reclassified from nonattainment to 

maintenance for CO). 

A number of alternatives have been 

identified through a planning and 

scoping process. The EIS will examine 

the No-Build alternative and three build 

alternatives. 

Project planning for the West Dowling 

Road Connection Project has been 

underway since 2002 with preliminary 

engineering and a public and agency 

scoping process. Stakeholder interviews 

held in August of 2002 provided an 

early, informal opportunity to meet with 

agency representatives to assess their 

expectations for involvement and to 

begin identifying agency-specific issues/

concerns regarding the project. An 

initial round of public and agency 

scoping meetings was held on October 

30, 2002. The second set of public and 

agency scoping meetings was held on 

May 14, 2003. A scoping summary 

report summarizing the public and 

agency scoping was published in 

November of 2003 and is available at the 

following Web site: http://www. 

dowlingroad.com.

Based on project issues and on public 

and agency involvement to date, the 

FHWA has determined an EIS is 

required. Official notice of agency and 

public scoping for the EIS will be issued 

in the near future. A public hearing will 

be held following the publication of the 

Draft EIS. Notice of the availability of 

the Draft EIS and date and location of 

the hearing will be published in the 

Federal Register and in the Anchorage 

Daily News. Comments or questions 

concerning this proposed action and the 

EIS should be directed to the FHWA 

address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research, 

Planning and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Issued on: September 28, 2004. 

David C. Miller, 

Division Administrator, Juneau, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 04–22533 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34545] 

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.—

Continuance in Control Exemption–

Tazewell & Peoria Railroad, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board grants an 

exemption, under 49 U.S.C. 10502, from 

the prior approval requirements of 49 

U.S.C. 11323–25 for Genesee & 

Wyoming, Inc. (GWI), a noncarrier, to 

continue in control of Tazewell & Peoria 

Railroad, Inc. (TPR), upon TPR’s 

becoming a rail carrier pursuant to a 

related transaction involving the lease 

and operation of a line of the Peoria and 

Pekin Union Railway Company.1 GWI is 

a holding company that directly or 

indirectly controls 1 Class II rail carrier, 

21 operating Class III rail carriers, and 

4 non-operating Class III rail carriers. A 

line of one of GWI’s subsidiaries, 

Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc., 

connects at Pekin, IL, with the line to be 

leased by TPR in the related transaction.

DATES: This exemption will be effective 

on October 28, 2004. Petitions to stay 

must be filed by October 15, 2004. 

Petitions to reopen must be filed by 

October 22, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 

Finance Docket No. 34545, to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, send one copy of pleadings to 

Jo A. DeRoche, Weiner Brodsky Sidman 

Kider PC, 1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth 

Floor, Washington, DC 20036–1609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

S. Davis, (202) 565–1600 [Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision. To purchase a 

copy of the full decision, write to,

e-mail or call: ASAP Document 

Solutions, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 

103, Lanham, MD 20706; e-mail 

asapdc@verizon.net; telephone (301) 

577–2600. [Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through FIRS at 1–

800–877–8339.] 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov.

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1The trackage rights are only temporary rights, 

but, because they are ‘‘local’’ rather than 

‘‘overhead’’ rights, they do not qualify for the 

Board’s class exemption for temporary trackage 

rights at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). See Railroad 

Consolidation Procedures—Exemption for 

Temporary Trackage Rights, STB Ex Parte No. 282 

(Sub-No. 20) (STB served May 23, 2003). Therefore, 

UP has concurrently filed a petition for partial 

revocation of this exemption in STB Finance Docket 

No. 34554 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad 

Company—Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company, wherein UP requests that the 

Board permit the proposed local trackage rights 

arrangement described in this notice to expire on 

or about December 31, 2004. That petition will be 

addressed by the Board in a separate decision.

2The trackage rights involve BNSF subdivisions 

with non-contiguous mileposts. Therefore, total 

mileage does not correspond to the milepost 

designations of the endpoints.

Decided: September 30, 2004.

By the Board, Chairman Nober, Vice 

Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner 

Buttrey. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–22434 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34554] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—The Burlington Northern 

and Santa Fe Railway Company 

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company (BNSF), pursuant to 

a written trackage rights agreement 

entered into between BNSF and Union 

Pacific Railroad Company (UP), has 

agreed to grant local trackage rights to 

UP 1 over a BNSF line of railroad 

extending from BNSF milepost 579.3 

near Mill Creek, OK, to BNSF milepost 

631.1 near Joe Junction, TX, a distance 

of approximately 51 miles.2

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on September 24, 2004. 

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to permit UP to move loaded and empty 

ballast trains for use in its maintenanceof-way projects. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk and 

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and 

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If it contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34554 must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Robert T. 

Opal, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 1580, 

Omaha, NE 68179. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: September 29, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–22451 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request—Operating 

Subsidiary

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. OTS is soliciting 

public comments on the proposal.

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before November 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Mark D. 

Menchik, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10236, 

New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to 

mmenchik@omb.eop.gov; and 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552, by fax to (202) 

906–6518, or by e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov.

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

obtain a copy of the submission to OMB, 

contact Marilyn K. Burton at 

marilyn.burton@ots.treas.gov, (202) 

906–6467, or facsimile number (202) 

906–6518, Regulations and Legislation 

Division, Chief Counsel’s Office, Office 

of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Operating 

Subsidiary. 

OMB Number: 1550–0077. 

Form Number: OTS Forms 1579. 

Regulation requirement: 12 CFR Part 

559. 

Description: 12 CFR Part 559 requires 

a savings association proposing to 

establish or acquire an operating 

subsidiary or conduct new activities in 

an existing operating subsidiary to 

either notify OTS or obtain the prior 

approval of OTS. The regulation also 

requires a savings association to create 

and maintain certain documents. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Affected Public: Savings Associations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

68. 

Estimated Frequency of Response:

Event-generated. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 14 hours. 

Estimated Total Burden: 952 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Marilyn K. Burton, 

(202) 906–6467, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

OMB Reviewer: Mark D. Menchik, 

(202) 395–3176, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10236, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503.

Dated: September 30, 2004.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision. 

Richard M. Riccobono, 

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 04–22529 Filed 10–6–04; 8:45 am] 

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