61702 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 20, 2004 / Notices 

1CSXT presently holds a 50% ownership interest 

in the rail line from Columbus to Newark (the C&N 

Subdivision). The balance of the ownership interest 

in this line is held by the State of Ohio, and both 

CUOH and CSXT currently hold operating rights 

over the C&N Subdivision. See Caprail I—

Acquisition Exemption—Consolidated Rail 

Corporation, Finance Docket No. 31961 (Sub-No. 1), 

Ohio Department of Transportation—Lease 

Exemption—Caprail I Lines in Ohio, Finance 

Docket No. 31961 (Sub-No.2), and Columbus & 

Ohio River Railroad Company—Lease and 

Operation Exemption—Ohio Department of 

Transportation Lines, Finance Docket No. 31961 

(Sub-No. 3) (ICC served Jan. 15, 1992). CUOH states 

that, through this transaction, it will purchase 

CSXT’s 50% share in the Columbus to Newark line.

2The line to be leased consists of the Lake Erie 

Subdivision (Newark to Mt. Vernon) and the 

Central Ohio Subdivision (Newark to Cambridge).

3OSR and CUOH are subsidiaries of Summit 

View, Inc., a noncarrier holding company.

4Prior to this transaction, CUOH and the Ohio 

Central Railroad (OHCR) interchanged traffic at 

Morgan Run (Coshocton), OH. Following this 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments and Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Small Business 

Administration’s intentions to request 

approval on a new and/or currently 

approved information collection.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

December 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send all comments 

regarding whether this information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the function of the 

agency, whether the burden estimates 

are accurate, and if there are ways to 

minimize the estimated burden and 

enhance the quality of the collection, to 

Rachel Newman Karton, Program 

Manager, Office of Small Business 

Development Centers, Small Business 

Administration, 409 3rd Street SW., 

Suite 6400, Washington, DC 20416.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rachel Newman Karton, Program 

Manager, (202) 619–1816 or Curtis B. 

Rich, Management Analyst, (202) 205–

7030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: ‘‘Quarterly Reports for Drug 

Free Workplace Program.’’

Description of Respondents: Eligible 

Intermediaries who have received a 

Drug Free Workplace Program grant. 

Form No: N/A. 

Annual Responses: 48. 

Annual Burden: 1,344.

Jacqueline White, 

Chief, Administrative Information Branch.

[FR Doc. 04–23463 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4863] 

Rescission of Determination 

Regarding Iraq 

In accordance with Section 6(j) of the 

Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 

U.S.C. App. 2405(j)), I hereby rescind 

the Determination of September 13, 

1990 (Public Notice 1264) that Iraq is a 

country which has repeatedly provided 

support for acts of international 

terrorism. 

This action is a further step to cement 

the partnership of the United States and 

Iraq in combating acts of international 

terrorism, and is an act of symbolic 

importance to the new Iraqi 

government. This rescission is 

appropriate although nearly all the 

restrictions applicable to countries that 

have supported terrorism, including the 

application of 22 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7), were 

made inapplicable with respect to Iraq 

permanently in Presidential Directive 

No. 2003–23 of May 7, 2003, pursuant 

to sec. 1503 of Pub. L. 108–11, and as 

affirmed in the Conference Report for 

Pub. L. 108–106. 

This rescission shall also satisfy the 

provisions of section 620A(c)(1) of the 

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Pub. L. 

87–195, as amended, and section 

40(f)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control 

Act, Pub. L. 90–629, as amended.

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Colin L. Powell, 

Secretary of State, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 04–23470 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4823] 

Shipping Coordinating Committee 

Notice of Meeting 

The Shipping Coordinating 

Committee (SCC) will conduct an open 

meeting between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. 

on Wednesday, 10 November 2004, in 

Room 4420, at U. S. Coast Guard 

Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20593–0001. The 

primary purpose of the meeting is to 

finalize preparations for the 93rd 

Session of the International Maritime 

Organization (IMO) to be held at the 

IMO Headquarters in London, England 

from 15 November to 19 November 

2004. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Report on the status of Conventions 

and other multilateral instruments. 

—Consideration of the strategy and 

policy of the Organization. 

—Voluntary IMO Member State Audit 

Scheme. 

—Resource management and other 

financial matters. 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Organization’s Committees. 

—Report on World Maritime Day 2004.

Members of the public may attend 

these meetings up to the seating 

capacity of the room. Interested persons 

may seek information by writing: 

Director, International Affairs, U.S. 

Coast Guard (G–CI), 2100 Second Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001 or by 

calling: (202) 267–2246.

Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Margaret F. Hayes, 

Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee, 

Department of State.

[FR Doc. 04–23468 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34540] 

The Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Rail Lines of CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

The Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road 

Company (CUOH), a Class III rail 

carrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

acquire and operate, pursuant to an 

agreement with CSX Transportation, 

Inc. (CSXT), approximately 114 miles of 

rail line: (1) By purchase, between 

Columbus, OH, milepost BP 138.0, and 

Newark, OH, milepost BQ 0.0, totalling 

approximately 32.6 miles; 1 and (2) by 

lease, between Mt. Vernon, OH, 

milepost BQ 25.9, and Cambridge, OH, 

milepost BP 49.49, via Newark, milepost 

BQ 0.0, totalling approximately 81.4 

miles.2 The lines are located in 

Franklin, Licking, Muskingum, Knox, 

and Guernsey Counties, OH. CUOH 

states that following this transaction, 

CSXT will no longer operate trains on 

any of the above-described rail lines, 

and that CUOH will be the sole operator 

of the rail lines. The transaction also 

includes approximately 1.5 miles of 

incidental trackage rights assigned by 

CSXT to CUOH over a line of the Ohio 

Southern Railroad, Inc. (OSR) 3 between 

milepost 16.7 and milepost 18.2 in 

Zanesville, OH.4

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transaction, CUOH and OHCR will exchange traffic 

at both Coshocton and Zanesville.

5On September 13, 2004, the Brotherhood of 

Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET) filed a 

protest asking the Board to reject CUOH’s notice 

and a notice filed in Indiana & Ohio Central 

Railroad, Inc.—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—CSX Transportation, Inc., STB Finance 

Docket No. 34536 (STB served Oct. 1, 2004), for 

another shortline carrier to operate through lease 

approximately 107 miles of CSXT’s rail line 

between NA Tower, OH, and Oakley, OH, and 

Oakley and Columbus, Ohio. On September 15, 

2004, the United Transportation Union (UTU) filed 

a pleading titled as a petition to revoke, seeking 

relief identical to that sought by BLET. In their 

filings, BLET and UTU sought the same relief 

regarding CUOH’s notice filed here. 

On September 24, 2004, an amended petition to 

revoke was filed by UTU. By facsimile filed on 

September 30, 2004, UTU certified to the Board that 

it served a copy of its pleadings upon CUOH. And, 

on October 1, 2004, Indiana & Ohio Central 

Railroad, Inc. filed a reply. The Board will address 

these filings in a subsequent decision.

1Effective October 31, 2004, the filing fee for an 

OFA will increase to $1,200. See Regulations 

Governing Fees for Services Performed in 

Connection with Licensing and Related Services—

2004 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 11) 

(STB served Oct. 1, 2004).

Because CUOH’s projected annual 

revenues will exceed $5 million, CUOH 

certified to the Board on August 30, 

2004, that it had complied with the 

requirements of 49 CFR 1150.42(e) 

providing for notice to employees and 

their labor unions on the affected lines. 

CUOH also certified that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

would not result in the creation of a 

Class II or Class I rail carrier. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on October 29, 2004, 

which is 60 days after CUOH’s 

certification to the Board that it has 

complied with the Board’s rule at 49 

CFR 1150.42(e). 

If the verified notice 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.5

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34540, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Andrew B. 

Kolesar III, Slover & Loftus, 1224 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: October 14, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23448 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 252X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Nottoway, Prince Edward, Cumberland, 

and Appomattox Counties, VA 

On September 30, 2004, Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company (NSR) filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board a 

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 

exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to abandon an 

approximately 33.8-mile line of railroad 

between milepost N–134.10 near 

Burkeville and milepost 167.90 near 

Pamplin City, in Nottoway, Prince 

Edward, Cumberland, and Appomattox 

Counties, VA. The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Codes 23040, 

23901, 23909, 23922, 23958, 23960, and 

23966. The line includes the stations of 

Rice, Farmville, and Prospect. Service 

will continue to the stations of 

Burkeville and Pamplin. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in NSR’s possession 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 issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

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

decision will be issued by January 18, 

2005. 

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).1

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 November 9, 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 No. AB–290 

(Sub-No. 252X) and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) James R. Paschall, Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company, Three 

Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. 

Replies to the petition are due on or 

before November 9, 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 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 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 a 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: October 13, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23447 Filed 10–19–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Presidential Determination Concerning 

Libya and Delegation of Authority to 

the Secretary of the Treasury; Report 

of the Secretary of the Treasury to the 

Congress

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

DATES: Presidential Determination 

2004–48 was issued September 20, 

2004. The report of the Secretary of the 

Treasury to the Congress was issued 

October 6, 2004.

SUMMARY: On September 20, 2004, the 

President issued Presidential 

Determination 2004–48. In Presidential