Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 61903

1A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement between NSR and D&H was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full version of the 

agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), 

was concurrently filed under seal along with a 

motion for protective order. A protective order was 

served on October 8, 2004.

2By decision served on October 7, 2004, the 

effective date of the exemption was stayed until 

October 27, 2004, to allow for review of certain 

documents, filing of a petition to revoke, and the 

Board’s consideration of the stay request filed in 

this proceeding. Accordingly, consummation of the 

transaction cannot occur until October 27, 2004.

assessment information on each 

proposed safety standard to the advisory 

committees. The TPSSC and/or 

THLPSSC evaluate the merits of the data 

and the methods used in these analyses 

and, when appropriate, provide 

recommendations on the adequacy of 

the cost-benefit analyses. 

In addition to the advisory committee 

meetings, OPS will soon publish a 

separate notice to announce four public 

meetings to be held during the week of 

December 13–17, 2004. These public 

meetings will include sessions on gas 

distribution system integrity 

management, the pipeline operator drug 

and alcohol program, updates to the 

operator personnel qualification 

program, and pipeline safety 

communications. These public meetings 

are being scheduled during the same 

week as the advisory committee 

meetings to afford members of the 

advisory committees, state pipeline 

safety representatives, and the general 

public the maximum opportunity to 

attend both the advisory committee 

meetings and the issue-specific public 

meetings. 

Preliminary Meeting Schedule 

On Tuesday, December 14, 2004, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. e.s.t., a meeting of 

the THLPSSC will be held. The agenda 

includes briefings on the following: 

1. American Petroleum Institute (API) 

Petition—Changes to Liquid Integrity 

Management Program (IMP). 

2. Response Plans for Onshore Oil 

Pipelines. 

3. Direct Assessment for Hazardous 

Liquid Pipelines (scheduled for VOTE). 

On Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 

from 8:30 p.m. to 12 p.m. e.s.t., the 

THLPSSC and the TPSSC will meet in 

joint session. OPS will provide the 

committees with briefings on the 

following: 

1. Common Ground Alliance. 

2. Community and Technical 

Assistance State Damage Prevention 

Assessment Briefing. 

3. Pipeline Industry Implementation 

of Public Awareness Programs 

(scheduled for VOTE). 

4. Annual Update of Standards 

Incorporated by Reference (scheduled 

for VOTE). 

5. Transportation Research Board 

Report. 

6. Passage of Internal Inspection 

Devices. 

On Wednesday, December 15, from 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m. e.s.t., a meeting of the 

TPSSC will be held. The following 

topics will be discussed: 

1. Gas Gathering Line Definition. 

2. Direct Assessment for Gas 

Pipelines. 

3. Protocols for Gas Integrity 

Management Program. 

4. Technical Studies by Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission and 

Department of Energy.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 18, 

2004. 

Richard D. Huriaux, 

Director, Technical Standards, Office of 

Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–23588 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34562] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Delaware 

and Hudson Railway Company, Inc. 

Pursuant to a trackage rights 

agreement dated September 30, 2004, 

between Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company (NSR) and Delaware and 

Hudson Railway Company, Inc. (D&H),1

D&H has agreed to grant NSR 

approximately 155.24 miles of overhead 

trackage rights over the following lines: 

(1) Between milepost 37.10± of D&H’s 

Canadian Main Line in Saratoga 

Springs, NY, and the point of 

connection between D&H’s Canadian 

Main Line and D&H’s Freight Main Line 

at CPF 480, located at milepost 21.70±

of D&H’s Canadian Main Line, a total 

distance of approximately 15.4 miles; 

(2) between milepost 480.36± and 

milepost 611.15± of D&H’s Freight Main 

Line in Binghamton, NY, a distance of 

approximately 130.79 miles; and (3) 

between milepost 611.15± and milepost 

620.20± of D&H’s Freight Main Line 

(including tracks into and within D&H’s 

East Binghamton Yard) in Binghamton, 

NY, a distance of approximately 9.05 

miles.

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on or after the anticipated 

October 8, 2004, effective date of this 

exemption.2

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to allow for: (1) The overhead 

movement between Saratoga Springs 

and Binghamton of trains by NSR, 

which are currently handled by D&H for 

NSR’s account between Saratoga 

Springs and Rouses Point, NY, pursuant 

to a haulage agreement between NSR 

and D&H, and (2) movements over 

D&H’s terminal trackage, including 

within D&H’s East Binghamton Yard. 

Additionally, traffic moved by the 

trackage rights will be blocked and 

switched in D&H’s East Binghamton 

Yard pursuant to a switching agreement 

between NSR and D&H. 

As a condition of 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. 34562, 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 Richard A. 

Allen, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger 

LLP, 888 Seventeenth Street, Suite 600, 

Washington, DC 20006–3939. 

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. 04–23450 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34561] 

Canadian Pacific Railway Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company 

Pursuant to a trackage rights 

agreement dated September 30, 2004, 

between Canadian Pacific Railway 

Company (CPRC) and Norfolk Southern 

61904 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 203 / Thursday, October 21, 2004 / Notices 

1A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement between CPRC and NSR was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full version of the 

agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), 

was concurrently filed under seal along with a 

motion for protective order. A protective order was 

served on October 8, 2004.

2CPRC will acquire the trackage rights by 

assignment from its affiliate, Delaware and Hudson 

Railway Company, Inc. (D&H).

3By decision served on October 7, 2004, the 

effective date of this trackage rights exemption was 

stayed until October 27, 2004, to allow for review 

of certain documents, filing of a petition to revoke, 

and the Board’s consideration of the stay request 

filed in this proceeding. Accordingly, 

consummation of the transaction cannot occur until 

October 27, 2004, at the earliest, but, as noted, the 

parties anticipate consummation at some time after 

the Board acts on the petition for exemption in STB 

Docket No. AB–156 (Sub-No. 25X).

Railway Company (NSR),1 NSR has 

agreed to grant CPRC approximately 

12.5 miles of overhead trackage rights in 

the vicinity of Buffalo, NY, over: (a) 

NSR’s Southern Tier Line between 

milepost 413.0± and the western end of 

the Southern Tier Line at milepost 

419.8± (including tracks into NSR’s 

Bison Yard), a distance of 

approximately 6.8 miles; (b) NSR’s 

Bison Running Track between the point 

of connection with the Southern Tier 

Line at milepost 419.8± and the point of 

connection with the lines of CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) at milepost 

423.3±, a distance of approximately 3.5 

miles; and (c) NSR’s Howard Street 

Running Track between the point of 

connection with the Bison Running 

Track at milepost 420.15± and the point 

of connection with the lines of CSXT at 

milepost 422.3±, a distance of 

approximately 2.15 miles.2

The transaction will be consummated 

on a date mutually agreed in writing 

between CPRC and NSR, which shall 

not occur until the effective date of any 

required Board approval of the petition 

for exemption filed by D&H in Delaware 

and Hudson Railway Company—

Discontinuance of Trackage Rights—in 

Susquehanna County, PA and Broome, 

Tioga, Chemung, Steuben, Allegany, 

Livingston, Wyoming, Erie and Genesee 

Counties, NY, STB Docket No. AB–156 

(Sub-No. 25X) (including compliance 

with any conditions imposed by the 

Board in connection with such approval 

or exemption).3

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to allow CPRC to access customers via 

switching in the Buffalo terminal area, 

and to interchange traffic with other rail 

carriers along the Southern Tier Line 

and in the Buffalo Terminal Area. 

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. 34561, 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 Terence M. 

Hynes, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood 

LLP, 1501 K Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20005. 

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. 04–23449 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–156 (Sub No. 25X)] 

Delaware and Hudson Railway 

Company—Discontinuance of 

Trackage Rights—in Susquehanna 

County, PA and Broome, Tioga, 

Chemung, Steuben, Allegany, 

Livingston, Wyoming, Erie, and 

Genesee Counties, NY 

On October 1, 2004, Delaware and 

Hudson Railway Company, Inc. (D&H) 

filed with the Surface Transportation 

Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 

10502 for exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 for D&H 

to discontinue overhead trackage rights 

over approximately 229.55 miles of 

railroad line owned and operated by 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) between Lanesboro, PA, and 

Buffalo, NY. The specific lines proposed 

for discontinuance by D&H include: (1) 

NSR’s line between milepost 189.8± in 

Lanesboro, PA, and CP Coles at milepost 

210.9± in Binghamton, NY; (2) NSR’s 

Southern Tier Line between milepost 

217.0± in Binghamton, NY, and 

milepost 419.8± in Buffalo, NY; (3) 

NSR’s Bison Running Track between the 

point of connection with the Southern 

Tier Line at milepost 419.8± and the 

point of connection with the lines of 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) at 

milepost 423.3± in Buffalo, NY 

(including NSR’s SK Yard, which D&H 

currently operates under an agreement 

between D&H and Consolidated Rail 

Corporation dated as of February 1, 

1984), a distance of approximately 3.5 

miles; and (4) NSR’s Howard Street 

Running Track between the point of 

connection with the Bison Running 

Track at milepost 420.15± and the point 

of connection with the lines of CSXT at 

milepost 422.3±, a distance of 

approximately 2.15 miles. D&H will 

retain trackage rights over NSR’s line 

between milepost 210.9± and milepost 

217.0± in Binghamton, NY, because 

D&H requires the use of that segment for 

ongoing operations in the Binghamton 

terminal area. 

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 19, 

2005. 

This proceeding is exempt from 

environmental reporting requirements 

under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from 

historic reporting requirements under 

1105.8(b). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–156 

(Sub-No. 25X) and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

001; and (2) Terence M. Hynes, Sidley 

Austin Brown & Wood LLP, 1501 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

Replies to the petition are due on or 

before November 10, 2004. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning discontinuance procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Services at (202) 565–1592 or refer to 

the full 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.] 

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. 04–23368 Filed 10–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P