Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 231 / Thursday, December 2, 2004 / Notices 70169

1The petitioners state that SPI operates two other 

lines of railroad, both in California, as a private and 

contract carrier, not as a common carrier: a 3-mile 

line in Plumas County, CA, serving an SPI lumber 

mill in Quincy, CA, and a 25-mile line between 

Susanville and Wendel in Lassen County, CA, 

leased from the Union Pacific Railroad Company, 

which provides private carriage to an SPI mill in 

Susanville and contract carriage to a millwork plant 

in Susanville operated by Jeld-Wen.

2See New York and Eastern Railway, LLC—

Discontinuance Exemption—in Poughkeepsie, 

Dutchess County, NY, STB Docket No. 873X, et al.

(STB served July 19, 2004), and A & R Line, Inc.-

Abandonment Exemption-in Cass and Pulaski 

Counties, IN, STB Docket No. AB–855 (Sub-No. 1X), 

et al. (STB served Aug. 20, 2003).

Management and Budget, 725–17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is most effective if 

OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

15, 2004. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 04–26527 Filed 12–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–512X and STB Docket 

No. AB–880X] 

Sierra Pacific Industries–Abandonment 

Exemption Sierra Pine—

Discontinuance Exemption—in 

Amador County, CA 

On November 12, 2004, Sierra Pacific 

Industries (SPI) and SierraPine 

(collectively, petitioners) jointly 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. SPI seeks to abandon and 

SierraPine seeks to discontinue service 

over a line of railroad extending from 

milepost 0.0 at Ione, CA, to the end of 

the line at milepost 12.0 at Martell, CA. 

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service ZIP Codes 95640 and 95654 in 

Amador County, CA, and includes 

stations at Ione and Martell. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in SPI’s or SierraPine’s 

possession will be made available 

promptly to those requesting it. 

The line to be abandoned and 

discontinued constitutes the entire line 

of railroad of SierraPine and the entire 

line of railroad of SPI operated pursuant 

to Board authority.1 When issuing 

discontinuance or abandonment 

authority for railroad lines that 

constitute the carrier’s entire system, the 

Board does not impose labor 

protections, except under the 

circumstances listed in Northampton 

and Bath R. Co.—Abandonment, 354 

I.C.C. 784, 785–86 (1978) 

(Northampton).2 Therefore, if the Board 

grants the petition for exemption, in the 

absence of a showing that one or more 

of the exceptions articulated in 

Northampton are present, no labor 

protective conditions will be imposed.

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 March 2, 

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 

exemption. Each OFA must be 

accompanied by a $1,200 filing fee. See

49 CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

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 December 22, 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–512X 

and AB–880X and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) Scott M. Zimmerman, 

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, 888 

Seventeenth Street, NW., Suite 700, 

Washington, DC 20006. Replies to the 

petition are due on or before December 

22, 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 the 

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 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: November 23, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–26453 Filed 12–1–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Open Meeting of the Financial Literacy 

and Education Commission

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

fourth meeting of the Financial Literacy 

and Education Commission, established 

by the Financial Literacy and Education 

Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair 

and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 

2003).

DATES: The fourth meeting of the 

Financial Literacy and Education 

Commission will be held on Thursday, 

January 13, 2005, beginning at 10:30 

a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and 

Education Commission meeting will be 

held in the Cash Room at the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, located at 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. To be admitted to the 

Treasury building, an attendee must 

RSVP by providing his or her name, 

organization, phone number, date of 

birth, Social Security number and 

country of citizenship to the Department 

of the Treasury by e-mail at: 

FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov, or by telephone 

at: (202) 622–1783 (not a toll-free