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In addition, proposals have spanned a 

broad range of topics from a wide 

spectrum of Members, both those that 

are frequent users of the dispute 

settlement system and those who have 

less experience with it. Proposals have 

been submitted on almost every phase 

of the dispute settlement process. For 

example, in addition to the U.S. 

proposals, a number of proposals have 

been made to require that a compliance 

panel must first review any measures 

taken to comply before a complaining 

party could request authorization to 

suspend equivalent concessions. 

Proposals have also been made to 

provide for a remand from the Appellate 

Body to a panel where there were 

insufficient factual findings to allow the 

Appellate Body to make a legal finding 

on a claim. Some of the proposals 

would result in a significant lengthening 

of the dispute settlement process. 

Proposals have also included ways in 

which to use time in the process more 

efficiently. The TPSC would welcome 

comments on any of the proposals 

made. 

Written Submissions: Comments 

should state clearly the objective(s) and 

should contain detailed information 

supporting the objective(s). Submissions 

should clearly indicate the general topic 

(e.g., agriculture, services, nonagricultural market access, etc.). As 

noted in the sections on services, 

agriculture and industrial market access, 

the provision of supplemental technical 

information would be helpful. This 

information should be provided in an 

attachment containing a spreadsheet or 

table in Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, 

Excel, Quatro Pro or MS Access.

Persons submitting comments may 

either send one copy by fax to Gloria 

Blue, Executive Secretary, Trade Policy 

Staff Committee, at (202) 395–6143 or 

transmit a copy electronically to 

FR0514@USTR.EOP.GOV, with ‘‘Doha 

Work Program’’ in the subject line. For 

documents sent by fax, USTR requests 

that the submitter provide a 

confirmation copy electronically. The 

public is strongly encouraged to submit 

documents electronically rather than by 

facsimile. USTR encourages the use of 

Adobe PDF format to submit 

attachments to an electronic mail. 

Interested persons who make 

submissions by electronic mail should 

not provide separate cover letters; 

information that might appear in a cover 

letter should be included in the 

submission itself. Similarly, to the 

extent possible, any attachments to the 

submission should be included in the 

same file as the submission itself, and 

not as separate files. 

Comments should be submitted 

electronically no later than January 31, 

2005. 

Business confidential information 

will be subject to the requirements of 15 

CFR 2003.6. Any business confidential 

material must be clearly marked as such 

and must be accompanied by a nonconfidential summary thereof. A 

justification as to why the information 

contained in the submission should be 

treated confidentially should also be 

contained in the submission. In 

addition, any submissions containing 

business confidential information must 

clearly be marked ‘‘Business 

Confidential’’ at the top and bottom of 

the cover page (or letter) and each 

succeeding page of the submission. The 

version that does not contain business 

confidential information should also be 

clearly marked at the top and bottom of 

each page, ‘‘Public Version’’ or ‘‘NonConfidential.’’

Written comments submitted in 

connection with this request, except for 

information granted ‘‘business 

confidential’’ status pursuant to 15 CFR 

2003.6 will be available for public 

inspection in the USTR Reading Room, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. An appointment to 

review the file can be made by calling 

(202) 395–6186. The Reading Room is 

open to the public from 10 a.m. to 12 

noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday 

through Friday.

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 04–27037 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W5–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[Ex Parte No. 333] 

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10 a..m., December 13, 

2004.

PLACE: The Board’s Hearing Room, 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423.

STATUS: The Board will meet to discuss 

among themselves the following agenda 

items. Although the conference is open 

for public observation, no public 

participation is permitted.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

STB Docket No. AB–556 (Sub-No. 

2X), Railroad Ventures, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—Between 

Youngstown, OH, and Darlington, PA, 

in Mahoning and Columbiana Counties, 

OH, and Beaver County, PA.

Docket No. 41185, Arizona Public 

Service Company & PacifiCorp v. The 

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company.

STB Docket No. 42057, Public Service 

Company of Colorado D/b/a Xcel Energy

v. The Burlington Northern and Santa 

Fe Railway Company.

STB Docket No. 42071, Otter Tail 

Power Company v. The Burlington 

Northern and Santa Fe Railway 

Company.

STB Docket No. WCC–105, DHX Inc.,

v. Matson Navigation Company and 

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

STB Ex Parte No. 656, Motor Carrier 

Bureaus—Periodic Review Proceeding.

STB Ex Parte No. 558 (Sub-No. 8), 

Railroad Cost of Capital—2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Dennis Watson, Office of Congressional 

and Public Services, Telephone: (202) 

565–1596; FIRS: 1–800–877–8339.

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–27140 Filed 12–7–04; 11:26 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34619] 

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) has agreed to 

grant temporary overhead trackage 

rights to Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP) over BNSF’s rail line 

between BNSF milepost 2.1 near St. 

Louis, MO (Grand Avenue), and BNSF 

milepost 34.1 near Pacific, MO, a 

distance of 32.0 miles. 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on December 1, 2004, and 

the temporary trackage rights are 

intended to expire on or about February 

15, 2005. The purpose of the temporary 

rights is to facilitate maintenance work 

on UP lines. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary 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), and, any employee affected by 

the discontinuance of those trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions set out in Oregon Short Line 

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1WSDOT states that it will be filing a motion to 

dismiss the notice of exemption in this proceeding. 

When the motion is filed, it will be addressed in 

a subsequent Board decision.

R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 

I.C.C. 91 (1979). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(8). 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. 34619, 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 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: December 6, 2004. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–27039 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34609] 

State of Washington, Department of 

Transportation—Acquisition 

Exemption—Palouse River and Coulee 

City Railroad, Inc. 

The State of Washington, Department 

of Transportation (WSDOT), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from Palouse River and Coulee 

City Railroad, Inc. (PRCC) certain 

physical assets of seven rail lines and 

the underlying rights-of-way, totaling 

approximately 188 miles in the State of 

Washington. The rail lines are as 

follows: (1) The Hooper Jct.-Winona 

line, between milepost 26.6 at Hooper 

Junction and milepost 52.3 at Winona; 

(2) the Thornton-Winona line, between 

milepost 0.0 at Winona and milepost 

31.7 at Thornton; (3) the WinonaEndicott line, between milepost 52.3 at 

Winona and milepost 57.9 at Endicott; 

(4) the Endicott-Colfax line, between 

milepost 57.9 at Endicott and milepost 

77.7 at Colfax; (5) the Colfax-Moscow 

line (a) between milepost 0.0 at Colfax 

and milepost 18.7 at Pullman, and (b) 

between milepost 75.9 at Pullman and 

milepost 84.05 at the Washington-Idaho 

State line; (6) the WIM line, between 

milepost 0.0 at Palouse and milepost 

3.85 at the Washington-Idaho State line; 

and (7) the P&L line, between milepost 

1.0 at Marshall and milepost 75.9 at 

Pullman. 

At the time of filing of the verified 

notice, WSDOT and PRCC were in the 

process of finalizing a purchase and sale 

agreement whereby: (1) WSDOT will 

acquire PRCC’s right, title and interest 

in certain tracks, track materials and the 

underlying rights-of-way of seven rail 

lines; and (2) PRCC will retain a 

permanent, exclusive rail freight 

easement to provide rail freight service 

over the lines. WSDOT states that it will 

not be providing rail freight service over 

the lines. 

The transaction was expected to be 

consummated on or shortly after 

November 5, 2004. 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio.1 Petitions to reopen the 

proceeding 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. 34609, 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 Jeanne A. 

Cushman, Assistant Attorney General, 

905 Plum Street SE., Building 3, P.O. 

Box 40113, Olympia, WA 98504. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 3, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–27038 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture; 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Executive 

Office for Asset Forfeiture within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning the ‘‘Request for 

Transfer of Property Seized/Forfeited by 

a Treasury Agency’’, TD F 92–22.46.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 31, 2004 

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to the Executive Office for Asset 

Forfeiture, Attn: Jackie A. Jackson, Suite 

700, 740–15th Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20220. Telephone: (202) 622–2755. 

E-Mail Address: 

Jackie.Jackson@TEOAF.Treas.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form(s) and instructions 

should be directed to the Executive 

Office for Asset Forfeiture, Attn: Jackie 

A. Jackson, Suite 700, 740–15th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20220. 

Telephone: (202) 622–2755. E-Mail 

Address: 

Jackie.Jackson@TEOAF.Treas.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Request for Transfer of Property 

Seized/Forfeited by a Treasury Agency, 

TD F 92–22.46 

OMB Number: 1505–0152. 

Form Number: TD F 92–22.46 

Abstract: The form was developed to 

capture the minimum amount of data 

necessary to process the application for 

equitable sharing benefits. Only one 

form is required per seizure. If a law 

enforcement agency does not make this 

one time application for benefits under 

the equitable sharing process, the 

agency will not benefit from the 

forfeiture process. 

Current Actions: This is a notice for 

the continued use of the established 

form. There are several changes to the 

form or instructions. Type of Review: 

Extension (with changes). 

Proposed Changes: On the entire form 

change wording: Treasury Agency to 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund Particpating 

Agency. Line III. Change wording—

Asset Requested to Asset Seized Under 

Request Type: add a percentage sign. 

Affected Public: Federal, State and 

local law enforcement agencies 

participating in the Treasury asset 

sharing program. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,000. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 

Minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,500.