74568 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 14, 2004 / Notices 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by December 17, 2004. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 565–1539. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.] Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), TXNW shall file a notice 

of consummation with the Board to 

signify that it has exercised the 

authority granted and fully abandoned 

the line. If consummation has not been 

effected by TXNW’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by December 14, 2005, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 8, 2004. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–27339 Filed 12–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (Including the States 

of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, 

South Dakota, and Texas)

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

5 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comment, ideas, and suggestions 

on improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service.

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, January 10, 2005, at 2 p.m., 

Central Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227, or 

(414) 297–1604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that a meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Monday, 

January 10, 2005, at 2 p.m., Central time 

via a telephone conference call. You can 

submit written comments to the panel 

by faxing to (414) 297–1623, or by mail 

to Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, 

Stop1006MIL, 310 West Wisconsin 

Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203–2221 or 

you can contact us at 

www.improveirs.org. This meeting is not 

required to be open to the public, but 

because we are always interested in 

community input, we will accept public 

comments. Please contact Mary Ann 

Delzer at 1–888–912–1227 or (414) 297–

1604 for dial-in information. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues.

Dated: December 9, 2004. 

Bernard Coston, 

Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.

[FR Doc. 04–27368 Filed 12–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Small Business/

Self Employed—Taxpayer Burden 

Reduction Committee of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Small 

Business/Self Employed—Taxpayer 

Burden Reduction Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

TAP will be discussing issues pertaining 

to increasing compliance and lessening 

the burden for Small Business/Self 

Employed individuals.

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, January 6, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marisa Knispel at 1–888–912–1227 or 

718–488–3557.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Small 

Business/Self Employed—Taxpayer 

Burden Reduction Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 

Thursday, January 6, 2005 from 3 p.m. 

e.t. to 4:30 p.m. e.t. via a telephone 

conference call. If you would like to 

have the TAP consider a written 

statement, please call 1–888–912–1227 

or 718–488–3557, or write to Marisa 

Knispel, TAP Office, 10 Metro Tech 

Center, 625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 

11201. Due to limited conference lines, 

notification of intent to participate in 

the telephone conference call meeting 

must be made with Marisa Knispel. Ms. 

Knispel can be reached at 1–888–912–

1227 or 718–488–3557, or post 

comments to the Web site: http://

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues.

Dated: December 8, 2004. 

Tersheia Carter, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.

[FR Doc. 04–27369 Filed 12–13–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Multilingual Initiative 

(MLI) Issue Committee Will Be 

Conducted (Via Teleconference)

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Multilingual 

Initiative (MLI) Issue Committee will be 

conducted (via teleconference). The 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting 

public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service.

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, January 11, 2005 from 3 p.m. 

to 4 p.m. e.t.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inez 

E. De Jesus at 1–888–912–1227, or 954–

423–7977.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel Multilingual Initiative 

Issue Committee will be held Tuesday, 

January 11, 2005 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

e.t. via a telephone conference call. If 

you would like to have the TAP 

consider a written statement, please call 

1–888–912–1227 or 954–423–7977, or 

write Inez E. De Jesus, TAP Office, 1000 

South Pine Island Rd., Suite 340, 

Plantation, FL 33324. Due to limited 

conference lines, notification of intent 

to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Inez E. De Jesus. Ms. De Jesus can