43214 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 164 / Wednesday, August 26, 2009 / Notices 

1The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is September 25, 2009 (50 days after 

filing. 49 CFR 1152.50(d)). RBMN has indicated a 

consummation date of on or after September 24, 

2009. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

3Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and 

not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and 

public use conditions are not appropriate. Likewise, 

no environmental or historical documentation is 

required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 

1105.8(b), respectively. 

information concerning the Office of the 

United States Trade Representative may 

be obtained by accessing its Internet 

Web site (http://www.ustr.gov). 

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–20519 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–996 (Sub-No. 2X)] 

Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 

Railroad Company—Discontinuance of 

Service Exemption—in Berks County, 

PA 

Reading Blue Mountain and Northern 

Railroad Company (RBMN) has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service to discontinue service over a 

8.6-mile portion of the Pennsy Branch 

between milepost 67.8, at or near 

Shackamaxon Street, in Leesport, Berks 

County, PA, to the end of the line at 

milepost 76.4, at or near Grand Street, 

in Hamburg, Berks County, PA. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 19526, 19533, and 19555. 

RBMN has certified that: (1) No traffic 

has moved over the line for at least 2 

years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on 

the line; (3) no formal complaint filed 

by a user of rail service on the line (or 

by a state or local government entity 

acting on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the line either 

is pending with the Board or with any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of complainant within the 2- 

year period; and (4) the requirements at 

49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper 

publication) and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) 

(notice to governmental agencies) have 

been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line R. 

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

September 25, 2009, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration.1 Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues and formal expressions of intent 

to file an OFA for continued rail service 

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 must be 

filed by September 8, 2009.3 Petitions to 

reopen must be filed by September 15, 

2009, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to RBMN’s 

representative: Eric M. Hocky, Thorp 

Reed & Armstrong, LLP, One Commerce 

Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 1000, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 20, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–20548 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at Walnut 

Ridge Regional Airport, Walnut Ridge, 

AR 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Request To Release 

Airport Property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invites public comment on the release of 

land at Walnut Ridge Regional Airport 

under the provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. 

Section 47153(c). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 25, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the FAA at the following address: Mr. 

Edward N. Agnew, Manager, Federal 

Aviation Administration, Southwest 

Region, Airports Division, Arkansas/ 

Oklahoma Airports Development Office, 

ASW–630, 2601 Meacham Boulevard, 

Fort Worth, Texas 76137. 

In addition, one copy of any 

comments submitted to the FAA must 

be mailed or delivered to The Honorable 

Michelle Rogers, Mayor of Walnut 

Ridge, at the following address: City of 

Walnut Ridge, 300 West Main Street, 

Walnut Ridge, AR 72476. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Paul Burns, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Airports Development 

Office, ASW–630, 2601 Meacham 

Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76137. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release property at the Walnut Ridge 

Regional Airport. 

On August 10, 2009, the FAA 

determined that the request to release 

property at Walnut Ridge Regional 

Airport submitted by the City of Walnut 

Ridge met the procedural requirements 

of the Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 

155. The FAA may approve the request, 

in whole or in part, no later than 

September 25, 2009. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: The City of Walnut Ridge 

requests the release of 17.6 acres of 

airport property. The land proposed for 

release will be used by Williams Baptist 

College to expand its existing college 

campus adjacent to the Walnut Ridge 

Regional Airport. The fair market value 

of this land is $53,000.00. In exchange 

for this 17.6 acres, the Airport will 

receive from Williams Baptist College a 

20.0-acre tract valued at $40,000.00 plus 

a cash payment in the amount of 

$13,000.00. The City will use this 

$13,000.00 (together with $30,000.00 

from another airport land release, 

resulting in a total of $43,000.00) on a 

2010 capital improvement project to 

construct a Maintenance Hangar at 

Walnut Ridge Regional Airport. 

Any person may inspect the request 

in person at the FAA office listed above 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

In addition, any person may, upon 

request, inspect the application, notice 

and other documents germane to the 

application in person at the Walnut 

Ridge Regional Airport. 

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 14, 

2009. 

Kelvin L. Solco, 

Manager, Airports Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–20317 Filed 8–25–09; 8:45 am] 

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