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1NYS&W states that no local or overhead traffic 

has moved over the line for more than 15 years and 

that any previous overhead traffic has long been 

rerouted. 

Tuccillo, Robert 

Valdes, Vincent 

Welbes, Matthew 

Maritime Administration 

Bohnert, Roger 

Brohl, Helen 

Byrne, Joseph Andrew 

Caponiti, James 

Harrelson, Thomas 

Jones II, Taylor E. 

Kumar, Sashi 

Lesnick, H. Keith 

McKeever, Jean 

McMahon, Christopher J. 

Pixa, Rand 

Rivait, David 

Tokarski, Kevin 

Weaver, Janice G. 

Worley, Allen B. 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Abraham, Julie 

Amoni, Marilena 

Beuse, Nathaniel 

Carra, Joseph 

DeCarme, David 

DeMeter, Kathleen C. 

Donaldson, K. John 

Geraci, Michael 

Guerci, Lloyd S. 

Harris, Claude 

Hinch, John 

Kratzke, Stephen R. 

Maddox, John M. 

Markison, Marlene 

McLaughlin, Brian M. 

McClaughlin, Susan 

Medford, Ronald L. 

Michael, Jeffrey P. 

Pennington, Rebecca 

Saul, Roger 

Simons, James F. 

Smith, Daniel C. 

Walter, Gregory A. 

Wood, Stephen 

Office of Inspector General 

Barry, Timothy M. 

Beitel, Jr., Richard 

Calvaresi Barr, Ann 

Come, Joseph W. 

Dailey, Susan 

Dettelbach, Brian A. 

Dixon, Lou 

Dobbs, David A. 

Hampton, Matthew E. 

Leng, Rebecca C. 

Millman, Rosalyn 

Tornquist, David E. 

Zabarsky, Mark H. 

Office of Inspector General (not 

Department of Transportation 

employees) 

Allesandrino, Matthew (Department of 

Energy) 

Delgado, Michael (Department of the 

Treasury) 

Ellis, Karen (Department of Agriculture) 

Hardsgrove, Steve (Department of the 

Interior) 

Hartman, John (Department of Energy) 

Heist, Melissa (Environmental 

Protection Agency) 

O’Brien, Regina (General Services 

Administration) 

Rish, Adrienne (U.S. Agency for 

International Development) 

Taylor, Robert (Department of the 

Treasury) 

Young, Robert (Department of 

Agriculture) 

Wagner, Ben (Tennessee Valley 

Authority) 

Office of the Secretary 

Allen, Bernestine 

Darr, Carol 

DeBoer, Joan 

Eisner, Neil 

Fields, George 

Fornarotto, Christa 

Forsgren, Janet 

Geier, Paul 

Gretch, Paul L. 

Herlihy, Thomas W. 

Heup, Ellen 

Homan, Todd 

Horn, Donald 

Howard, Laurie 

Hurdle, Lana 

Jackson, Ronald 

Jones, Mary N. 

Jones, Maureen A. 

Kaleta, Judith 

Knapp, Rosalind 

Lawson, Linda 

Leusch Carnaroli, Herbert 

Lowder, Michael W. 

Matsuda, David T. 

McDermott, Susan 

Mowry, Nancy A. 

Neal, Brandon 

Newhart, Joan 

Osborne, Elizabeth 

Patillo, Jacquelyn 

Petrosino-Woolverton, Marie 

Podberesky, Samuel 

Pradhan, Nitin 

Schmidt, Robert T. 

Streitmatter, Marlise 

Szabat, Joel M. 

Thomson, Kathryn B. 

Washington, Keith 

Washington, Linda J. 

Wells, John 

Ziff, Laura 

Zuckman, Jill 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Douglass, Madonna C. 

Richard, Robert A. 

Summitt, Monica J. 

Wiese, Jeffrey D. 

Willke, Theodore L. 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Brecht-Clark, Jan 

Chang, William 

Dillingham, Steven 

Leone, Geraldine 

Smith, Steven K. 

Tompkins, Curtis 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation 

Middlebrook, Craig H. 

Pisani, Salvatore 

Safety Transportation Board 

Campbell, Rachel D. 

Dettmar, Joseph 

Gardner, Leland 

Hanson, Ellen 

Keats, Craig 

Wallen, Matthew 

[FR Doc. E9–21407 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–286 (Sub-No. 6X)] 

The New York, Susquehanna and 

Western Railway Corporation— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Oneida 

County, NY 

The New York, Susquehanna and 

Western Railway Corporation (NYS&W), 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 subpart F–Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a .42-mile 

segment of its Fay Street Branch rail line 

between milepost 284.80 at or near 

Oswego Street in Utica, and milepost 

285.22 at or near Warren Street in Utica, 

in Oneida County, NY. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 13502. 

NYS&W has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line;1 (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 

Surface Transportation 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 1105.7 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 

(historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 


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2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

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

1002.2(f)(25). 

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

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

1002.2(f)(25). 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment 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 October 

7, 2009, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September 

14, 2009. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by September 24, 

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 NYS&W’s 

representative: Eric M. Hocky, 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. 

NYS&W has filed both an 

environmental report and a historic 

report that address the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. SEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

September 11, 2009. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to SEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 

245–0305. [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), NYS&W 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 NYS&W’s filing of a notice 

of consummation by September 4, 2010, 

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: August 25, 2009. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–20764 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 314X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Latrobe, 

Westmoreland County, PA 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 2.04-mile 

line of railroad between milepost XN– 

0.00, and milepost XN0–2.04, in 

Latrobe, Westmoreland County, PA. The 

line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Code 15650. 

NSR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic 

can be rerouted over other lines; (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 

1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 

1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 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 

abandonment 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 October 

7, 2009, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September 

14, 2009. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by September 24, 

2009, with: Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to NSR’s 

representative: James R. Paschall, Senior 

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern 

Corporation, Three Commercial Place, 

Norfolk, VA 23510. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

NSR has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. SEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

September 11, 2009. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to SEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 

245–0305. 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), NSR shall file a notice of 


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