47638 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 178 / Wednesday, September 16, 2009 / Notices 

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). 

air transportation of persons and 

property from any point or points 

behind any Member State of the 

European Union via any point or points 

in any Member State and via 

intermediate points to any point or 

points in the United States and beyond; 

(ii) foreign charter air transportation of 

persons and property between any point 

or points in the United States and any 

point or points in any member of the 

European Common Aviation Area; (iii) 

other charters pursuant to the prior 

approval requirements; and (iv) 

transportation authorized by any 

additional route rights made available to 

European Community carriers in the 

future. Unijet further requests 

exemption authority to the extent 

necessary to enable it to provide the 

services described above pending 

issuance of a foreign air carrier permit 

and such additional or other relief as the 

Department may deem necessary or 

appropriate. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E9–22330 Filed 9–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–57 (Sub-No. 57X)] 

Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a 

Canadian Pacific Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Hennepin County, MN 

Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a 

Canadian Pacific Railway Company 

(CPR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

1710 +/- foot line of railroad between 

milepost 3.79 +/- (east of Girard) and 

milepost 4.09 +/- (west of Colfax), in 

Hennepin County, MN. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 55405. 

CPR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) all overhead traffic can 

and has been 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 Surface Transportation Board 

(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 

16, 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 

28, 2009. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by October 6, 

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 CPR’s 

representative: W. Karl Hansen, 

Leonard, Street and Deinard, 150 South 

Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, 

MN 55402. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CPR has filed environmental and 

historic reports that address the effects, 

if any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by September 21, 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), CPR 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 

CPR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by September 16, 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: September 10, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–22248 Filed 9–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2009–0047] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration invites public comment 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval of the following new 

information collection: Over-the-Road 

Bus (OTRB) Accessibility Program 

(OMB Number 2132–NEW). 

The information to be collected for 

this program will be used to determine 

the applicant’s eligibility to receive the 

program funds and to manage the 

program. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments was published on June 29, 

2009. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before October 16, 2009. A comment to 

OMB is most effective if OMB receives 

it within 30 days of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sylvia L. Marion, Office of 

Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–6680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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