2670 Federal Register / Vol. 5, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2000 / Notices

Issued in Des Plaines, Illinois on January

5, 2000.

Benito De Leon,

Manager, Planning and Programming Branch,

Airport Division, Great Lakes Region.

[FR Doc. 00–1054 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement;

Jefferson Parish, LA

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Withdrawal of Notice of Intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that the

Notice of Intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the proposed highway project in

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana has been

withdrawn. The Louisiana DOTD is not

planning to pursue the project as

proposed.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William C. Farr, Program Operations

Manager, Federal Highway

Administration, 5304 Flanders Drive,

Suite A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808

or Ms. Michele Deshotels,

Environmental Impact Program

Manager, Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development,

Section 28, P.O. Box 94245, Baton

Rouge, Louisiana 70804–9245,

Telephone: (225) 929–9190.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent was published (Federal

Register, Vol. 47, No. 229) to prepare

and environmental impact statement

(EIS) on a proposal to extend LA–3134

from its terminus at the south end of

Wagner’s Ferry Bridge southwesterly

through the town of Jean Lafitte crossing

Bayou Barataria and terminating at LA–

301 in Barataria. The proposed facility

would have been a two-lane highway

between 2.4 miles and 3.6 miles in

length, depending upon the location.

The proposed highway would have

provided improved access to and from

Jean Lafitte and Barataria.

Alternatives considered were: (1) No

build; (2) a controlled access facility on

structure; (3) a controlled access facility

on embankment; and (4) upgrading LA–

45 and a new bridge across Bayou

Barataria between Jean Lafitte and

Barataria.

There were no plans to hold a formal

scoping meeting for the proposed

actions. A public hearing would have

been held at a convenient time and

place for persons in the project area

after the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement had been circulated. The

hearing would have been announced

through the local news media.

Comments and suggestions

concerning the proposed action and the

EIS were invited to be directed to the

FHWA or Louisiana Department of

Transportation and Development.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,

Planning and Construction The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: January 5, 2000.

William A. Sussmann,

Division Administrator, FHWA, Baton Rouge,

Louisiana.

[FR Doc. 00–1110 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC–96–1, Notice No. 20]

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee (‘‘RSAC’’) meeting.

SUMMARY: FRA announces the next

meeting of the RSAC, a Federal

Advisory Committee that develops

railroad safety regulations through a

consensus process. The meeting will

address a wide range of topics,

including possible adoption of specific

recommendations for regulatory action.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 4 p.m. on Friday, January

28, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC

will be held at The Wyndham

Washington DC Hotel, 1400 M Street

NW, Washington, DC, (202) 429–1700.

The meeting is open to the public on a

first-come, first-served basis and is

accessible to individuals with

disabilities. Sign language interpreters

can be made available for individuals

with hearing impediments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicky McCully, RSAC Coordinator,

FRA, 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop

25, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–

6305 or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate

Administrator for Safety Standards and

Program Development, FRA, 1120

Vermont Avenue, NW, Stop 25,

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting

of the Railroad Safety Advisory

Committee (‘‘RSAC’’). The meeting is

scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 4 p.m. on Wednesday,

September 8, 1999. The meeting will be

held at The Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC. All times

noted are Eastern Standard Time.

RSAC was established to provide

advice and recommendations to the

FRA on railroad safety matters. The

Committee consists of 48 individual

representatives, drawn from among 27

organizations representing various rail

industry perspectives, and 2 associate

non-voting representatives from the

agencies with railroad safety regulatory

responsibility in Canada and Mexico.

Staff of the National Transportation

Safety Board and Federal Transit

Administration also participate in an

advisory capacity.

During this meeting, FRA may request

the RSAC to accept tasks addressing

safety issues related to rail operations

on the Northeast Corridor and revising

the regulations governing the protection

of employees engaged in the inspection,

testing, repair and servicing of rolling

equipment (49 CFR part 218, subpart B).

FRA intends to present a Planning Task

examining the issue of qualification and

certification of safety-critical employees

to the RSAC for consideration and

acceptance.

The RSAC will be briefed on the

current status of activities of RSAC

working groups and task forces

responsible for carrying out tasks the

RSAC has accepted involving

locomotive cab working conditions,

positive train control, the definition of

reportable ‘‘train accident’’,

incorporation of provision for gage

restraint measurement within the Track

Safety Standards, and locomotive

crashworthiness. The Committee may be

asked to authorize mail ballot approval

of one or more proposed rule documents

involving these topics.

Informational briefings on general

safety-related issues including Safety

Assurance and Compliance Program

initiatives, the findings and

recommendations of the Switching

Operations Fatality Analysis Working

Group, Department of Transportation

proposals for changes to alcohol and

drug testing procedures, a recent

National Transportation Safety Board

recommendation on crew resource

management training programs, and the

proposed requirement concerning train

horns at public highway-rail grade

crossings, will be provided.

Federal Register / Vol. 5, No. 11 / Tuesday, January 18, 2000 / Notices 2671

1RJCM states that the rail line was abandoned by

Seaboard Systems Railroad, Inc. (SBD) in 1984. See

Seaboard System Railroad, Inc.—Abandonment—in

Houston, Stewart and Montgomery Counties, TN,

Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 84) (ICC served Oct. 5,

1983). RJCM further states that it had previously

acquired the right, title and interest of CSX

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), SBD’s successor, in the

abandoned rail line, as well as a short segment of

the abandoned line that had been transferred by

CSXT to a third party.

2RJCM’s has indicated that its present and

projected annual revenues exceed $5 million and

has acknowledged that the 60-day advance notice

requirements of 49 CFR 1150.32(e) would appear to

apply here. RJCM simultaneously filed a petition for

waiver of the advance notice requirement. The

purpose of the Board’s rule at 49 CFR 1150.32(e) is

to give advance notice of a transaction to any

employees on the affected line. Because the line

had been previously abandoned and there thus are

no employees on the line, the rule does not apply

here.

1On December 29, 1999, BNSF and UP filed a

petition for exemption in STB Finance Docket No.

33833 (Sub-No. 1), The Burlington Northern and

Santa Fe Railway Company—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company,

wherein BNSF and UP request that the Board

permit the proposed overhead trackage rights

arrangement described in the present proceeding to

expire on February 7, 2000. That petition will be

addressed by the Board in a separate decision.

Please refer to the notice published in

the Federal Register on March 11, 1996

(61 FR 9740) for more information about

the RSAC.

Issued in Washington, DC.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 00–1055 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33841]

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Memphis Line—Operation

Exemption—Line in Montgomery and

Stewart Counties, TN

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Memphis Line (RJCM), a Class III

common carrier by rail, has filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.31 to operate an abandoned

rail line extending from former milepost

LF–182.50, at Zinc, TN, to former

milepost LF–199.08, at Cumberland

City, TN, a distance of approximately

16.58 miles in Montgomery and Stewart

Counties, TN.1 The line would connect

with RJCM’s existing rail line at Zinc.

The exemption became effective on

December 30, 1999, 7 days after the

exemption was filed.2

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. 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. 33841, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Thomas J.

Litwiler, Oppenheimer Wolff &

Donnelly (Illinois), Two Prudential

Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson

Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601–6710.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: January 11, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1078 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33833]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

has agreed to grant overhead trackage

rights to The Burlington Northern and

Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) over

UP’s rail line between Stockton, CA, in

the vicinity of UP’s milepost 82.3

(Fresno Subdivision), and Fresno, CA,

in the vicinity of UP’s milepost 207.0

(Fresno Subdivision). BNSF will operate

its own trains with its own crews over

UP’s line under the trackage rights

agreement.1

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after

January 15, 2000.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to allow BNSF to operate over an

alternate line while BNSF’s lines are

undergoing maintenance and repair.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the 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).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). 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. 33833, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each

pleading must be served on Yolanda

Grimes Brown, Esq., The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth,

TX 76161–0039.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: January 11, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1079 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

International Affairs

Survey of Foreign Portfolio Investment

in the United States as of March 31,

2000

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of reporting

requirements.

SUMMARY: By this Notice, the

Department of the Treasury is informing

the public that it is conducting a

mandatory survey of foreign holdings of

United States securities as of March 31,

2000. This Notice constitutes legal

notification to all United States persons

(defined below) who meet the reporting

requirements set forth in this Notice that

they must respond to, and comply with,

this survey. United States persons who

meet the reporting requirements but

who do not receive a set of the survey

forms and instructions should contact

the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,

acting as fiscal agent for the Department

of the Treasury, at (212) 720–8211 to

obtain a copy.

DEFINITION: A U.S. person is any

individual, branch, partnership,

associated group, association, estate,

trust, corporation, or other organization

(whether or not organized under the

laws of any State), and any government

(including a foreign government, the

United States Government, a state,