54550 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 179 / Friday, September 15, 2006 / Notices 

1CBRR is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesee 

& Wyoming Inc. (GWI). 

2H&S is owned and controlled by H. Peter and 

Linda C. Claussen (collectively, the Claussens). 

CHAT is owned and controlled by the Gulf & Ohio 

Railways Holding Co., Inc., which is owned by the 

Claussens. 

3This proceeding is related to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34913, Genesee & Wyoming Inc.—

Continuance in Control Exemption—Chattahoochee 

Bay Railroad, Inc., wherein GWI, a noncarrier 

holding company, has simultaneously filed a 

petition for exemption to continue in control of 

CBRR upon CBRR’s becoming a rail carrier. 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 

2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et 

seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of 

October 1, 1999, Delegation of Authority 

No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as 

amended, and Delegation of Authority 

No. 257 of April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], 

I hereby determine that the objects to be 

included in the exhibition ‘‘Van Gogh’s 

Sheaves of Wheat,’’ imported from 

abroad for temporary exhibition within 

the United States, are of cultural 

significance. The objects are imported 

pursuant to loan agreements with the 

foreign owners or custodians. I also 

determine that the exhibition or display 

of the exhibit objects at the Dallas 

Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, from on 

or about October 22, 2006, until on or 

about January 7, 2007, and at possible 

additional venues yet to be determined, 

is in the national interest. Public Notice 

of these Determinations is ordered to be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Richard 

Lahne, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/453–8058). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, 

DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: September 11, 2006. 

Alina L. Romanowski, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E6–15352 Filed 9–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Joint Application of Independence Air, 

Inc. and Compass Airlines, Inc. for 

Transfer of Certificate Authority 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause 

(Order 2006–9–7) Docket OST–2006–

24295. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation is directing all interested 

persons to show cause why it should 

not issue an order finding Compass 

Airlines, Inc. fit, willing, and able, and 

transfer to Compass the interstate 

scheduled passenger certificate 

authority currently held by 

Independence Air, Inc. 

DATES: Persons wishing to file 

objections should do so no later than 

September 25, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to 

objections should be filed in Docket 

OST–2006–24295 and addressed to U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, (M–30, Room PL–401), 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590, and should be served upon the 

parties listed in Attachment A to the 

order. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Damon D. Walker, Air Carrier Fitness 

Division (X–56, Room 6401), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590, (202) 366–9721. 

Dated: September 11, 2006. 

Michael W. Reynolds, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E6–15333 Filed 9–14–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee—Open Meeting; 

Sunshine Act 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space 

Transportation Advisory Committee 

Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice 

is hereby given of a meeting of the 

Commercial Space Transportation 

Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The 

meeting will take place on Wednesday, 

October 25, 2006, starting at 8 a.m. at 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

Headquarters Building, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, in the Bessie Coleman 

Conference Center, located on the 2nd 

Floor. This will be the forty-fourth 

meeting of the COMSTAC. 

The proposed agenda for the meeting 

will feature information on recipients of 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration’s Commercial Orbital 

Transportation Services award; briefings 

on a study of the Commercial Space 

Launch Liability Risk-Sharing Regime 

and the environmental activities in 

FAA’s Office of Commercial Space 

Transportation (AST); and an AST 

activities report. An agenda will be 

posted on the FAA Web site at http:// 

ast.faa.gov/COMSTAC. Meetings of the 

COMSTAC Working Groups 

(Technology and Innovation, Reusable 

Launch Vehicle, Risk Management, and 

Launch Operations and Support) will be 

held on Tuesday, October 24, 2006. For 

specific information concerning the 

times and locations of the working 

group meetings, contact the Contact 

Person listed below. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

inform the Contact Person listed below 

in advance of the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Parker (AST–100), Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 331, 

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202) 

267–3674; E-mail 

brenda.parker@faa.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, September 12, 

2006. 

Patricia Grace Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Commercial 

Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 06–7737 Filed 9–13–06; 3:28 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34912] 

Chattahoochee Bay Railroad, Inc.—

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Certain Assets of H&S 

Railroad Company, Inc., and 

Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad Co., 

Inc. 

Chattahoochee Bay Railroad, Inc. 

(CBRR),1 a noncarrier, has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to acquire (by purchase) 

and operate certain rail assets of H&S 

Railroad Company, Inc. (H&S), and 

Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad Co., Inc. 

(CHAT),2 Class III rail carriers.3

Pursuant to an Asset Purchase 

Agreement entered into by and among 

CBRR, CHAT, and H&S, CBRR will 

acquire: (1) Approximately 24.2 miles of 

rail line owned and operated by CHAT 

extending from approximately milepost 

382.0, at or near Dothan, in Houston 

County, AL, through Henry County, AL, 

to approximately milepost 357.8, at or 

near Hilton, in Early County, GA (the 


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