60608 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 198 / Friday, October 13, 2006 / Notices 

1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 5, 2006. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–16949 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34919] 

Montana Rail Link, Inc.—Trackage 

Rights Exemption—BNSF Railway 

Company 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has 

agreed to grant overhead trackage rights 

to Montana Rail Link, Inc. (MRL) over 

two rail segments: (1) From 

approximately milepost 68.17 to 

approximately milepost 69.0, a distance 

of approximately 0.83 miles at or near 

Spokane, WA; and (2) from 

approximately milepost 0.74 to 

approximately milepost 1.0, a distance 

of approximately 0.26 miles at or near 

Mossmain, MT. Both segments connect 

to track over which applicant already 

operates. 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on or after October 2, 

2006, the effective date of the 

exemption. 

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to provide additional operating room to 

promote better efficiency and service, 

solely for access to one customer (and 

any subsequent successor entities to that 

one customer) relocating from a point 

on applicant’s line to a point on one of 

the trackage rights segments. 

As 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. 34919, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on: Troy W. 

Garris, 1300 19th Street, NW., 5th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’

Decided: October 5, 2006. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–16989 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Women 

Veterans; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee act) 

that the Advisory Committee on Women 

Veterans will meet October 31–

November 2, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 

p.m. each day. The meeting will be held 

in the G.V. ‘‘Sonny’’ Montgomery 

Conference Center, room 230, VA 

Central Office, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The meeting is 

open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

regarding the needs of women veterans 

with respect to health care, 

rehabilitation, compensation, outreach, 

and other programs and activities 

administered by VA designed to meet 

such needs. The Committee will make 

recommendations to the Secretary 

regarding such programs and activities. 

On October 31, the agenda will 

include briefings and updates presented 

by the Veterans Health Administration 

(VHA), highlighting VA research and 

studies related to women’s health 

issues, a briefing from VHA’s Women 

Veterans Health Program Director, 

legislative issues related to veterans, 

presentation of Certificates of 

Appointment to six new Committee 

members, and upcoming initiatives of 

the Center for Women Veterans. 

On November 1, the agenda will 

include briefings and updates presented 

on VA’s polytrauma program, VHA’s 

Office of Seamless Transition, VA’s 

HealthierUS Veterans Initiative, VA 

Homeless Programs and Initiatives, and 

an ethics briefing for Committee 

members. 

On November 2, the committee will 

be briefed and updated on issues in the 

Veterans Benefits Administration, from 

the VA Chief of Staff, on VA mental 

health programs, and from the 2005 

Defense Advisory Committee on Women 

in the Service (DACOWITS) Report. 

Any member of the public wishing to 

attend should contact Ms. Desiree Long, 

at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Center for Women Veterans (00W), 810 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

20420. Ms. Long may be contacted 

either by phone at (202) 273–6193, fax 

at (202) 273–7092, or e-mail at 

00W@mail.va.gov. Interested persons 

may attend, appear before, or file 

statements with the Committee. Written 

statements must be filed before the 

meeting, or within 10 days after the 

meeting. 

Dated: October 5, 2006. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–8647 Filed 10–12–06; 8:45 am] 

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