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1A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement between DMIR and WC was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full version of the 

agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), 

was concurrently filed under seal along with a 

motion for protective order. The request for a 

protective order is being addressed in a separate 

decision. 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed by July 6, 2007 (at least 7 days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35050, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Thomas J. 

Healey, 17641 S. Ashland Ave., 

Homewood, IL 60430. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: June 25, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–12559 Filed 6–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35049] 

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 

Railway Company—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Wisconsin Central Ltd. 

Pursuant to a written trackage rights 

agreement dated June 4, 2007, 

Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WC) has agreed 

to grant overhead trackage rights to 

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range 

Railway Company (DMIR) over a line of 

railroad between South Itasca, WI 

(milepost 455.1), and Fond du Lac 

(Shops Yard), WI (milepost 158.4), via 

Hoover, WI, including all industry 

spurs, connecting tracks and sidings 

now existent or hereafter constructed 

along the subject tracks, and right-ofway for the tracks, signals, interlocking 

devices and plants, telegraph and 

telephone lines, and other necessary 

appurtenances, a distance of 

approximately 296.7 miles, all within 

the State of Wisconsin.1

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is July 14, 2007, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to enhance operational efficiency in the 

movement of overhead freight 

movements, reblocking of cars within 

the same train, and setting out cars 

requiring servicing between South Itasca 

and Fond du Lac (Shops Yard). 

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 the notice 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed by July 6, 2007 (at least 7 days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35049, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Thomas J. 

Healey, 17641 S. Ashland Ave., 

Homewood, IL 60430. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: June 25, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–12610 Filed 6–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Prompt Payment Interest Rate; 

Contract Disputes Act 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: For the period beginning July 

1, 2007, and ending on December 31, 

2007, the prompt payment interest rate 

and the contract disputes interest rate is 

53⁄4 per centum per annum. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may 

be mailed to Carol Brooks, Accountant, 

Borrowings Accounting Team, Division 

of Accounting Operations, Office of 

Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of the 

Public Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia 

26106–1328. A copy of this Notice is 

available at http:// 

www.publicdebt.treas.gov. 

DATES: Effective July 1, to December 31, 

2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Veronica Lowther, Acting Director, 

Division of Accounting Operations, 

Office of Public Debt Accounting, 

Bureau of the Public Debt, Parkersburg, 

West Virginia 26106–1328, (304) 480–

5161; Carol Brooks, Accountant, 

Borrowings Accounting Team, Division 

of Accounting Operations, Office of 

Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of the 

Public Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia 

26106–1328, (304) 480–5167; Amy 

Mertz Brown, Deputy Chief Counsel, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of 

the Public Debt, (202) 504–3715; or 

Brenda L. Hoffman, Attorney-Adviser, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of 

the Public Debt, (202) 504–3706. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency 

acquiring property or services from a 

business concern, but failing to pay for 

each completed delivered item of 

property or service by the required 

payment date, must pay the business 

concern an interest penalty, commonly 

known as the Prompt Payment Interest 

Penalty. 31 U.S.C. 3902(a). The 

applicable interest rate for determining 

this penalty is the rate established by 

the Secretary of the Treasury under § 12 

of the Contract Disputes Act (codified at 

41 U.S.C. 611) and in effect at the time 

the agency accrues the obligation to pay 

this late payment interest penalty. 31 

U.S.C. 3902(a). Agencies must pay the 

interest penalty calculated with the 

Prompt Payment Interest Rate, ‘‘for the 

period beginning on the date after the 

required payment date and ending on 

the date on which the payment is 

made.’’ 31 U.S.C. 3902(b). If an interest 

penalty is owed to a business concern 

because of a late payment, the penalty 

must be paid regardless of whether the 

business concern requested payment of 

the penalty. 

An agency also must pay interest on 

claims found due to contractors that are 

submitted to procuring agencies for 

payment, payable for the time period 

between when the contracting officer 

receives the claim and when the 

procuring agency pays the claim. 

Contract Disputes Act § 12; 41 U.S.C. 

611. 

The Secretary is required to establish 

an interest rate for both of these 

purposes. 31 U.S.C. 3902(a); 41 U.S.C. 

611. Therefore, notice is given that the 

Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the rate of interest for 

purposes of both Prompt Payment and 

the Contract Disputes Act, applicable for 

the period beginning July 1, 2007, and 

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ending on December 31, 2007, is 53⁄4 per 

centum per annum. 

Kenneth E. Carfine, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 07–3178 Filed 6–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–39–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 1 Committee 

of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

(Including the States of New York, 

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode 

Island, New Hampshire, Vermont and 

Maine) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

1 Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be conducted (via 

teleconference). The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 

comments, ideas and suggestions on 

improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, July 17, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Audrey Y. Jenkins at 1–888–912–1227 

(toll-free), or 718–488–2085 (non tollfree). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An open 

meeting of the Area 1 Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 from 9 a.m. ET 

to 10 a.m. ET via a telephone conference 

call. Individual comments will be 

limited to 5 minutes. If you would like 

to have the TAP consider a written 

statement, please call 1–888–912–1227 

or 718–488–2085, or write Audrey Y. 

Jenkins, TAP Office, 10 MetroTech 

Center, 625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 

11201. Due to limited conference lines, 

notification of intent to participate in 

the telephone conference call meeting 

must be made with Audrey Y. Jenkins. 

Ms. Jenkins can be reached at 1–888–

912–1227 or 718–488–2085, or post 

comments to the Web site: http:// 

www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include various IRS 

issues. 

Dated: June 20, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–12588 Filed 6–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 2 Committee 

of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

(Including the States of Delaware, 

North Carolina, South Carolina, New 

Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

Virginia, and West Virginia and the 

District of Columbia) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

2 Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be conducted (via 

teleconference). The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 

comments, ideas, and suggestions on 

improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. 

ET. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inez 

E. De Jesus at 1–888–912–1227, or 954–

423–7977. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 10 (a) 

(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) that an open 

meeting of the Area 2 Committee of the 

Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held 

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. 

ET via a telephone conference call. If 

you would like to have the TAP 

consider a written statement, please call 

1–888–912–1227 or 954–423–7977, or 

write Inez E. De Jesus, TAP Office, 1000 

South Pine Island Rd., Suite 340, 

Plantation, FL 33324. Due to limited 

conference lines, notification of intent 

to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Inez E. De Jesus. Ms. De Jesus can 

be reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 954–

423–7977, or post comments to the Web 

site: http://www.improveirs.org. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues. 

Dated: June 20, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–12591 Filed 6–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 7 Committee 

of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

(Including the States of Alaska, 

California, Hawaii, and Nevada) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

7 Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be conducted (via 

teleconference). The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel (TAP) is soliciting 

public comments, ideas, and 

suggestions on improving customer 

service at the Internal Revenue Service. 

The TAP will use citizen input to make 

recommendations to the Internal 

Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday July 18, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janice Spinks at 1–888–912–1227, or 

206–220–6096. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that an open meeting of the Area 7 

Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be held Wednesday, July 18, 

2007 from 2 p.m. Pacific Time to 3:30 

p.m. Pacific Time via a telephone 

conference call. The public is invited to 

make oral comments. Individual 

comments will be limited to 5 minutes. 

If you would like to have the TAP 

consider a written statement, please call 

1–888–912–1227 or 206–220–6096, or 

write to Janice Spinks, TAP Office, 915 

2nd Avenue, MS W–406, Seattle, WA 

98174 or you can contact us at http:// 

www.improveirs.org. Due to limited 

conference lines, notification of intent 

to participate in the telephone 

conference call meeting must be made 

with Janice Spinks. Miss Spinks can be 

reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 206–

220–6096. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues. 

Dated: June 20, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–12592 Filed 6–28–07; 8:45 am] 

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