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4 In addition to its verified notice of exemption, 

PRI submitted a facsimile letter dated June 21, 2007, 

confirming that the qualifications at (i) and (ii) of 

49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) had been met. 

PRI represents that: (1) The involved 

railroads do not connect with each other 

or with other railroads in their corporate 

families; (2) the transaction is not part 

of a series of anticipated transactions 

that would connect the railroads with 

each other or any railroad in their 

corporate families; and (3) the 

transaction does not involve a Class I 

rail carrier.4 Therefore, the transaction 

is exempt from the prior approval 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 

CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under section 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here, 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III carriers. 

If the verified 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 transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35051, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Michael J. 

Barron, Jr., Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 

North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, 

IL 60606–2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: June 26, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams. 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–12753 Filed 7–3–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds—Terminations: Factory 

Mutual Insurance Company (NAIC 

#21482), Affiliated FM Insurance 

Company (NAIC #10014) 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 17 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2006 Revision, published June 30, 2006, 

at 71 FR 37694. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Certificates of 

Authority issued by the Treasury to the 

above-named companies under 31 

U.S.C. 9305 to qualify as acceptable 

sureties on Federal bonds were 

terminated effective August 17, 2006. 

Federal bond-approving officials should 

annotate their reference copies of the 

Treasury Department Circular 570 

(‘‘Circular’’), 2006 Revision to reflect 

this change. 

With respect to any bonds currently 

in force with these companies, bondapproving officers may let such bonds 

run to expiration and need not secure 

new bonds. However, no new bonds 

should be accepted from these 

companies, and bonds that are 

continuous in nature should not be 

renewed. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: June 22, 2007. 

Rose M. Miller, 

Acting Director, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Financial Management 

Service 

[FR Doc. 07–3239 Filed 7–3–07; 8:45 am] 

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