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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

address: Suite 103, 9332 Annapolis Rd., 

Lanham, MD 20706; e-mail address: 

asapdc@verizon.net; telephone number: 

202–306–4004). The charter will also be 

available for viewing and self-copying 

in the Board’s Public Docket Room, 

Room 131, and will be posted to the 

Board’s Web site at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 721, 49 U.S.C. 11101; 

49 U.S.C. 11121. 

Decided: July 13, 2007. 

By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice 

Chairman Buttrey, and Commissioner 

Mulvey. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–14038 Filed 7–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–43 (Sub-No. 179X)] 

Illinois Central Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Rankin 

County, MS 

Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) 

has filed a notice of exemption under 49 

CFR Part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 2.10-mile 

line of railroad between milepost 70.20 

and milepost 68.10, in Flowood, Rankin 

County, MS. The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Code 39232. 

IC has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic to be rerouted over other lines; (3) 

no formal complaint filed by a user of 

rail service on the line (or by a state or 

local government entity acting on behalf 

of such user) regarding cessation of 

service over the line either is pending 

with the Board or with any U.S. District 

Court or has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements of 49 CFR 

1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 

1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on August 

21, 2007, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by July 30, 

2007. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by August 9, 

2007, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to IC’s 

representative: Thomas J. Healey, 17641 

S. Ashland Avenue, Homewood, IL 

60430–1345. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

IC has filed environmental and 

historic reports which address the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by July 27, 2007. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339.] Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), IC shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

IC’s filing of a notice of consummation 

by July 20, 2008, and there are no legal 

or regulatory barriers to consummation, 

the authority to abandon will 

automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 10, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Secretary 

List of Countries Requiring 

Cooperation With an International 

Boycott 

In order to comply with the mandate 

of section 999(a)(3) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, the Department 

of the Treasury is publishing a current 

list of countries which require or may 

require participation in, or cooperation 

with, an international boycott (within 

the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

On the basis of the best information 

currently available to the Department of 

the Treasury, the following countries 

require or may require participation in, 

or cooperation with, an international 

boycott (within the meaning of section 

999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986). 

Kuwait 

Lebanon 

Libya 

Qatar 

Saudi Arabia 

Syria 

United Arab Emirates 

Yemen, Republic of 

Iraq is not included in this list, but its 

status with respect to future lists 

remains under review by the 

Department of the Treasury. 

Dated: July 16, 2007. 

John L. Harrington, 

Acting International Tax Counsel (Tax 

Policy). 

[FR Doc. 07–3533 Filed 7–19–07; 8:45 am] 

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