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2The 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. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

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

1002.2(f)(25). 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by August 6, 

2007. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by August 16, 

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 CSXT’s 

representative: Steven C. Armbrust, 

Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 500 

Water Street, J–150, Jacksonville, FL 

32202. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed environmental and 

historic reports addressing the effects, if 

any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by August 3, 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), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by July 27, 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 Web site at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 23, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission; Notice of Meetings 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission will hold meetings on 

August 8–10, 2007 and August 22–24, 

2007, at the Hotel Washington, 15th 

Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. On August 8 and 

August 22, the sessions will begin at 10 

a.m. and end at 4:30–5:30 p.m. On 

August 9 and August 23, the sessions 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30–

5:30 p.m. On August 10 and August 24, 

the sessions will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 

end at 12 noon–3 p.m. depending on the 

final agenda for each session. Each 

meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

carry out a study of the benefits under 

the laws of the United States that are 

provided to compensate and assist 

veterans and their survivors for 

disabilities and deaths attributable to 

military service. 

The agenda for the first August 

meeting will feature the final report of 

the Center of Naval Analyses (CNA) and 

a report of the Institute of Medicine 

(IOM) Committee on Presumptions. The 

Commission will review technical 

comments from VA and make final 

decisions on three Issues Papers related 

to specific Research Questions approved 

by the Commission on October 14, 2005. 

The topics will be: Transition Issues 

(addressing Research Questions 26–31), 

Vocational Rehabilitation and 

Employment (Research Question 17), 

and Ancillary and Special Purpose 

Benefits (Research Question 20). VA and 

the Department of Defense (DoD) will 

respond to the report of the IOM 

Committee on Medical Evaluation of 

Veterans for Disability, and the 

Commission will decide its position on 

the two IOM studies and 

recommendations made to VA on the 

topic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 

(PTSD). Additional discussions and 

potential decisions will be reached on 

options to achieve equity in lifetime 

benefits, integrating the findings of 

various studies and research projects 

conducted for the Commission, and 

drafting the Commission’s final report. 

The agenda for the second August 

meeting will be devoted to drafting the 

Commission’s final report and may 

include a limited number of clarifying 

presentations on topics the Commission 

requires to complete its final report. 

There will be time set aside at each 

meeting for public comments. Interested 

persons may attend and present oral 

statements to the Commission on 

August 8 or August 22. Oral 

presentations will be limited to five 

minutes or less. Interested parties may 

also provide written comments for 

review by the Commission prior to the 

meeting or at any time, by e-mail to 

veterans@vetscommission.com or by 

mail to Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive 

Director, Veterans’ Disability Benefits 

Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20004. 

Dated: July 23, 2007. 

By direction of the Secretary: 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–3675 Filed 7–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Clinical Laboratory Improvement 

Advisory Committee (CLIAC) 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces the following meeting for the 

aforementioned committee: 

Times and Dates: 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m., September 5, 2007. 

8:30 a.m.–3 p.m., September 6, 2007. 

Place: CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Tom 

Harkin Global Communications Center, 

Building 19, Room 232, Auditorium B, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30333. 

Status: Open to the public, limited only by 

the space available. The meeting room 

accommodates approximately 100 people. 

Purpose: This Committee is charged with 

providing scientific and technical advice and 

guidance to the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for 

Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding the 

need for, and the nature of, revisions to the 

standards under which clinical laboratories 

are regulated; the impact on medical and 

laboratory practice of proposed revisions to 


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