42280 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Notices

1The track is adjacent to GWRI’s Wabash Rail

Yard and connects track owned by CBEC.

2Concurrent with the filing of the notice of

exemption, CBEC filed a motion for protective order

pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.14, with respect to the

trackage rights agreement between CBEC and GWRI.

CBEC submitted the trackage rights agreement

under seal stating that it is a confidential agreement

that prohibits any party from disclosing the material

terms to the public without the prior written

consent of the other party. By decision served July

28, 1997, CBEC’s motion for protective order was

granted.

1The involved line segment is part of a group of

former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Railroad (MILW) rail lines that were purchased by

the State of Wisconsin under section 5(b)(2) of the

Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act (MRR). See

State of Wisconsin—Acquisition of Certain Lines of

the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 29237, (ICC

served Feb. 1, 1980). WSOR was authorized to

operate this branch line as well as other former

MILW lines in Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Co.—Lake, Columbia, Milwaukee, Washington,

Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties, WI, Finance

Docket No. 29375 (ICC served Nov. 5, 1980).

2Under 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad must

file a verified notice with the Board at least 50 days

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Mark Meza, Project Manager, Port

and Environmental Management

Division (G–MOR–1), (202) 267–0421,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street, SW., Washington, DC

20593–0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress

passed, as part of the Oil Pollution Act

of 1990, the Oil Terminal and Oil

Tanker Environmental Oversight and

Monitoring Act of 1990 (the Act), 33

U.S.C. 2732, to foster the long-term

partnership among industry,

government, and local communities in

overseeing compliance with

environmental concerns in the

operation of terminal facilities and

crude-oil tankers.

Sub-section 2732(o) permits an

alternative voluntary advisory group to

represent the communities and interests

in the vicinity of the terminal facilities

in Prince William Sound, instead of a

council of the type specified in subsection 2732(d), if certain conditions are

met. The Act requires that the group

enter into a contract to ensure annual

funding, and that it receive annual

certification by the President to the

effect that it fosters the general goals

and purposes of the Act and is broadly

representative of the community and

interests in the vicinity of the terminal

facilities. Accordingly, in 1991, the

President granted certification to the

Prince William Sound Regional

Citizens’ Advisory Council (PWSRCAC).

He later delegated the authority to

certify alternative advisory groups to the

Commandant of the Coast Guard, who

redelegated it to the Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

On May 22, 1997, in the Federal

Register, the Coast Guard announced

the availability of the application for

recertification that it received from the

PWSRCAC and requested comments (62

FR 28099). It received thirteen

comments.

Discussion of Comments

All of the comments received by the

Coast Guard supported recertification of

the PWSRCAC. One of the comments

recommended a change in PWSRCAC

operations to ensure consistent

presentation of PWSRCAC official

positions. It is the Coast Guard’s

position that this comment as well as

the other more general comments be

forwarded to PWSRCAC for their review

and appropriate action. Since none of

the comments received opposed the

recertification, the Coast Guard has

determined that recertification of the

PWSRCAC in accordance with the Act

is appropriate.

Recertification: By letter dated July 8,

1997, the Assistant Commandant for

Marine Safety and Environmental

Protection certified that the RCAC

qualifies as an alternative voluntary

advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).

This recertification terminates on June

30, 1998.

Dated: July 27, 1997.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–20635 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33430]

CBEC Railway, Inc.—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Great Western Railway

Company of Iowa, L.L.C.

Great Western Railway Company of

Iowa, L.L.C. (GWRI), has agreed to grant

overhead trackage rights to CBEC

Railway, Inc. (CBEC), over GWRI’s

trackage between milepost 1.72 and

milepost 2.12, in the vicinity of Council

Bluffs, IA.1

The trackage rights agreement was

expected to be executed on or about July

10, 1997,2 but the transaction is not

expected to be consummated until

September 1997, when construction and

rehabilitation of CBEC’s line is

completed and rail operations are

commenced over CBEC’s track. The

purpose of the trackage rights is to

improve operational efficiencies

between CBEC and GWRI and to

eliminate duplicative facilities by

connecting two segments of CBEC track

and right-of-way on either end of

GWRI’s Wabash Rail Yard.

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 sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

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

stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33430, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Thomas W.

Wilcox , Donelan, Cleary, Wood &

Maser, P.C., 1100 New York Avenue,

N.W., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20005.

Decided: July 29, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20715 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–383 (Sub-No. 3X)]

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.—

Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—in Milwaukee and

Waukesha Counties, WI

The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

Co. (WSOR) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances to discontinue service

over a 3.0-mile line of railroad known

as the Menomonee Falls Branch, owned

by the State of Wisconsin Department of

Transportation,1 between milepost 101.1

in Granville and milepost 104.05 in

Menomonee Falls, WI. The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Codes 53224 and 53051.2
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before the abandonment or discontinuance is to be

consummated. WSOR, in its verified notice

tendered for filing on June 10, 1997, indicated a

proposed consummation date of July 31, 1997.

However, applicant failed to publish notice in the

newspaper as required, and a new filing date of July

17, 1997, was entered when proof of publication

was received. Because the verified notice was not

complete until July 17,1997, and hence was not

deemed filed until then, the earliest possible

consummation date is September 5, 1997.

Applicant’s representative has confirmed that the

correct consummation date is on or after September

5, 1997.

3Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and

not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and

public use conditions are not appropriate. Likewise,

no environmental or historical documentation is

required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(6).

4Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $900. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

WSOR has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on

the line can 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 Surface Transportation Board

(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 at 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

September 5, 1997,3 unless stayed

pending reconsideration. Petitions to

stay and formal expressions of intent to

file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2),4 must be filed by August

18, 1997. Petitions to reopen must be

filed by August 26, 1997, with: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, Surface

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Robert A. Wimbish,

REA, CROSS, AUCHINCLOSS, Suite

420, 1920 N Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20036.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Decided: July 30, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20714 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 97–70]

Revocation of Customs Broker License

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Broker License Revocation.

AMENDED: Notice is hereby given that the

Commissioner of Customs, pursuant to

Section 641, Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended, (19 U.S.C. 1641), and Sections

111.52 and 111.74 of the Customs

Regulations, as amended (19 CFR 111.52

and 111.74), the following Customs

broker license is canceled with

prejudice.

Port Individual License

No.

Houston .......... Sam Martinez ... 6282

Dated: August 1, 1997.

Philip Metzger,

Director, Trade Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97–20649 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds Termination of

Authority

AGENCY: Fiscal Service, Department of

the Treasury

ACTION: Surety Companies acceptable on

federal bonds termination of authority:

American Employers’ Insurance

Company

CIGNA Insurance Company of Illinois

CIGNA Insurance Company of Texas

The Continental Insurance Company of

Puerto Rico

The Employers’ Fire Insurance

Company

The Northern Assurance Company of

America

SUMMARY: (Dept. Circ. 570, 1997—Rev.,

supp. No. 12).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch (202) 874–6850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the Certificates of

Authority issued by the Treasury to the

above listed companies, under the

United States Code, Title 31, Sections

9304–9308, to qualify as acceptable

sureties on Federal bonds were

terminated effective June 30, 1997.

The Companies were last listed as

acceptable sureties on Federal bonds at

61 FR 34280, June 30, 1996.

With respect to any bonds currently

in force with the above listed

companies, bond-approving officers

may let such bonds run to expiration

and need not secure new bonds.

However, no new bonds should be

accepted from these Companies. In

addition, bonds that are continuous in

nature should not be renewed.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet

(http:fms.treas.gov/c570.html) or

through our computerized public

bulletin board system (FMS Inside Line)

at (202) 874–6887. A hard copy may be

purchased from the Government

Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC,

telephone (202) 512–1800. When

ordering the Circular from GPO, use the

following stock number 048–000–

00509–8.

Questions concerning this notice may

be directed to the U.S. Department of

the Treasury, Financial Management

Service, Funds Management Division,

Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East-West

Highway, Room 6A14, Hyattsville, MD

20872.

Dated: July 28, 1997.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–20609 Filed 5–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Tip Reporting Alternative

Commitment (Food and Beverage

Industry)

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on proposed