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2Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

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

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 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 offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

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

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be

filed by September 8, 1997. Petitions to

reopen or requests for public use

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must

be filed by September 17, 1997, with:

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: John R. Nadolny, Esq.,

General Counsel, Law Department,

Guilford Rail System, Iron Horse Park,

No. Billerica, MA 01862.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

PT has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environment and

historic resources. The Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by September 2, 1997. Interested

persons may obtain a copy of the EA by

writing to SEA (Room 500, Surface

Transportation Board, Washington, DC

20423) or by calling SEA, at (202) 565–

1545. 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), PT 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

PT’s filing of a notice of consummation

by August 28, 1998, and there are no

legal or regulatory barriers to

consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: August 21, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–268 (Sub–No. 15X)]

Portland Terminal Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in

Cumberland County, ME

The Portland Terminal Company (PT)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances to

abandon an approximately 1.09-mile

line of railroad on the Yard 3 Track

between Engineering Station 82+03 and

Engineering Station 23+97, in Portland,

Cumberland County, ME. The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Code 04101.

PT has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic has

been 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 1105.7

(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8

(historic reports), 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

September 27, 1997, 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 September 8, 1997. Petitions to

reopen or requests for public use

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must

be filed by September 17, 1997, with:

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: John R. Nadolny, Esq.,

General Counsel, Law Department,

Guilford Rail System, Iron Horse Park,

No. Billerica, MA 01862.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

PT has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environment and

historic resources. The Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by September 2, 1997. Interested

persons may obtain a copy of the EA by

writing to SEA (Room 500, Surface

Transportation Board, Washington, DC

20423) or by calling SEA, at (202) 565–

1545. 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), PT 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

PT’s filing of a notice of consummation

by August 28, 1998, and there are no

legal or regulatory barriers to

consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: August 21, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–22959 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

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