48918 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 180 / Wednesday, September 17, 1997 / Notices

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725–17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT

Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the Department,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; the accuracy of

the Department’s estimate of the burden

of the proposed information collection;

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

10, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–24649 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Transport

Airplane and Engine Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss airplane and engine

issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

October 2 and October 3, 1997

beginning at 8:00 a.m. on October 2.

Arrange for oral presentations by

September 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

General Aviation Manufacturers

Association, 1400 K Street, NW, Suite

801, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jackie Smith, Office of Rulemaking,

FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)

267–9682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is given of

a meeting of the Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee to be held October

2 and 3, 1997 at General Aviation

Manufacturers Association, 1400 K

Street, NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC.

The agenda for the meeting will

include:

Thursday, October 2, 1997

• Opening Remarks.

• FAA Report.

• Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA)

Report.

• Transport Canada Report.

• Executive Committee (EXCOM)

Report.

• Issues List and Tasking Chart.

• Action Item Reports.

• Uncontained Engine Failure.

• FAA Icing Plan.

• Flight Test Guide Status Report.

• Flight Test Harmonization Working

Group (HWG) Report.

• Powerplant Installation HWG

Report.

• Systems Design and Analysis HWG

Report.

Friday, October 3, 1997

• Electromagnetic Effects HWG

Report.

• Loads and Dynamics HWG Report

and Vote.

• Engine HWG Report.

• Airworthiness Assurance HWG

Report.

• Hydraulic Test HWG Report.

• Review Action Items.

• Review Future Meeting Schedule

and Set Next Meeting.

Attendance is open to the interested

public, but will be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements by September 22, 1997 to

present oral statements at the meeting.

The public may present written

statements to the committee at any time

by providing 25 copies to the Assistant

Executive Director for Transport

Airplane and Engine Issues or by

providing copies at the meeting. In

addition, sign and oral interpretation

can be made available at the meeting, as

well as a listening device, if requested

10 calendar days before the meeting.

The Loads & Dynamics HWG is

requesting a vote to accept

recommendation of a notice of proposed

rulemaking (NPRM) concerning

Interaction of Systems an Structures.

Arrangements may be made to present

statements, request sign, oral

interpretation, or listening devices, and

request a copy of the NPRM by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September

11, 1997.

Jean Casciano,

Acting Executive Director, Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–24717 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–32 (Sub–No. 80X)]

Boston and Maine Corporation—

Abandonment Exemption—in Hartford

County, CT

Boston and Maine Corporation (B&M)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances to

abandon and discontinue service over

the Wethersfield Secondary line

between milepost 3.0 in Hartford, CT,

and milepost 7.0 in Wethersfield, CT, a

distance of approximately 4.0 miles, in

Hartford County, CT. The line traverses

United States Postal Service Zip Codes

06109 and 06067.

B&M 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 October

17, 1997, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
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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 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).

1 See Paducah & Louisville Railway—Trackage

Rights—CSX Transportation, Inc., STB Finance

Docket No. 33405 (STB served June 11, 1997).

1UP has filed an abandonment application in

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment—Barr-Girard Line in Menard,

Sangamon, and Macoupin Counties, IL, Docket No.

AB–33 (Sub-No. 96) (STB served Aug. 12, 1996)

which was related to, and contingent upon the

merger approved in Union Pacific Corporation,

Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri

Pacific Railroad Company—Control and Merger—

Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern

Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver

and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Finance Docket

No. 32760 (Decision No. 44) (STB served Aug. 12,

1996).

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

29, 1997. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by October 7,

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: Robert A. Wimbish, Esq.,

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.

B&M 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 22, 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), B&M 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

B&M’s filing of a notice of

consummation by September 17, 1998,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: September 10, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24706 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33453]

Paducah & Louisville Railway—

Trackage Rights Exemption—CSX

Transportation, Inc.

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

agreed to extend existing overhead

trackage rights to Paducah & Louisville

Railway (P&L) 1 from the Providence 1

Mine located on CSXT’s Morganfield

Branch, at or near milepost MB 288.8,

to the Diamond J Mine located at or near

milepost MB 291.93, on the Morganfield

Branch, an additional distance of 3.1

miles in Hopkins County, KY.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on September 9, 1997.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to allow P&L to handle movements of

coal from the Diamond J Mine to the

generating facilities of Louisville Gas

and Electric Company at Kosmosdale

and Louisville, KY, and to handle

empties via the reverse route.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33453, 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 (1) J.

Thomas Garrett, Esq., Paducah &

Louisville Railway, 1500 Kentucky

Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003, and (2)

Fred R. Birkholz, Esq., CSX

Transportation, Inc., 500 Water Street,

J–150, Jacksonville, FL 32202.

Decided: September 9, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24704 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33454]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Illinois &

Midland Railroad, Inc.

Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc. has

agreed to grant overhead trackage rights

to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

from milepost 75.4, near Barr, IL, to

milepost 85.1, near Springfield, IL, a

distance of 9.7 miles in Menard and

Sangamon Counties, IL.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after September 11,

1997.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to facilitate efficient train operations in

a continuous route to and from Peoria,

IL, after UP has abandoned its rail line

between Barr and Girard, IL.1

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33454, 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