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1Under 49 CFR 1180.4(g)(1), a trackage rights

exemption is effective 7 days after the notice is

filed. Although applicant indicated that the

proposed transaction would be consummated on

September 22, 1997, the notice was not filed until

September 17, 1997, and thus the proposed

transaction could not be consummated before the

September 24, 1997 effective date.

1 Under 49 CFR 1150.41(b), the exemption is

effective 7 days after the notice is filed. Although

applicant indicated that the proposed transaction

would be consummated on September 8, 1997, the

notice was not filed until September 8, 1997, and

thus the proposed transaction could not be

consummated before the September 15, 1997

effective date of the exemption. Counsel for East

Penn has acknowledged that September 15 was the

earliest that the transaction could be consummated.

March 27, 1996, and circulated for

comments.

Alternatives under consideration

include those already discussed in the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

and those to be covered in the proposed

Supplement.

The Supplement will evaluate

additional highway and non-highway

economic development alternatives. The

Supplement will also discuss

environmental impacts associated with

secondary impacts of economic

development resulting form the

proposed action, and will include a

revised discussion of purpose and need.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to the proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

Supplement to the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement should directed to the

FHWA at the address provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 20.205, Highway Research

Planning and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding inter-governmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to the

program)

Douglas N. Head,

Program Operations Engineer, Indianapolis,

Indiana.

[FR Doc. 97–26309 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No.

24)]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company; Trackage Rights

Exemption; Union Pacific Railroad

Company and Southern Pacific

Transportation Company

The Union Pacific Railroad Company

(UP) and Southern Pacific

Transportation Company (SP) have

agreed to grant overhead trackage rights

and certain local access rights to The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company as follows: (a) Over a

rail line owned by SP extending from

milepost 212.7 near Tower 105 at San

Antonio, TX; and (b) over a rail line

owned by UP extending from milepost

235.9 near Craig Junction, TX, to

milepost 259.8 near SP Junction (Tower

112) via Fratt, TX, a total distance of

approximately 25.6 miles, for the

purpose of serving CPSB’s (City Public

Service Board of San Antonio) facilities

at Elmendorf, TX. The transaction was

expected to be consummated on

September 24, 1997.1

These trackage rights are related to

conditions imposed as part of the UP/

SP merger 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 Company, Finance

Docket No. 32760 (Decision No. 44)

(STB served Aug. 12, 1996); (Decision

No. 52) (STB served Sept. 10, 1996); and

(Decision No. 61) (STB served Nov. 20,

1996).

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 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

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32760 (Sub-No. 24), must be

filed with the Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001 and served

on: Erika Z. Jones, Mayer, Brown &

Platt, 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20006 and Arvid E.

Roach II, Covington & Burling, 1201

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., P. O. Box

7566, Washington, DC 20044–7566.

Decided: September 26, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26310 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33456]

East Penn Railways, Inc.; Lease and

Operation Exemption; Southeastern

Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

East Penn Railways, Inc. (East Penn),

a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.41 to lease and operate a total of

approximately 14.9 miles of rail line

owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania

Transportation Authority, known as the

Bethlehem Branch, which includes the

portion of the Quakertown Line

extending from MP 30.5+/¥ at Telford,

Montgomery County, PA, and MP

45.4+/¥ at Quakertown, Bucks County,

PA, and the right to interchange with

Consolidated Rail Corporation south of

MP 30.5+/¥. The transaction was

expected to be consummated on or after

September 15, 1997. 1

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

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33456, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001 and served on: John K. Fiorilla,

Watson, Stevens, Fiorilla & Rutter, 390

George Street, P. O. Box 1185, New

Brunswick, NJ 08903.

Decided: September 26, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26311 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

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