53058 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 1997 / Notices

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).

United States Postal Service Zip Code

24293.

Interstate has certified that: (1) No

local traffic has moved over the line for

at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead

traffic moving over the line; (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 November 9, 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 October 20,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by October 30,

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: James R. Paschall,

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern

Corporation, Three Commercial Place,

Norfolk, VA 23510.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Interstate 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 October 15, 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), Interstate 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 Interstate’s filing of a notice

of consummation by October 10, 1998,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: October 6, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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Advisory Committee on Former

Prisoners of War, Notice of Charter

Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended

(Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App.), that

the Department of Veterans Affairs’

Advisory Committee on Former

Prisoners of War has been renewed for

a 2-year period beginning September 30,

1997, through September 30, 1999.

Dated: October 2, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26975 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

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Advisory Committee on the

Readjustment of Veterans; Notice of

Charter Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended

(Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App.), that

the Advisory Committee on the

Readjustment of Veterans has been

renewed for a 2-year period beginning

August 29, 1997, through August 29,

1999. Congress enacted Public Law 104–

262, Section 333, in October 1996,

making this committee statutory.

Dated: October 1, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26973 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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Advisory Committee on Women

Veterans; Notice of Charter Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended

(Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App.), that

the Department of Veterans Affairs’

Advisory Committee on Women

Veterans has been renewed for a 2-year

period beginning September 26, 1997,

through September 26, 1999.

Dated: September 30, 1997.

By Direction of the Secretary-Designate.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26974 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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