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DENIALS—Continued

11679–N ...................... Request by Dorbyl Engineering Container Division (DHE) Republic of South Africa to authorize the manufacture, mark

and sale of non-DOT specification portable tanks, mounted in ISO frames, to be used for the transportation in commerce of Division 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 material denied June 2, 1997.

11700–N ...................... Request by Cryodyne Technologies, Inc. Madison, CT to authorize the transportation in commerce of non-flammable,

non-toxic compressed gases, Division 2.2, in foreign made cylinders from the port area to a compressed gas company where the materials are repackaged into DOT authorized compressed gas cylinders for shipment to domestic

users of the material denied February 19, 1997.

11717–N ...................... Request by Matheson Gas Products, Secaucus, NJ to authorize the transportation in commerce of non-flammable,

non-toxic compressed gasses in foreign made cylinders from the port of entry to a compressed gas company where

the materials will be repacked into DOT authorized compressed gas cylinders for shipment to domestic users of the

material denied March 13, 1997.

11741–N ...................... Request by Park Metallurgical Corp., Detroit, MI to authorize the emergency transportation in commerce of sodium cyanide mixture dry in reused metal drums, UN1A2/X125/S not permanently marked to the minimum thickness criteria

denied February 28, 1997.

11805–N ...................... Request by Persons represented by the NPGA, Washington, DC to authorize the transportation in commerce of certain

DOT Specification MC–330 and MC–331 cargo tanks, containing Propane, which do not meet the self-closing stop

valve and excess flow valve requirements and to continue construction, certification, inspection and testing denied

January 13, 1997.

11806–N ...................... Request by Mississippi Tank Co., Hattiesburg, MS to authorize the transportation in commerce of certain DOT Specification MC–330 and MC–331 cargo tanks, containing compressed gases, which do not meet the self-closing stop

valve and excess flow valve requirements and to continue construction, certification, inspection and testing denied

January 13, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–28622 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4909–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33473]

Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.; Trackage

Rights Exemption; The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to

grant overhead trackage rights to Iowa

Interstate Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS), between

the connection of the parties at East

Moline, IL, at or near milepost 246.17,

and the connection of the parties at

Rock Island, IL, at or near milepost

253.51, all within Rock Island County,

IL. The total distance of the trackage

rights is approximately 7.34 miles. The

transaction is be consummated on or

soon after October 21, 1997, the

effective date of the exemption.

The purpose of the proposed trackage

rights is for IAIS and BNSF to improve

operational and maintenance

efficiencies and to combine operations

over parallel lines of railroad which

BNSF and IAIS have in or near the cities

of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline,

IL.

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. 33473, 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: T. Scott Bannister,

Secretary & General Counsel, Iowa

Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 1300 Des

Moines Building, 405 Sixth Avenue, Des

Moines, IA 50309.

Decided: October 20, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28635 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–391 (Sub–No. 3X)]

Red River Valley & Western Railroad

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Benson County, ND

Red River Valley & Western Railroad

Company (RRVW) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon an approximately 11.94-mile

line of railroad from approximately

milepost 16.56, approximately one mile

west of state highway 30, near Maddock

to approximately milepost 28.5 near

Esmond, in Benson County, ND. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Code 58332.

RRVW 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 28, 1997, unless

stayed pending reconsideration.

Petitions to stay that do not involve
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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).

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 November 10,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by November 18,

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: Jo A. DeRoche, Esq.,

Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & Kider, P.C.,

1350 New York Avenue., N.W., Suite

800, Washington, DC 20005–4797.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

RRVW 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 Novenber 3, 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), RRVW 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 RRVW’s filing of a notice of

consummation by October 29, 1998, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: October 21, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28634 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Domestic Finance; Notice of Open

Meeting of the Advisory Committee

U.S. Community Adjustment and

Investment Program

The Department of the Treasury,

pursuant to the North American Free

Trade Agreement (‘‘NAFTA’’)

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182),

established an advisory committee (the

‘‘Advisory Committee’’) for the

community adjustment and investment

program (the ‘‘Program’’). The Program

will provide financing to businesses and

individuals in communities adversely

impacted by NAFTA to create new jobs.

The charter of the Advisory Committee

has been filed in accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 92–463), with

the approval of the Secretary of the

Treasury.

The Advisory Committee consists of

nine members of the public, appointed

by the President, who collectively

represent: (1) Community groups whose

constituencies include low-income

families; (2) scientific, professional,

business, nonprofit, or public interest

organizations or associations, which are

neither affiliated with, nor under the

direction of, a government; and (3) forprofit business interests.

The objectives of the Advisory

Committee are to: (1) Provide informed

advice to the President regarding the

implementation of the Program; and (2)

review on a regular basis, the operation

of the Program, and provide the

President with the conclusions of its

review. Pursuant to Executive Order No.

12916, dated May 13, 1994, the

President established an interagency

committee to implement the Program

and to receive, on behalf of the

President, advice of the Advisory

Committee. The committee is chaired by

the Secretary of the Treasury.