55456 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 206 / Friday, October 24, 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).

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 553X)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in Harlan

County, KY

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon a 2.14-mile

portion of its Lick Branch between

milepost MP–250.9 and milepost MP–

251.18 at Cato, and its Crummies Creek

Branch between milepost MQ–251.18 at

Cato and milepost MQ–253.04, at

Crummies, in Harlan County, KY. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Codes 40815 and 40821.

CSXT 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 23, 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 November 3,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by November 13,

1997, with: Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Charles M. Rosenberger,

Senior Counsel, CXS Transportation,

Inc., 500 Water Street J150, Jacksonville,

FL 32202.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

CSXT 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 29, 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), CSXT 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

CSXT’s filing of a notice of

consummation by October 24, 1998, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: October 17, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28152 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: United States Enrichment

Corporation, Board of Directors.

TIME AND DATE: 8:00 a.m., Wednesday,

October 29, 1997.

PLACES: USEC Corporate Headquarters,

6903 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda,

Maryland 20817.

STATUS: The meeting will be closed to

the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

• Review of commercial, operational

and financial issues of the Corporation.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Barbara Arnold 301–564–3354.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

William H. Timbers, Jr.,

President and Chief Executive Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–28426 Filed 10–22–97; 2:25 pm]

BILLING CODE 8720–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0098]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Ron Taylor,

Information Management Service

(045A4), Department of Veterans

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–8015

or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please refer to

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0098.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title and Form Number: Application

for Survivors’ and Dependents’

Educational Assistance (Under Chapter

35, Title 38, U.S.C.), VA Form 22–5490.