Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices 58769

1SLR is a nonprofit corporation located in the

State of Washington.

2SLR states that it intends to apply for a

rehabilitation grant from the State of Washington

and that it has entered into a contract with an

operator, Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, for

operational services.

improvements also include a bike path

‘‘loop’’ which utilizes, among other

corridors, the new stormwater

conveyance channel, and a new

community park. Taking no action is

also under consideration.

Scoping Meetings

Public scoping meetings include a

two-day Town Hall meeting and three

public information meetings. The Town

Hall Meeting will be held on Friday,

November 7, 1997 from 5:30 to 8:30

p.m. and Saturday, November 8, 1997

from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lincoln High

School, 2229 ‘‘J’’ Street, Lincoln, NE

68510. This two day event includes a

presentation of planning and analysis

and screening conducted to date,

questions and answers, small group

sessions, and a tour of the study area.

In addition, three public scoping

meetings will be held in greater Lincoln

as follows:

Lincoln East High School, 1000 South

70th Street, Lincoln, NE 68510,

Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at 7 p.m.

Southeast High School, 2930 South 37th

Street, Lincoln, NE 68506,

Wednesday, November 19, 1997 at 7

p.m.

Lincoln Northeast High School, 2635

North 63rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68507,

Thursday, November 20, 1997 at 7

p.m.

Comment Due Date

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to the proposed actions are

addressed and all significant issues

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested

individuals, organizations, and federal,

state and local agencies. Comments and

questions concerning this proposed

action and the EIS should be directed to

the COE, FHWA or the City of Lincoln

at the address provided.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Project Number 20.205 Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation of

federal programs and activities apply to this

program)

Issued on October 23, 1997.

Edward Kosola,

Realty Officer, Nebraska Division, Federal

Highway Administration, Lincoln, Nebraska.

[FR Doc. 97–28794 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33486]

Adventure Trail d/b/a Sea Lion

Railroad—Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railway Company

Adventure Trail d/b/a Sea Lion

Railroad (SLR),1 a noncarrier, has filed

a verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate 2 a

total of approximately 2.7 miles of rail

line owned by The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railway Company, known

as the Ballard Branch, from MP 0.09

(1000 feet from clearpoint to mainline)

to terminus at MP 2.7 (near Northwest

40th Street) in the Ballard region in the

City of Seattle, King County, WA. The

transaction was expected to be

consummated on October 15, 1997.

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. 33486, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001 and served on: Charles H.

Montange, 426 NW 162d Street, Seattle,

WA 98177.

Decided: October 21, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28785 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Public Meeting on Reconciliation

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that a

public meeting regarding reconciliation

will be held in Hearing Room A of the

Interstate Commerce Commission

Building in Washington, DC.,

commencing at 9:30 a.m. on

Wednesday, November 12, 1997. The

purpose of this meeting is to (1) discuss

transfer pricing issues and (2) analyze a

proposal for a menu-approach to

reconciliation. Customs has received

various comments from members of the

importing community that a flexible

approach should be developed for

reconciliation, under which companies

can choose an option which will best

suit their business needs.

DATES: The meeting will be held

November 12, 1997, from 9:30 a.m. to 4

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Interstate Commerce Commission

Building, Hearing Room A, 12th Street

& Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

attend the meeting, please contact the

Office of Regulations and Rulings at

(202) 927–0760.

For additional information on the

meeting, please contact either John

Durant, Office of Regulations and

Rulings, at (202)927–1964 or Shari

McCann, Office of Field Operations at

(202)927–1106.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

December 8, 1993, the President signed

the North American Free Trade

Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L.

103–182). Title VI of the Act contained

provisions relating to Customs

modernization and is popularly known

as the Customs Modernization Act or

Mod Act. In Title VI, section 637

amends section 484 of the Tariff Act of

1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484) to create a new

subsection (b) entitled ‘‘Reconciliation.’’

Reconciliation allows a party to

provide information, other than

admissibility information, which is

undeterminable at time of entry

summary, to Customs at a later date. A

reconciliation is treated as an entry for

purposes of liquidation, reliquidation

and protest.

Customs has published several

notices in the Federal Register

regarding prototype tests of

reconciliation. On May 10, 1996,

Customs published a notice in the

Federal Register (61 FR 21534)

regarding a reconciliation test covering

entries to which antidumping and

countervailing duties applied. This test

has been completed.

Customs also published two notices

regarding plans to test reconciliation for

related party importers who had reason

to believe upward adjustments may

have been made to the price of imported

merchandise for tax purposes pursuant
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to 26 U.S.C. 482 (60 FR 64470 and 60

FR 46141).

The Account-based Declaration

Prototype (62 FR 14731, published

3/27/97), which includes a

reconciliation component, is currently

being designed under the Automated

Commercial Environment.

Customs is also currently designing

the ACS Reconciliation Prototype and

published a notice in the Federal

Register (62 FR 51181) on September

30, 1997, announcing plans to conduct

a test of this prototype. The testing

period of this prototype is scheduled to

be implemented in October, 1998.

The importing community has raised

concerns to Customs that reconciliation,

as is currently envisioned, is overly

burdensome in the data required.

Customs and the trade are working

together in an attempt to provide a

series of options for reconciliation,

which will provide the controls and

information needed by the government

and a practical mechanism which

accommodates various business

situations.

This document announces that a

public meeting will be held to discuss

issues related to the development of

reconciliaton by Customs. At this

meeting, Customs and the trade

participants will address reconciliation

under the current legal structure, and

analyze a menu-approach to

reconciliation. The goal will be to

secure a definition of the various

business problems for which

reconciliation does not fit, analyze a

series of options under which to design

reconciliation, and finalize a joint

Customs/Industry proposal. Customs

will discuss with the trade participants

whether any statutory, regulatory or

policy changes are required before

reconciliation can be best implemented.

The meeting will be held in Hearing

Room A of the Interstate Commerce

Commission Building in Washington,

DC., commencing at 9:30 a.m. on

Wednesday, November 12, 1997.

Because seating is limited, reservations

are required.

The morning session of this meeting

will be devoted to a discussion of

transfer pricing, including the issues

companies face in working under both

the Customs and IRS statutes and

transfer pricing situations in need of a

reconciliation reporting mechanism.

The afternoon session will be devoted to

government/industry analysis of a

menu-approach to reconciliation. The

menu-approach is intended to provide a

series of options which address various

business needs, including the entire

range of value issues (e.g., assists,

indirect payments, transfer pricing, etc.)

Dated: October 27, 1997.

John Durant.

Director, Mod Act Task Force.

[FR Doc. 97–28779 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Multi-Regional and Regional Projects

for International Visitors

ACTION: Notice; request for proposals.

SUMMARY: The Office of International

Visitors (E/V) of the United States

Information Agency’s (USIA) Bureau of

Educational and Cultural Affairs

announces an open competition for

assistance awards. Public and private

non-profit organizations meeting the

provisions described in IRS regulation

26 CFR 1.501(c)(3)–1 may apply to

develop projects for Multi-Regional and

Regional Groups of International

Visitors nominated by U.S. embassies

abroad.

The objective of the International

Visitor Program is to increase mutual

understanding through communication

and collaboration with professional

counterparts in the U.S. Participants are

current or potential foreign leaders in

government, politics, media, education,

science, labor relations, and other key

fields. They are selected by American

embassies abroad and approved by

USIA in Washington, DC. Since the

program’s earliest inception in 1941,

more than 120,000 distinguished

visitors have participated in the

program, and over 155 program alumni

have subsequently become heads of

state or government in their home

countries.

Overall grant making authority for

this program is contained in the Mutual

Educational and Cultural Exchange Act

of 1961, Pub. L. 87–256, as amended,

also known as the Fulbright-Hays Act.

The purpose of the Act is ‘‘to enable the

Government of the United States to

increase mutual understanding between

the people of the United States and the

people of other countries * * * ; to

strengthen the ties which unite us with

other nations by demonstrating the

educational and cultural interests,

developments, and achievements of the

people of the United States and other

nations * * * and thus to assist in the

development of friendly, sympathetic

and peaceful relations between the

United States and the other countries of

the world.’’

Programs and projects must conform

with Agency requirements and

guidelines outlined in the Solicitation

Package. USIA projects and assistance

awards are subject to the availability of

funds.

ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE AND NUMBER: All

communications with USIA concerning

this RFP should refer to the

announcement’s title and reference

number E/V–98–02.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: All copies

must be received at the U.S. Information

Agency by 5 p.m. Washington, DC, time

on the due date indicated for

submission of proposals for each project

described below. Faxed or e-mailed

documents will not be accepted at any

time. Documents postmarked by the due

date but received at a later date will not

be accepted.

TO REQUEST A SOLICITATION PACKAGE,

CONTACT:

For Multi-Regional Projects (MRPs):

The Office of International Visitors,

Group Projects Division (E/VP), Room

255, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th

Street SW., Washington, DC 20547; Tel:

(202) 205–3058; Fax: (202) 205–0792.

For Regional Projects (RPs): The

Office of International Visitors, Grants

Division (E/VG), Room 255, U.S.

Information Agency, 301 4th Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20547, Tel: (202) 205–

9596; Fax: (202) 205–7974.

Please request required application

forms, and standard guidelines for

preparing proposals, including specific

criteria for preparation of the proposal

budget.

TO DOWNLOAD A SOLICITATION PACKAGE

VIA INTERNET: Information about USIA’s

IV Program is available via Internet at

website: http://www.usia.gov. The

entire Solicitation Package may be

downloaded from USIA’s website at

http://www.usia.gov/education/rfps.

TO RECEIVE A SOLICITATION PACKAGE VIA

FAX ON DEMAND: The entire Solicitation

Package may be received via the

Bureau’s ‘‘Grants Information Fax on

Demand System’’, which is accessed by

calling 202/401–7616. Please request a

‘‘Catalog’’ of available documents and

order numbers when first entering the

system.

SUBMISSIONS: Applications must follow

all instructions given in the Solicitation

Package. The original and 10 copies of

the application should be sent to: U.S.

Information Agency, Ref.: E/V–98–02,

Project Title: Contact Officer: Office of

Grants Management, E/XE, Room 326,

301 4th Street SW., Washington, DC

20547. Applicants must also submit the

proposal on a 3.5′′ diskette, formatted

for WordPerfect.