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1Westco acquired the involved line from

Consolidated Rail Corporation in West Central Ohio

Port Authority—Acquisition Exemption—

Consolidated Rail Corporation, Finance Docket No.

32443 (ICC served Jan. 28, 1994).

IOCR’s lease and operation of the involved line

was approved in The Indiana & Ohio Central

Railroad Company, Inc.—Lease and Operation—

West Central Ohio Port Authority, Finance Docket

No. 32602 (ICC served Mar. 15, 1995).

2The 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.

3Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $900. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107

of the Hazardous Materials

Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49

CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 6,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–30170 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket Nos. AB–535X and STB Docket

No. AB–536X]

West Central Ohio Port Authority—

Abandonment Exemption—in Clark

County, OH; The Indiana and Ohio

Central Railroad Company, Inc.—

Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—in Clark County, OH

West Central Ohio Port Authority

(Westco) and The Indiana and Ohio

Central Railroad Company, Inc. (IOCR),

have filed a notice of exemption under

49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances for

Westco to abandon and IOCR to

discontinue service over a 5.6-mile line

of railroad between milepost 123.86 at

or near Glen Echo and milepost 129.46

at the north edge of Warder Street in

Springfield, Clark County, OH. The line

traverses United States Postal Zip Code

45502.1

Westco and IOCR have certified that:

(1) no local traffic has moved over the

line for at least 2 years; (2) overhead

traffic has been rerouted over other

lines; (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 December 18, 1997, unless

stayed pending reconsideration.

Petitions to stay that do not involve

environmental issues,2 formal

expressions of intent to file an OFA

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail

use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR

1152.29 must be filed by November 28,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by December 8,

1997, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, Surface Transportation

Board, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicants’

representative: Thomas F. McFarland,

Jr., McFarland & Herman, 20 North

Wacker Drive, Suite 1330, Chicago, IL

60606–2902.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Westco and IOCR have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment and

discontinuance, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by November 21, 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), Westco 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 Westco’s filing of a notice of

consummation by November 18, 1998,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: November 12, 1997.

By the Board, Beryl Gordon, Acting

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30303 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center: Advisory Committee of the

National Center for State, Local, and

International Law Enforcement

Training, Notice of Renewal

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of October 6, 1972, (Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended), and with the

approval of the Secretary of the

Treasury and the concurrence of the

Office of Management and Budget, the

Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center (FLETC) announces the renewal

of the following Advisory Committee:

Title: Advisory Committee to the

National Center for State, Local, and

International Law Enforcement

Training.

Purpose: The primary purpose of the

Advisory Committee is to provide a

forum for discussion and interchange

between a broad cross-section of

representatives for the law enforcement

community and related training

institutions on training issues and

needs. Considering that there are over

40,000 individual police departments

throughout the country,the advice

emanating from this exchange is very

important to the Director of the FLETC

and the Director of the National Center

for State, Local, and International Law

Enforcement Training (National Center).

The Committee’s advice is critical to

ensuring that programs developed and

offered by the National Center are

meeting the unique and specialized

needs of the State and local law

enforcement community and enhancing
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the networking between Federal, State,

and local agencies. This networking is

essential to an efficient and effective

overall system.

Although FLETC representatives

participate in the training committee

activities of the major police

membership associates, no forum exists

which provides the broad representation

required to meet the needs of the

National Center. The uniqueness of the

program requires an appropriately

selected and specifically dedicated

group.

The Committee advises the Director of

the FLETC and the Director of the

National Center on policy formulation,

training needs, curriculum and course

content, student admission and

evaluation. There is no question that the

Committee’s input has been very

instrumental in the successes enjoyed to

this point. Resources have been

committed only to those programs

which meet unique needs of the State,

local, and international law enforcement

community. All programs have been

well attended, and critiques and

evaluations are quite positive. In

addition, State, local, and international

agencies have actively participated in

the development and delivery of the

programs by providing personnel as

subject matter experts, course

developers, and instructors. The

programs offered have been developed

only after a thorough screening process

to ensure that the limited resources

available are being committed most

productively. The Committee’s input

has been invaluable on this decision

process.

The Committee does not duplicate

functions being performed within

Treasury or elsewhere in the Federal

Government.

Termination Date: The services of the

Committee are expected to be needed

for an indefinite period of time. No

termination date has been established

which is less than two years from the

date the Advisory Committee’s Charter

is approved. The Advisory Committee’s

Charter is approved by signature of the

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for

Management.

John C. Dooher,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 97–30206 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

[AC–33: OTS No. 3455]

Newport Federal Savings Bank,

Newport, AR; Approval of Conversion

Application

Notice is hereby given that on

November 7, 1997, the Director,

Corporate Activities, Office of Thrift

Supervision, or her designee, acting

pursuant to delegated authority,

approved the application of Newport

Federal Savings Bank, Newport,

Arkansas, to convert to the stock form

of organization. Copies of the

application are available for inspection

at the Dissemination Branch, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20552, and the

Midwest Regional Office, 122 W. John

Carpenter Freeway, Suite 600, Irving,

Texas 75039–2010.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30269 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

[AC–34: OTS No. 1515]

Ninth Ward Savings Bank, FSB,

Wilmington, DE; Approval of

Conversion Application

Notice is hereby given that on

November 10, 1997, the Director,

Corporate Activities, Office of Thrift

Supervision, or her designee, acting

pursuant to delegated authority,

approved the application of Ninth Ward

Savings Bank, FSB, Wilmington,

Delaware, to convert to the stock form

of organization. Copies of the

application are available for inspection

at the Dissemination Branch, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20552, and the

Northeast Regional Office, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 10 Exchange Place,

18th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey

07302.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30270 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

[AC–32: OTS No. 3780]

Wyman Park Federal Savings and Loan

Association, Lutherville, MD; Approval

of Conversion Application

Notice is hereby given that on October

9, 1997, the Director, Corporate

Activities, Office of Thrift Supervision,

or her designee, acting pursuant to

delegated authority, approved the

application of Wyman Park Federal

Savings and Loan Association,

Lutherville, Maryland, to convert to the

stock form of organization. Copies of the

application are available for inspection

at the Dissemination Branch, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20552, and the

Southeast Regional Office, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1475 Peachtree

Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30264 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

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