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project no longer warrant an EIS. An

Environmental Assessment will be

prepared and processed to fully analyze

the proposal.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program)

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48.

Issued on: October 31, 1997.

Donald J. West,

Division Administrator, Glastonbury,

Connecticut.

[FR Doc. 97–29924 Filed 11–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Notice of Safety Advisory

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of safety advisory

amendment.

SUMMARY: FRA is amending Safety

Advisory 97–1, which addresses safety

practices to reduce the risk of casualties

from train derailments caused by

damage to tracks, roadbed, and bridges

resulting from uncontrolled flows of

water and similar weather-related

phenomena, by revising the

recommendation concerning the

transmission of flash flood warnings to

train dispatchers or other employees

controlling the movement of trains.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gordon A. Davids, P.E., Bridge

Engineer, Office of Safety Assurance

and Compliance, FRA, 400 Seventh

Street, S.W., RRS–15, Mail Stop 25,

Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone

202–632–3340) or Daniel L. Alpert, Trial

Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA,

400 Seventh Street, S.W., RCC–12, Mail

Stop 10, Washington, D.C. 20590

(telephone 202–632–3186).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

September 4, 1997, FRA issued Safety

Advisory 97–1 (SA 97–1) (62 FR 46793),

recommending that railroads take

certain actions to reduce the risk of train

derailments which could result from

severe weather conditions, particularly

undetected flash floods. The first

recommendation of SA 97–1 reads as

follows:

1. The railroad should have in place a

procedure that will assure that all

notifications issued by the National Weather

Service (NWS) of flash flood warnings will be

received within 15 minutes of issuance from

the NWS, directly or through a contract

weather forecasting service, by the train

dispatchers or other employees controlling

the movement of trains on all track of Class

4 or higher or upon which passenger trains

operate in commuter or intercity service,

within the warning area. In the case of such

track located outside of the warning area but

subject to damage from water resulting from

the storm, the information should be

obtained in time to permit timely response by

the railroad.

The intent of the recommendation is for

all flash flood warnings issued by the

NWS for the area in which an affected

railroad operates to be received by the

personnel who control train operations

in the area of the warning. It is not

necessary that the warning come

directly from the NWS, but it should be

received intact and in a timely manner.

Since SA 97–1 was issued, FRA has

become aware of several circumstances

in which large railroads with

centralized dispatching operations have

contracted with specialized weather

services for weather information

tailored to the situation and

requirements of the railroad. Several of

those contract services do not pass on

all NWS warnings, but instead analyze

the warnings in the light of other

weather data available to them and their

knowledge of the specific situation and

requirements of their clients in order to

provide only the weather information

that affects the client and to filter out

irrelevant information. This process

reduces the amount of information that

the client is required to consider and

evaluate, and allows the client to focus

on information that, in the view of the

contract weather service, might actually

affect the client’s property and

operations.

FRA now believes that this procedure

offered by contract weather services

might meet the requirements of some

railroads better than if all NWS

warnings are passed on by the contract

weather service en masse, regardless of

their relevance to the individual

railroad. Therefore, Safety Advisory 97–

1 is amended in part by revising

Recommendation 1 to read as follows:

1. The railroad should have in place a

procedure that will assure that the train

dispatchers or other employees controlling

the movement of trains on all track of Class

4 or higher or upon which passenger trains

operate in commuter or intercity service will

receive timely warnings of any flash flood

that might damage that track or its supporting

structures. In the case of such track located

outside of the warning area but subject to

damage from water resulting from the storm,

the information should be obtained in time

to permit timely response by the railroad.

The warning procedure should incorporate

either:

a. The means to receive within 15 minutes

of issuance by the National Weather Service

(NWS) all NWS flood warnings for the area

in which the track is located; or

b. An arrangement with a competent

commercial weather service which receives

and reviews warnings and weather data from

the NWS as part of its warning procedures,

and from which the railroad receives

warnings and weather information that is

specific to the situation and requirements of

the railroad.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November

10, 1997.

George A. Gavalla,

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–30032 Filed 11–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested persons that RSPA will

conduct a public meeting to report on

the results of the fourteenth session of

the United Nation’s Sub-Committee of

Experts on the Transport of Dangerous

Goods (UNSCOE) and to discuss the

work program for U.S. participation in

future meetings of the UN SubCommittee of Experts on the Transport

of Dangerous Goods during the 1997–

1998 biennium.

DATES: January 6, 1998 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Room 8236–8240 Nassif

Building, 400 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frits

Wybenga, International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of this meeting will be

to (1) review the outcome of the

fourteenth session of the UNSCOE held

from December 8–18, 1997 in Geneva

Switzerland and to begin preparation for

U.S. participation in the fifteenth

session of the UNSCOE. Topics to be

covered during the public meeting

include matters related to reformatting

the UN Recommendations on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods into a

model rule, criteria for environmentally

hazardous substances, review of
61164 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 220 / Friday, November 14, 1997 / Notices

1Coach currently controls the nation’s second

largest group of motor passenger carriers. See Coach

USA, Inc.—Control Exemption—America Charters,

Ltd., STB Finance Docket No. 33393 (STB served

Oct. 3, 1997), slip op. at 1. In addition to the instant

petition, Coach has three other pending petitions:

Coach USA, Inc. and K-T Contract Services, Inc.—

Control and Merger Exemption—Gray Line Tours of

Southern Nevada, STB Finance Docket No. 33431

(STB served Aug. 22, 1997), in which it seeks an

exemption to acquire control of one additional

motor passenger carrier, Coach USA, Inc., and

Leisure Time Tours—Control and Merger

Exemption—Van Nortwick Bros., Inc., The Arrow

Line, Inc., and Trentway-Wagar, Inc., STB Finance

Docket No. 33428 (STB served Aug. 12, 1997), in

which it seeks to acquire control of three additional

motor passenger carriers, and Coach USA, Inc.—

Control Exemption—Browder Tours, Inc. and El

Expresso, Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 33506 (STB

filed Oct. 31, 1997), in which it seeks to acquire

control of two additional motor passenger carriers.

intermodal portable tank requirements,

review of the requirements applicable to

small quantities of hazardous materials

in transport (limited quantities),

classification of individual substances,

requirements for bulk and non-bulk

packagings used to transport hazardous

material, requirements for inhalation

toxicity materials, requirements and

international harmonization of

classification criteria and labeling.

The public is invited to attend

without prior notification.

Documents

Copies of documents submitted to the

fourteenth session of the UNSCOE may

be obtained from RSPA or may be

downloaded from the Internet at http:/

/www.itu.int/itudoc/un/editrans/dgdb/

dgscomm/scdocsnw,html.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 7,

1997.

Alan I. Roberts,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–30025 Filed 11–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33471]

Coach USA, Inc.—Control Exemption—

Air Travel Transportation, Inc.; Airlines

Acquisition Co., Inc.; and

Transportation Management Services,

Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of filing of petition for

exemption.

SUMMARY: Coach USA, Inc. (Coach), a

noncarrier in control of 28 motor

passenger carriers at the time it filed its

petition,1 seeks to be exempted, under

49 U.S.C. 13541, from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 14303(a)(5), to

acquire control of Air Travel

Transportation, Inc.; Airlines

Acquisition Co., Inc., and

Transportation Management Services,

Inc., motor carriers of passengers.

DATES: Comments must be filed by

December 15, 1997. Petitioner may file

a reply by December 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of comments referring to STB

Finance Docket No. 33471 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20423–

0001. In addition, send one copy of

comments to Petitioners’

representatives: Betty Jo Christian and

David H. Coburn, Steptoe & Johnson

LLP, 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565–1600 [TDD

for the hearing impaired: (202) 565–

1695].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Coach, a

noncarrier, seeks an exemption to

acquire control of three motor carriers of

passengers: (1) Air Travel

Transportation, Inc., d/b/a Atlanta

Airport Shuttle (MC–166420), a Georgiabased carrier that primarily operates

airport shuttle service to and from

Atlanta’s Hartsfield International

Airport; (2) Airlines Acquisition Co.,

Inc., d/b/a Airlines Transportation

Company (MC–223575), a Pennsylvaniabased carrier that primarily operates

airport shuttle service to and from

Greater Pittsburgh Airport and

Allegheny County Airport; (3)

Transportation Management Services,

Inc., d/b/a Lenzner Coach Lines (MC–

237433), a Pennsylvania-based carrier,

which is affiliated with Airlines

Transportation Company and which

operates charter motorcoach service,

contract service, sightseeing service and

tour service.

Coach reported, at the time it filed

this petition for exemption, that it

controlled twenty-eight motor carriers of

passengers. Coach states that its

acquisition of control of the three motor

carriers through the acquisition of their

stock will not inhibit competition or

reduce transportation options available

to the public. Coach states that the three

carriers do not compete with any Coachowned carrier.

Petitioner also claims that the

acquisition of control of the three

carriers will allow each carrier to offer

improved service at lower costs made

possible by the coordination of

functions, centralized management,

financial support, rationalization of

resources, and economies of scale that

are anticipated from the common

control. Coach also states that all

collective bargaining agreements will be

honored, that employee benefits will

improve, and that no change in

management personnel is planned.

Additional information may be obtained

from Petitioners’ representatives.

A copy of this notice will be served

on the Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division, 10th Street and Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530.

Decided: November 3, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–29997 Filed 11–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 97–94]

Recordation of Trade Name: ‘‘IBBI’’

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of recordation.

SUMMARY: On July 22, 1997, a notice of

application for the recordation under

section 42 of the Act of July 5, 1946, as

amended (15 U.S.C. 1124), of the trade

name ‘‘IBBI,’’ was published in the

Federal Register (62 FR 39302). The

notice advised that before final action

was taken on the application,

consideration would be given to any

relevant data, views, or arguments

submitted in writing by any person in

opposition to the recordation and

received no later than September 22,

1997. No responses were received in

opposition to the notice. Accordingly, as

provided in section 133.14, Customs

Regulations (19 CFR 133.14), the name

‘‘IBBI,’’ is recorded as the trade name

used by International Business to

Business, Inc., a corporation organized

under the laws of Colorado, located at

566 #D Nucla Way, Aurora, Colorado

80011. The trade name is used in

connection with an item known as a key

safe or lock and lockbox which has a

compartment in which keys are locked

and a shackle to attach to a door or

doorknob.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina

D’Onofrio, Intellectual Property Rights

Branch, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W. (Ronald Reagan Building),

Washington, D.C. 20229, (202) 927–

2330.