Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 226 / Monday, November 24, 1997 / Notices 62667

1PNWR states that it is buying the rail, track

materials, and other personal property necessary for

rail service and that it is acquiring an exclusive rail

easement over the underlying property.

2PNWR states that it currently operates most of

the lines under lease authority obtained in Portland

& Western Railroad, Inc.—Lease and Operation

Exemption—Lines of Burlington Northern Railroad

Company, Finance Docket No. 32766 (ICC served

Jan. 5, 1996).

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).

PFC Project #: 97–06–C–00–MHT

Level of the proposed PFC: $3.00

Charge effective date: January 1, 1993

Estimated charge expiration date:

October 1, 1998

Estimated total net PFC revenue:

$1,626,000

Brief description of project: Upgrade

Runway 6–24

Class or classes of air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: On demand

Air Taxi/Commercial Operators (ATCO).

Any person may inspect the

application in person at the FAA office

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Manchester

Airport, One Airport Road, Suite 300,

Manchester, New Hampshire 03103.

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts on

November 4, 1997.

Vincent A. Scarano,

Manager, Airports Division, New England

Region.

[FR Doc. 97–30777 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33502]

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railway Company

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.

(PNWR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed

a verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.41 to acquire 1 and, to the

extent it does not already have such

authority, to operate 62.74 miles of rail

lines owned by The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company in the State of Oregon,

described as follows: (1) Between (a) BN

milepost 16.87 near Bowers Junction

and BN milepost 18.83 near Bendemeer,

(b) BN milepost 18.83 to BN milepost

21.26, and (c) BN milepost 21.50 to BN

milepost 22.00 at or near Orenco, a

distance of approximately 4.89 miles;

(2) between BN milepost 17.07 at

Bowers Junction and BN milepost 27.84

near Banks, a distance of approximately

10.77 miles; (3) between BN milepost

4.68 near Hillsboro and BN milepost

10.28 near Forest Grove, a distance of

approximately 5.60 miles; (4) between

BN milepost 25.52 near St. Marys

Junction and BN milepost 26.71 near St.

Marys, a distance of approximately 1.19

miles; (5) between BN milepost 31.28

near Greton and BN milepost 64.70 near

Hopmere, a distance of approximately

33.42 miles; and (6) between BN

milepost 10.00 at or near United

Junction and BN milepost 16.87 at or

near Bowers Junction, a distance of

approximately 6.87 miles.2

PNWR expected to commence

operations on or about November 14,

1997, the effective date of the

exemption.

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. 33502, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on: Eric M.

Hocky, Esquire, Gollatz, Griffin &

Ewing, P.C., 213 West Miner Street, P.O.

Box 796, West Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Decided: November 17, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30787 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub–No. 555X)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in Alachua

County, FL

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 1.41 miles of its line of

railroad between milepost AR–716.89

and milepost AR–715.48 at the end of

track, in High Springs, Alachua County,

FL. The line traverses United States

Postal Service Zip Code 32643.

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 December 24, 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 December 4,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by December 15,

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: Charles M. Rosenberger,

Senior Counsel, CSX Transportation,

Inc., 500 Water Street J150, Jacksonville,

FL 32202.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.