65732 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 1997 / Notices

1 DART acquired this line of railroad from the

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MP) in 1990

with MP retaining trackage rights. See Dallas Area

Rapid Transit-Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Rail Line of Missouri Pacific Railroad

Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company,

Finance Docket No. 31690 (ICC served July 17,

1990).

MP discontinued its trackage rights over the line

as part of a joint relocation project. See Missouri

Pacific Railroad Company and The Atchison,

Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company—Joint

Relocation Project Exemption, Finance Docket No.

32060 (ICC served Apr. 27, 1992).

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 is currently

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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Intelligent Transportation Society of

America; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intelligent Transportation

Society of America (ITS AMERICA) will

hold a meeting of its Coordinating

Council on Tuesday, January 13, 1998.

The following designations are made for

each item: (A) is an ‘‘action’’ item; (I) is

an ‘‘information item;’’ and (D) is a

‘‘discussion’’ item. The agenda includes

the following: (1) Call to Order and

Introductions (I); (2) Statements of AntiTrust Compliance and Conflict of

Interest (A); (3) Approval of Last

Meeting’s Minutes (A); (4) Federal

Report (I&D); (5) President’s Report; (6)

Report of the Planning Committee:

Strategic Plan Update/National Research

Agenda (A); (7) ITS America’s IVI

Report (A); (8) International Border

Crossing Activities Report (I/D); (9)

Professional Capacity Building Update

(I); (10) FCC Frequency Petition Update

(I); (11) Report of the ITS World

Congresses and Other International ITS

Activities (I/D); (12) ITS America 8th

Annual Meeting Update (I/D); (13)

Roundtable Discussion of Committee

and Task Force Activities—Committee

and Task Force Chairs (I/D); (14) Other

Business. Additional Information: DSRC

Status Report, Standards Needs

Timeline and Coordinating Council

Meeting Dates.

ITS AMERICA provides a forum for

national discussion and

recommendations on ITS activities

including programs, research needs,

strategic planning, standards,

international liaison, and priorities. The

charter for the utilization of ITS

AMERICA establishes this organization

as an advisory committee under the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. app. 2, when it

provides advice or recommendations to

DOT officials on ITS policies and

programs. (56 FR 9400, March 6, 1991).

DATES: The Coordinating Council of ITS

AMERICA will meet on Tuesday,

January 13, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. to

12:00 noon (Eastern Standard time).

ADDRESSES: Omni Shoreham Hotel,

2500 Calvert Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20008. Phone: (202) 234–0700. Fax:

(202) 234–5333.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Materials associated with this meeting

may be examined at the offices of ITS

AMERICA, 400 Virginia Avenue, SW.,

Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20024.

Persons needing further information or

to request to speak at this meeting

should contact Kenneth Faunteroy at

ITS AMERICA by telephone at (202)

484–4130, or by FAX at (202) 484–3483.

The DOT contact is Mary Pigott,

FHWA, HVH–1, Washington, D.C.

20590, (202) 366–9230. Office hours are

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., e.t., Monday

through Friday, except for legal

holidays.

(23 U.S.C. 315; 49 CFR 1.48)

Issued: December 10, 1997.

Jeffrey F. Paniati,

Deputy Director, ITS Joint Program Office.

[FR Doc. 97–32634 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–439 (Sub–No. 3X)]

Dallas Rapid Transit—Abandonment

Exemption—in Dallas, TX

Dallas Rapid Transit (DART) a

political subdivision of the State of

Texas, has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon a 6.99-mile

line of railroad between milepost D–

762.26 in the vicinity of Mockingbird

Lane and milepost D–755.27 in the

vicinity of the Kansas City Southern

Railway Company bridge overpass, in

Dallas County, TX.1 The line traverses

United States Postal Service Zip Codes

75205, 75214, 75231 and 75238.

DART 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 January 14, 1998, 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 December 29,

1997. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 5,

1998, 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: Kevin M. Sheys,

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, 1020

Nineteenth Street, N.W., Suite 400,

Washington, DC 20036.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

DART 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 December 19, 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