8510 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 37 / Tuesday, February 25, 1997 / Notices

Application Applicant Parties to

exemption

10933–P ....... Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Sauget, IL .......................................................................................................... 10933

11043–P ....... Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Sauget, IL .......................................................................................................... 11043

11043–P ....... Bechem Transport, Inc., New Haven, CT .................................................................................................................... 11043

11055–P ....... Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Sauget, IL .......................................................................................................... 11055

11055–P ....... MSE Environmental, Inc., Camarillo, CA ..................................................................................................................... 11055

11153–P ....... General Chemical Corporation, Framingham, MA ....................................................................................................... 11153

11156–P ....... Dixie Chemical Corporation, New Bern, NC ................................................................................................................ 11156

11197–P ....... Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Sauget, IL .......................................................................................................... 11197

11294–P ....... Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Sauget, IL .......................................................................................................... 11294

11294–P ....... Bechem Transport, Inc., New Haven, CT .................................................................................................................... 11294

11388–P ....... Nalco Chemical Company/Exxon Energy Chemicals L.P., Sugar Land, TX ............................................................... 11388

11588–P ....... Medwaste Management, Inc. of New England, North Haven, CT ............................................................................... 11588

11602–P ....... Atlantic Coast Recycling, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL ............................................................................................................ 11602

11602–P ....... Southwestern Die Casting Co., Inc., Fort Smith, AR ................................................................................................... 11602

11602–P ....... East Tennessee Iron & Metal, Inc., Rogersville, TN .................................................................................................... 11602

11624–P ....... Environmental Transportation Services, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK .............................................................................. 11624

11624–P ....... Republic Environmental Systems, Hatfield, PA ........................................................................................................... 11624

11624–P ....... Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Sauget, IL .......................................................................................................... 11624

11821–P ....... Wyoming Steel & Fab, Inc., Reliance, WY .................................................................................................................. 11821

11822–P ....... Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA ........................................................................................................ 11822

11826–P ....... MG Industries Gas Technology & Services Group, Houston, TX ............................................................................... 11826

11829–P ....... Parsin Chemicals Limited, Andhra Pradesh, India ...................................................................................................... 11829

11829–P ....... ICI Explosives Canada, Quebec, Canada ................................................................................................................... 11829

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions and for

party to an exemption 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 February 20,

1997.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 97–4582 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 103X)]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Sarpy

County, NE (Gilmore Industrial Lead)

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board, pursuant to 49

U.S.C. 10502, exempts Union Pacific

Railroad Company from the prior

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10903 to abandon service over a portion

of rail line known as the Gilmore

Industrial Lead in Sarpy County, NE,

subject to standard labor protective

conditions. The line extends between

milepost 11.76 and milepost 12.23, near

Gilmore, NE, a distance of 0.47-mile.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of

intent to file a financial assistance offer

has been received, this exemption will

be effective on March 27, 1997. Formal

expressions of intent to file financial

assistance offers under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by March 7,

1997. Petitions to stay must be filed by

March 12, 1997. Petitions to reopen

must be filed by March 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 103X)

to: (1) Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423; and (2)

Petitioner’s representative: Joseph D.

Anthofer, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 830,

Omaha, NE 68179–0830.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: February 13, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–4642 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

[Project No. TIRNO–97–R–00018 ]

Proposed Establishment of a Federally

Funded Research and Development

Center

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) intends to sponsor a Federally

Funded Research and Development

Center (FFRDC) to provide system

engineering and technical assistance

along with strategic advice and

guidance. Also required will be

technical management capabilities to

facilitate the operation and

modernization of Tax Systems. The

FFRDC will be established under the

authority of 48 CFR Subpart 35.017 and

Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Letter 84–1. The FFRDC shall provide

technical advice and assistance to the

IRS and/or its contractors in the areas of

program and project management. This

will consist of expert advice/guidance

focused on increasing the effectiveness

and efficiency of strategic information

management and technical activities.

The FFRDC will be available for IRS’s

Chief Information Officer (CIO) or the

CIO’s designees or Department of the

Treasury executive support. Examples

of this support may include, but are not

limited to the following:—Information

Systems (IS) input to business case

development—Business Process

Analysis—IS management and oversight