Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2012 / Notices 47493 

1RLI is a wholly owned subsidiary of RRVW. 

2The class exemption invoked by the Trust does 

not provide for retroactive effectiveness. 

• Re-Author Action Item Listings 

• Review ToR Presentation 

• Full Committee Working Group 

ASRN V&V Document (DO–xxx/ 

ED–xxx) 

• Guidance Material Working Group 

• Re-authority the various Action 

Item Listings 

• Review Results of ToR presentation 

to PMC 

• Any other business 

• Plenary Session Adjourned 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 1, 

2012. 

Kathy Hitt, 

Management Analyst, Business Operations 

Branch, Federal Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19448 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of a meeting of the 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

August 30, 2012, at 1:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Federal Aviation Administration, 

800 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, 10th floor, 

MacCracken Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Butner, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591, 

telephone (202) 267–5093; fax (202) 

267–5075; email Renee.Butner@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), we are 

giving notice of a meeting of the 

Executive Committee of the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee taking 

place on August 30, 2012, at the Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20591. The Agenda 

includes: 

1. ARAC Restructure 

2. ARAC Tasking: Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working Group 

3. Status Report from the Rulemaking 

Prioritization Working Group (RPWG) 

4. Status Reports from Assistant 

Chairs 

5. Remarks from EXCOM members 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to the space 

available. The FAA will arrange 

teleconference service for individuals 

wishing to join in by teleconference if 

we receive notice by August 21. 

Arrangements to participate by 

teleconference can be made by 

contacting the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Callers outside the Washington 

metropolitan area are responsible for 

paying long-distance charges. 

The public must arrange by August 21 

to present oral statements at the 

meeting. The public may present 

written statements to the executive 

committee by providing 25 copies to the 

Executive Director, or by bringing the 

copies to the meeting. 

If you are in need of assistance or 

require a reasonable accommodation for 

this meeting, please contact the person 

listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 2, 

2012. 

Lirio Liu, 

Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19413 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35649] 

DMH Trust fbo Martha M. Head— 

Acquisition of Control Exemption— 

Red River Valley & Western Railroad 

and Rutland Line, Inc. 

DMH Trust fbo Martha M. Head (the 

Trust), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption to acquire control 

of Red River Valley & Western Railroad 

(RRVW) and Rutland Line, Inc. (RLI),1

both Class III rail carriers. 

According to the Trust, Douglas M. 

Head owned all of the controlling shares 

of voting stock of RRVW and indirectly 

controlled RLI. Upon his death in 

February 2011, RRVW’s stock continued 

to be held by Mr. Head’s estate until it 

was distributed to the Trust on January 

3, 2012. The Trust did not file its 

verified notice of exemption with the 

Board until July 23, 2012. Thus, the 

effective date of the exemption is 

August 22, 2012 (30 days after the 

verified notice of exemption was filed).2

The Trust represents that: (1) RRVW 

and RLI will not connect with any rail 

lines owned or controlled by the Trust; 

(2) the transaction is not part of a series 

of anticipated transactions that would 

connect any railroad owned or 

controlled by the Trust with RRVW or 

RLI, or that would provide an additional 

connection between RRVW or RLI; and 

(3) the transaction does not involve a 

Class I rail carrier. The proposed 

transaction is therefore exempt from the 

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323 pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

The Trust states that the purpose of the 

transaction was to distribute the RRVW 

shares from the estate of Mr. Head to the 

Trust in compliance with the order of 

the Hennepin County District Court, 

allowing the completion of the probate 

of the estate. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under 11324 and 11325 

that involve only Class III rail carriers. 

Accordingly, the Board may not impose 

labor protective conditions here, 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III carriers. 

If the verified 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than August 15, 2012 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and ten copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35649, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Rose-Michele Nardi, 

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300 

19th Street NW., Fifth Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 2, 2012. 


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