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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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 OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMITS—Continued 

Application No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit thereof 

15531–M ..................... National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) Washington, DC.

49 CFR Section 173.302(a) ........... To modify the special permit originally 

issued on an emergency basis to authorize on-going use. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6603 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 392 (Sub–No. 1X)] 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in 

Phillips County, AK 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc. (AKMD) filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon an approximately 2.66-mile 

rail line known as the West Helena 

Industrial Lead extending from milepost 

0.00 to milepost 2.66 at the end of the 

track, in Phillips County, Ark. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 72342 and 72390. 

AKMD has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on 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(c) 

(environmental report), 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—Abandonment 

Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 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 April 20, 

2012, 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 April 2, 

2012. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by April 10, 2012 

with the Surface Transportation Board, 

395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 

20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to AKMD’s 

representative: Jeremy M. Berman, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606– 

2832. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

AKMD has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

March 26, 2012. Interested persons may 

obtain a copy of the EA by writing to 

OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), AKMD shall file a notice 

of consummation with the Board to 

signify that it has exercised the 

authority granted and fully abandoned 

the line. If consummation has not been 

effected by AKMD’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by March 21, 2013, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: March 12, 2012. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6307 Filed 3–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the President’s 

Advisory Council on Financial 

Capability 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The President’s Advisory 

Council on Financial Capability 

(‘‘Council’’) will convene for an open 

meeting on April 9, 2012, at the 

Department of Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. 

The meeting will be open to the public. 

The Council will: (1) Receive reports 

from the Council’s subcommittees 

(Underserved and Community 

Empowerment, Research and 

Evaluation, Partnerships, and Youth) on 

their progress; and (2) hear from a panel 

of experts about the methods in which 

the Administration can work with the 

private sector in improving financial 

capability. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 9, 2012, at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. 

Submission of Written Statements: 

The public is invited to submit written 

statements to the Council. Written 

statements should be sent by any one of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Statements: Email: 

ofe@treasury.gov; or 

Paper Statements: Send paper 

statements to the Department of the 

Treasury, Office of Financial Education 


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