Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 195 / Friday, October 6, 2000 / Notices 59891

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 $1000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In

addition, a copy of all pleadings must be

served on petitioners’ representatives,

Yolanda Grimes Brown, Esq., The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company, P.O. Box 961039,

Fort Worth, TX 76161–0039, and Robert

Opal, Esq., Union Pacific Railroad

Company 1416 Dodge Street, Room 830,

Omaha, NE 68179.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 565–1600.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: 1 (800)

877–8339.]

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: Da to Da

Office Solutions, Suite 405, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006.

Telephone: (202) 466–5530. [Assistance

for the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services 1 (800) 877–

8339.]

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: September 27, 2000.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Burkes, and Commissioner

Clyburn.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25475 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–570 (Sub-No. 1X)]

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad,

Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in

Latah County, ID

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad

Inc. (PRCC) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

26-mile portion of its rail line between

milepost 21.0 at Harvard and milepost

47.0 at Bovill, in Latah County, ID. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Codes 83834, 83823, and

83806.

PRCC has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic

can be rerouted over other lines; (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 November 7, 2000, 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 October 16,

2000. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by October 26,

2000, with: Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik

LLP, 1455 F St., NW., Suite 225,

Washington, DC 20005.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

PRCC 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 October 11, 2000.

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

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), PRCC 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

PRCC’s filing of a notice of

consummation by October 6, 2001, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: September 27, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director,

Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–25474 Filed 10–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–471 (Sub–No. 4X)]

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Co.—Abandonment Exemption—in

Crawford, Wilson, Elk and Greenwood

Counties, KS, and Osage and Tulsa

Counties, OK

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad

Company (SKO) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR Part 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon: (1) a 35-mile line of railroad

between milepost 153.0 near Tulsa and

milepost 188.0 near Barnsdall, in Osage

and Tulsa Counties, OK; (2) a 6-mile

line of railroad between milepost 359.0

at Pittsburg and milepost 365.0 at

Cherokee, in Crawford County, KS; and

(3) a 23.5-mile line of railroad between

milepost 438.5 at Severy and milepost

415.0 at Fredonia, in Wilson, Elk and

Greenwood Counties, KS. The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Codes 74126, 74073, 74070, 74001,

74002, 66762, 66724, 67137, 67047,

66759 and 66736.

SKO has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic

can be rerouted over other lines; (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