60246 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Notices

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).

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–88 (Sub–No. 10X)]

Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Co.—Abandonment Exemption—in

Armstrong and Butler Counties, PA

Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Company (B&LE) has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR part

1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments

and Discontinuances to abandon and

discontinue service over its line of

railroad known as the Western

Allegheny Branch, extending from

Station 1400+80 East to End of Track, at

Station 2460+98, in Armstrong and

Butler Counties, PA, a distance of 20.1

miles (line). The line traverses United

States Postal Service Zip Codes 16025,

16028, 16041, and 16061.

B&LE has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has been handled over the line for

at least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic

has been handled over the line for at

least 2 years; (3) no formal complaint

filed by a user of rail service on the line

(or by a state or local government

agency acting on behalf of such user)

regarding cessation of service over the

line is either pending with the Surface

Transportation Board (Board) or 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 9, 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 20,

2000. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by October 30,

2000, with the Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Thomas R. Ogoreuc,

Esq., Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Company, 135 Jamison Lane,

Monroeville, PA 15146. If the verified

notice contains false or misleading

information, the exemption is void ab

initio.

B&LE 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 16, 2000.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423–0001) 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), B&LE 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

B&LE’s filing of a notice of

consummation by October 10, 2001, 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 website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: September 28, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement

Network (FinCEN), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, FinCEN invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

comment on a proposed information

collection contained in a new form,

‘‘Registration of Money Services

Business.’’ The form will be used by

check cashers, currency exchangers,

money order and traveler’s check

businesses, and money transmitters to

register with the Department of the

Treasury as required by statute. This

request for comments is being made

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before December 11, 2000

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to: Office of Chief Counsel, Financial

Crimes Enforcement Network,

Department of the Treasury, Suite 200,

2070 Chain Bridge Road, Vienna, VA

22182–2536, Attention: PRA

Comments—Registration of Money

Services Business. Comments also may

be submitted by electronic mail to the

following Internet address:

‘‘regcomments@fincen.treas.gov’’ with

the caption in the body of the text,

‘‘Attention: PRA Comments—

Registration of Money Services

Business.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Eileen Mayer,

Special Assistant to the Director, (202)

354–6400, or Cynthia Clark, Deputy

Chief Counsel, FinCEN, and Christine

Schuetz, Attorney-Advisor, FinCEN, at

703–905–3590. A copy of the form may

be obtained through the Internet at

http://www.treas.gov/fincen.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Registration of Money Services

Business.