64742 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 210 / Monday, October 30, 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).

1Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.50(d)(2), the railroad

must file a verified notice with the Board at least

50 days before the abandonment or discontinuance

is to be consummated. While the applicant initially

indicated a proposed consummation date of

November 28, 2000, because the verified notice was

filed on October 10, 2000, consummation may not

take place prior to November 29, 2000. Applicant’s

representative has subsequently confirmed that the

correct consummation date is on or after November

29, 2000.

2The 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.

3Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

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

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 29, 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 November 9,

2000. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by November 20,

2000, with the Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Natalie S. Rosenberg,

Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 500

Water Street, J150, Jacksonville, FL

32202. If the verified notice contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

CSXT 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 November 3, 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), CSXT 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

CSXT’s filing of a notice of

consummation by October 30, 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: October 19, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27562 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–183 (Sub–No. 3X)]

Union Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in

Allegheny County, PA

Union Railroad Company (URR) has

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances to

abandon and discontinue service over

its line of railroad known as the Rankin

Branch extending from point of switch

Survey Station 158+50 of Turnout MU–

18, and extending from that point over

and across the Rankin Hot Metal Bridge

to a rail connection with the Railroad’s

so-called Wildcat Track at Survey

Station 48+35 in the Borough of Rankin,

Allegheny County, PA, a distance of

0.89 miles.1 The line traverses United

States Postal Service Zip Codes 15120

and 15104.

URR 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

(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 29, 2000, unless

stayed pending reconsideration.

Petitions to stay that do not involve

environmental issues,2 formal

expressions of intent to file an OFA

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail

use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR

1152.29 must be filed by November 9,

2000. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by November 20,

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: Christopher T. Como,

Attorney and Assistant Secretary, Union

Railroad Company, 135 Jamison Lane,

Monroeville, PA 15146.

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If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

URR 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 November 3, 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), URR 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

URR’s filing of a notice of

consummation by October 30, 2001, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: October 19, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27440 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Departmental Offices; Proposed

Collections; Comment Requests

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites

the general public and other Federal

agencies to comment on two

information collections that are due for

renewed approval by the Office of

Management and Budget. The Office of

International Financial Analysis within

the Department of the Treasury is

soliciting comments concerning

Treasury International Capital Form BL–

3, Intermediary’s Notification of Foreign

Borrowing Denominated in Dollars; and

Treasury International Capital Form

CM, Dollar Deposit and Certificate of

Deposit Claims on Banks Abroad.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before December 29,

2000, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Dwight Wolkow, Administrator,

International Portfolio Investment Data

Reporting Systems, Department of the

Treasury, Room 5205 MT, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the forms and instructions

should be directed to Dwight Wolkow,

Administrator, International Portfolio

Investment Data Systems, Department of

the Treasury, Room 5205 MT, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20220, Ph: (202) 622–1276, Fax (202)

622–7448.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles:

Treasury International Capital Form BL–

3, Intermediary’s Notification of Foreign

Borrowing Denominated in Dollars; and

Treasury International Capital Form

CM, Dollar Deposit and Certificate of

Deposit Claims on Banks Abroad.

OMB Numbers: 1505–0088 and 1505–

0023.

Abstracts: Forms BL–3 and CM are

part of the Treasury International

Capital (TIC) reporting system, which is

required by law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22

U.S.C. 3103; EO 10033; 31 CFR 128),

and are designed to collect timely

information on international portfolio

capital movements. Form BL–3 is a

monthly report used to strengthen

compliance with existing TIC reporting

requirements, whereby a U.S. bank

advises its domestic nonbank customers

of their responsibilities to report as

liabilities on TIC Form CQ–1 their loans

from foreigners that the bank will not

include among its reportable custody

liabilities to foreigners on TIC Form BL–

2. Form CM is a monthly report

whereby nonbanking enterprises in the

U.S. report their total dollar deposit and

certificate of deposit claims on foreign

banks. This information is necessary for

compiling the U.S. balance of payments

accounts, for calculating the U.S.

international investment position, and

for use in formulating U.S. international

financial and monetary policies.

Current Actions: No changes to

reporting requirements for either form

are proposed at this time.

Type of Review: Extensions.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Form BL–3 (1505–0088).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

25.

Estimated Average Time per

Respondent: 30 minutes per respondent

per filing.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 150 hours, based on twelve

reporting periods per year.

Form CM (1505–0023).

Estimated Number of Respondents: 55

Estimated Average Time per

Respondent: 30 minutes per respondent

per filing.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 330 hours, based on twelve

reporting periods per year.

Request for Comments

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the requests for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. The public is

invited to submit written comments

concerning: whether Forms BL–3 and

CM are necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Office, including whether the

information collected has practical uses;

the accuracy of the above burden

estimates; ways to enhance the quality,

usefulness, and clarity of the

information to be collected; ways to

minimize the reporting and/or

recordkeeping burdens on respondents,

including the use of information

technologies to automate the collection

of the data; and estimates of capital or

start-up costs of operation, maintenance,

and purchases of services to provide

information.

Dwight Wolkow,

Administrator, International Portfolio

Investment Data Systems.

[FR Doc. 00–27709 Filed 10–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Environmental Hazards, Notice of

Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 that a meeting of the Veterans’

Advisory Committee on Environmental

hazards will be held on Wednesday and

Thursday, November 29–30, 2000, in

room 430 of VA Central Office, 810

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington,

DC 20420. The meting will convene at

9:00 a.m. and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on

both days.

The purpose of the meeting is to

review information relating to the health

effects of exposure to ionizing radiation.

The major items on the agenda for both

days will be discussions and analyses of

medical and scientific papers

concerning the health effects of