Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 209 / Friday, October 27, 2000 / Notices 64475

1The line serves the intermediate stations of

Lebanon, Crabtree, and Lyons, OR. The verified

notice indicates that a milepost equation near

Tallman, OR, 684.87=697.37, makes the line 12.50

miles longer than would appear from the terminal

mileposts.

2WVRY was authorized to lease and operate the

line pursuant to Willamette Valley Railway

Company—Acquisition, Lease and Operation

Exemption—Southern Pacific Transportation

Company, Finance Docket No. 32249 (ICC served

Mar. 5, 1993).

1The line is a continuous rail line consisting of

two segments: (1) Between milepost 80.8, at or near

Spooner, and milepost 87.6, at or near Trego, a

distance of 6.8 miles; and (2) between milepost

83.32, at or near Trego, and milepost 96.0, at

Hayward Junction, a distance of 12.68 miles. WGNR

currently provides rail passenger service over the

line.

environmental impact statement is no

longer being prepared for a previously

proposed highway project [FEGC 419–

3(44)] in Rutland County, Vermont.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr., FHWA

Environmental Program Manager, P.O.

Box 568, Montpelier, Vermont 05601,

telephone: (802) 828–4423; or David J.

Scott, P.E., Director of Project

Development, Vermont Agency of

Transportation, National Life Building,

Drawer 33, Montpelier, Vermont 05633–

5001, telephone: (802) 828–2663.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Intent to prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement for a bypass or

upgrade of U.S. Routes 4 and 7 in

Rutland, Vermont, was published by

FHWA in the March 22, 1993 Federal

Register. A Notice of Availability for the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for the proposed project was

issued in the December 19, 1997

Federal Register. The DEIS was

circulated with the comment period

ending on March 6, 1998.

Because of the many environmental

issues associated with the preferred

alternative, the Vermont Legislature

terminated the environmental impact

study for the project in Section 1(c)(2)

of Act 156 of the 1999–2000 Legislative

Session. Accordingly, FHWA has

determined that a Final Environmental

Impact Statement will not be prepared.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway

Planning and Construction. The

regulations implementing Executive

Order 12372 regarding

intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to

this program.)

Issued on October 19, 2000.

Kenneth R. Sikora, Jr.,

Environmental Program Manager, Montpelier,

Vermont.

[FR Doc. 00–27603 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33949]

Albany & Eastern Railroad Company—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Albany & Eastern Railroad Company

(AERC), a Class III carrier, has filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.41 to acquire by lease from

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

and operate the Mill City Branch

extending from milepost 689.64, at Page,

and milepost 725.71, at Mill City, a

distance of 48.57 miles in Marion and

Linn Counties, OR (line).1 AERC will

replace the Willamette Valley Railway

Company (WVRY) as the lessee and

operator of the line.2

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after October 20,

2000.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding 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

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33949, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Fritz R.

Kahn, Esq., Fritz R. Kahn, P.C., 1920 N

Street, N.W., 8th Floor, Washington, DC

20036.

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. 00–27561 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33947]

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad,

Inc.—Operation Exemption—State of

Wisconsin and Washburn County

Transit Commission

Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad,

Inc. (WGNR), a noncarrier, has filed a

verified notice of exemption (notice)

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to operate a

19.48-mile rail line (line) in Washburn

County, WI, owned by the State of

Wisconsin and the Washburn County

Transit Commission. The line extends

between milepost 80.8, at or near

Spooner, and milepost 96.0, at a point

of connection with Wisconsin Central,

Ltd (WC), at Hayward Junction,

including approximately .8 miles of

incidental trackage rights over WC’s line

between milepost 95.2 and milepost

96.0.1

The transaction is expected to be

consummated no earlier than the

October 20, 2000 effective date of the

exemption.

If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed

at any time. The filing of a petition to

reopen will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33947, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Thomas F.

McFarland, Jr., Esq., McFarland &

Herman, 20 North Wacker Drive, Suite

1330, Chicago, IL 60606–2902.

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. 00–27560 Filed 10–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Office of the General Counsel;

Appointment of Members of the Legal

Division to the Performance Review

Board

Under the authority granted to me as

Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue

Service by the General Counsel of the

Department of the Treasury by General

Counsel Order No. 21 (Rev. 4), pursuant

to the Civil Service Reform Act, I have

appointed the following persons to the