Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 2000 / Notices 70631

Application No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of exemption thereof

12574–N REPA–2000–8318 ... Weldship Corporation,

Bethlehem, PA.

49 CFR 172.302(c) (2),

(3), (4), (5), Subpart F

of Part 180.

To authorize an acoustic emission test in lieu of

hydrostatic retest and internal inspection of DOT

107A tubes used for transporting compressed

gases. (modes 1, 2, 3)

[FR Doc. 00–29937 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–325 (Sub–No. 2X)]

Florida Midland Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Sumter

and Lake Counties, FL

On November 6, 2000, Florida

Midland Railroad Company (FMRC)

filed with the Surface Transportation

Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C.

10502 for exemption from the

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to

abandon a line of railroad known as the

Leesburg Branch, extending from

milepost ST–762.10 in Wildwood to

milepost ST–773.71 in Leesburg and

from milepost AS–800.76 to milepost

AS–802.38 at Leesburg, in Sumter and

Lake Counties, FL, a total distance of

13.23 miles. The line traverses U.S.

Postal Service Zip Codes 34785 and

34748 and includes the stations of

Wildwood, Bamboo, and Leesburg.

The line does not contain federally

granted rights-of-way. Any

documentation in FMRC’s possession

will be made available promptly to

those requesting it.

The interest of railroad employees

will be protected by the conditions set

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979).

By issuance of this notice, the Board

is instituting an exemption proceeding

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final

decision will be issued by February 23,

2001.

Any offer of financial assistance

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will

be due no later than 10 days after

service of a decision granting the

petition for exemption. Each OFA must

be accompanied by a $1,000 filing fee.

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

All interested persons should be

aware that, following abandonment of

rail service and salvage of the line, the

line may be suitable for other public

use, including interim trail use. Any

request for a public use condition under

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be

due no later than December 14, 2000.

Each trail use request must be

accompanied by a $150 filing fee. See 49

CFR 1002.2(f)(27).

All filings in response to this notice

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–325

(Sub-No. 2X) and must be sent to: (1)

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) Thomas J. Litwiler, Two

Prudential Plaza, Suite 3125, 180 North

Stetson Ave., Chicago, IL 60601–6721.

Replies to the FMRC petition are due on

or before December 14, 2000.

Persons seeking further information

concerning abandonment procedures

may contact the Board’s Office of Public

Services at (202) 565–1592 or refer to

the full abandonment or discontinuance

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.

Questions concerning environmental

issues may be directed to the Board’s

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) at (202) 565–1545. [TDD for the

hearing impaired is available at 1–800–

877–8339.]

An environmental assessment (EA) (or

environmental impact statement (EIS), if

necessary) prepared by SEA will be

served upon all parties of record and

upon any agencies or other persons who

commented during its preparation.

Other interested persons may contact

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS).

EAs in these abandonment proceedings

normally will be made available within

60 days of the filing of the petition. The

deadline for submission of comments on

the EA will generally be within 30 days

of its service.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: November 15, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29730 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub–No. 162X);

STB Docket No. AB–576 (Sub-No. 1X)]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Bexar

County, TX; and Alamo Gulf Coast

Railroad Company—Discontinuance of

Service Exemption—in Bexar County,

TX

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

and Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad

Company (AGCR) have filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances of Service and

Trackage Rights for UP to abandon a

3.49-mile line of railroad on the

Kerrville Subdivision (the Line) near

Leon Springs from milepost 256.00 near

Russell Park to milepost 259.49 near

Camp Stanley; and for AGCR to

discontinue service over a 1.0-mile

portion of the line from milepost 256.0

to milepost 257.0, in Bexar County, TX.

The line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Codes 78256 and 78257.

UP and AGCR have certified that: (1)

No local traffic has moved over the line

for at least 2 years; (2) there has been 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 these exemptions,

any employee adversely affected by the

abandonment or discontinuance 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

70632 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 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).

expression of intent to file an offer of

financial assistance (OFA) has been

received, these exemptions will be

effective on December 26, 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 December 4,

2000. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by December 14,

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 applicants’

representatives: James P. Gatlin, General

Attorney, Union Pacific Railroad

Company, 1416 Dodge Street, Room

830, Omaha, NE 68179; and Richard A.

Allen, Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger,

LLP, 888 17th Street, NW., Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20006. If the verified

notice contains false or misleading

information, the exemption is void ab

initio.

UP and AGCR have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment and

discontinuance, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by December 1, 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), UP 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

UP’s filing of a notice of consummation

by November 24, 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: November 15, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29729 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Domestic Finance

Notice of Open Meeting of the

Advisory Committee, U.S. Community

Adjustment and Investment Program

The Department of the Treasury,

pursuant to the North American Free

Trade Agreement (‘‘NAFTA’’)

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182)

(the ‘‘Act’’), established an advisory

committee (the ‘‘Advisory Committee’’)

for the community adjustment and

investment program (the ‘‘Program’’)

authorized by the Act. The Program

provides financing to create or preserve

jobs in communities adversely impacted

by NAFTA. The charter of the Advisory

Committee has been filed inaccordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act of October 6, 1972 (Pub. L. 92–463),

with the approval of the Secretary of the

Treasury.

The Advisory Committee consists of

eight members of the public, appointed

by the President, who collectively

represent: (1) Community groups whose

constituencies include low-income

families; (2) scientific, professional,

business, nonprofit, or public interest

organizations or associations, which are

neither affiliated with, nor under the

direction of, a government; and (3) forprofit business interests.

The objectives of the Advisory

Committee are to: (1) Provide informed

advice to the President regarding the

implementation of the Program; and (2)

review on a regular basis, the operation

of the Program, and provide the

President with the conclusions of its

review. Pursuant to Executive Order No.

12916, dated May 13, 1994, the

President established an interagency

Finance Committee to implement the

Program and to receive, on behalf of the

President, advice of the Advisory

Committee. The Finance Committee is

chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury

or his designated representative.

A meeting of the Advisory Committee,

which will be open to the public, will

be held in Washington, D.C. at the

Marriott Hotel at Metro Center, 775 12th

Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 20005

(Tel. 202–737–2200) from 9 a.m. to 3

p.m. on Monday, December 11, 2000.

The exact location of the meeting room

will be posted in the hotel lobby on the

day of the meeting. The meeting room

will accommodate approximately 50

persons and seating is available on a

first-come, first-serve basis, unless space

has been reserved in advance. Due to

limited seating, prospective attendees

are encouraged to contact the person

listed below prior to December 5, 2000.

The purpose of the meeting is to

review the operations of the Program,

and to provide the Finance Committee

with advice regarding the conclusions of

its review and other implementation

issues. Specifically, the meeting would

review the recent status of, and

anticipated activities of, the three

Program components, namely, the

federal agency program, the direct loan

program, and the grant program.

If you would like to have the

Advisory Committee consider a written

statement, material must be submitted

to the U.S. Community Adjustment and

Investment Program, Advisory

Committee, Department of the Treasury,

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room

5017, Washington, D.C. 20220 no later

than December 5, 2000. If you have any

questions, please call Jean Whaley at

(202) 622–0741 (Please note that this

telephone number is not toll-free.)

Harry M. Haigood,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Government

Financial Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–29962 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs

(VA).

ACTION: Notice of amendment to system

of records.

SUMMARY: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552(e)(4)) requires that all

agencies publish in the Federal Register

a notice of the existence and character

of their systems of records. Notice is

hereby given that VA is amending the

system of records currently entitled

‘‘Decentralized Hospital Computer

Program (DHCP) Medical Management

Records’’ (79VA162) as set forth in the