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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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 OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 1 78 FR 64052 (October 25, 2013). 

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 January 3, 

2014. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by January 13, 

2014, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to DM&E’s 

representative: W. Karl Hansen, 

Leonard, Street and Deinard, 150 South 

Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, 

MN 55402. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

DM&E has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

December 27, 2013. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339. 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), DM&E 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 DM&E’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by December 24, 2014, 

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 Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: December 19, 2013. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30635 Filed 12–23–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Comptroller of the Currency 

[Docket ID OCC–2013–0014] 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

[Docket No. OP–1465] 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No. CFPB–2013–0029] 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 34–71134; File No. S7–08–13] 

Extension of Comment Period for 

Proposed Interagency Policy 

Statement Establishing Joint 

Standards for Assessing the Diversity 

Policies and Practices of Entities 

Regulated by the Agencies 

AGENCIES: Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency (‘‘OCC’’); Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (‘‘Board’’); Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation (‘‘FDIC’’); 

National Credit Union Administration 

(‘‘NCUA’’); Bureau of Consumer 

Financial Protection (‘‘CFPB’’); and 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘SEC’’). 

ACTION: Proposed interagency policy 

statement; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: On October 25, 2013, the 

OCC, Board, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB, and 

SEC (collectively, the ‘‘Agencies’’) 

published in the Federal Register a joint 

notice of a proposed interagency policy 

statement establishing standards for 

assessing the diversity policies and 

practices of the entities they regulate.1

To allow the public more time to 

consider the proposed assessment 

standards, the Agencies have 

determined that an extension of the 

comment period to February 7, 2014, is 

appropriate. This action will allow 

interested persons additional time to 

analyze the interagency policy 

statement and prepare their comments. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 7, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the methods identified in the 

proposed interagency policy statement. 

To avoid duplication, the Agencies 

request that commenters not submit the 

same comment to more than one 

Agency. The Agencies will share 

comments with each other, as 

appropriate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OCC: Joyce Cofield, Executive 

Director, Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion, at (202) 649–6460 or Karen 

McSweeney, Counsel, Law Department, 

at (202) 649–6295, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

BOARD: Sheila Clark, Director, Office 

of Diversity and Inclusion, at (202) 452– 

2883; or Katherine Wheatley, Associate 

General Counsel, Legal Division, at 

(202) 452–3779. 

FDIC: Melodee Brooks, Senior Deputy 

Director, Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion, (703) 562–6090; Henry R.F. 

Griffin, Assistant General Counsel, (703) 

562–6404; or Michelle M. Borzillo, 

Senior Counsel, (703) 562–6083; or 

Robert Lee, Counsel, (703) 562–2020, 

Legal Division, Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20429–0002. 

NCUA: Tawana James, Director, 

Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion, at (703) 518–1650, or Cynthia 

Vaughn, Diversity Outreach Program 

Analyst, Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion, at (703) 518–1653, or Steven 

W. Widerman, Senior Staff Attorney, 

Office of General Counsel, at (703) 518– 

6540. 

CFPB: Stuart Ishimaru, Director, 

Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion, at (202) 435–9012, or ToQuyen Truong, Deputy General Counsel, 

Legal Division at (202) 435–7434, 

Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection, 1700 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

SEC: Pamela A. Gibbs, Director, Office 

of Minority and Women Inclusion, (202) 

551–6046, or Tracey L. McNeil, 

Counsel, Office of Minority and Women 

Inclusion, (202) 551–3392, Securities 

and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20549. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 25, 2013, the proposed 


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interagency policy statement was 

published in the Federal Register, 78 FR 

64052 (October 25, 2013). The proposed 

interagency policy statement would 

establish joint standards for assessing 

the diversity policies and practices of 

entities regulated by the Agencies. The 

Agencies sought comment on all aspects 

of the proposed policy statement and 

requested that commenters respond to 

numerous questions. The proposed 

policy statement stated that the public 

comment period would close after 60 

days, on December 24, 2013. 

The Agencies have received requests 

from the public for an extension of the 

comment period. The Agencies believe 

that the additional time will facilitate 

public comment on the policy statement 

and the questions posed by the 

Agencies. Therefore, the Agencies are 

extending the comment period for the 

proposed interagency policy statement 

by 45 days, from December 24, 2013 to 

February 7, 2014. 

Thomas J. Curry, 

Comptroller of the Currency. 

By order of the Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, acting through the 

Secretary under delegated authority, 

December 5, 2013. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Valerie J. Best, 

Assistant Executive Secretary. 

By the National Credit Union 

Administration Board on December 16, 2013. 

Gerard Poliquin, 

Secretary of the Board. 

Richard Cordray, 

Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

By the Securities and Exchange 

Commission. 

Dated: December 19, 2013. 

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30629 Filed 12–23–13; 8:45 am] 

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