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1RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica) originally filed

the notice of exemption on December 11, 1996. On

December 16, 1996, the United Transportation

Union (UTU) filed a petition to revoke the

exemption, reject, and/or stay the effectiveness of

the notice. On December 18, 1996, RailAmerica

filed a notice of withdrawal. On December 20, 1996,

RailAmerica filed an amended notice of exemption.

On December 24, 1996, UTU filed a supplemental

petition to revoke, reject, and/or stay. The stay was

filed too close to the consummation date for it to

be acted on. The petition to reject or revoke will be

handled in a subsequent decision.

2On December 31, 1996, The Atchison, Topeka

and Santa Fe Railway Company merged with and

into the Burlington Northern Railroad Company.

The name of the surviving corporation is The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company. In this notice we will continue to refer

to this entity as BN.

3 Because the Board is relocating between March

13 and March 18, 1997, mail will not be received

until March 19, 1997. See Surface Transportation

Board—1997 Office Relocation Business Plan, STB

Ex Parte No. 546 (served February 21, 1997).

1 This notice corrects and supersedes the notice

in this proceeding that was served on January 15,

1997, and published the same date at 62 FR 2215.

2 UCIR and West Shore are owned and controlled

by Richard D. Robey.

3 UCIR owns and operates approximately 3.9

miles of rail line in the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania, which will be acquired by WSRC in

West Shore Railroad Corporation—Acquisition

Exemption—Union County Industrial Railroad

Company, STB Finance Docket No. 33329 (STB

served Jan. 15, 1997).

Hopkins & Sutter, 888 16th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph Dettmar, (202) 565–1600. (TDD

for the hearing impaired: (202) 565–

1695.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s full decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from DC News &

Data, Inc., Suite 210, 1925 K Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20006.

Telephone: (202) 289–4357. (Assistance

for the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services at (202) 565–

1695.)

Decided: February 28, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary,

[FR Doc. 97–6201 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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[STB Finance Docket No. 33316] 1

RailAmerica, Inc.; Continuance in

Control Exemption; Minnesota

Northern Railroad, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: RailAmerica, Inc.

(RailAmerica) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d) and

1180.4(g) from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323 to

continue in control of Minnesota

Northern Railroad, Inc. (MNR) upon

MNR’s becoming a Class III rail carrier.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or about December 27,

1996.

MNR is a corporation newly formed

for the purpose of acquiring and

operating 204.10 miles of rail line from

Burlington Northern Railroad Company

(BN) 2 in Minnesota. MNR has

concurrently filed a notice of exemption

in Minnesota Northern Railroad, Inc.—

Exemption—Acquisition, Operation,

and Incidental Trackage Rights

Exemption, Burlington Northern

Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket

No. 33315, to acquire and operate the

rail lines together with incidental

overhead trackage rights. MNR has also

filed a notice of exemption for 2 miles

of trackage rights from BN in Erskine,

MN, in Minnesota Northern Railroad,

Inc.—Trackage Rights Exemption—The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company, STB Finance Docket

No. 33337.

RailAmerica controls 10 Class III

railroads in addition to MNR. These

other carriers are: Evansville Terminal

Company, Inc.; Huron & Eastern

Railway Company, Inc.; Saginaw Valley

Railway Company, Inc.; West Texas &

Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc.;

Plainview Terminal Company; Dakota

Rail, Inc.; South Central Tennessee

Railroad Company; Cascade and

Columbia River Railroad Company;

Gettysburg Railway Company; and Otter

Tail Valley Railroad.

RailAmerica states that: (1) MNR does

not connect with any other railroads in

its corporate family; (2) the continuance

in control is not part of a series of

anticipated transactions that would

connect MNR with any other railroad in

its corporate family; and (3) the

transaction does not involve a Class I

carrier. The transaction is thus exempt

from the prior approval requirements of

49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(2).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under section 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III

railroad carriers. Because this

transaction involves Class III railroad

carriers only, the Board, under statute,

may not impose labor protective

conditions for this transaction.

If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings that are filed up to and

including March 12, 1997 referring to

STB Finance Docket No. 33316, must be

filed with the Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, 1201 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20423.

Pleadings filed after March 18, 1997,

must be filed with the Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006.3 A

copy of all pleadings must be served on

petitioner’s representative: Edward D.

Greenberg, Esq., Galland, Kharasch, &

Garfinkle, P.C., Canal Square, 1054

Thirty-First St., N.W., Washington, DC

20007.

Decided: February 28, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6198 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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[STB Finance Docket No. 33330] 1

Union County Industrial Railroad

Company—Corporate Family

Transaction Exemption—West Shore

Railway Services, Inc.

Union County Industrial Railroad

Company (UCIR) and West Shore

Railway Services, Inc. (West Shore),2

Class III railroads, have jointly filed a

verified notice of exemption. The

exempt transaction is a merger of West

Shore into UCIR.

The earliest the transaction could be

consummated was December 30, 1996,

the effective date of the exemption (7

days after the exemption was filed).

UCIR will provide continuing rail

common carrier service on the lines to

be acquired by West Shore Railroad

Corporation (WSRC) in STB Finance

Docket No. 33329 3 and approximately

8.965 miles previously operated by West

Shore in the Commonwealth of

Pennsylania. The merger will improve

the overall efficiency of rail operations

and reduce costs associated with two

corporate entities.

This is a transaction within a

corporate family of the type specifically

exempted from prior review and

approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3).

The parties state that the transaction
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will not result in adverse changes in

service levels, significant operational

changes, or a change in the competitive

balance with carriers outside the

corporate family.

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

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

reopen will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33330, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20423–0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Richard R.

Wilson, Esq., Vuono & Gray, 2310 Grant

Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

Decided: March 4, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–6034 Filed 3–11–7; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Financial Management Service; Surety

Companies Acceptable on Federal

Bonds, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance

Company

SUMMARY: (Dept. Circ. 570, 1996 Rev.,

Supp. No. 10.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch, (202) 874–7102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable

surety on Federal bonds is hereby

issued to the following Company under

Sections 9304 to 9308, Title 31, of the

United States Code. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their

reference copies of the Treasury Circular

570, 1996 Revision, on page 34297, to

reflect this addition:

Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

Business address: 175 Berkeley Street,

Boston, MA 02117. Phone: (617) 357–9500.

Underwriting limitation b/: $51,386,000.

Surety licenses c/: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO,

CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS,

KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT,

NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK,

OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA,

WA, WV, WI, WY. Incorporated in:

Massachusetts.

Certificates of Authority expire on

June 30 each year, unless revoked prior

to that date. The Certificates are subject

to subsequent annual renewal as long as

the companies remain qualified (31

CFR, Part 223). A list of qualified

companies is published annually as of

July 1 in Treasury Department Circular

570, with details as to underwriting

limitations, areas in which licensed to

transact surety business and other

information.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet (http:/

/www.fms.treas.gov/c570.html) or

through our computerized public

bulletin board system (FMS Inside Line)

at (202) 874–6887. A hard copy may be

purchased from the Government

Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC,

telephone (202) 512–1800. When

ordering the Circular from GPO, use the

following stock number: 048–000–

00499–7.

Questions concerning this Notice may

be directed to the U.S. Department of

the Treasury, Financial Management

Service, Funds Management Division,

Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East-West

Highway, Room 6F04, Hyattsville, MD

20782, telephone (202) 874–7102.

Dated: March 3, 1997.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6205 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Financial Management Service; Surety

Companies Acceptable on Federal

Bonds, Northland Insurance Company

SUMMARY: (Dept. Circ. 570, 1996 Rev.,

Supp. No. 11).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch, (202) 874–6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable

surety on Federal Bonds is hereby

issued to the following company under

Sections 9304 to 9308, title 31, of the

United States Code. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their

reference copies of the Treasury Circular

570, 1996 Revision, on page 34301 to

reflect this addition:

Northland Insurance Company. Business

Address: P.O. Box 64816, St. Paul, MN

55164–0816. Phone: (612) 688–4100.

Underwriting limitation b/: $17,465,000.

Surety licenses c/: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT,

DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY,

LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV,

NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI,

SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, WA, WV, WY.

Incorporated in: Minnesota.

Certificates of Authority expire on

June 30 each year, unless revoked prior

to that date. The Certificates are subject

to subsequent annual renewal as long as

the companies remain qualified (31

CFR, Part 223). A list of qualified

companies is published annually as of

July 1, in Treasury Department Circular

570, with details as to underwriting

limitations, areas in which licensed to

transact surety business and other

information.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet (http:/

/www.fms.treas.gov/c570.html) or

through our computerized public

bulletin board system (FMS Inside Line)

at (202) 874–6887. A hard copy may be

purchased from the Government

Printing Office (GPO), Subscription

Service, Washington, DC, telephone

(202) 512–1800. When ordering the

Circular from GPO, use the following

stock number: 048–000–00499–7.

Questions concerning this Notice may

be directed to the U.S. Department of

the Treasury, Financial Management

Service, Funds Management Division,

Surety Bond Branch, 3700 East-West

Highway, Room 6F04, Hyattsville, MD

20782.

Dated: March 3, 1997.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6204 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF

PEACE

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: United States Institute of Peace.

Date/Time: Thursday, March 20, 1997, 9:00

a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Location: 1550 M Street, NW, M

Street Lobby Conference Room,

Washington, DC 20005.

Status: Open Session-Portions may be

closed pursuant to Subsection (c) of

Section 552(b) of Title 5, United States

Code, as provided in subsection

1706(h)(3) of the United States Institute

of Peace Act, Public Law 98–525.

Agenda: March Board Meeting;

Approval of Minutes of the Seventyninth Meeting of the Board of Directors;