18386 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 72 / Tuesday, April 15, 1997 / Notices

1Lac Qui Parle is a political subdivision of the

State of Minnesota.

2BNSF currently provides common carrier rail

service over 36.2 miles of Lac Qui’s rail line

pursuant to Burlington Northern Railroad

Company, Modified Rail Certificate, Finance Docket

No. 30323 (ICC served Nov. 7, 1983). Lac Qui will

retain ownership of the .77 miles of track not

purchased by BNSF, and BNSF will continue to

operate over the .77-miles of line under various

industrial track agreements. Pursuant to 49 CFR

1150.24, BNSF will provide 60 days’ notice of its

intent to terminate the service under the Modified

Rail Certificate.

company acknowledged that it has not

identified all design specification

differences between these parts and the

corresponding parts found on U.S.-

certified vehicles. GM asserted,

however, that the analysis it has

performed reveals that interior trim, seat

assemblies, glazing materials, tires,

engines, manual transmissions, rear

axles, front hub and knuckle assemblies,

fuel lines, and fuel caps all have design

specifications that differ in a number of

areas from the specifications that apply

to parts released for U.S. vehicles. GM

also noted that even non-Mexican

sourced parts used in Mexican

Suburbans, such as automatic

transmissions and fuel tank assemblies,

have different design specifications

from those found on U.S. certified

vehicles.

NHTSA accorded LPC an opportunity

to respond to GM’s comments. In its

response, LPC agreed with GM’s

assertion that components released for

non-U.S. marketed Suburbans may not

meet FMVSS requirements. LPC

contended, however, that the specific

vehicles it seeks to import were

manufactured for the U.S. market with

U.S.-model components, but that they

lack the required certification label.

NHTSA accorded GM an opportunity

to respond to LPC’s comments. In its

response, GM stated that it examined

the vehicle identification numbers

assigned to the vehicles that LPC wishes

to import, and has concluded on the

basis of that examination that these

vehicles were not originally

manufactured for sale in the United

States.

NHTSA has fully considered the

comments from both GM and LPC. In

light of GM’s claim that 1995–1996

Suburbans built for the Mexican market

have 750 parts that differ from those

found on U.S. certified versions of these

vehicles, and that vehicles with these

parts have not been tested for

compliance with the FMVSS, LPC had

the burden of producing information to

demonstrate such compliance. Far from

producing such information, LPC

acknowledged agreement with GM’s

position. In light of this circumstance,

NHTSA has concluded that the petition

does not clearly demonstrate that nonU.S. certified 1995–1996 GMC and

Chevrolet Suburban MPVs are eligible

for importation. The petition must

therefore be denied under 49 CFR

593.7(e).

In accordance with 49 U.S.C.

30141(b)(1), NHTSA will not consider a

new import eligibility petition covering

this vehicle until at least three months

from the date of this notice.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141 (a)(1)(A) and

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.7; delegations of authority

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Issued on: April 10, 1997.

Marilynne Jacobs,

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97–9698 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33364]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company—Acquisition and

Operation Exemption—Lac Qui Parle

Regional Railroad Authority

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF), a Class I rail

carrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire and operate approximately

35.43 miles of line owned by the Lac

Que Parle Regional Railroad Authority

(Lac Qui) 1 extending from milepost

0.00, at Hanley Falls, MN, to milepost

35.43, at Madison, MN.2

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on the April 15, 1997

effective date of the exemption.

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. 33364, must be filed with

the Office of the Secretary, Surface

Transportation Board, Case Control

Unit, 1925 K Street NW., Washington,

DC 20423–0001. In addition, a copy of

each pleading must be served on

Michael E. Roper, Esq., The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company, 3800 Continental Plaza, 777

Main Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102–

5384.

Decided: April 8, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9663 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

[AC–7; OTS Nos. H–2854 and 6842]

Security Federal Savings Bank,

Elizabethton, Tennessee; Approval of

Conversion Application

Notice is hereby given that on April

4, 1997, the Director, Corporate

Activities, Office of Thrift Supervision,

or her designee, acting pursuant to

delegated authority, approved the

application of Security Federal Savings

Bank, Elizabethton, Tennessee, to

convert to the stock form of

organization. Copies of the application

are available for inspection at the

Dissemination Branch, Office of Thrift

Supervision, 1700 G Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20552, and the Central

Regional Office, Office of Thrift

Supervision, 200 West Madison Street,

Suite 1300, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9603 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6720–01–M

UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public

Diplomacy Meeting

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the U.S.

Advisory Commission on Public

Diplomacy will be held on April 16 in

Room 600, 301 4th Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C., from 10:00 a.m. To

12:00 noon.

At 10:00 a.m. The Commission will

meet with Dr. Barry M. Blechman,

Chairman, The Henry L. Stimson

Center, and Mr. John A. Schall,

Executive Director, Project on the

Advocacy of U.S. Interests Abroad of

The Henry L. Stimson Center, to discuss

the Center’s study of how to organize

the U.S. government and representation

abroad to conduct foreign affairs, and

how to link resources to foreign policy

needs.