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2The 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.

3Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $1000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to

governmental agencies) have been met.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employee adversely affected by the

abandonment 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

expression of intent to file an offer of

financial assistance (OFA) has been

received, this exemption will be

effective on June 3, 1998, unless stayed

pending reconsideration. Petitions to

stay that do not involve environmental

issues,2 formal expressions of intent to

file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be

filed by May 14, 1998. Petitions to

reopen or requests for public use

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must

be filed by May 26, 1998, 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 applicant’s

representative: James R. Paschall,

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern

Corporation, Three Commercial Place,

Norfolk, VA 23510.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

NW has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environment and

historic resources. The Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by May 8, 1998. 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), NW 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

NW’s filing of a notice of consummation

by May 4, 1999, and there are no legal

or regulatory barriers to consummation,

the authority to abandon will

automatically expire.

Decided: April 23, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11517 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Commission to Study Capital

Budgeting

AGENCY: Advisory Commission to the

President of the United States.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: The agenda for the next

meetings of the Commission to Study

Capital Budgeting includes discussions

and hearing of testimony on capital

budgeting issues on Friday, May 8. On

Saturday morning, May 9, the

Commission will hear reports from its

working groups studying different

aspects of capital budgeting and discuss

the next steps to be taken in preparation

of its report.The Commission’s final

report on capital budgeting is due on

December 13, 1998. Meetings are open

to the public. Limited seating capacity

is available.

Dates, Times and Places of the Next

Commission Meetings

May 8, 1998, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Federal Courthouse

Conference Room 850, Eighth Floor

500 Pearl Street

New York, NY 10007

May 9, 1998, 9 a.m. to 12 noon

The Federal Courthouse

Conference Room 850, Eighth Floor

500 Pearl Street

New York, NY 10007.

The Commission is seeking all views

on capital budgeting. Interested parties

may submit their views to: President’s

Commission to Study Capital Budgeting,

Old Executive Office Building (Room

258), Washington, DC 20503, Voice:

(202) 395–4630, Fax: (202) 395–6170, EMail: capitallbudget@eop.gov,

Website: http://www.whitehouse.gov/

wh/eop/omb/pcscb/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

E. William Dinkelacker, Designated

Federal Official, Room 4456 Main

Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, Voice:

(202) 622–1285, Fax: (202) 622–1294, EMail:

william.dinkelacker@treas.sprint.com.

Angel E. Ray,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–11790 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–25–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds: Zenith Insurance,

Ltd.—Fraudulent Bonding

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is regarding Treasury

Department Circular 570; 1997 Revision,

published July 1, 1997, at 62 FR 35548.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal

bond-approving officers are advised that

Zenith Insurance Company, Woodland

Hills, CA, a Treasury certified company,

does not issue construction, bid,

performance or payment bonds and is in

no way related to Zenith Insurance, Ltd.

Zenith Insurance, Ltd. is not a Treasury

approved surety company.

Please refer to the State of California

Department of Insurance Press Release

#041, dated April 3, 1998, for additional

information regarding Zenith Insurance,

Ltd.

Questions related to the authenticity

of Zenith bonds should be directed to

Zenith Insurance company at (818) 587–

5721. The authenticity of its bonds

currently in force, that were written

during the past year, should also be

verified.

The Treasury Department Circular

570 may be viewed and downloaded

through the Internet at http://

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

through our computerized public

bulletin board system (FMS Inside Line)

at (202) 874–6887. A hard copy of the

Circular 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: 048000–00509–

8.