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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 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).

1CSXT received abandonment authority for the

1.12-mile segment in The Chesapeake and Ohio

Railway Company—Exemption—Abandonment and

Discontinuance of Trackage Rights in Waynesboro,

VA, AB–18 (Sub-No. 86X) (ICC served Dec. 16,

1986, subject to the condition that CSXT not

consummate the abandonment until NW receives

authority or an exemption to discontinue its

trackage rights over the CSXT line.

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).

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 May 18, 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, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. A

copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Sarah Whitley Bailiff,

Senior General Attorney, The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company, 3017 Lou Menk

Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76131.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

BNSF 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 11, 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), BNSF 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

BNSF’s filing of a notice of

consummation by May 6, 1999, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Decided: April 29, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub–No. 193X)]

Norfolk and Western Railway

Company—Abandonment and

Discontinuance of Trackage Rights

Exemption—in Waynesboro, VA

Norfolk and Western Railway

Company (NW) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances of Service and

Trackage Rights to abandon a 0.14-mile

line of its railroad between Station

60+00 and Station 67+56 and for

discontinuance of trackage rights over a

1.12-mile line of CSX Transportation,

Inc. (CSXT), between Station 0+64 and

Station 60+00 in Waynesboro, VA. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Code 22980.1

NW has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on

the line can be rerouted over other lines;

(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 this exemption, any

employee adversely affected by the

abandonment and 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

expression of intent to file an offer of

financial assistance (OFA) has been

received, this exemption will be

effective on June 6, 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 18, 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, N.W., 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 effects, if any, of

the abandonment and discontinuance

on the environment and historic

resources. The Section of Environmental

Analysis (SEA) will issue an

environmental assessment (EA) by May

11, 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 abandoned its 0.14-mile line.

Pursuant to the same provisions, CSXT

shall file a notice of consummation with

the Board to signify that it has exercised

the authority granted to it to fully

consummate abandonment of its 1.12-
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4NW shall serve a copy of this notice on CSXT

within 5 days after its publication, and certify to the

Board that it has done so.

mile line now that NW has received an

exemption to permit it to discontinue

trackage rights operation over CSXT’s

line. If consummation has not been

effected by NW’s filing of a notice of

consummation of abandonment as to its

line and by CSXT’s filing of a notice of

consummation of abandonment as to its

line by May 6, 1999, and there are no

legal or regulatory barriers to

consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.4

Decided: April 29, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds: Economy Fire &

Casualty Company

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 17 to

the Treasury Department Circular 570;

1997 Revision, published July 1, 1997,

at 62 FR 35584.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable

surety on Federal bonds is hereby

issued to the following Company under

31 U.S.C. 9304 to 9308. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their

reference copies of the Treasury Circular

570, 1997 Revision, on page 35557 to

reflect this addition:

Economy Fire & Casualty Company

Business Address: 500 Economy

Court, Freeport, IL 61032. Phone: (815)

233–2000. Underwriting Limitation b/:

$19,392,000. Surety Licenses c/: AL,

AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS,

KY, LA, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV,

NM, ND, OH, OK, PA, SD, UT, WV, WI,

WY. Incorporated In: Illinois.

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 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 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.

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 6A11, Hyattsville, MD

20782.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

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