Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 117 /Thursday, June 18, 1998 / Notices 33441

1 J.K. Line certifies that the projected revenues do

exceed those that would qualify as Class III rail

carrier.

1LSRI and SSC are commonly controlled by

Gregory B. Cundiff. See Gregory B. Cundiff—

Continuance in Control Exemption—Lone Star

Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching Company,

Finance Docket No. 32501 (ICC served May 27,

1994).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Copies of the

applications are available for inspection

in the Dockets Unit, Room 8426, Nassif

Building, 400 7th Street SW,

Washington, DC.

MODIFICATION OF EXEMPTIONS

Application

No.

Docket

No. Applicant Exemption

1862–M Greer Hydraulics, Incorporated, Rockford, IL 1 .............................................................................................. 1862

8915–M Advanced Silicon Materials, Inc., Moses Lake, WA2 .................................................................................... 8915

10784–M The United States Secret Service, Washington, DC 3 ................................................................................... 10784

11703–M Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company, Inc., Mebane, NC 4 ................................................................ 11703

11725–M Dynatherm Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD 5 ................................................................................................... 11725

1To modify the exemption to provide for several design changes.

2To modify the exemption to provide for rail as an additional mode of transportation for transportation of Silane gas, 2.1.

3To reissue an exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to authorize the shipment of first aid/trauma kits, containing oxygen in DOT

Specification 3AA2015 cylinders, in the passenger compartment of commercial aircraft. 4To modify the exemption to provide for passenger aircraft as an additional mode of transportation for use in transporting Division 2.2 materials. 5To authorize party status and to authorize a similar non-DOT specification heat pipe assembly for shipment of certain liquefied and compressed gases.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with part 107

of the Hazardous Materials

Transportations Act 49 U.S.C. 1806; 49

CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 11,

1998.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 98–16168 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33605]

J.K. Lines, Inc.—Acquisition and

Operation Exemption—Line of The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company

J.K. Lines, Inc. (JK), a Class III rail

carrier, has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire and

operate approximately 2 miles of rail

line, the track right-of-way, and certain

adjacent real estate owned by The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF).1 The line

covers seven parcels extending from the

end of BNSF’s track in Joliette, ND, at

milepost 179.55, south to the North

Dakota Highway No. 5 right-of-way line,

near milepost 177.44. J.K. Line will

provide common carrier rail service on

the involved line through a

subcontractor.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after May

31, 1998.

If this 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, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33605, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Jeffrey O.

Moreno, Donelan, Cleary, Wood &

Maser, P.C., 1100 New York Ave., N.W.,

Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 10. 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary,

[FR Doc. 98–15973 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33604]

Lone Star Railroad, Inc.—Acquisition

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Lone Star Railroad, Inc. (LSRI), a

Class III rail carrier, has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to

acquire through lease a Union Pacific

Railroad Company rail line as follows:

all Abilene, TX yard tracks south of the

Abilene wye track and south of the eastwest main line, including the A&S

Industrial Lead from milepost 0.0 to

milepost 4.30, a distance of

approximately 8.24 miles, at Abilene,

Taylor County, TX.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after May

26, 1998.

This proceeding is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33604 (Sub-No. 1),

Southern Switching Company—

Operation Exemption—Lone Star

Railroad, Inc., wherein Southern

Switching Company (SSC), also a Class

III rail carrier, has concurrently filed a

notice of exemption to operate the

Abilene line pursuant to an operating

agreement with LSRI.1

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, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33604, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Thomas F.

McFarland, Jr., 20 North Wacker Drive,

Suite 1330, Chicago, IL 60606–2902.

Decided: June 12, 1998.