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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).

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee Meeting on Noise

Certification Issues

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice

to advise the public of a meeting of the

Federal Aviation Administration

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory

Committee to discuss noise certification

issues.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July

15 at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the General Aviation Manufacturers

Association, 1400 K Street NW,

Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Angela O. Anderson, (202) 267–

9681, Office of Rulemaking (ARM–200),

800 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463; 5 U.S.C. App. II), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of the Aviation

Rulemaking Advisory Committee

(ARAC) to discuss noise certification

issues. This meeting will be held July

15, 1998, at 1:00 p.m., at the General

Aviation Manufacturers Association.

The agenda for this meeting will include

progress reports from the FAR/JAR

Harmonization Working Group for

Helicopters and the FAR/JAR

Harmonization Working Group for

Subsonic Transport Airplanes. It will

also include the presentation and vote

on the NPRM from the FAR/JAR

Harmonization Working Group for

Propeller-Driven Small Airplanes.

Members of the public may obtain

copies of this NPRM by contacting the

person listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but may be limited to the space

available. The public must make

arrangements in advance to present oral

statements at the meeting or may

present statements to the committee at

any time. In addition, sign and oral

interpretation can be made available at

the meeting, as well as an assistive

listening device, if requested 10

calendar days before the meeting.

Arrangements may be made by

contacting the person listed under the

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 23,

1996.

Paul Dykeman,

Assistant Executive Director for Noise

Certification Issues, Aviation Rulemaking

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 98–17226 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–551X]

Knox & Kane Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Clarion

County, PA

Knox & Kane Railroad Company

(Knox) has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon an

approximately 9-mile line of its railroad

between Station #3069 + 49,

immediately west of milepost 86, and

Station #3533 + 70, immediately west of

milepost 95, in Clarion County, PA. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Codes 16232 and 16254.

Knox has certified that: (1) no local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead

traffic moving over the line; (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 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 July 29, 1998, unless stayed

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 July 9, 1998. Petitions to reopen

or requests for public use conditions

under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by

July 20, 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: Daniel J. Sweeney, 1750

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,

DC 20006

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Knox 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 July 3, 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), Knox 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

Knox’s filing of a notice of

consummation by June 29, 1999, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 19, 1998.
35308 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 124 / Monday, June 29, 1998 / Notices

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–16927 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Secretary

List of Countries Requiring

Cooperation With an International

Boycott

In order to comply with the mandate

of section 999(a)(3) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986, the Department

of the Treasury is publishing a current

list of countries which may require

participation in, or cooperation with, an

international boycott (within the

meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986).

On the basis of the best information

currently available to the Department of

the Treasury, the following countries

may require participation in, or

cooperation with, an international

boycott (within the meaning of section

999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986): Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait,

Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi

Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates,

Yemen, Republic of.

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Philip West,

International Tax Counsel (Tax Policy).

[FR Doc. 98–17153 Filed 6–26–98; 8:45 am]

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