36482 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 128 / Monday, July 6, 1998 / Notices

1On June 24, 1998, GTW informed the Board that

the actual mileage for the line is 0.53 instead of 0.73

as stated in its verified notice.

THEFT RATES OF MODEL YEAR 1996 PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLES STOLEN IN CALENDAR YEAR 1996—Continued

Manufacturer Make/model (line) Thefts 1996 Production

(Mfr’s) 1996

1996 (per

1,000 vehicles produced) theft

rate

156 ... FORD MOTOR CO ....................................... MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS .................... 136 95,020 1.4313

157 ... SUZUKI .......................................................... X–90 .............................................................. 7 4,907 1.4265

158 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... GMC SAFARI VAN ........................................ 32 22,540 1.4197

159 ... CHRYSLER CORP ........................................ CONCORDE .................................................. 71 50,123 1.4165

160 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... CADILLAC SEVILLE ..................................... 46 33,641 1.3674

161 ... VOLKSWAGEN ............................................. PASSAT ......................................................... 25 18,770 1.3319

162 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... SATURN SL .................................................. 273 210,472 1.2971

163 ... JAGUAR ........................................................ VANDEN PLAS ............................................. 6 4,688 1.2799

164 ... FORD MOTOR CO ....................................... AEROSTAR VAN .......................................... 75 59,468 1.2612

165 ... NISSAN ......................................................... QUEST .......................................................... 56 45,543 1.2296

166 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... BUICK RIVIERA ............................................ 20 17,389 1.1502

167 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... BUICK PARK AVENUE ................................. 53 47,008 1.1275

168 ... MAZDA .......................................................... MPV ............................................................... 16 14,595 1.0963

169 ... VOLVO .......................................................... 960 ................................................................. 20 18,266 1.0949

170 ... CHRYSLER CORP ........................................ TOWN & COUNTRY MPV ............................ 113 105,993 1.0661

171 ... KIA MOTORS ................................................ SPORTAGE ................................................... 9 8,638 1.0419

172 ... SUBARU ........................................................ LEGACY ........................................................ 82 79,809 1.0275

173 ... ISUZU ............................................................ HOMBRE PICKUP TRUCK ........................... 13 12,993 1.0005

174 ... ISUZU ............................................................ OASIS ............................................................ 4 4,001 0.9998

175 ... FORD MOTOR CO. ...................................... MERCURY VILLAGER MPV ......................... 53 57,403 0.9233

176 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... OLDSMOBILE AURORA ............................... 20 22,349 0.8949

177 ... FORD MOTOR CO. ...................................... CROWN VICTORIA ....................................... 95 108,250 0.8776

178 ... CHRYSLER CORP. ....................................... CARAVAN 1 ................................................... 1 1,140 0.8772

179 ... SUBARU ........................................................ IMPREZA ....................................................... 14 16,337 0.8570

180 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... SATURN SW ................................................. 14 16,539 0.8465

181 ... SAAB ............................................................. SAAB 900 ...................................................... 19 22,516 0.8438

182 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... CADILLAC FLEETWOOD ............................. 7 8,346 0.8387

183 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... BUICK FUNERAL COACH/HEARSE ............ 1 1,457 0.6863

184 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... BUICK LESABRE .......................................... 33 52,129 0.6330

185 ... BMW .............................................................. Z3 ................................................................... 6 11,542 0.5198

186 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... BUICK ROADMASTER ................................. 11 21,495 0.5117

187 ... HONDA .......................................................... ODYSSEY ..................................................... 8 19,266 0.4152

188 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... OLDSMOBILE NINETY-EIGHT ..................... 5 14,383 0.3476

189 ... AUDI .............................................................. A6 .................................................................. 3 9,269 0.3237

190 ... FIAT ............................................................... FERRARI F355 .............................................. 0 286 0.0000

191 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... GMC C1500 SIERRA PICKUP ..................... 0 5,912 0.0000

192 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... GMC G1500/2500 SAVANA VAN ................. 0 2,113 0.0000

193 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... CHEVROLET G1500/2500 CHEVY VAN ...... 0 9,271 0.0000

194 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... CHEVROLET C1500 PICKUP ...................... 0 14,441 0.0000

195 ... GENERAL MOTORS ..................................... CADILLAC LIMOUSINE ................................ 0 1,598 0.0000

196 ... JAGUAR ........................................................ XJR ................................................................ 0 506 0.0000

197 ... LAMBORGHINI .............................................. DB132/DIABLO .............................................. 0 35 00.0000

198 ... MITSUBISHI .................................................. PICKUP TRUCK ............................................ 0 725 0.0000

199 ... ROLLS-ROYCE ............................................. BENTLEY CONTINENTAL R ........................ 0 47 0.0000

200 ... ROLLS-ROYCE ............................................. BENTLEY BROOKLANDS ............................ 0 87 0.0000

201 ... ROLLS-ROYCE ............................................. BENTLEY AZURE ......................................... 0 84 0.0000

202 ... ROLLS-ROYCE ............................................. BENTLEY TURBO R/TURBO RL ................. 0 66 0.0000

203 ... SUBARU ........................................................ SVX ................................................................ 0 852 0.0000

204 ... VECTOR AEROMOTIVE ............................... AVTECH SC/M12 .......................................... 0 11 0.0000

1Special production of vehicles for sale only in Puerto Rico under the Chrysler nameplate.

Issued on: June 25, 1998.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–17778 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–31 (Sub-No. 34X)]

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Incorporated—Abandonment

Exemption—in Oakland County, MI

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Incorporated (GTW) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

0.73-mile line of its railroad on the Cass

City Subdivision between milepost 0.72

and milepost 1.25 in Oakland County,

Pontiac, MI. The line traverses United

States Postal Service Zip Code 48342.1

GTW has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic

that previously moved over the line can
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 128 / Monday, July 6, 1998 / Notices 36483

2 In its environmental and historic reports, GTW

stated that traffic has not moved over this line

segment in ‘‘excess of one year’’ which conflicted

with the certification in the notice of exemption. On

June 24, 1998, GTW informed the Board that no

traffic has moved over the line segment since

October 1995.

3The 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.

4Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

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

be rerouted over other GTW lines; 2 (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 August 5, 1998, unless

stayed pending reconsideration.

Petitions to stay that do not involve

environmental issues,3 formal

expressions of intent to file an OFA

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),4 and trail

use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR

1152.29 must be filed by July 16, 1998.

Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by July 27, 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: Robert P. vom Eigen,

Esq., Hopkins & Sutter, 888 Sixteenth

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

GTW 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 10, 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), GTW 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

GTW’s filing of a notice of

consummation by July 6, 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 29, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17802 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Announcement of Second Test of

General Aviation Telephonic Entry

(Gate II)

AGENCY: Customs Service, Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

Customs plan to conduct a second

general test to evaluate further the

effectiveness of new operational

procedures regarding the processing of

aircraft by way of telephonic entry of

certain pre-registered, passengercarrying, general aviation aircraft flights

entering the United States directly from

Canada. This second test will expand

the scope of participation to ports with

one full-time inspector and will include

approved small charter/air taxi aircraft

returning with crew members only. This

notice invites public comments

concerning any aspect of the test,

informs interested members of the

public of the eligibility requirements for

voluntary participation in the test, and

describes the basis on which Customs

will select participants for the test.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Applications will be

available and accepted at the Customs

office located at the Detroit

Metropolitan Airport beginning July 6,

1998. The test will commence no earlier

than August 5, 1998, and will be

evaluated after 1 year. Comments must

be received on or before August 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Applications to participate

in the program test are available from

and should be mailed to the Detroit

Metropolitan Airport: U.S. Customs

Service, GATE Program Center,

International Terminal, Detroit

Metropolitan Airport, Detroit, Michigan

48242. Written comments regarding this

notice should be addressed to: U.S.

Customs Service, Passenger Process

Owner, Passenger Operations Division,

1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room

5.4–D, Washington, DC 20229–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Priscilla Frink (202) 927–1323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 4, 1996, Customs

implemented the General Aviation

Telephonic Entry (GATE) Program on a

test basis to evaluate the effectiveness of

a new operations procedure regarding

the telephonic entry of certain preregistered, passenger-carrying, general

aviation aircraft flights entering the

United States directly from Canada (see

61 FR 46902, dated September 5, 1996).

The test was to last one year and the

results evaluated. Although the initial

test was to be open to all eligible flights

along the northern border, because of

personnel constraints and other matters,

many flights could not participate in the

GATE test.

Accordingly, because the evaluation

of the initial test yielded only partial

results and an analysis of the comments

received showed a willingness to

participate in GATE by the traveling

community if only the program were

more readily available, Customs has

decided to conduct a second test of

GATE. This second test will expand the

scope of participation to ports with one

full-time inspector and will allow

approved small charter/air taxi aircraft

returning with crew members only.

Customs will implement the second test

for not less than 1 year; however, the