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1A voting trust agreement was informally

approved by the Board’s Secretary by letter dated

June 18, 1998.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. MC–F–20922]

Greyhound Lines, Inc.—Continuance

in Control—Autobuses Amigos, L.L.C.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice tentatively approving

finance application.

SUMMARY: Greyhound Lines, Inc.

(Greyhound), a motor carrier of

passengers, and its wholly owned

noncarrier subsidiary, Sistema

Internacional de Transporte de

Autobuses, Inc. (SITA), jointly seek

approval under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to

continue in control of SITA’s wholly

owned subsidiary, Autobuses Amigos,

L.L.C. (Amigos), upon Amigos becoming

a motor carrier of passengers. Persons

wishing to oppose the transaction must

follow the rules at 49 CFR 1182, subpart

B. The Board has tentatively approved

the transaction, and, if no opposing

comments are timely filed, this notice

will be the final Board action. If

opposing comments are timely filed,

this tentative grant of authority will be

deemed vacated, and the Board will

consider the comments and any replies

and will issue a further decision on the

application.

DATES: Comments are due by September

8, 1998. Applicants may reply by

September 28, 1998. If no comments are

received by September 8, 1998, this

notice is effective on that date.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of comments referring to STB

Docket No. MC–F–20922 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423–

0001. Also, send one copy of comments

to applicants’ representative: Fritz R.

Kahn, Suite 750 West, 1100 New York

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005–

3934.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1600. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 565–1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Greyhound holds nationwide operating

authority in Docket No. MC–1515. It

also controls the following regional

interstate motor carriers of passengers:

Valley Transit Company, Inc. (MC–74),

operating in Texas; Carolina Coach

Company, Inc. (MC–13300), operating in

Delaware, Virginia and North Carolina;

Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma

Coaches, Inc. (MC–61120), operating in

Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas

and Oklahoma; Continental Panhandle

Lines, Inc. (MC–8742), operating in

Oklahoma and Texas; and Vermont

Transit Co., Inc. (MC–45626), operating

in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts and

New York.

SITA controls Americanos U.S.A.,

L.L.C. (Americanos) (MC–309813), a

nationwide passenger carrier, Gonzalez,

Inc., d/b/a Golden State Transportation

Company (MC–173837), operating in the

Southwest, and Los Rapidos, Inc. (MC–

293638), operating in California.

Amigos filed an application on May

28, 1998, with the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Federal Highway

Administration to operate as a regional

motor carrier of passengers to provide

scheduled, regular-route operations

between the Mexican border crossing

points in Texas and points in the

Southeast.

Applicants state that the aggregate

gross operating revenues for Greyhound

and its affiliated motor carriers of

passengers exceeded $2 million during

the 12 months preceding this

application. They assert that Amigos

was organized to render specialized

services designed to accommodate the

travel requirements of the Spanish

speaking passengers traveling between

Brownsville, TX, and Los Angeles, CA,

and between Brownsville and Miami,

FL, and other points in the Southeast.

Applicants state that the membership

interests in Amigos have been placed

into a voting trust 1 pending disposition

of this proceeding.

Applicants certify that: (1) Greyhound

and its affiliates (except Americanos,

which is not yet rated) hold satisfactory

safety ratings,; (2) Amigos, before

commencing operations, will have

appointed agents in each of the states in

which it anticipates operating, in

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 13303 and

13304 and 49 CFR 366.1 et seq., and

will have procured liability insurance as

required by 49 U.S.C. 13906 and 49 CFR

387.1, et seq. (Greyhound and its

affiliates are in compliance with these

provisions); (3) Greyhound, SITA, and

Amigos are not domiciled in Mexico

and are not owned or controlled by a

person of that country; and (4) approval

of the transaction will not significantly

affect either the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

Under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b), we must

approve and authorize a transaction that

we find consistent with the public

interest, taking into consideration at

least: (1) the effect of the proposed

transaction on the adequacy of

transportation to the public; (2) the total

fixed charges that result from the

proposed transaction; and (3) the

interest of carrier employees affected by

the proposed transaction. We find,

based on the application, that the

proposed transaction is consistent with

the public interest and should be

authorized.

This action will not significantly

affect either the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

It is ordered:

1. The proposed continuance in

control is approved and authorized,

subject to the filing of opposing

comments.

2. If timely opposing comments are

filed, the findings made in this decision

will be deemed vacated.

3. This decision will be effective on

September 8, 1998, unless timely

opposing comments are filed.

4. A copy of this notice will be served

on: (1) the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Office of Motor CarriersHIA 30, 400 Virginia Avenue, SW, Suite

600, Washington, DC 20024; and (2) the

U. S. Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20530.

Decided: July 16, 1998.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds: Termination; American

Surety and Casualty Co., Hamilton

Mutual Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, OH

Heart of America Fire and Casualty Co.

and North Star Reinsurance Corp.

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 19 to

the 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: Notice is

hereby given that the Certificates of

Authority issued by the Treasury to the

above-named Companies, under the

United States Code, Title 31, Sections

9304–9308, to qualify as acceptable
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sureties on Federal bonds were

terminated effective June 30, 1998.

These Companies were last listed as

acceptable sureties on Federal bonds at

62 FR 35548, July 1, 1997.

With respect to any bonds currently

in force with above listed Companies,

bond-approving officers may let such

bonds run to expiration and need not

secure new bonds. However, no new

bonds should be accepted from these

Companies. In addition, bonds that are

continuous in nature should not be

renewed.

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: July 10, 1998.

Charles F. Schwan III,

Director, Funds Management Division,

Financial Management Service.

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public

Diplomacy Meeting

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Advisory

Commission on Public Diplomacy will

meet on July 22 in Room 600, 301 4th

Street, SW, Washington, DC, from 9:00

to 10:00 a.m.

At the 9:00 a.m. the Commission will

meet with Ms. Jan Brambilla, Director,

Office of Human Resources, USIA, and

Mr. Jim Nealon, Foreign Service

Personnel, USIA, to discuss Foreign

Service personnel ‘‘cones’’ and public

diplomacy specialists.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please call Betty Hayes, (202) 619–4468,

if you are interested in attending the

meeting. Space is limited and entrance

to the building is controlled.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Rose Royal,

Management Analyst, Federal Register

Liaison.

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