40950 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 147 / Friday, July 31, 1998 / Notices

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).

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 30, 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 August 10,

1998. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by August 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: Charles M. Rosenberger,

Senior Counsel, CSX Transportation,

Inc., 500 Water Street J150, Jacksonville,

FL 32202.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

CSXT 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 August 5, 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), CSXT 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

CSXT’s filing of a notice of

consummation by July 31, 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: July 23, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determination: ‘‘The

Cave of the Warrior’’

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March

27, 1978 (43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978),

and Delegation Order No. 85–5 of June

27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985). I

hereby determine that the twenty-five

cultural objects to be included in the

exhibit History in New York, imported

from abroad for temporary exhibition

without profit within the United States,

is of cultural significance. These objects

are imported pursuant to a loan

agreement with the foreign lenders. I

also determine that the exhibition of

display of these objects for ‘‘The Cave of

the Warrior’’ at the American Museum

of Natural History in New York, N.Y.

from on or about July 31, 1998 to on or

about December 19, 1998, is in the

national interest. The action of the

United States in this matter and the

immunity based on the application of

the provisions of the law involved does

not imply any view of the United States

concerning the ownership of these

exhibition objects. Further, it is not

based upon and does not represent any

change in the position of the United

States occupied by Israel since 1967.

See letter of September 22, 1978, of

President Jimmy Carter, attached to the

Camp David Accords, reprinted in 78

Dept. State Bulletin 11 (October 1978);

Statement of September 1, 1982 of

President Ronald Reagan, reprinted in

82 Dept. of State Bulletin 23 (September

1982).’’ Public Notice of these

determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol B. Epstein, Assistant General

Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,

202/619–6981, and the address is Room

700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547–

0001.

Dated: July 29, 1998.

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

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