22408 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 87 / Friday, May 5, 1995 / Notices

1H. Peter Claussen and Linda C. Claussen (the

Claussens) currently control through management

and stock ownership, the following rail common

carriers: (1) Albany Bridge Company, Inc. (ABC); (2)

Gulf and Ohio Railways, Inc. (which operates the

Mississippi Delta Railroad and the Atlantic & Gulf

Railroad) (A&GR); (3) Wiregrass Central Railroad

Company, Inc.; (4) H & S Railroad Company, Inc.;

(5) Piedmont & Atlantic Railroad Co., Inc.; and (6)

Rocky Mount & Western Railroad Co., Inc. The

Claussens, the controlling stockholders of G&F, do

not qualify for a class exemption under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(2) because the ‘‘Sparks line’’ connects

with ABC and A&GR at Albany, GA, and the

‘‘Camilla line’’ connects with A&GR at Camilla, GA.

In order to insulate themselves from unauthorized

control during the pendency of the continuance in

control proceeding, the Claussens have placed all

of their shares of stock in an independent voting

trust.

1See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C. 2d 164 (1987).

exemption to acquire and operate

approximately 131.2 miles of rail line

currently owned and operated by

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

(NS) and its subsidiaries, Georgia

Southern and Florida Railway Company

and Central of Georgia Railroad

Company. A description of the involved

trackage follows:

G&F will purchase and operate: (1) A

rail line extending between milepost

23.25 at Ganor and milepost 33.6 at

Schley Junction, near Moultrie, and

between milepost 29.52 at Norman

Junction, near Moultrie, and milepost

33.52 at Moultrie, a total distance of

14.35 miles, in Colquitt County, GA (the

‘‘Moultrie lines’’); (2) a rail line

extending between milepost 30.65 at

Valdosta, in Lowndes County, GA, and

milepost 57.2, at Nashville, in Berrien

County, GA, a distance of 26.55 miles

(the ‘‘Valdosta-Nashville line’’); and (3)

a rail line extending between milepost

93.0 and milepost 95.3, within Camilla,

in Mitchell County, GA, a distance of

2.3 miles (the ‘‘Camilla line’’).

G&F will also lease from NS and

operate a rail line extending between

GN 0.7 at Albany, in Dougherty County,

GA, and milepost GN 58.9 at Sparks, in

Cook County, GA, a distance of

approximately 58.2 miles (the ‘‘Sparks

line’’).

Finally, NS will grant to G&F

incidental overhead trackage rights

extending between milepost 125.2 at

Sparks, Cook County, GA, and milepost

155.0 at Valdosta, in Lowndes County,

GA, a distance of approximately 29.8

miles (the ‘‘Sparks-Valdosta line’’).

This transaction is related to the

petition for exemption concurrently

filed in Finance Docket No. 32681, H.

Peter Claussen and Linda C. Claussen—

Continuance-In-Control Exemption—

Georgia & Florida Railroad Co., Inc., in

which the Claussens seek to continue in

control of G&F upon its becoming a

class III rail carrier.1 The proposed

transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after April 13, 1995.

Any comments must be filed with the

Commission and served on: Mark H.

Sidman, Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman &

Kider, 1350 New York Avenue, N.W.,

Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005–4797.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1150.31. If the notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

Decided: April 26, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11134 Filed 5–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

[Docket No. AB–440X]

Wisconsin & Michigan Railway

Company—Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—in Ashland and Iron

Counties, WI and Gogebic County, MI

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Commission, pursuant to

49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts Wisconsin &

Michigan Railway Company (WIMI)

from the prior approval requirements of

49 U.S.C. 10903–10904 to discontinue

service over 32.38 miles of Wisconsin

Central, Ltd. rail line known as the

Mellen-Bessemer Branch, extending

between milepost 411.0 near Mellen, WI

and milepost 443.38 near Bessemer, MI,

in Ashland and Iron Counties, WI and

Gogebic County, MI.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of

intent to file a financial assistance offer

has been received, this exemption will

be effective on June 4, 1995. Formal

expressions of intent to file financial

assistance offers 1 under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by June 15,

1995. Petitions to stay must be filed by

May 22, 1995. Petitions to reopen must

be filed by May 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

Docket No. AB–440X to: (1) Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch,

Interstate Commerce Commission, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423; and (2)

Petitioner’s representative: Thomas F.

McFarland, Jr., 20 North Wacker Drive,

Suite 3118, Chicago, IL 60606–3101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660.

[TDD for the hearing impaired: (202)

927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Commission’s decision. To purchase

a copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: Dynamic

Concepts, Inc., Room 2229, Interstate

Commerce Commission Building, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: April 20, 1995.

By the Commission, Chairman Morgan,

and Commissioners Simmons, McDonald,

and Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–11135 Filed 5–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 1718–95]

Employment-Based Direct Mail

Program for the Texas Service Center;

and Clarification of all Service Center

Names

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice will inform the

public that, as of October 1, 1994,

Immigration and Naturalization (INS)

service centers are identified by state

location, i.e., Texas Service Center. This

does not affect their multi-state

jurisdiction. This notice also

implements a trial program for filing of

employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant petitions at the Texas Service

Center. Currently all such cases are filed

at the service centers located in

Vermont, Nebraska and California.

Under the trial program, employmentbased petitions may be mailed directly

to the Texas Service Center during the

specified period, from May 5, 1995,

through November 6, 1995. This trial

Program is being set up as a way of

analyzing the Service Center’s processes

relating to employment-based petitions.

If, after the 6-month period, the trial

program is deemed successful, the

Texas Service Center will have

exclusive jurisdiction over all

employment-based petitions, except

those related to major league baseball,

the National Hockey League, and the
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North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA), filed by petitioners in states

listed under the jurisdiction of the

Texas Service Center.

DATES: May 5, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written

comments, in triplicate, to the Policy

Directives and Instructions Branch,

Immigration and Naturalization Service,

425 I Street NW., Room 5307,

Washington, DC 20536, Attention:

Public Comment Clerk. To ensure

proper handling, please reference INS

No. 1718–95 on your correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack

Hartsoch, Staff Officer, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, Service Center

Operations (HQSCO), Room 3040, 425 I

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20536,

telephone (202) 514–3156, fax (202)

514–3156; or James M. Burns, Assistant

Center Director-Examinations,

Immigration and Naturalization Service,

Texas Service Center, Dept. A, P.O. Box

152122, Irving, TX 75015–2122,

telephone (214) 767–7288.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Since the inception of the service

centers, several names have been

attributed to them. Examples are:

Regional Adjudication Center, Regional

Service Center, (regional label such as)

Southern Service Center, etc. This

notice seeks to clarify the references to

all service centers, and to conform to the

Service’s reorganization. Also, the INS

is testing the direct mail of employmentbased petitions at the Texas Service

Center for a 6-month period to

determine whether to expand the

processing of these cases on a

permanent basis.

Service center names: Service centers

will henceforth be identified by the state

in which they are located. The use of

the state name as an identifier to

distinguish between the four centers

does not affect their multi-state

jurisdiction. The following is a current

listing of the service centers.

Vermont Service Center

Texas Service Center

Nebraska Service Center

California Service Center

Conversion to direct mail at the Texas

Service Center: The INS intends to

expand its Direct Mail Program in the

near future to allow more types of

applications and petitions to be filed

directly with service centers. By

expanding the authority to file

employment-based petitions at all four

service centers, the Service would

achieve greater uniformity and

coordination in the adjudication

processes. During the 6-month trial

period, beginning the date this notice is

published, in addition to those petitions

and applications currently being filed

with the Texas Service Center, the

following employment-based petitions,

except for those relating to major league

baseball, the National Hockey League,

and the North American Free Trade

Agreement (NAFTA), may be filed at

that Service Center:

1. Form I–129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant

Worker.

2. Form I–140, Immigrant Petition for Alien

Worker.

3. Form I–526, Immigrant Petition by Alien

Entrepreneur.

4. Form I–829, Petition by Entrepreneur to

Remove the Conditions.

The trial program is only available to

those commercial enterprises whose

work, training, or location is in

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New

Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma,

South Caroline, Tennessee, or Texas.

This trial program is optional for

those specified above, and pertains only

to the 4 above-stated types of petitions.

During the trial period, a petitioner also

has the option to file the above-stated

types of petitions with the service center

currently having jurisdiction. If a

petitioner files a petition with the Texas

Service Center, however, the petitioner

may not file an identical petition for the

same beneficiary with another service

center or office of the INS.

The mailing address of the Texas

Service Center is: Texas Service Center,

Dept. A, P.O. Box 152122, Irving, TX

75015–2122.

Dated: April 25, 1995.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 95–11073 Filed 5–4–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Wage and Hour Division

Minimum Wages for Federal and

Federally Assisted Construction;

General Wage Determination Decisions

General wage determination decisions

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in

accordance with applicable law and are

based on the information obtained by

the Department of Labor from its study

of local wage conditions and data made

available from, other sources. They

specify the basic hourly wage rates and

fringe benefits which are determined to

be prevailing for the described classes of

laborers and mechanics employed on

construction projects of a similar

character and in the localities specified

therein.

The determinations in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR Part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended

by 40 U.S.C. 276a) and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR Part 1,

Appendix, as well as such additional

statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged on contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the pubic

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersede as decisions thereto, contain

no expiration dates and are effective

from their date of notice in the Federal

Register, or on the date written notice

is received by the agency, whichever is

earlier. These decisions are to be used

in accordance with the provisions of 29

CFR Parts 1 and 5. Accordingly, the

applicable decision, together with any

modifications issued, must be made a

part of every contract for performance of

the described work within the

geographic area indicated as required by

an applicable Federal prevailing wage

law and 29 CFR Part 5. The wage rates

and fringe benefits, notice of which is

published herein, and which are

contained in the Government Printing

Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under The Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.