20858 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 25, 2001 / 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 (SEA) 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).

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: April 20, 2001.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–10283 Filed 4–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–C

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 176X)]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in

Calcasieu Parish, LA

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances of

Service and Trackage Rights to abandon

a 2.27-mile line of railroad over the Goss

Port Industrial Lead from milepost

694.71 to milepost 696.98 in Lake

Charles, Calcasieu Parish, LA. The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Code 70607.

UP 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 and discontinuance 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 May 25, 2001, 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 May 7, 2001. Petitions to reopen

or requests for public use conditions

under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by

May 15, 2001, 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: James P. Gatlin, General

Attorney, Union Pacific Railroad

Company, 1416 Dodge Street, Room

830, Omaha, NE 68179.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

UP has filed an environmental report

which addresses the effects, if any, of

the abandonment and discontinuance

on the environment and historic

resources. SEA will issue an

environmental assessment (EA) by April

30, 2001. 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), UP shall file a notice of

consummation with the Board to signify

that it has exercised the authority

granted and fully abandoned its line. If

consummation has not been effected by

UP’s filing of a notice of consummation

by April 25, 2002, 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: April 18, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–10168 Filed 4–24–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Year

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds: Republic—Franklin

Insurance Company

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Department of the

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 15 to

the Treasury Department Circular 570;

2000 Revision, published June 30, 2000,

at 65 FR 40868.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

Certificate of Authority as an acceptable

surety on Federal bonds is hereby

issued to the following Company under

31 U.S.C. 9304 to 9308. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their

reference copies of the Treasury Circular

570, 2000 Revision, on page 40897 to

reflect this addition.

Republic—Franklin Insurance

Company. Business Address: P.O. Box

530, Utica, NY 13503–0530. Phone:

(315) 734–2000. Underwriting

Limitation b/: $2,421,000. Surety

Licenses c/: CT, DE, DC, GA, IL, IN, KS,

MD, MA, MI, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI,

TN, TX, VA, WI. Incorporated In: Ohio.

Certificates of Authority expire on

June 30 each year, unless revoked prior

to that date. The Certificates are subject

to subsequent annual renewal as long as

the companies remain qualified (31 CFR

Part 223). A list of qualified companies

is published annually as of July 1 in

Treasury Department Circular 570, with

details as to underwriting limitations,

areas in which licensed to transact

surety business and other information.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet at

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570/

index.html. 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: 048–000–00536–5.

Questions concerning this Notice may

be directed to the U.S. Department of

the Treasury, Financial Management

Service, Financial Accounting and

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch,

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6A04,

Hyattsville, MD 20782.