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harbor tours. Other area interests are

powerboat harbor tours, ferry boats, or

bare boats none of which will be

competing for the same customer base.

In my inquiries I have found no other

crewed vessels in the area, which will

compete, for the same clientele * * * My

presence in this market area will not

unduly adversely affect other

commercial passenger vessels.’’

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: ‘‘For over

five years I searched intently for the

vessel I would choose to charter. * * *

I found that less than one percent of the

yachts in the 50 ton category are U.S.

manufactured, and of those which are

supposedly U.S. manufactured many

have the subcomponents including

hulls manufactured in foreign countries

and only the final assemble is done in

the U.S. * * * The fact that no U.S.

shipyard is manufacturing this vessel or

a similar design with a deck salon

would indicate that the presence of this

vessel does not unduly adversely affect

U.S. shipyards. * * * As a practicable

matter this vessel, which was not

available in the U.S., was delivered into

the U.S. and commissioned entirely by

U.S. labor in U.S. yards with U.S.

purchased components, which

amounted to about 1/6 the cost of the

vessel. Every year thousands of dollars

in yard work and slip fees are paid by

this vessel to U.S. shipyards. This will

continue for the life of the vessel as long

as it is U.S. flagged. I can only view this

as a positive impact to U.S. shipyards

that otherwise would not have enjoyed

any revenue from this vessel.’’

Dated: May 3, 2001.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–11709 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested persons that RSPA will

conduct a public meeting in preparation

for the nineteenth session of the United

Nation’s Sub-Committee of Experts on

the Transport of Dangerous Goods

(UNSCOE) to be held July 2–6, 2000 in

Geneva, Switzerland and the first

session of the United Nation’s SubCommittee on the Globally Harmonized

System of Classification and Labeling of

Chemicals (Geneva, Switzerland—July

9–11, 2001).

DATES: June 19, 2001, 9:30 am–12:30

pm, Room 6332–6336.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

DOT Headquarters, Nassif Building,

Room 6332–6336, 400 Seventh Street

SW., Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Richard, Acting International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of the meeting will be

to prepare and discuss positions for the

nineteenth session of the UNSCOE and

the first session of the United Nation’s

Sub-Committee on the Globally

Harmonized System of Classification

and Labeling of Chemicals. Topics to be

covered during the public meeting will

include (1) Global harmonization of

classification criteria, (2) Criteria for

Environmentally Hazardous Substances,

(3) Intermodal requirements for the

transport of solids in bulk containers,

(4) Harmonized requirements for

compressed gas cylinders, (5)

Classification of individual substances,

(6) Requirements for packagings used to

transport hazardous materials, (7)

Requirements for infectious substances,

and (8) Hazard communication

requirements. The meeting will be held

in conjunction with the Coast Guard’s

public meeting in preparation for the

sixth session of the Dangerous Goods,

Solid Cargoes and Containers SubCommittee. This public meeting will be

held from 1:00–3:30 pm on June 19,

2001 in Nassif Bldg. Room 6332–6336.

The public is invited to attend

without prior notification.

Documents

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE

meeting may be obtained by

downloading them from the United

Nations Transport Division’s web site at

http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/

dgsubc/c3doc.html. Information

concerning UN dangerous goods

meetings include agendas can be

downloaded at http://www.unece.org/

trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/c3.html. These

sites may also be accessed through

RSPA’s Hazardous Materials Safety

Homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/

intstandards.htm. RSPA’s site provides

information regarding the UNSCOE and

the Globally Harmonized System of

Classification and Labeling for

Chemicals, a summary of decisions

taken at the 21st session of the UN

Committee of Experts, meeting dates

and a summary of the primary topics

which are to be addressed in the 2001–

2002 biennium.

Robert A. McGuire,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 01–11708 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. MC–F–20981]

Laidlaw Inc.—Continuance in

Control—Victoria Tours Limited

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice Tentatively Approving

Finance Transaction.

SUMMARY: Laidlaw Inc. (Laidlaw), a

noncarrier, filed an application under

49 U.S.C. 14303 for Laidlaw to continue

in indirect control of Victoria Tours

Limited (Victoria), upon Victoria’s

becoming a regulated motor passenger

carrier. Persons wishing to oppose the

application must follow the rules at 49

CFR 1182.5 and 1182.8. The Board has

tentatively approved the transaction,

and, if no opposing comments are

timely filed, this notice will be the final

Board action.

DATES: Comments must be filed by June

25, 2001. Applicant may file a reply by

July 9, 2001. If no comments are filed

by June 25, 2001, this notice is effective

on that date.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of any comments referring to STB

Docket No. MC-F–20981 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, send one copy of

comments to applicant’s representative:

Fritz R. Kahn, 1920 N Street, NW. (8th

floor), Washington, DC 20036–1601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

the hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Laidlaw

controls, either directly or indirectly, a

family of motor passenger carriers,

including Greyhound Lines, Inc.

(Greyhound) (MC–1515). With the

exception of Greyhound, which

conducts mainly nationwide,

scheduled, regular-route operations, the

controlled carriers are engaged

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1CNR, GTC, and Merger Sub are referred to

collectively as CN.

2WCTC, WCL, FVW, SSMB, and WCLL are

referred to collectively as WC. CN and WC are

referred to collectively as applicants.

3Merger Sub, an indirect wholly owned

subsidiary of CNR, will be merged into WCTC,

whereupon the separate existence of Merger Sub

will cease.

primarily in charter and special

operations.

Laidlaw indirectly controls Victoria

through Laidlaw Transit Ltd. (Laidlaw

Ltd.), which is authorized to transport

passengers, in charter and special

operations, pursuant to authority in

MC–102189. Victoria conducts charter

and special passenger carrier operations

within Canada, and it has filed an

application with the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration, for authority to

conduct similar operations within the

United States. Laidlaw seeks authority

from the Board to continue in indirect

control of Victoria, through Laidlaw

Ltd., upon Victoria’s becoming a

regulated U.S. carrier.

Laidlaw asserts that Victoria will be

able to offer its passengers tour and

sightseeing services over an expanded

area. The affiliation of Victoria with the

Laidlaw family of regulated carriers will

ensure that Victoria will have an

adequate number of buses to meet the

travel needs of its passengers.

Conversely, whenever its buses are

underutilized, Victoria will be able to

make them available to its Laidlaw

affiliates. Laidlaw maintains that such

arrangements will improve the

performance of Victoria, which will

inure to the benefit of the public.

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

approve and authorize a transaction we

find consistent with the public interest,

taking into consideration at least: (1)

The effect of the transaction on the

adequacy of transportation to the public;

(2) the total fixed charges that result;

and (3) the interest of affected carrier

employees.

Applicant has submitted the

information required by 49 CFR 1182.2,

including information to demonstrate

that the proposed transaction is

consistent with the public interest

under 49 U.S.C. 14303(b). Specifically,

applicant has stated that the proposed

transaction will have a positive effect on

the adequacy of transportation to the

public and will result in no increase in

fixed charges and no changes in

employment. See 49 CFR 1182.2(a)(7).

Additional information, including a

copy of the application, may be

obtained from applicant’s

representative.

On the basis of the application, we

find that the proposed transaction is

consistent with the public interest and

should be authorized. If any opposing

comments are timely filed, this finding

will be deemed vacated and, unless a

final decision can be made on the record

as developed, a procedural schedule

will be adopted to reconsider the

application. See 49 CFR 1182.6(c). If no

opposing comments are filed by the

expiration of the comment period, this

decision will take effect automatically

and will be the final Board action.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

This decision 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

June 25, 2001, unless timely opposing

comments are filed.

4. A copy of this notice will be served

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

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration—MC–RI, 400

Virginia Avenue, SW., Suite 600,

Washington, DC 20024; (2) the U.S.

Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530;

and (3) the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Office of the General

Counsel, 400 7th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

Decided: May 2, 2001.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Clyburn, and Commissioner

Burkes.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11526 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34000]

Canadian National Railway Company,

Grand Trunk Corporation, and WC

Merger Sub, Inc.—Control—Wisconsin

Central Transportation Corporation,

Wisconsin Central Ltd., Fox Valley &

Western Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie Bridge

Company, and Wisconsin Chicago

Link Ltd.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Decision No. 2 in STB Finance

Docket No. 34000; Notice of Acceptance

of Application; Issuance of Procedural

Schedule.

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation

Board (Board) is accepting for

consideration the application filed April

9, 2001, by Canadian National Railway

Company (CNR), Grand Trunk

Corporation (GTC), and WC Merger Sub,

Inc. (Merger Sub),1 and by Wisconsin

Central Transportation Corporation

(WCTC), Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL),

Fox Valley & Western Ltd. (FVW), Sault

Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSMB), and

Wisconsin Chicago Link Ltd. (WCLL).2

The application seeks Board approval

and authorization under 49 U.S.C.

11321–26 for the acquisition of control

by CNR and GTC of WCTC and through

it of WCTC’s rail carrier subsidiaries

WCL, FVW, SSMB, and WCLL.3 As a

result of the transaction, WCTC and its

rail carrier subsidiaries would become

indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of

CN. The Board further finds that this is

a ‘‘minor transaction’’ under 49 CFR

1180.2(c).

The Board has considered applicants’’

petition for scheduling order, filed April

9, 2001. With a modification to provide

additional time for public comments,

the Board is adopting the procedural

schedule applicants have proposed

(which, as modified, would result in a

decision being issued some 28 days

prior to the statutory deadline, assuming

as explained later on that no oral

argument is held and no unanticipated

environmental review is required). The

Board’s schedule provides for the

issuance of a final decision no later than

45 days after the close of the record.

DATES: The effective date of this

decision is May 9, 2001. Applicants

must submit their Safety Integration

Plan (SIP) to the Board by May 9, 2001.

Applicants also must distribute their

Environmental Appendix and SIP to the

public and initiate publication of

newspaper notices by May 14, 2001.

Any person who wishes to participate in

this proceeding as a party of record

must file, no later than May 25, 2001,

a notice of intent to participate. All

comments on applicants Environmental

Appendix and SIP must be filed no later

than June 13, 2001. All comments,

protests, requests for conditions, and

any other evidence and argument in

opposition to the application, including

filings by the U.S. Department of Justice

(DOJ) and U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT) must be filed by

June 25, 2001. Response to comments,

protests, requested conditions, and

other opposition, response to comments