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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Baltimore/Washington International

(BWI) Airport Marriott, 1743 West

Nursery Road, Baltimore, Maryland

21240, telephone number (410) 859–

8300. Suggestions for specific research

and development topics as described

below and questions for the July 26,

2001, meeting relating to the agency’s

research and development programs

should be submitted to the Office of the

Associate Administrator for Research

and Development, NRD–01, National

Highway Traffic Safety Administration,

Room 6206, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590. The fax number

is (202) 366–5930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In recent

years, since April 1993, NHTSA has

provided detailed information about its

research and development programs in

presentations at a series of public

meetings. The purpose is to make

available more complete and timely

information regarding the agency’s

research and development programs.

This is the twenty-ninth meeting in that

series, and it will be held on Thursday,

July 26, 2001, at the BWI Airport

Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Road,

Baltimore, Maryland 21240.

NHTSA requests suggestions from

interested parties on specific agenda

topics to be presented at this meeting.

NHTSA will base its decisions about the

agenda, in part, on the suggestions it

receives by 5 p.m. on July 2, 2001.

Before the meeting, NHTSA will publish

a notice with an agenda listing the

research and development topics to be

discussed. The agenda can also be

obtained by calling or faxing the request

to the telephone numbers listed in this

notice, through the E-mail address listed

in this notice, or from NHTSA’s Web

site at URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

nhtsa/announce/meetings/.

NHTSA asks that the suggestions be

limited to three topics, in priority order,

so that the presentations at the July 26,

2001, meeting can be most useful to the

audience. Specific research and

development topics are listed below.

Many of these topics have been

discussed at previous meetings.

Suggestions for agenda topics are not

restricted to this listing, and interested

parties are invited to suggest other

research and development topics of

specific interest to their organizations or

items of general interest. Additionally, if

any interested parties would like to

make a presentation regarding technical

issues concerning any of NHTSA’s

research programs, information

concerning the proposed topic and

speaker should be submitted in writing

by 5:00 p.m. on July 2, 2001, to the

Office of the Associate Administrator for

Research and Development, NRD–01,

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, Room 6206, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. The fax number is (202) 366–

5930.

Specific R&D topics are:

Fiscal Year 2001 R&D Research Efforts,

International Harmonized Research

Activities (IHRA),

On-line tracking system for NHTSA’s

research projects, and

Crash Injury Research and Engineering

Network (CIREN).

Specific Crashworthiness R&D topics

are:

Preparation of new dummies for

assessment of advanced air bag

technology,

Improved frontal crash protection

(program status, problem

identification, offset testing),

Vehicle compatibility,

Upgrade side crash protection,

Child restraint/air bag interaction

(CRABI) dummy testing,

Head and neck injury research,

Lower extremity injury research, and

Thorax injury research.

Specific Crash Avoidance R&D topics

are:

National Advanced Driving Simulator

(NADS), Intelligent vehicle initiative

(the rear-end collision avoidance

system operational test),

Drowsy driver monitoring,

Driver workload assessment, and

Lane change/merge collision avoidance

system guidelines.

Specific National Center for Statistics

and Analysis (NCSA) topics are:

Special crash investigation studies and

Crash avoidance data collection.

Separately, questions regarding

research projects that have been

submitted in writing not later than 5

p.m. on July 6, 2001, will be answered.

The summary minutes of the meeting,

copies of materials handed out at the

meeting, and answers to the questions

submitted for response at the meeting

will be available for public inspection in

the DOT Docket in Washington, DC,

within 3 weeks after the meeting. Copies

of this material will then be available at

ten cents a page upon request to DOT

Docket, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. The

DOT Docket is open to the public from

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The summary minutes,

handouts, and answers to the questions

will also be available on NHTSA’s Web

site URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

nhtsa/announce/meetings/.

NHTSA will provide technical aids to

participants as necessary, during the

Research and Development Programs

Meeting. Thus, any person desiring the

assistance of ‘‘auxiliary aids’’ (e.g., signlanguage interpreter, telecommunication

devices for deaf persons (TTDs), readers,

taped texts, braille materials, or large

print materials and/or a magnifying

device), please contact Rita Gibbons by

telephone on (202) 366–4862, by telefax

on (202) 366–5930, or by E-mail at

rgibbons@nhtsa.dot.gov by 5 p.m. July 2,

2001.

Should it be necessary to cancel the

meeting due to inclement weather or to

any other emergencies, a decision to

cancel will be made as soon as possible

and posted immediately on NHTSA’s

Web site URL http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/

nhtsa/announce/meetings/. If you do

not have access to the Web site, you

may call for information at the contact

listed below and leave your telephone

or telefax number. You will be called

only if the meeting is postponed or

canceled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita

Gibbons, Staff Assistant, Office of

Research and Development, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Telephone: (202) 366–4862. Fax

number: (202) 366–5930. E-mail:

rgibbons@nhtsa.dot.gov.

Issued: June 4,2001.

H. Keith Brewer,

Acting Associate Administrator for Research

and Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub–No. 179X);

STB Docket No. AB–458X]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Merced

County, CA; California Northern

Railroad Company—Discontinuance

Exemption—in Merced County, CA

On May 22, 2001, the Union Pacific

Railroad Company (UP) and the

California Northern Railroad Company

(CNR) jointly filed with the Surface

Transportation Board (Board) a petition

under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption

from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903,

permitting UP to abandon and CNR to

discontinue service over a 1.10-mile

segment of the Los Banos Branch,

extending from milepost 140.07 to

milepost 141.17 in Los Banos, Merced

County, CA. There are no stations on the

line, which traverses U. S. Postal

Service Zip Code 93635.

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The line does not contain federally

granted rights-of-way. Any

documentation in the railroads’

possession will be made available

promptly to those requesting it.

The interests of railroad employees

will be protected by the conditions set

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979).

By issuance of this notice, the Board

is instituting an exemption proceeding

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final

decision will be issued by September 7,

2001.

Any offer of financial assistance

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will

be due no later than 10 days after

service of a decision granting the

petition for exemption. Each offer must

be accompanied by a $1,000 filing fee.

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

All interested persons should be

aware that, following abandonment of

rail service and salvage of the line, the

line may be suitable for other public

use, including interim trail use. Any

request for a public use condition under

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be

due no later than July 2, 2001. Each trail

use request must be accompanied by a

$150 filing fee. See 49 CFR

1002.2(f)(27).

All filings in response to this notice

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–33

(Sub-No. 179X) et al. and must be sent

to: (1) Surface Transportation Board,

Office of the Secretary, Case Control

Unit, 1925 K Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20423–0001; (2) Mack H. Shumate,

Jr., 101 North Wacker Drive, Room 1920,

Chicago, IL 60606; and (3) David L.

Parkinson, 221 Gateway Road West,

Suite 401, Napa, CA 94558. Replies to

the exemption petition are due July 2,

2001.

Persons seeking further information

concerning abandonment procedures

may contact the Board’s Office of Public

Services at (202) 565–1592 or refer to

the full abandonment or discontinuance

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.

Questions concerning environmental

issues may be directed to the Board’s

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) at (202) 565–1545. [TDD for the

hearing impaired is available at 1–800–

877–8339.]

An environmental assessment (EA) (or

environmental impact statement (EIS), if

necessary) prepared by SEA will be

served upon all parties of record and

upon any agencies or other persons who

commented during its preparation. Any

other persons who would like to obtain

a copy of the EA (or EIS) may contact

SEA. EAs in these abandonment

proceedings normally will be made

available within 60 days of the filing of

the petition. The deadline for

submission of comments on the EA will

generally be within 30 days of its

service.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 4, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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