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2AKMD indicates that it expects to execute an 

agreement shortly with UP to provide for AKMD’s 

lease of the Cypress Bend Line. 

1On August 18, 2005, NSR informed the Board 

that milepost SB–22.20 stated in its notice, should 

be milepost 22.00. 

2Because this is a discontinuance of service 

proceeding and not an abandonment, there is no 

need to provide an opportunity for trail use/rail 

banking or public use condition requests. Likewise, 

no environmental or historic documentation is 

required under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(6) and 1105.8. 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41, et seq., to lease 

from Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP), and operate, UP’s: (1) Cypress 

Bend Industrial Lead, between milepost 

407.5 at McGehee, AR, and milepost 

399.7 at Cypress Bend, AR; and (2) 

Potlatch Spur, between milepost 0.0 

(milepost 399.7 on the Cypress Bend 

Industrial Lead), and approximately 

milepost 3.4 at the connection with the 

industrial trackage of Potlatch 

Corporation’s Cypress Bend Mill, near 

Arkansas City, AR (Cypress Bend Line), 

a total distance of approximately 11.2 

miles. 

AKMD will also lease the yard at the 

east end of the Potlatch Spur and, 

except for yard tracks 001 and 002, the 

remainder of McGehee Yard that it does 

not already lease. Further, AKMD will 

obtain restated incidental bridge 

trackage rights over UP’s rail line 

between milepost 406.5 at McGehee and 

milepost 415.26 at Dermott, AR, to 

allow the movement of through traffic 

between the Cypress Bend Line/ 

McGehee Yard and the Warren Line (a 

UP line between Dermott, AR, that 

AKMD leased in 2004), a distance of 

approximately 8.76 miles.2

AKMD certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier. Because 

AKMD’s projected annual revenues will 

exceed $5 million, AKMD has certified 

to the Board on June 9, 2005, that the 

required notice of the transaction was 

posted at the workplace of the 

employees on the affected line on June 

3, 2005, and was sent to the national 

offices of the labor unions representing 

employees on the line. See 49 CFR 

1150.42(e). 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on or shortly after August 

8, 2005. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34714, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on William C. 

Sippel, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 

920, Chicago, IL 60606–2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 22, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17139 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub–No. 264X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Sumter County, SC 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service to discontinue service over a 

9.8-mile rail line between milepost SB–

12.20 at Foxville and milepost SB–22.00 

at Hasskamp, in Sumter County, SC.1

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Codes 29150, 29153 and 

29514. 

NSR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has 

moved over the line for at least 2 years 

and that overhead traffic, if there were 

any, could be rerouted over other lines; 

(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 

1105.12 (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 

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 

September 29, 2005,2 unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay and formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2), 

must be filed by September 9, 2005. 

Petitions to reopen must be filed by 

September 19, 2005, with: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to NSR’s 

representative: James R. Paschall, 

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company, Three Commercial 

Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 23, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17136 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Public Meeting of the President’s 

Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises all 

interested persons of the location of the 

September 8, 2005, public meeting of 

the President’s Advisory Panel on 

Federal Tax Reform. This meeting was 

previously announced in 70 FR 49704 

(August 24, 2005). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, September 8, 2005, in 

Washington, DC, and will begin at 9 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, 2660 

Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC 

20008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Panel staff at (202) 927–2TAX (927–

2829) (not a toll-free call) or e-mail 

info@taxreformpanel.gov (please do not 

send comments to this box). Additional 

information is available at http:// 

www.taxreformpanel.gov.