59802 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / 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 

exemptions’ 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 exemptions’ effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,200. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Harris Ellsworth 

& Levin on behalf of Trinity Industries, 

Inc. (WB605–1—10/5/2005) for 

permission to use certain data from the 

Board’s 2003 and 2004 Carload Waybill 

Sample. A copy of the requests may be 

obtained from the Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration within 14 calendar days 

of the date of this notice. The rules for 

release of waybill data are codified at 49 

CFR 1244.9. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mac 

Frampton, (202) 565–1541. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20529 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket Nos. AB–6 (Sub–No. 430X) and 

AB–1040X] 

BNSF Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Oklahoma County, OK and Stillwater 

Central Railroad, Inc.—Discontinuance 

of Service Exemption—in Oklahoma 

County, OK 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) and 

Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc. (SLWC) 

have jointly filed a notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service for BNSF to abandon, and for 

SLWC to discontinue service over, 

approximately 2.95 miles of railroad 

between milepost 539.96 and milepost 

542.91 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

County, OK. The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Codes 73102, 

74108, and 73129. 

BNSF and SLWC have certified that: 

(1) No local traffic has moved over the 

line for at least 2 years; (2) any overhead 

traffic on the line can 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 of 49 CFR 1105.7 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 

(historic report), 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 these exemptions, 

any employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment or 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, 

these exemptions will be effective on 

November 12, 2005, 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 October 24, 2005. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 2, 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 applicants’

representatives: Sidney L. Strickland, 

Jr., 3050 K Street, NW., Suite 101, 

Washington, DC 20007; and Karl Morell, 

1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemptions 

are void ab initio. 

BNSF and SLWC have 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 

October 18, 2005. 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–

1539. [Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 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), BNSF shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

BNSF’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 13, 2006, 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 Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 3, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20243 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–303 (Sub–No. 29X)] 

Wisconsin Central Ltd.—Abandonment 

Exemption—in Forest County, WI 

Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) has 

filed a notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 4.62-mile 

line of railroad, from milepost 235.84 on 

the Pembine Sub (formerly milepost 

249.38 on the old Shawano Sub), near 

Crandon, to the end of the track at 

milepost 231.22 on the Pembine Sub 

(formerly milepost 254.00 on the old 

Shawano Sub), in Forest County, WI. 

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Code 54520. 

WCL has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line that would have to be 

rerouted; (3) no formal complaint filed 

by a user of rail service on the line (or 

by a state or local government entity