66894 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 212 / Thursday, November 3, 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 

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 OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

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

1002.2(f)(25). 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment: 

Inspection of all vehicles and 

replacement of the following with U.S.- 

model components on vehicles not 

already so equipped: (a) Headlamps; (b) 

tail lamps; (c) front and rear turn signal 

lamps; (d) front and rear side-mounted 

reflex reflectors; rear-mounted reflex 

reflector; and (e) left handlebar-mounted 

lighting control switch assembly. 

Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirrors: 

Inspection of all vehicles and 

modification or replacement of any nonU.S.-model components as necessary to 

conform to this standard. 

Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and 

Rims for Vehicles other than Passenger 

Cars: (a) Installation of a tire 

information placard; and (b) inspection 

of all vehicles to ensure compliance 

with rim marking requirements, and 

replacement of rims that are not 

properly marked with U.S.-model rims. 

Standard No. 123 Motorcycle Controls 

and Displays: Installation of a U.S.- 

model speedometer, or modification of 

the speedometer so that it reads in miles 

per hour. 

Standard No. 205 Glazing Materials: 

Inspection of all vehicles, and removal 

of noncompliant glazing or replacement 

of the glazing with U.S.-model 

components on vehicles that are not 

already so equipped. 

Comments should refer to the docket 

number and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. It is requested but not required 

that 10 copies be submitted. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 663X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Jefferson County, NY 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has 

filed a notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 1.1-mile 

line on its Northern Region, Albany 

Division, St. Lawrence Subdivision, 

between milepost 1.5 and the end of the 

track, milepost 2.6, near Watertown, in 

Jefferson County, NY. The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Codes 

13601. 

CSXT has 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 

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 meet. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment 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 December 3, 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 November 14, 

2005. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by November 23, 

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 the applicant’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, Ball 

Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 

225, Washington, DC 20005. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed an environmental and 

historic report which addresses the 

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by November 8, 2005. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) 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), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by November 3, 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 27, 2005. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

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