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allowing just 10 days for comment in 

order to expedite resolution of this 

matter. All comments and supporting 

materials received after the closing date 

will also be filed and will be considered 

to the extent possible. When the petition 

is granted or denied, notice of the 

decision will be published in the 

Federal Register pursuant to the 

authority indicated below. 

Comment closing date: December 10, 

2007. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 

Issued on: November 2, 2007. 

Daniel C. Smith 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E7–21903 Filed 11–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Delays in Processing of 

Special Permits Applications 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications Delayed 

more than 180 days. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), 

PHMSA is publishing the following list 

of special permit applications that have 

been in process for 180 days or more. 

The reason(s) for delay and the expected 

completion date for action on each 

application is provided in association 

with each identified application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Special Permits 

and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, East 

Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, Southeast, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, (202) 366–4535. 

Key to ‘‘Reason for Delay’’

1. Awaiting additional information 

from applicant. 

2. Extensive public comment under 

review. 

3. Applicantion is technically 

complex and is of significant impact or 

precedent-setting and requires extensive 

analysis. 

4. Staff review delayed by other 

priority issues or volume of special 

permit applications. 

Meaning of Application Number 

Suffixes 

N—New application. 

M—Modification request. 

PM—Party to application with 

modification request. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 31, 

2007. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

Application No. Applicant Reason for 

delay 

Estimated 

date of 

completion 

Modification to Special Permits 

10481–M ........... M–1 Engineering Limited, Bradford, West Yorkshire ............................................................... 4 11–30–2007 

11579–M ........... Austin Powder Company, Cleveland, OH ................................................................................ 1 12–31–2007 

New Special Permit Applications 

14385–N ........... Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Kansas City, MO ................................................... 4 11–30–2007 

14402–N ........... Lincoln Composites, Lincoln, NE .............................................................................................. 1 12–31–2007 

14436–N ........... BNSF Railway Company, Topeka, KS ..................................................................................... 4 11–30–2007 

14500–N ........... Northwest Respiratory Services, St. Paul, MN ........................................................................ 4 11–30–2007 

14504–N ........... Medis Technologies Ltd., New York, NY ................................................................................. 1 11–30–2007 

14507–N ........... Gulf Coast Hydrostatic Testers, LLC, Denham Springs, LA .................................................... 4 11–30–2007 

14508–N ........... Gulf Coast Hydrostatic Testers, LLC, Denham Springs, LA .................................................... 4 11–30–2007 

[FR Doc. 07–5575 Filed 11–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35081] 

Canadian Pacific Railway Company, et 

al.—Control—Dakota, Minnesota, & 

Eastern Railroad Corp., et al. 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Decision No. 2 in STB Finance 

Docket No. 35081; Notice of Receipt of 

Prefiling Notification. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (Board) has reviewed the 

submission filed October 5, 2007, by 

Canadian Pacific Railway Corporation 

(CPRC), Soo Line Holding Company, a 

Delaware Corporation and indirect 

subsidiary of CPRC (Soo Holding), 

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad 

Corporation (DM&E), and Iowa, Chicago 

& Eastern Railroad Corporation, a 

wholly owned rail subsidiary of DM&E 

(IC&E). The submission is styled as an 

application seeking Board approval 

under 49 U.S.C. 11321–26 of the 

acquisition of control of DM&E and 

IC&E by Soo Holding (and, indirectly, 

by CPRC). This proposal is referred to as 

the ‘‘transaction,’’ and, for ease, CPRC, 

Soo Holding, DM&E, and IC&E are 

referred to collectively as ‘‘Applicants.’’

The Board finds that the transaction 

would be a ‘‘significant transaction’’

under 49 CFR 1180.2(b). The Board’s 

rules at 49 CFR 1180.4(b) require that 

applicants give notice 2 to 4 months 

prior to the filing of an application in a 

‘‘significant’’ transaction. Because 

Applicants did not file the required 

prefiling notification before their 

October 5 submission seeking Board 

approval of this ‘‘significant’’

transaction, and did not pay the filing 

fee for a ‘‘significant’’ transaction, their 

submission cannot be treated as an 

application at this time. The Board will, 

however, consider the October 5 

submission a prefiling notification and 

publish notice of it in the Federal 

Register, which has the effect of 

permitting Applicants to perfect their 

application, and provide any 


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