1262 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 4 / Monday, January 7, 2008 / Notices 

1Although CS&E has indicated an effective date 

of January 21, 2008, the earliest this transaction 

may be consummated is February 6, 2008. See 49 

CFR 1152.50(d)(2). Staff has informed CS&E’s 

attorney of this discrepancy. 

2The 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. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

4CS&E states in its notice that it ‘‘has leased, and 

is in the process of selling, the property on which 

the line is located to the City of Colorado Springs 

for a public recreation hike/bike trail.’’ CS&E is 

reminded that any such action cannot take place 

prior to the effectiveness of this exemption, 

including the completion of the OFA process and 

the handling of any requests for public use or trail 

use. 

alternatives to be studied in the Draft 

EIS. To ensure that the full range of 

issues related to this proposed action 

are addressed and all significant issues 

identified, comments and suggestions 

are invited from all interested parties. 

Comments or questions concerning this 

proposed action and the EIS should be 

directed to the FHWA at the address 

provided above. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Dated: Issued on: December 28, 2007. 

Cheryl B. Martin, 

Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway 

Administration, St. Paul, Minnesota. 

[FR Doc. 07–6302 Filed 1–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

TIME AND DATE: January 14, 2008, 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m., and January 15, 2008, 8 a.m. 

to 12 p.m., Eastern Standard Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place at 

the Belleview Biltmore, 25 Belleview 

Boulevard, Clearwater, Florida 33756. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board 

of Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: December 27, 2007. 

William A. Quade, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement and 

Program Delivery. 

[FR Doc. 08–19 Filed 1–3–08; 12:20 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–1007X] 

Colorado Springs & Eastern Railroad 

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in El Paso County, CO 

Colorado Springs & Eastern Railroad 

Company (CS&E) has filed a notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

3.3-mile line of railroad between 

milepost 602.70 and milepost 599.40, in 

Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO. 

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Codes 80901, 80903, 80904, 

80905, 80906, 80907, 80908, 80909, 

80910, and 80911. 

CS&E 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 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 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 February 

6, 2008, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration.1 Petitions to stay that 

do not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by January 

17, 2008. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by January 28, 

2008, with: Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001.4

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CS&E’s 

representative: Monica Kadrmas, Moye 

White LLP, 1400 16th Street, 6th Floor, 

Denver, CO 80202. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CS&E has filed environmental and 

historic reports which address the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by January 11, 2008. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

[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), CS&E 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 

CS&E’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by January 7, 2009, 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: January 2, 2008. 


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