63726 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 238 / Tuesday, December 12, 1995 / Notices

1Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad

must file a verified notice with the Commission at

least 50 days before the abandonment or

discontinuance is to be consummated. The

applicants, in their verified notice, indicated a

proposed consummation date of January 3, 1996.

Because the verified notice was not filed until

November 22, 1995, consummation should not have

been proposed to take place before January 11,

1996. Applicants’ representatives have

subsequently agreed that the proposed

consummation date is January 11, 1996.

2A stay will be issued routinely by the

Commission in those proceedings where an

informed decision on environmental issues

(whether raised by a party or by the Commission’s

Section of Environmental Analysis in its

independent investigation) cannot be made before

the effective date of this notice of exemption. See

Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d

377 (1989). Any entity seeking a stay involving

environmental concerns is encouraged to file its

request as soon as possible in order to permit the

Commission to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

4The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

5 Legislation to terminate the Commission on

December 31, 1995, is now pending enactment.

Until further notice, parties submitting pleadings

should continue to use the current name and

address.

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20004.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, any employees adversely

affected by the trackage rights will be

protected pursuant to Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

Decided: December 4, 1995.

By the Commission, Joseph H. Dettmar,

Acting Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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[Docket Nos. AB–364 (Sub-No. 2X) and AB–

3 (Sub-No. 125X)]

Texas Northeastern Division, MidMichigan Railroad, Inc.;

Discontinuance of Service Exemption;

in Lamar and Red River Counties, TX;

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company;

Abandonment Exemption; in Lamar

and Red River Counties, TX

Texas Northeastern Division, MidMichigan Railroad, Inc. (TNER), and

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

(MP) have filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—

Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances for TNER to

discontinue service over and MP to

abandon 29.1 miles of rail line

extending from Clarksville (milepost

61.5) to Paris (milepost 90.6), in Lamar

and Red River Counties, TX.1

TNER and MP certify that: (1) No

local traffic has moved over the line for

at least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic

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

Commission or with any U.S. District

Court or has been decided in favor of

the 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 met.

As a condition to use of this

exemption, 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. 10505(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 January

11, 1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. 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 4 must be filed by

December 22, 1995. Petitions to reopen

or requests for public use conditions

under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by

January 2, 1996, with: Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch,

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Washington, DC 20423.5

A copy of any pleading filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representatives: Michael W.

Blaszak, Texas Northeastern Division,

Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc., 211 South

Leitch Avenue, LaGrange, IL 60525–

2162; and Joseph D. Anthofer, Union

Pacific Railroad Co., 1416 Dodge Street,

Omaha, NE 68179.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

TNER and MP have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment and

discontinuance, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by December 15, 1995.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser, Chief of SEA, at (202)

927–6248. Comments on environmental

and historic preservation matters must

be filed within 15 days after the EA is

available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Decided: December 6, 1995.

By the Commission, David M.

Konschnik, Director, Office of

Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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JUDICIAL CONFERNECE OF THE

UNITED STATES

Meeting of the Judicial Conference

Committee on Rules of Practice and

Procedure

AGENCY: Judicial Conference of the

United States Committee on Rules of

Practice and Procedure.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Committee on Rules of

Practice and Procedure will meet on

January 10, at 7 p.m., and on January 11

and 12, at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will be

open to public observation but not

participation.

DATES: January 10–12, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The Ritz-Carlton, Marina

del Rey, 4375 Admiralty Way, Marina

del Rey, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John K. Rabiej, Chief, Rules Committee

Support Office, Administrative Office of

the United States Courts, Washington,

DC 20544, telephone (202) 273–1820.

Dated: December 6, 1995.

John K. Rabiej,

Chief, Rules Committee Support Office.

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