Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 33 / Friday, February 17, 1995 / Notices 9397

1A 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 prior to

the effective date of the notice of exemption. See

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

377 (1989). Any entity seeking a stay on

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.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

3The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

the Commission’s investigations and of

a public hearing to be held in

connection therewith was given by

posting copies of the notice in the Office

of the Secretary, U.S. International

Trade Commission, Washington, DC,

and by publishing the notice in the

Federal Register of September 8, 1994

(59 FR 46448). The hearing was held in

Washington, DC, on December 15, 1994,

and all persons who requested the

opportunity were permitted to appear in

person or by counsel.

The Commission transmitted its

determinations in these investigations to

the Secretary of Commerce on February

10, 1995. The views of the Commission

are contained in USITC Publication

2856 (February 1995), entitled

‘‘Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India,

Japan, and Spain: Investigations Nos.

731–TA–678–679 and 681–682 (Final).’’

Issued: February 10, 1995.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–4014 Filed 2–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

Availability of Environmental

Assessments

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4332, the

Commission has prepared and made

available environmental assessments for

the proceedings listed below. Dates

environmental assessments are available

are listed below for each individual

proceeding.

To obtain copies of these

environmental assessments contact Ms.

Tawanna Glover-Sanders, Interstate

Commerce Commission, Section of

Environmental Analysis, Room 3219,

Washington, DC 20423, (202) 927–6203.

Comments on the following

assessment are due 15 days after the

date of availability:

AB–290 (Sub-No. 157X), Norfolk

Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment—Between Alston and

Prosperity, South Carolina. EA available

2/3/95.

AB–101 (Sub-No. 11X), Duluth,

Missabe and Iron Range Railroad

Company—Abandonment in St. Louis

County, MN. EA available 2/3/95.

AB–43 (SUB-NO. 167X), Illinois

Central Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in St.

Tammany Parish and Washington

Parish, LA. EA available 2/10/95.

AB–55 (Sub-No. 81X), The Atchison,

Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company

Exempt Abandonment of 1.6 Miles of

Right-of-Way at Arkansas City Cowley

County, Kansas. EA available 2/10/95.

Comments on the following assessment

are due 30 days after the date of

availability:

AB–167 (SUB-NO. 1145X),

Consolidated Rail Corporation—

Abandonment Exemption—In

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. EA

available 2/6/95.

AB–433, Idaho Northern & Pacific

Railroad Company—Abandonment—In

Wallowa and Union Counties, Oregon.

EA available 2/8/95.

AB–55 (Sub-No. 497X), CSX

Transportation, Inc.—Abandonment in

Allegany County, MD and Mineral

County, WV. EA available 1/31/95.

AB–427X, Crystal City Railroad,

Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—

between west of Gardendale and Crystal

City and between Crystal City and

Carrizo Springs, in LaSalle, Zavala and

Dimmit Counties, TX; and

AB–428X, Texas Railroad Switching,

Inc.—Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—between west of

Gardendale and Crystal City and

between Crystal City and Carrizo

Springs, in LaSalle, Zavala and Dimmit

Counties. EA available 2/10/95.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–4031 Filed 2–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

[Docket No. AB–01 (Sub-No. 12X)]

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range

Railway Company—Abandonment

Exemption—St. Louis County, MN

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range

Railway Company (DM&IR) has filed a

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon its 2.3-mile Missabe Division,

Chisolm Branch, extending between

milepost 3.1 and the end of the line at

milepost 4.7, at Chisolm in St. Louis

County, MN.

DM&IR 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; (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 (service of environmental

report on agencies), 49 CFR 1105.8

(service of historic report on State

Historic Preservation Officer), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (service of verified

notice on governmental agencies) have

been met.

As a condition to use of 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. 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 March

19, 1995, 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 3 must be filed by February

27, 1995. Petitions to reopen or request

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by March 9, 1995,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any pleading filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: Robert J.

Koch, 135 Jamison Lane, P.O. Box 68,

Monroeville, PA 15146.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

Applicant has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by February 22, 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