Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 22, 1995 / Notices 15161

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 this

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.

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 April 21,

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 April 3,

1995. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by April 11, 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: Sarah J.

Whitley, 3800 Continental Plaza, 777

Main St., Fort Worth, TX 76102–5384.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

BN has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environmental and

historic resources. The Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by March 27, 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: March 16, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–7054 Filed 3–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

[Finance Docket No. 32433]

Chicago & North Western Railway

Co.—Construction Exemption—

Douglas County, Wisconsin

The Chicago & North Western Railway

Co. (CNW) has petitioned the Interstate

Commerce Commission (Commission)

for authority to construct and operate a

2,900-foot rail line extension which

would provide CNW with access to the

Midwest Energy Resources Company

coal dock facility in Superior,

Wisconsin. The Commission’s Section

of Environmental Analysis (SEA) has

prepared an Environmental Assessment

(EA) for this project. Based on the

information provided and the

environmental analysis conducted to

date, this EA concludes that this

proposal should not significantly affect

the quality of the human environment if

the recommended mitigation measures

set forth in the EA are implemented.

Accordingly, SEA preliminarily

recommends that the Commission

impose on any decision approving the

proposed construction and operation

conditions requiring CNW to implement

the mitigation contained in the EA.

The EA will be served on all parties

of record as well as all appropriate

Federal, state and local officials and will

be made available to the public upon

request. SEA will consider all comments

received in response to the EA in

making final environmental

recommendations to the Commission.

The Commission will then consider

SEA’s final recommendations and the

environmental record in making its final

decision in this proceeding.

Comments (an original and 10 copies)

and any questions regarding this

Environmental Assessment should be

filed with the Commission’s Section of

Environmental Analysis, Office of

Economic and Environmental Analysis,

Room 3219, Interstate Commerce

Commission, Washington, DC 20423, to

the attention of Dana White (202) 927–

6214. Requests for copies of the EA

should also be directed to Ms. White.

Date made available to the public:

March 22, 1995.

Comment due date: April 21, 1995.

By the Commission, Elaine K. Kaiser,

Chief, Section of Environmental Analysis,

Office of Economic and Environmental

Analysis.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6898 Filed 3–21–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

[INS No. 1626ROD–94]

Record of Decision for the Program of

Protecting the Southwest Border

Through the Interdiction of Illegal

Drugs With the Support of Joint Task

Force Six

AGENCY: The Immigration and

Naturalization Service, Department of

Justice (lead); Joint Task Force Six,

Department of Defense (cooperating);

and Environmental Protection Agency

(cooperating).

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

record of decision.

SUMMARY: This Notice is to announce

that the Record of Decision (ROD) for

the continuation of the Joint Task Force

Six (JTF–6) activities along the United

States (U.S.)/Mexico border, jointly

signed by JTF–6 and the Immigration

and Naturalization Service (INS), is

available.

The JTF–6 program involves

providing operational, engineering, and

general support to law enforcement

agencies (LEAs) that have drug

interdiction responsibilities within the

southwestern border states. The JTF–6’s

primary area of concern is within a 50-

mile-wide corridor along the U.S./

Mexico border from Port Arthur, Texas,

to San Diego, California.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are

available upon written request to either

of the following addresses:

1. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort

Worth District, CESWF–PL–RE,

P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street,

Fort Worth, Texas 76102–0300.

2. Immigration and Naturalization

Service, 425 I Street NW, Facilities

Branch (Room 2003), Washington,

DC 20536.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Authority

This Notice of Availability (NOA) is

being issued in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA), Public Law 91–190, and

Regulations for Implementing the

Procedural Provisions of NEPA, 40 CFR

1500–1508.