Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 53 / Monday, March 20, 1995 / Notices 14777

1 Contemporaneous with this filing, the

Williamette Valley Railway Company (WVR) filed

a notice of exemption in Williamette Valley

Railway Company—Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—In Marion County, OR, Docket No.

AB–435 (Sub-No. 1X), to discontinue operating on

the 4.71-mile portion of the Geer Branch between

milepost 721.10 at or near the Geer rail station to

milepost 725.81 at or near the Salem rail station.

WVR leased and operated the entire Geer Branch

pursuant to the notice of exemption in Williamette

Valley Railway Company—Acquisition, Lease and

Operation Exemption—Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, Finance Docket No.

32249 (ICC served Mar. 5, 1993).

section 10(a) permits be issued for those

species pursuant to the HCP and IA. In

response to previous comments,

additional conservation, comprised of

the acquisition of approximately 240

acres under the City of Carlsbad’s

Habitat Management Plan, has been

suggested and is being considered. The

240 acres would be purchased within

the habitat corridor between the City of

Carlsbad and the San Dieguito River

Valley to the southeast and will be of

value to the gnatcatcher as habitat or as

connectivity between areas of occupied

habitat. In order to provide for further

consideration of the above, the Service

has re-opened the comment period for

the Fieldstone HCP and associated

documents.

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application and draft EA should be

received on or before April 3, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the

application or adequacy of the EA

should be addressed to Mr. Gail

Kobetich, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 2730 Loker

Avenue West, Carlsbad, California

92008. Please refer to permit No. PRT–

795759 when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

Kobetich or Ken Corey at the above

address, or telephone (619) 431–9440.

Individuals wishing copies of the

application or EA should immediately

contact Ken Corey. Documents also will

be available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A concern

has been raised regarding the

consistency of the HCP with specific

subarea and subregional plans under the

statewide Natural Community

Conservation Program (NCCP) (see page

54208 in 59 FR No. 208). All agencies

and individuals are urged to provide

comments on the proposal, draft EA,

and the NCCP consistency issue. All

comments received by the closing date

will be considered in finalizing NEPA

compliance and permit issuance or

denial.

Dated: March 14, 1995.

Don Weathers,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 95–6772 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Minerals Management Service

Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Gas

and Oil Lease Sales

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: List of restricted joint bidders.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority

vested in the Director of the Minerals

Management Service by the joint

bidding provisions of 30 CFR 256.41,

each entity within one of the following

groups shall be restricted from bidding

with any entity in any other of the

following groups at Outer Continental

Shelf oil and gas lease sales to be held

during the bidding period from May 1,

1995, through October 31, 1995. The

List of Restricted Joint Bidders

published October 5, 1994, in the

Federal Register at 59 FR 50767 covered

the period of November 1, 1994, through

April 30, 1995.

Group I. Exxon Corporation; Exxon

San Joaquin Production Co.

Group II. Shell Oil Co.; Shell Offshore

Inc.; Shell Western E&P Inc.; Shell

Frontier Oil & Gas Inc.; Shell Onshore

Ventures Inc.

Group III. Mobil Oil Corp.; Mobil Oil

Exploration and Producing Southeast

Inc.; Mobil Producing Texas and New

Mexico Inc.; Mobil Exploration and

Producing North America Inc.

Group IV. BP America Inc.; The

Standard Oil Co.; BP Exploration & Oil

Inc.; BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.

Dated: March 13, 1995.

Cynthia Quarterman,

Acting Director, Minerals Management

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–6755 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–M

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

[Finance Docket No. 32611]

Dallas Area Rapid Transit—Acquisition

and Operation Exemption—Certain

Lines of The Atchison, Topeka and

Santa Fe Railway Company

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Commission, pursuant to

49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts from the prior

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

11343–11345 the acquisition and

operation by Dallas Area Rapid Transit

of 11.5 miles of railroad line of The

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Company, subject to the standard labor

protective conditions. The line extends

from approximately milepost 45.5 in

Hale, to the Southern Pacific

Transportation Company’s overhead

crossing at approximately milepost 57.0

in Dallas, Dallas County, TX.

DATES: This exemption will be effective

on April 9, 1995. Petitions to stay must

be filed by March 30, 1995. Petitions to

reopen must be filed by April 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

Finance Docket No. 32611 to: (1) Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

Interstate Commerce Commission, 1201

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20423; and (2) Petitioners’

representative: Kevin M. Sheys,

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, 1020

Nineteenth Street, NW., suite 400,

Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5610. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Commission’s decision. To purchase

a copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: Dynamic

Concepts, Inc., Interstate Commerce

Commission Building, 1201

Constitution Avenue, NW., room 2229,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: March 7, 1995.

By the Commission, Chairman McDonald,

Vice Chairman Morgan, and Commissioners

Simmons and Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6742 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

[Docket No. AB–12 (Sub-No. 183X)]

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Marion County, OR

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company (SPT) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon

the 4.71-mile portion of its Geer Branch

(the Line), extending from milepost

721.10, at or near the Geer rail station,

to milepost 725.81, at or near the Salem

rail station, in Marion County, OR.1 SPT

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