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2 A 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 the 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 this

Commission to review and act on the request before

the effective date of this exemption.

3 See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

4 The Commission will accept a late-filed trail

use request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do

so.

1 WVR was authorized to lease from SP and

operate approximate 72.37 miles of rail line,

including this line segment, in Willamette Valley

Railway Company—Acquisition, Lease and

Operation Exemption—Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, Finance Docket No.

32249 (ICC served Mar. 5, 1993). The lease

transaction was consummated on February 22,

1993, as noted in SP’s simultaneously filed notice

of exemption to abandon this same line segment.

See Southern Pacific Transportation Company—

Abandonment Exemption—In Marion County, OR,

Docket No. AB–12 (Sub-No. 183X).

2 A stay will be issued routinely 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 grounds is encouraged to file

promptly so that the Commission may act on the

request before the effective date.

3 See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

4 Requests for trail use/rail banking or public use

conditions will be considered in SP’s related

abandonment notice of exemption in Docket No.

AB–12 (Sub-No. 183X).

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 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 April 19,

1995, 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 March

30, 1995. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by April 10, 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: Gary A.

Laakso, Southern Pacific Building, One

Market Plaza, Room 846, San Francisco,

CA 94105.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

SPT has filed an environmental report

which addresses the effects of the

abandonment, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Commission’s Section of Environmental

Analysis (SEA) will issue an

environmental assessment (EA) by

March 24, 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 14, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6886 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–435 (Sub-No. 1X)]

Willamette Valley Railway Company—

Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—in Marion County, OR

Willamette Valley Railway Company

(WVR) has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments and Discontinuances of

Service and Trackage Rights to

discontinue service over approximately

4.71 miles of rail line owned by

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company (SP) extending between

milepost 721.10 at or near Geer rail

station and milepost 725.81 at or near

Salem rail station, in Marion County,

OR.1

WVR has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) all overhead traffic has

been rerouted; (3) no formal complaint

filed by a user of rail service on the line

(or 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 1105.12 (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 affected by

the discontinuance of service 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 has been received, this

exemption will be effective on April 19,

1995 (unless stayed pending

reconsideration). Petitions to stay that

do not involve environmental issues,2

and formal expressions of intent to file

offers of financial assistance under 49

CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 must be filed by

March 30, 1995. Petitions to reopen

must be filed by April 10, 1995, with:

Office of the Secretary, Case Control

Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, Washington, DC 20423.4

A copy of any petition filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: Fritz R.

Kahn, Suite 750 West, 1100 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005–

3934.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, use of

the exemption is void ab initio.

SP has filed an environmental report

in Docket No. AB–12 (Sub-No. 183X)

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environment or

historic resources. WVR has adopted

SP’s environmental report here. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by March 24, 1995.
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Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA from SEA by writing to it at

(Room 3219, Interstate Commerce

Commission, Washington, DC 20423) or

by calling Elaine Kaiser, Chief, SEA at

(202) 927–6248. Comments on

environmental and historic preservation

matters must be filed within 15 days

after the EA becomes available to the

public.

Environmental and historic

preservation, public use, or trail use/rail

banking conditions will be imposed,

where appropriate, in a subsequent

decision in Docket No. AB–12 (Sub-No.

183X).

Decided: March 14, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–6887 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Cable Television

Laboratories, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

September 26, 1994, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Cable

Television Laboratories, Inc.

(‘‘CableLabs’’) filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing: (1) The

identities of the parties and (2) the

nature and objectives of the venture.

The notifications were filed for the

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions

limiting the recovery of antitrust

plaintiffs to actual damages under

specified circumstances. Pursuant to

Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of

the parties are CableLabs, Louisville, CO

and: Adelphia Communications

Corporation, Coudersport, PA; ALLTEL

Service Corporation, Little Rock, AR;

Apollo Cablevision, Inc., Cerritos, CA;

Armstrong Utilities, Inc., Butler, PA;

Avenue TV Cable Service, Inc., Ventura,

CA; Barden Communications, Inc.,

Detroit, MI; Benchmark

Communications, Sterling, VA; Bend

Cable Communications, Inc., Eugene,

OR; Bresnan Communications

Company, White Plains, NY; Buckeye

Cablevision, Inc., Toledo, OH; Buford

Television, Inc., Dallas, TX; Bluffton

Cablevision, Ltd., Bluffton, SC; Cable

America Corp., Phoenix, AZ; Cable de

Tula, S.A. de C.V., Col Juarez, DF,

Mexico; Cable TV, Inc., Hazleton, PA;

Cablevision Industries Corp., Liberty,

NY; Cablevision Systems Corporation,

Woodbury, NY; CF Cable TV Inc.,

Montreal, PQ, Canada; Chambers

Communications Corp., Eugene, OR;

Classic Communications Ltd.,

Richmond Hill, ON, Canada; Coaxial

Communications, Columbus, Ohio;

Cogeco Inc., Montreal, PQ Canada;

Colony Communications, Inc.,

Providence, RI; Comcast Corporation,

Philadelphia, PA; Continental

Cablevision, Inc., Boston, MA; Cox

Cable Communications, Inc., Atlanta,

GA; Cross Country Cable, Inc., Warren,

NJ; Crown Media, Inc., Dallas, TX; C–

TEC Cable Systems, Dallas, PA; CUC

Broadcasting Limited, Scarborough, ON,

Canada; Douglas Communications

Corporation II, Ridgewood, NJ; Duhanel

Cable, Rapid City, SD; Fairmont Cable

TV, Rochester, MN; Fundy Cable Ltd./

Ltee, St. John, NB, Canada; Greater

Media, Inc., East Brunswick, NJ; Guam

Cable TV, Agana, Guam; Helicon Corp.,

Englewood Cliffs, NJ; Higgins Lake

Cable, Inc., Iron Mountain, MI; Hornell

Television Service, Inc., Hornell, NY;

Insight Communications Company, New

York, NY; InterMedia Partners, San

Francisco, CA; ITC, Bala Cynwyd, PA;

Jones Intercable, Inc., Englewood, CO;

Lenfest Group (The), Pottstown, PA;

Maclean Hunter Cable TV, Etobicoke,

ON, Canada; Monmouth Cablevision

Associate, Falls Church, VA;

Multimedia Cablevision, Inc., Wichita,

KS; New Heritage Associates, Des

Moines, IA; Newhouse Broadcasting

Corporation, Syracuse, NY; News, Press

& Gazette Co. (The), St. Joseph, MO;

North Star Cable, Inc., Kingston, WA;

Northern Cablevision Ltd., Edmonton,

AB, Canada; Paradigm Communications,

Inc., Greenwich, CT; Post-Newsweek

Cable, Inc., Phoenix, AZ; Prestige Cable

TV of Maryland, Inc., Cartersville, GA;

Prime Cable, Alutin, TX; Princetown

Cable Company, Schenectady, NY:

Regina Cablevision Cooperative, Regina,

SK, Canada; Rock Associates, Kirkland,

WA; Rogers Cable TV Limited, Toronto,

ON, Canada; Sammons

Communications, Inc., Dallas, TX;

Scripps Howard Cable Company,

Cincinnati, OH; Shaw Communications

Inc., Edmonton, AB, Canada;

Susquehanna Cable Co., York, PA; TeleCommunications, Inc., Englewood, CO;

Tele-Media Corporation, Pleasant Gap,

PA; TeleCable Corporation, Norfolk, VA;

Time Warner Cable, Stamford, CT;

Times Mirror Cable Television, Irvine,

CA; TKR Cable Company, Warren, NJ;

Valley Cable TV Inc., Fort Valley, GA;

Viacom International, Inc. (Cable

Division), Pleasanton, CA; Videotron

Ltee, Montreal, PQ, Canada; Western

Co-Axial Ltd., Hamilton, ON, Canada;

WinDBreak Cable, Gering, NE; World

Company (The), Fort Collins, CO.

The area of planned activity is

researching and developing

specifications for equipment that will

enable cable television systems to

deliver telecommunications services to

customers via a hybrid fiber/coax

network architecture.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 95–6737 Filed 3–17–95; 8:45 am]

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Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993; Financial Services

Technology Consortium, Inc.

Notice is hereby given that, on

November 22, 1994, pursuant to Section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),

Financial Services Technology

Consortium, Inc. (the ‘‘Consortium’’) has

filed written notifications

simultaneously with the Attorney

General and the Federal Trade

Commission disclosing changes in its

membership. The notifications were

filed for the purpose of extending the

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages

under specified circumstances.

Specifically, the new Principal Member

of the Consortium is: Banc One Services

Corporation, Columbus, OH. The

following parties were admitted as

Associate Members of the Consortium:

Motorola, Schaumburg, IL; American

Express TRS Co., Inc., Salt Lake City,

UT; Visa International, San Francisco,

CA; Proprietary and Financial Products,

Inc., Charleston, SC; Bank of Montreal,

Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; OKI

Advanced Products Division,

Marlborough, MA; and IBM

Corporation, New York, NY.

No other changes have been made in

either the membership or planned

activity of the Consortium. Membership

remains open, and the Consortium

intends to file additional written

notifications disclosing all changes in

membership.

On October 21, 1993, the Consortium

filed its original notification pursuant to

Section 6(a) of the Act. The Department

of Justice published a notice in the

Federal Register pursuant to Section

6(b) of the Act on December 14, 1993

(58 Fed. Reg. 65399).

The last notification was filed with

the Department on August 15, 1994. A