Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 58 / Monday, March 27, 1995 / Notices 15789

1The Commission will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Commission in its independent

investigation) cannot be made before the

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible

so that the Commission may take appropriate action

before the exemption’s effective date.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

3The Commission will accept late-filed trail use

requests so long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

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 statements under

49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by April

6, 1995.3 Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by April 17, 1995,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Interstate Commerce

Commission, Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Commission should be sent to

applicant’s representative: Christopher

E. Kaczmarek, 1350 New York Avenue

NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20005–

4797.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

OTVR has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environmental or historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by March 31, 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

becomes 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 20, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. William,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–7443 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Association for Proximity

X-Ray Technology Insertion

Notice is hereby given that, on

December 5, 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’’), the

Association for Proximity X-Ray

Technology Insertion (the

‘‘Association’’) has 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: International Business Machines

Corporation, Armonk, NY; AT&T Corp.,

Basking Ridge, NJ; Motorola Inc.,

Schaumburg, IL; and Loral Federal

Systems Company, Bethesda, MD.

The nature and objective of the

Association is to collaborate on research

and development of proximity X-ray

technology for use in the U.S.

semiconductor industry.

The scope of the Association may

include ‘‘ production of a product,

process of service, as referred to in

section 2(a)(6) (15 U.S.C.

4301(a)(6)(D)).’’ Therefore, pursuant to

Section 6(A)(3) (15 U.S.C. 4305(A)(3))

and section 7 (15 U.S.C. 4306) the

notification further discloses that: (1)

The principal facilities for any

production of a product or process are

located in the United States or its

territories; and (2) each Association

member, and each person who controls

an Association member, is a United

States person as defined in the statute.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 95–7461 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

Notice Pursuant to the National

Cooperative Research and Production

Act of 1993—Water Heater Industry

Joint Research and Development

Consortium

Notice is hereby given that, on

February 28, 1995, pursuant to section

6(a) of the National Cooperative

Research and Production Act of 1993,

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

participants in the Water Heater

Industry Joint Research and

Development Consortium have filled

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 identifies of

the parties are: Bradford White

Corporation, Ambler, PA; GSW Water

Heater Company, Fergus, Ontario

CANADA; Rheem Manufacturing

Company, New York, NY; Sothcorp

USA, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA; and State

Industries, Inc., Ashland City, TN. The

purpose of the cooperative arrangement

is to determine whether a gas,

residential, bottom fired water heater

may be designed or modified to reduce

or prevent the ignition of flammable

vapors in a contained area without

compromising the integrity of the

heater, creating hazards, or violating

existing safety and energy efficiency

standards.

Constance K. Robinson,

Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.

[FR Doc. 95–7462 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–30,797]

Ace Comb Company, a Division of

Goody Products, Inc., Booneville, AR;

Notice of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on March 13, 1955 in response

to a worker petition which was filed on

March 13, 1995 on behalf of workers at

Ace Comb Company (A Division of

Goody Products, Incorporated),

Booneville, Arkansas.

The petitioning group of workers is

subject to an ongoing investigation for

which a determination has not yet been

issued (TA–W–30,777). Consequently,

further investigation in this case would

serve no purpose, and the investigation

has been terminated.