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2A 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.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

4The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

1C&NW states that the involved line segment is

an unused industrial spur and that the track was

formerly part of a longer C&NW line. It cites The

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Company—Abandonment Exemption—In Lyon

County, KS, Docket No. AB–52 (Sub-No. 71X) (ICC

served June 17, 1991) for the proposition that

Commission approval is required for abandonment

of the track because of its prior main line status.

2A 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.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

4The Commission will accept a late-filed trail use

request as long as it retains jurisdiction to do so.

Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on May 18,

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 April 28,

1995. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by May 8, 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 T.

Opal, 165 North Canal St., Chicago, IL

60606–1551.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

C&NW 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 April 21, 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: April 11, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9550 Filed 4–17–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–1 (Sub-No. 258X)]

Chicago and North Western Railway

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Dane County, WI

Chicago and North Western Railway

Company (C&NW) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon

approximately 2,100 feet of its line of

railroad known as the Central Soya Spur

extending from milepost 89.9 to a point

1,320 feet west of McKee Road near

Madison, in Dane County, WI.1

C&NW 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 May 18,

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 April 28,

1995. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by May 8, 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 T.

Opal, Senior Commerce Counsel,

Chicago and North Western Railway

Company, 165 North Canal Street,

Chicago, IL 60606–1551.

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 April 21, 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: April 11, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9551 Filed 4–17–95; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–383 (Sub-No. 2X)]

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.—

Discontinuance of Operations

Exemption—Dodge County, WI [Docket

No. AB–343 (Sub-No. 3X)] Wisconsin

Department of Transportation—

Abandonment Exemption—Dodge

County, WI

On the Commission’s own motion,

Docket No. AB–383 (Sub-No. 2X) is
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1WisDOT acquired the involved line, among

others, under § 5(b)(2) of the Milwaukee Railroad

Restructuring Act in State of Wisconsin—

Acquisition of Certain Lines of Chicago, Milwaukee,

St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, Finance

Docket No. 29237 (ICC served Feb. 1, 1980). WSOR

was authorized to operate the involved line, among

others, in Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co.—

Operation—Of a Line of Railroad in Dodge, Fond

du Lac, Green Lake, Columbia, Milwaukee,

Washington, Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties,

WI, Finance Docket No. 29375, et al. (ICC served

Nov. 5, 1980).

WSOR initiated this proceeding on April 18,

1994, by filing a verified notice under the

Commission’s class exemption procedure at 49 CFR

Part 1152, Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances to abandon the involved line.

WSOR’s notice was rejected because the only entity

that lawfully could abandon the line was WisDOT,

which owned the line and had a residual common

carrier obligation with respect thereto. Wisconsin &

Southern Railroad Co.—Abandonment

Exemption—In Dodge County, WI, Docket No. AB383 (Sub-No. 2X) (ICC served June 22, 1994).

On February 7, 1995, WisDOT tendered a petition

under 49 U.S.C. 10505 for an exemption from

Subtitle IV of Title 49 of the United States Code to

abandon the involved line. By letter filed April 6,

1995, WSOR requests permission to participate for

the purpose of exempting its discontinuance of

operations over the involved line. The WisDOT

pleading is accepted for filing as a verified notice

under the class exemption. The involved line

qualifies for treatment under those rules.

Because WisDOT proposes to abandon the

involved line, the only exemption it requires is

from 49 U.S.C. 10903. Lines such as the Beaver Dam

Loop that have been out of service for 2 years or

more have been exempted from 49 U.S.C. 10903 by

rule in Subpart F. The exemption is invoked by

filing a notice. WisDOT’s filing meets all of the

requirements of such a notice. Adequate notice to

government agencies and to the public has already

been provided by WSOR. An exemption from

Subtitle IV would be appropriate if WisDOT would

be subject to any other provision of the Interstate

Commerce Act in the future, but that is not the case.

WisDOT reiterates its belief that it is not subject to

the Commission’s jurisdiction, but notes that it is

not seeking a rehearing of that issue but rather an

exemption for abandonment of the line.

2The 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.

3See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

4The 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.

reopened for the purpose of exempting

Wisconsin Department of

Transportation’s (WisDOT)

abandonment of, and Wisconsin &

Southern Railroad Co.’s (WSOR)

discontinuance of service over, the 1.3-

mile Beaver Dam Loop between

mileposts 149.0 and 150.3 in Beaver

Dam, Dodge County, WI.1

WisDOT and WSOR certify that: (1)

No local traffic has moved over the line

for at least 2 years; (2) any overhead

traffic on the line can 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 complainant’s favor within

the last 2 years; and (4) the requirements

at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental

report), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report),

49 CFR 1105.11 and 1152.50(d)(1)

(notice to government agencies), and 49

CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication)

have been met.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employee adversely affected by the

abandonment and discontinuance shall

be protected under Oregon Short Line R.

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C.

91 (1979). To address whether

employees are adequately protected, a

petition for partial revocation under 49

U.S.C. 10505(d) must be filed.

This exemption will be effective May

18, 1995, unless stayed or a statement of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) is filed. Petitions to

stay that do not involve environmental

issues,2 statements of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.294 must be filed by April 28,

1995. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by May 8, 1995.

An original and 10 copies of any such

filing must be sent to the Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch,

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, one

copy must be served on Allyn Lepeska,

Wisconsin Department of

Transportation, Office of General

Counsel, Room 115 B, P.O. Box 7910,

Madison, WI 53707, and Robert A.

Wimbish, REA, CROSS &

AUCHINCLOSS, Suite 420, 1920 N

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

The Commission’s Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) issued an

environmental assessment of

abandonment of the involved line on

May 9, 1994. A copy of the EA may be

obtained by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Interstate Commerce Commission,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser 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: April 11, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9546 Filed 4–17–95; 8:45 am]

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Release of Waybill Data

The Commission has received a

request from Illinois Central Railroad

(IC) for permission to use certain data

from the 1993 I.C.C. Waybill Sample. A

copy of the request (WB472–4/06/95)

may be obtained from the I.C.C. Office

of Economic and Environmental

Analysis.

The waybill sample contains

confidential railroad and shipper data;

therefore, if any parties object to this

request, they should file their objections

with the Director of the Commission’s

Office of Economic and Environmental

Analysis within 14 calendar days of the

date of this notice. The rules for release

of waybill data are codified at 49 CFR

1244.8.

Contact: James A. Nash, (202) 927–

6196.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9549 Filed 4–17–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Information Collections Under Review

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) has been sent the following

collection(s) of information proposals

for review under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 USC

Chapter 35) and the Paperwork

Reduction Reauthorization Act since the

last list was published. Entries are

grouped into submission categories,

with each entry containing the

following information:

(1) The title of the form/collection;

(2) The agency form number, if any,

and the applicable component of the

Department sponsoring the collection.

(3) Who will be asked or required to

respond, as well as a brief abstract;

(4) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond;

(5) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection; and,

(6) An indication as to whether

Section 3504(h) of Public Law 96–511

applies.

Comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in this