Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 1995 / Notices 19081

Agenda topics include:

1. Discussion of the 39-mile planning

team meeting held in O’Neill, Nebraska

on March 29–31, 1995.

2. Corps of Engineers discussion of

the sedimentation study of the Niobrara

River.

3. The opportunity for public

comment and proposed agenda, date,

and time, of the next Advisory Group

meeting.

The meeting is open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral/

written presentation to the Commission

or file written statements. Requests for

time for making presentations may be

made to the Superintendent prior to the

meeting or to the Chair at the beginning

of the meeting. In order to accomplish

the agenda for the meeting, the Chair

may want to limit or schedule public

presentations.

The meeting will be recorded for

documentation and a summary in the

form of minutes will be transcribed for

dissemination. Minutes of the meeting

will be made available to the public

after approval by the Commission

members. Copies of the minutes may be

requested by contacting the

Superintendent. An audio tape of the

meeting will be available at the

headquarters office of the Niobrara/

Missouri National Scenic Riverways in

O’Neill, Nebraska.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Advisory Group was established by the

law that established the Missouri

National Recreational River, Public Law

102–50. The purpose of the group,

according to its charter, is to advise the

Secretary of the Interior on matters

pertaining to the development of a

management plan, and management and

operation of the Recreational River. The

Missouri National Recreational River is

the 39-mile free flowing segment of the

Missouri from Fort Randall Dam to the

vicinity of Springfield in South Dakota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Warren Hill, Superintendent, Niobrara/

Missouri National Scenic Riverways,

P.O. Box 591, O’Neill, Nebraska 68763–

0591, 402–336–3970.

Dated: April 5, 1995.

William W. Schenk,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 95–9293 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND

WATER COMMISSION, UNITED

STATES AND MEXICO

Finding of no Significant Impact for

Quisto Energy Corp.

AGENCY: United States Section,

International Boundary and Water

Commission, United States and Mexico.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Based on an environmental

assessment prepared by Quisto Energy

Corporation (Quisto) to construct,

operate, and maintain a gas well located

on the Main Floodway of the Lower Rio

Grande Flood Control Project (LRGFCP),

the United States Section, International

Boundary and Water Commission,

United States and Mexico (USIBWC)

finds that the proposed action to issue

a license to Quisto for such works is not

a major federal action that would have

a significant adverse effect on the

quality of the human environment.

Therefore, pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Final

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through

1508); and the U.S. Section’s

Operational Procedures for

Implementing Section 102 of NEPA,

published in the Federal Register

September 2, 1981 (46 FR 44083–

44094); the USIBWC hereby gives notice

that an environmental impact statement

will not be prepared for the proposed

action.

ADDRESSES: Mr. Yusuf E. Farran,

Division Engineer, Environmental

Management Division, International

Boundary and Water Commission,

United States and Mexico, United States

Section, 4171 North Mesa Street, C–310,

El Paso, Texas 79902–1441. Telephone:

915/534–6704.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposed Action

The action proposed is for the

USIBWC to issue a license to Quisto to

construct, operate, and maintain a gas

well and install related features within

Smith-Coates Well #1 Drilling Unit on

Lot 2, Block 15 of John Closer

Subdivision, Hidalgo County, Texas.

The gas well is proposed to be located

on privately owned land within the

Main Floodway of the USIBWC LRGFCP

approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles)

south of Pharr. Access to the drilling

site is by way of existing county and

private roads and a proposed 274-meter

(900-foot) long road.

Alternatives Considered

Three alternatives were considered in

the Environmental Assessment (EA):

The Proposed Action Alternative is

for Quisto to construct, operate, and

maintain a gas well in a cultivated field

within the Main Floodway of the

USIBWC LRGFCP. This proposed action

will require the USIBWC to issue a

license to ensure that such works do not

cause an obstruction to flood flows

within the floodway or interfere with

the operation and maintenance of the

LRGFCP.

The No Action Alternative is for

Quisto to not construct, operate, and

maintain a gas well within the Main

Floodway of the LRGFCP. The no action

alternative will not require the USIBWC

to issue a license since no work will be

done within the LRGFCP. The no action

alternative will result in the denial of

access to the mineral owner to rightfully

owned minerals, loss of tax revenues to

the State of Texas, and result in an

unrecoverable clean energy source.

The Directional Well Alternative is for

Quisto to drill a well from outside the

Main Floodway to a depth below the

proposed surface location. The

directional well alternative will not

require the USIBWC to issue a license

since no work will be done within the

LRGFCP. The directional well

alternative is considered not workable

because of technical problems

associated with a bottomhole location

some 305 meters (1,000 feet) or more

from the surface location and subsurface

geological hazards endemic to the area.

Environmental Assessment

The USIBWC received from Quisto a

completed Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the proposed gas well and

related features. The EA is currently

available for review and comment.

Finding of the Environmental

Assessment

The EA finds that the proposed action

for Quisto to construct, operate, and

maintain a gas well within the Main

Floodway of the USIBWC LRGFCP (and

the USIBWC to issue a license for such

work) does not constitute a major

federal action which would cause a

significant local, regional, or national

adverse impact on the environment

based on the following facts:

1. The United States Army Corps of

Engineers has determined that no waters

of the United States including wetlands

will be impacted by the proposed gas

well and related features.

2. The United States Fish and Wildlife

Service has determined that federally

listed endangered or threatened species
19082 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 72 / Friday, April 14, 1995 / Notices

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 the

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.

are unlikely to be adversely affected by

the proposed gas well and related

features.

3. The Texas Historical Commission

has determined that no survey is

required and the project may proceed.

4. The USIBWC has determined that

the proposed gas well and related

features will have no significant effect

upon the flood carrying capacity of the

Main Floodway.

On the basis of the Quisto EA, the

USIBWC has determined that an

environmental impact statement is not

required for the issuance of a license to

Quisto to construct, operate, and

maintain a gas well and install related

features within the Main Floodway of

the USIBWC LRGFCP and hereby

provides notice of a finding of no

significant impact (FONSI). An

environmental impact statement will

not be prepared unless additional

information which may affect this

decision is brought to our attention

within the thirty (30) days of the date of

this Notice. A limited number of copies

of the EA and FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address.

Dated: April 3, 1995.

Suzette Zaboroski,

Staff Counsel.

[FR Doc. 95–9209 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–03–M

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMMISSION

[Docket No. AB–1 (Sub-No. 259X)]

Chicago and North Western Railway

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Goodhue County, MN

Chicago and North Western Railway

Company (CNW) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

0.3-mile line of railroad, known as the

Cannon Falls, MN Spur, between

milepost 73.4 and milepost 73.7, near

Cannon Falls, in Goodhue County, MN.

CNW 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 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 report), 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 May 17,

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 27,

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, 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.

CNW 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 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 4, 1995.

By the Commission, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–9228 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7035–01–P

[Finance Docket No. 32677]

Penske Dedicated Logistics

Corporation—Control Exemption—

Leaseway Transportation Corporation

and Its Carrier Subsidiaries

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10505, the

Commission exempts from the

regulatory requirements of 49 U.S.C.

11343 et seq., the acquisition and

control of Leaseway Transportation

Corporation (LTC) and its 26 motor

carrier subsidiaries by Penske Dedicated

Logistics Corporation (PDLC). PDLC is

under common control with a rail

carrier.

DATES: This exemption is effective on

April 14, 1995. Petitions to reopen must

be filed by May 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

Finance Docket No. 32677 to: (1) Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

Interstate Commerce Commission, 1201

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20423; and (2) Andrew K. Light,

Scopelitis, Garvin, Light & Hanson, 1777

Market Tower, 10 West Market Street,

Indianapolis, IN 46204.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660.

[TDD for 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: April 7, 1995.