Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 96 / Thursday, May 16, 1996 / Notices 24855

1A copy of this list may be obtained by

contacting Mrs. Jacqueline H. Caldwell, Assistant

General Counsel, at 202/619–6982, and the address

is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 Fourth

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547–0001.

trackage rights were to become effect on

or after May 10, 1996.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false

or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C.

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The

filing of a petition to revoke will not

stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32939, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423 and served on:

Eric M. Hocky, Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing,

P.C., 213 West Miner Street, P.O. Box

796, West Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

Decided: May 10, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12279 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition; Determination

Notice is hereby given of the

following determination: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), Executive Order 12047 of March

27, 1978 (43 FR 13359, March 29, 1978),

and Delegation Order No. 85–5 of June

27, 1985 (50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I

hereby determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibit, ‘‘Rings: Five

Passions in World Art’’ (See list 1),

imported from abroad for the temporary

exhibition without profit within the

United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to a loan agreement with the

foreign lenders. I also determine that the

temporary exhibition or display of the

listed exhibit objects at The High

Museum of Art, in Atlanta, Georgia,

from on or about July 4, 1996 to on or

about September 29, 1996, is in the

national interest. Public Notice of this

determination is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

Dated: May 10, 1996.

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

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Training Programs in Bosnia;

Amendment—Request for Proposals

This is an amendment to the request

for proposals (RFP) published on May 2,

1996, beginning on page 19655 and

ending on page 19658, concerning

media and parliamentary training

programs for Bosnia (Announcement

Number E/P–96–35). On page 19656,

column 1, under Deadline for Proposals

the sentence ‘‘Faxed documents will not

be accepted, nor will documents

postmarked June 7, 1996, but received at

a later date,’’ is replaced by ‘‘Faxed

documents will not be accepted, nor

will documents postmarked June 14,

1996, but received at a later date.’’

For further information, contact:

Christina Miner, Office of Citizen

Exchanges, European Division, Room

224, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547,

telephone (202) 619–5319, fax (202)

619–4350, Internet address

cminer@usia.gov.

Dated: May 9, 1996.

John P. Loiello,

Associate Director for Educational and

Cultural Affairs.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Medical Research Service Merit Review

Committee; Amended Notice of

Meeting

The Department of Veterans Affairs

gives notice under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., that the

Medical Research Service Merit Review

Committee, formerly scheduled to meet

June 5, 1996, has been rescheduled to

meet June 4, 1996, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

at the Holiday Inn Central, 1501 Rhode

Island Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

The meeting will be for the purpose

of evaluating the scientific merit of

research conducted in each specialty by

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

investigators working in VA Medical

Centers and Clinics.

This meeting will be open to the

public up to the seating capacity of the

room at the start of the meeting to

discuss the general status of the

program. The meeting will be closed to

the public after approximately one hour

from the start for the review, discussion,

and evaluation of initial and renewal

projects.

The closed portion of the meeting

involves: discussion, examination,

reference to, and oral review of site

visits, staff and consultant critiques of

research protocols and similar

documents. During this portion of the

meeting, discussions and

recommendations will deal with

qualifications of personnel conducting

the studies, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy, as well as

research information, the premature

disclosure of which would be likely to

significantly frustrate implementation of

proposed agency action regarding such

research projects. As provided by

subsection 10(d) of Public Law 92–463,

as amended by Public Law 94–409,

closing portions of this meeting is in

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) and

(9)(B). Because of the limited seating

capacity of the room, those who plan to

attend should contact Dr. LeRoy Frey,

Chief, Program Review Division,

Medical Research Service, Department

of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC,

(202) 565–5942, at least five days prior

to each meeting. Minutes of the meeting

and a roster of the members may be

obtained from this source.

Dated: May 8, 1996.

By Direction of the Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–12251 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

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