Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 1996 / Notices 24349

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted

on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January

1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

and proceedings to the Surface Transportation

Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act

provides, in general, that proceedings pending

before the ICC on the effective date of that

legislation shall be decided under the law in effect

prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve

functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to

a proceeding that was pending with the ICC prior

to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject

to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10903.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the Act, and citations are to the former sections

of the statute, unless otherwise indicated.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted

on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January

1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

and proceedings to the Surface Transportation

Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act

provides, in general, that proceedings pending

before the ICC on the effective date of that

legislation shall be decided under the law in effect

prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve

functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to

a proceeding that was pending with the ICC prior

to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject

to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10903.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the Act, and citations are to the former sections

of the statute, unless otherwise indicated.

Howard Cook, Airport Manager of the

Modesto City-County Airport at the

following address: 617 Airport Way,

Modesto, California 95354. Air carriers

and foreign air carriers may submit

copies of written comments previously

provided to the city of Modesto under

section 158.23 of Part 158.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Joseph R. Rodriguez, Supervisor,

Planning and Programming Section,

Airports District Office, 831 Mitten

Road, Room 210, Burlingame, CA

94010–1303, Telephone: (415) 876–

2805. The application may be reviewed

in person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA

proposes to rule and invites public

comment on the application to use the

revenue from a PFC at Modesto CityCounty Harry Sham Field Airport under

the provisions of the Aviation Safety

and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990

(Title IX of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law

101–508)) and Part 158 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 158).

On April 26, 1996, the FAA determined

that the application to use the revenue

from a PFC submitted by the city of

Modesto was substantially complete

within the requirements of section

158.25 of Part 158. The FAA will

approve or disapprove the application,

in whole or in part, no later than August

1, 1996.

The following is a brief overview of

the application:

Level of proposed PFC: $3.00.

Proposed charge effective date:

August 1, 1994.

Proposed charge expiration date:

August 1, 2000.

Total Estimated PFC revenue to be

used on this use project: $17,800.

Brief description of the use projects:

Runway 10L/28R Aircraft Holding Bays.

Class or classes or air carriers which

the public agency has requested not be

required to collect PFCs: Air Taxi

Operators.

This project was previously approved

as an impose only project contained

within an overall PFC package which

was approved on May 23, 1994. Any

person may inspect the application in

person at the FAA office listed above

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT and at the FAA Regional

Airports Division located at: 15000

Aviation Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90261. In

addition, any person may, upon request,

inspect the application, notice and other

documents germane to the application

in person at the city of Modesto, CA.

Issued in Hawthorne, California, on April

26, 1996.

Herman C. Bliss,

Manager, Airports Division, Western-Pacific

Region.

[FR Doc. 96–12087 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Surface Transportation Board 1

[Docket No. AB–454X]

The Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C.—

Abandonment Exemption— in Jackson

and Holmes Counties, FL

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

SUMMARY: The abandonment by The Bay

Line Railroad, L.L.C. of its Graceville

Branch, consisting of 9.19 miles of rail

line between milepost 61.3, near

Campbellton, and milepost 70.49, at

Graceville, in Jackson and Holmes

Counties, FL, is exempted from the prior

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10903-04, subject to standard employee

protective conditions.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on June 13,

1996. Formal expressions of intent to

file an OFA 2 under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2) must be filed by May 24,

1996; petitions to stay must be filed by

May 29, 1996; requests for a public use

condition must be filed by June 3, 1996;

and petitions to reopen must be filed by

June 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

Docket No. AB-454X to: (1) Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423; and (2)

Petitioner’s representative Patricia E.

Dietrich, Slover & Loftus, 1224

Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–7513. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., 1201 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Room 2229, Washington, DC

20423. Telephone: (202) 289–4357/

4359. [Assistance for the hearing

impaired is available through TDD

services at (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: April 29, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12054 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

Surface Transportation Board 1

[Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. 367X)]

Burlington Northern Railroad

Company—Abandonment Exemption—

in Crawford County, KS

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board exempts from the

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10903–04 the abandonment by

Burlington Northern Railroad Company

of its line of railroad from milepost

134.20 to milepost 135.18 and milepost

136.70 to milepost 139.10, a total

distance of 3.38 miles in Pittsburg,

Crawford County, KS, subject to

standard labor protective and

environmental conditions. Interim trail

use and a public use condition are

imposed for the line segment from

milepost 136.70 to milepost 139.10.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on June 13,

1996. Formal expressions of intent to
24350 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 1996 / Notices

2See Exempt. of Rail Line Abandonment—Offers

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

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted

on December 29, 1995, and took effect on January

1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions

and proceedings to the Surface Transportation

Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of the Act

provides, in general, that proceedings pending

before the ICC on the effective date of that

legislation shall be decided under the law in effect

prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve

functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to

proceedings that were pending with the ICC prior

to January 1, 1996, and to functions that are subject

to Board jurisdiction under 49 U.S.C. 10903.

Therefore, citations are to former sections of the

statute.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2) 2 must be filed by May 24,

1996; petitions to stay must be filed by

May 29, 1996; requests for a public use

condition conforming to 49 CFR

1152.28(a)(2) must be filed by June 3,

1996; and petitions to reopen must be

filed by June 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. 367X) to: (1)

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423, and (2)

Petitioner’s representative: Sarah J.

Whitley, 3800 Continental Plaza, 777

Main St., Fort Worth, TX 76102–5384.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–7513. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: May 1, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12052 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board1

[Docket No. AB–289 (Sub-No. 3X), AB–290

(Sub-No. 168X)]

Central Railroad Company of

Indianapolis—Discontinuance of

Service Exemption—Between Kokomo

and Argos in Howard, Miami, Fulton,

and Marshall Counties, IN; Norfolk and

Western Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—Between

Kokomo and Rochester in Howard,

Miami, and Fulton Counties, IN

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption and interim

trail use DOT.

SUMMARY: The Board exempts from the

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

10903–04: (a) Norfolk and Western

Railway Company’s (N&W)

abandonment of its line between

milepost I–57.2 at or near Kokomo, IN,

and milepost I–74.2, at Peru, IN; (b)

N&W’s discontinuance of service over

the segment of the line between

milepost I–74.2, at Peru, and milepost I–

95.6, at or near Rochester, IN, and

abandonment of this line segment,

provided that the abandonment of this

segment may not be consummated until

Indiana Hi-Rail Corporation’s

discontinuance of its trackage rights

over this segment has been authorized;

and (c) Central Railroad Company of

Indianapolis’s discontinuance of service

over 51.4 miles of rail line between

milepost I–57.2, at or near Kokomo, and

milepost I–108.6 at or near Argos, IN, in

Howard, Miami, Fulton, and Marshall

Counties, IN, subject to standard

employee protective, environmental,

trail use, and public use conditions.

DATES: Provided no formal expression of

intent to file an offer of financial

assistance (OFA) has been received, this

exemption will be effective on June 13,

1996. Formal expressions of intent to

file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2) 2 and requests for interim

trail use/rail banking under 49 CFR

1152.29 must be filed by May 24, 1996.

Petitions to stay must be filed by May

29, 1996. Requests for a public use

condition must be filed by June 3, 1996.

Petitions for reopening must be filed by

June 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to

Docket Nos. AB–289 (Sub-No. 3X) and

AB–290 (Sub-No. 168X), to: (1) Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2)

Petitioners’ representatives: Thomas F.

McFarland, Jr., Belnap, Spencer,

McFarland and Herman, 20 North

Wacker Drive, Suite 3118, Chicago, IL

60606–3101; and Robert J. Cooney,

Senior General Attorney, Norfolk

Southern Corporation, Three

Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510–

2191.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–7513. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC NEWS &

DATA, INC., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

Telephone: (202) 289–4357/4359.

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is

available through TDD services at (202)

927–5721.]

Decided: April 26, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12053 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

[Dept. Circ. 570, 1995 Rev., Supp. No. 13]

Surety Companies Acceptable on

Federal Bonds: The Connecticut

Surety Company

A Certificate of Authority as an

acceptable surety on Federal Bonds is

hereby issued to the following company

under Sections 9304 to 9308, Title 31,

of the United States Code. Federal bondapproving officers should annotate their

reference copies of the Treasury Circular

570, 1995 Revision, on page 34439 to

reflect this addition:

The Connecticut Surety Company.

BUSINESS ADDRESS: City Place II, 185

Asylum Street, Hartford, CT 06103–

3403. PHONE: (860) 527–7806.

UNDERWRITING LIMITATION b/:

$942,000. SURETY LICENSES c/: AR,

CA, CT, DE, DC, LA, NE, NY, ND, OH,

PA, SC, TX. INCORPORATED IN:

Connecticut.

Certificates of Authority expire on

June 30 each year, unless revoked prior

to that date. The Certificates are subject

to subsequent annual renewal as long as

the companies remain qualified (31 CFR

Part 223). A list of qualified companies

is published annually as of July 1 in

Treasury Department Circular 570, with

details as to underwriting limitations,

areas in which licensed to transact

surety business and other information.

The Circular may be viewed and

downloaded through the Internet

(http://www.ustreas.gov/treasury/

bureaus/finman/c570.html) or through

our computerized public bulletin board

system (FMS Inside Line) at (202) 874–

6817/6872/6953/7034/8608. A hard

copy may be purchased from the