26554 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 103 / Tuesday, May 28, 1996 / Notices

1 Includes Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. 374),

Burlington Northern Railroad Company—Adverse

Discontinuance—in Denver, CO, Docket No. AB–33

(Sub-No. 92), Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Adverse Discontinuance—in Denver, CO, and

Docket No. AB–446 (Sub-No. 2), Denver Terminal

Railroad Company—Adverse Abandonment—in

Denver, CO.

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

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, 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). This notice relates to functions that

are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49

U.S.C. 10902.

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

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to the Board’s

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

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Board’s Section of

Environmental Analysis 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 Board 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 Board 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.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13250 Filed 5–24–96; 8:45 am]

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting; Board

Conference

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., June 5, 1996.

PLACE: Hearing Room A, Surface

Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20423.

STATUS: The Board will meet to discuss

among themselves the following agenda

items. Although the conference is open

for the public observation, no public

participation is permitted.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED:

STB Ex Parte No. 529, Class Exemption for

Acquisition or Operation of Rail Line by

Class III Rail Carriers Under 49 U.S.C. 10902.

Docket No. AB–452 (Sub-No. 1X), The

Western Stock Show Association—

Abandonment Exemption—in Denver, CO.

Finance Docket No. 32802, Philadelphia

Belt Line Railroad Company v. Consolidated

Rail Corporation, CP Rail System, and CSX

Transportation, Inc. Docket No. AB–1 (SubNo. 192X) Chicago and North Western

Transportation Company-Abandonment

Exemption—Guthrie and Dallas Counties,

IA.1

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Dennis Watson, Office of

Congressional and Press Service,

Telephone: (202) 927–5350, TDD: (202)

927–5721.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13445 Filed 5–23–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32888]

Angelina & Neches River Railroad

Company—Purchase Exemption—

Texas South-Eastern Railroad

Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C.

10502, exempts from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10902, the

acquisition of approximately 2.9 miles

of rail line in Lufkin, Angelina County,

TX, by Angelina & Neches River

Railroad Company, a Class III railroad.

DATES: The exemption will be effective

June 28, 1996. Petitions to stay must be

filed by June 10, 1996. Petitions to

reopen must be filed by June 18, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to

STB Finance Docket No. 32888 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: Peter A.

Greene, THOMPSON HINE & FLORY

P.L.I., Suite 800, 1920 N Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660.

[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, D.C. 20423. Telephone

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impaired is available

through TDD services (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: May 15, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13277 Filed 5–24–96; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Docket No. AB–413 (Sub-No. 1X)]

Great Western Railway of Iowa, L.L.C.,

d/b/a Council Bluffs Railway—

Abandonment Exemption—in Council

Bluffs, IA

Great Western Railway of Iowa,

L.L.C., d/b/a Council Bluffs Railway

(CBGR) filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 1 mile of its line of

railroad from milepost 409.5 on the west

side of Iowa State Highway 192 (also

known as the South Expressway), to

milepost 410.5 near South 17th Street,

including the Milwaukee Connector

Track, in the City of Council Bluffs,

Pottawattamie County, IA.

CBGR has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on

the line has been rerouted; (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

Board or with any U.S. District Court or

has been decided in favor of

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic reports), 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. 10502(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 June 27,

1996, 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 June 7,

1996. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR
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1152.28 must be filed by June 17, 1996,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Michael J. Ogborn,

Manager, Great Western Railway of

Iowa, L.L.C., d/b/a Council Bluffs

Railway, Clayton Street, Fourth Floor,

Denver, CO 80206.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

CBGR 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 May 31, 1996.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Surface Transportation Board,

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: May 21, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–13276 Filed 5–24–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Information Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Federal Register Pre-Clearance

Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the U.S.

Department of the Treasury’s Office of

Foreign Assets Control is soliciting

comments concerning the travel to Cuba

declaration requirements authorized

pursuant to § 515.602 of the Cuban

Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part

515.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before July 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Dorene F. Erhard, Sr. Sanctions

Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets

Control, U.S. Department of the

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW Washington, DC 20220, (tel.: 202/

622–2500). Internet Address:

Dorene.Erhard@treas.sprint.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven I. Pinter, Chief of Licensing (tel.:

202/622–2480), for questions

concerning licensing policy; or William

B. Hoffman, Chief Counsel (tel.: 202/

622–2410), for legal questions; Office of

Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department

of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Travel to Cuba, U.S. Department

of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets

Control, Declaration.

OMB Number: 1505–0118.

Abstract: Declarations are to be

completed by persons traveling from the

U.S. to Cuba in order to provide the U.S.

Government information to be used in

administering and enforcing economic

sanctions imposed against Cuba

pursuant to 31 CFR Part 515.

Current Action: Extension.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Individuals/

businesses and other for-profit

institutions/banking institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

26,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent:

.0833 hour to process.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours:

2,166 hours.

Request for Comments: Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

William B. Hoffman,

Chief Counsel, Office of Foreign Assets

Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

[FR Doc. 96–13208 Filed 5–24–96; 8:45 am]

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Information Collection; Comment

Request; Federal Register PreClearance Notice

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506–

(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the Treasury

Department’s Office of Foreign Assets

Control is soliciting comments

concerning the civil penalty provisions,

of the Cuban Assets Control

Regulations, 31 CFR §§ 515.703 and

515.704.

DATES: Written comments should be

relieved on or before July 29, 1996 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Dorene F. Erhard, Sr. Sanctions

Advisor, Office of Foreign Assets

Control, U.S. Department of the

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20220, (tel.: 202/

622–2500). Internet Address:

Dorene.Erhard@treas.sprint.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betsy Sue Scott, Penalties Program

Manager (tel.: 202/622–6140); or

William B. Hoffman, Chief Counsel (tel.:

202/622–2410), for legal questions;

Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S.

Department of the Treasury,

Washington, DC 20220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Cuban Assets Control

Regulations, Civil Penalties Provisions.

OMB Number: 1505–0145.

Abstract: A recipient of a prepenalty

notice alleging a violation of the Cuban

Assets Control Regulation is permitted

to respond in writing requesting assets

control regulation requesting a hearing

and/or setting forth his or her belief that

a penalty should not be imposed, or if

imposed, should be in a lesser amount

than proposed.

Current Actions: Extension.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Businesses and other

for-profit institutions/banking

institutions/individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.