2572 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 18 / Friday, January 26, 1996 / Notices

1 The 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 the 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. 10901.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the Act.

2 Under 49 CFR 1150.32(b), the notice of

exemption is effective 7 days after it is filed. The

notice was filed on December 29, 1995.

1 The 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.

2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Board 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 stay should be filed as soon as possible

so that the Board may take appropriate action before

the exemption’s effective date.

3 See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

4 The Board will accept a late-filed trail use

request so long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff &

Donnelly, 1020 Nineteenth Street NW.,

Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036.

Decided: January 23, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1331 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board 1

[Finance Docket No. 32855]

Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company—

Lease and Operation Exemption—

Certain Lines of Southern Pacific

Transportation Company

Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad Company

(AGCRC) has filed a notice of exemption

to acquire by lease and to operate 5

miles of rail line owned by the Southern

Pacific Transportation Company (SPT)

from milepost 252 to milepost 257, near

Beckmann Station, in Bexar County, TX.

The proposed transaction is to be

consummated on the date of final

agreement of the parties, or on the

effective date of the notice, whichever

occurs later.2

Any comments must be filed with the

Surface Transportation Board, 1201

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20423 and served on: Richard A.

Allen, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger,

L.L.P., Suite 600, 888 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20006–3959.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1150.31. 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)

[formerly 10505(d)] may be filed any

time. The filing of a petition to revoke

will not stay the transaction.

Decided: January 23, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1494 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. AB–3 (Sub-No. 128X)]; [Docket

No. AB–456 (Sub-No. 1X)]

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption— in Henry

County, MO and Missouri and Northern

Arkansas Railroad—Discontinuance of

Service Exemption—in Henry County,

MO

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

(MP) and Missouri and Northern

Arkansas Railroad (MNA) have filed a

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances for MP to abandon and

MNA to discontinue service over a

segment of MP’s Clinton Branch line

(known as the FPE Spur-Clinton line)

extending between milepost 262.6 at the

end of the line near FPE Spur and

milepost 267.0 near Clinton, a distance

of approximately 4.4 miles in Henry

County, MO.

MP and MNA certify that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead

traffic; (3) no formal complaint filed by

a user of rail service on this line (or 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 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 report),

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. 10502(d)

[formerly 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 February

25, 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 statements under

49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by

February 5, 1996.4 Petitions to reopen or

requests for public use conditions under

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by

February 15, 1996, with: Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface

Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicants’

representatives: Joseph D. Anthofer,

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company,

1416 Dodge Street #830, Omaha, NE

68179 and Henry E. Weller, 514 N.

Orner Street, P.O. Box 776, Carthage,

MO 64836.

If the notice of exemption contains

false or misleading information, the

exemption is void ab initio.

MP and MNA have filed an

environmental report which addresses

the effects of the abandonment and

discontinuance, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by January 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 other trail use/rail

banking conditions will be imposed,
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where appropriate, in a subsequent

decision.

Decided: January 22, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1333 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Application for Recordation of Trade

Name: ‘‘Mega Toys’’

ACTION: Notice of Application for

Recordation of Trade Name.

SUMMARY: Application has been filed

pursuant to section 133.12, Customs

Regulations (19 CFR 133.12), for the

recordation under section 42 of the Act

of July 5, 1946, as amended (15 U.S.C.

1124), of the trade name ‘‘Mega Toys,’’

used by Mega Toys, a corporation

organized under the laws of the State of

California, located at 905 East Second

Street, Los Angeles, California 90012.

The application states that the trade

name is used in connection with games,

dolls, party favors, decorative flags,

Halloween items, and plastic, batteryoperated and die-cast toys.

Before final action is taken on the

application, consideration will be given

to any relevant data, views, or

arguments submitted in writing by any

person in opposition to the recordation

of this trade name. Notice of the action

taken on the application for recordation

of this trade name will be published in

the Federal Register.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before March 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to U.S. Customs Service,

Attention: Intellectual Property Rights

Branch, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW.

(Franklin Court), Washington, D.C.

20229.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Delois P. Johnson, Intellectual Property

Rights Branch, 1301 Constitution

Avenue NW. (Franklin Court),

Washington, DC 20229 (202–482–6960).

Dated: January 23, 1996.

John F. Atwood,

Chief, Intellectual Property Rights Branch.

[FR Doc. 96–1412 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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Office of Thrift Supervision

Public Information Collection

Requirements Submitted to OMB for

Review

January 22, 1996.

The Office of Thrift Supervision

(OTS) has submitted the following

public information collection

requirement(s) to OMB for review and

clearance under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–

13. Copies of the submission(s) may be

obtained by calling the OTS Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the OTS Clearance Officer, Office

of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20552.

OMB Number: 1550–0023.

Form Number: OTS 1313 and OTS

1568.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Thrift Financial Report.

Description: OTS collects financial

data from insured savings associations

and their subsidiaries in order to assure

their safety and soundness as

depositories of the personal monies of

the general public. The OTS monitors

the financial positions and interest-rate

risk so that adverse conditions can be

remedied promptly.

Respondents: Savings and Loan

Associations and Savings Banks.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 1,460.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Response: 11.2 Hrs. Avg.

Frequency of Response: 12.

Estimated Total Reporting and

Recordkeeping Burden: 196,194 Hrs.

Clearance Officer: Colleen M. Devine,

(202) 906–6025, Office of Thrift

Supervision, 1700 Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20552.

OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf,

(202) 395–7340, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Catherine C.M. Teti,

Director, Records Management and

Information Policy.

[FR Doc. 96–1302 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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[AC–01; OTS No. 6037]

Patapsco Federal Savings and Loan

Association, Dundalk, MD; Approval of

Conversion Application

Notice is hereby given that on January

19, 1996, the Director, Corporate

Activities, Office of Thrift Supervision,

or her designee, acting pursuant to

delegated authority, approved the

application of Patapsco Federal Savings

and Loan Association, Dundalk,

Maryland, to convert to the stock form

of organization. Copies of the

application are available for inspection

at the Dissemination Branch, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1700 G Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20552, and the

Southeast Regional Office, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1475 Peachtree

Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309.

Dated: January 23, 1996.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1352 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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[AC–02; OTS No. 0554]

Home Federal Savings and Loan

Association of Fayetteville,

Fayetteville, NC; Approval of

Conversion Application

Notice is hereby given that on January

17, 1996, the Director, Corporate

Activities, Office of Thrift Supervision,

or her designee, acting pursuant to

delegated authority, approved the

application of Home Federal Savings

and Loan Association of Fayetteville,

Fayetteville, North Carolina, to convert

to the stock form of organization. Copies

of the application are available for

inspection at the Dissemination Branch,

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20552,

and the Southeast Regional Office,

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1475

Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia

30309.

Dated: January 23, 1996.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1353 Filed 1–25–96; 8:45 am]

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[AC–03; OTS Nos. H–2217 and 02217]

Community Federal, M.H.C., Tupelo,

MS; Approval of Conversion

Application

Notice is hereby given that on January

18, 1996, the Director, Corporate

Activities, Office of Thrift Supervision,

or her designee, acting pursuant to

delegated authority, approved the

application of Community Federal,

M.H.C., Tupelo, Mississippi, to convert

to the stock form of organization. Copies

of the application are available for

inspection at the Dissemination Branch,

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G