29164 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 111 / Friday, June 7, 1996 / Notices

Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 3,

1996.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 96–14446 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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RTCA, Inc., Special Committee 169,

Aeronautical Data Link Applications

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is

hereby given for Special Committee 169

meeting to be held June 25–26, 1996,

starting at 9:00 a.m. The meeting will be

held at RTCA, Inc., 1140 Connecticut

Avenue, NW., Suite 1020, Washington,

DC, 20036.

The agenda will include: (1) Plenary

Administration: Chairman’s

Introductory Remarks; Review and

Approval of Meeting Agenda; Review

and Approval of Minutes from the

Previous Meeting; Review of

Outstanding Action Items; (2) Working

Group (WG) Progress: WG–1, Air/

Ground Air Traffic Service

Applications; WG–2, Systems

Architecture/Performance; WG–3, Flight

Information Services Applications; WG–

4, International Coordination: WG–5,

Ground/Ground Traffic Flow

Management Applications; WG–6,

Human Factors Guidelines; (3)

Presentations (None Planned); (4)

Document Approvals: DO–219/Change

1; Human Factors Guidelines; (5) Other

Business; (6) Plenary Administration

Wrap-Up: Work Plan Modifications;

Data and Place of Next Meeting.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairman,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

NW., Suite 1020, Washington, DC

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone) or (202)

833–9434 (fax). Members of the public

may present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 1996.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 96–14447 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement;

Wake County, NC

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that an

environmental impact statement will be

prepared for a proposed highway project

in Wake County, North Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Roy Shelton, Operations Engineer,

Federal Highway Administration, 310

New Bern Avenue, Suite 410, Raleigh,

North Carolina 27601, Telephone: (919)

856–4350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the North

Carolina Department of Transportation,

will prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) on a proposal to

construct the Western Wake

Expressway, a multi-lane, controlled

access freeway on new location. The

proposed action will be a link in the

Wake Outer Loop, a circumferential

freeway encompassing the City of

Raleigh, and the Towns of Cary, Apex,

Garner, and Morrisville. The proposed

Western Wake Expressway will be

located generally west of existing NC 55,

tying into the Northern Wake

Expressway (now under construction)

near SR 1630 at NC 55 and terminating

at NC 55 north of SR 1172, south of

Apex. The proposed action will be

approximately 20.52 kilometers (12.75

miles) in length.

Construction of the proposed freeway

is considered necessary to accommodate

the existing and projected traffic

demand in this rapidly growing portion

of Wake County. Also included in the

proposal is construction of interchanges

at NC 55, US 1, and US 64, as well as

an interchange at a forth undetermined

location. Alternatives under

consideration include: (1) Taking no

action; (2) using alternative travel

modes; (3) widening existing NC 55

from two-lanes to a multi-lane facility;

and, (4) construction of a multi-lane,

controlled access facility on new

location. Design variations of alignment

and grade will be incorporated into the

study of each of the build alternatives.

Letters describing the proposed action

and soliciting comments will be sent to

appropriate Federal, State, and local

agencies, and to private organizations

and citizens who have previously

expressed or are known to have an

interest in this proposal. A formal

scoping meeting with various Federal,

State, and local agencies will be held at

10:00 a.m. on June 17, 1996 at the

Transportation Building, 1 South

Wilmington Street, Raleigh, North

Carolina. Two citizen information

workshops will be held in the project

area between July, 1996 and April, 1997.

In addition, a public hearing will be

held. Public notice will be given of the

time and place of the workshops and

hearing. The draft EIS will be available

for public and agency review and

comment prior to the public hearing.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues are

identified, comments and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments or questions concerning this

proposed action and the EIS should be

directed to the FHWA at the address

provided above.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning

and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation on

Federal programs and activities apply to this

program.)

Issued on: May 29, 1996.

Roy Shelton,

Operations Engineer, Raleigh.

[FR Doc. 96–14339 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSI–95–1, Notice No. 2]

Regulatory Reinvention; Notice of

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee

(RSAC) Task Acceptance

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee Task Acceptance.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the President’s

March 4, 1995, directive regarding

regulatory reinvention, the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA)

conducted an intensive review of its

regulations and committed itself to

eliminating and reinventing over 95

pages of regulations from the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR) by June 1,

1996. Consistent with the President’s

initiative on reinventing government,

FRA chartered a new Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee (RSAC) for

consensual rulemaking and deliberation

on key railroad safety issues. At the

Committee’s inaugural meeting on April

1–2, 1996, the RSAC accepted

regulatory reinvention of: power brake

systems for freight equipment (49 CFR

Part 232), the Track Safety Standards
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1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (the ICCTA), 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 ICCTA

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 ICCTA. 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. 11323.

Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior

to the ICCTA, and citations are to the former

sections of the statute, unless otherwise indicated.

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 Board

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323–24.

2Toledo is a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of

NW with authorized capital stock consisting of

3,000 shares of Common Stock all of which are

issued and outstanding and owned by NW. NW or

its predecessors have operated the properties of

Toledo since the early 1900’s. The Agreement and

Plan of Merger provides that all shares of Toledo’s

capital stock will be canceled and retired, and no

consideration will be paid in respect of such shares.

NW is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk

Southern Railway Company (NSR), a Class I

railroad. NSR is controlled through stock ownership

by Norfolk Southern Corporation, a noncarrier

holding company.

(49 CFR Part 213), and the Radio

Standards and Procedures (49 CFR Part

220).

In addition, FRA has decided that the

Passenger Equipment Safety Standards

and Passenger Train Emergency

Preparedness working groups, which

currently are addressing the reinvention

of 49 CFR Part 223, Safety Glazing

Standards, and the steam locomotive

standards working group, which

currently is addressing the reinvention

of 49 CFR Part 230, Steam Locomotive

Inspection, should all continue their

operation under the aegis of the RSAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicky McCully, FRA, 400 7th Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590 at (202)

366–6569; Lisa Levine, Office of Chief

Counsel, FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20590 at (202) 366–

0621; or Grady C. Cothen, Jr., Deputy

Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards Program Development, FRA,

400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590 at (202) 366–0897.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on May 30,

1996.

Donald M. Itzkoff,

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–14260 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board 1

[Finance Docket No. 32810]

Douglas M. Head, Kent P. Shoemaker,

and Charles H. Clay; Continuance in

Control Exemption; Minnesota River

Bridge Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of Exemption.

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

Board exempts from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343–45 the

continuance in control by Douglas M.

Head, Kent P. Shoemaker, and Charles

H. Clay of the Minnesota River Bridge

Company, subject to standard labor

protective conditions.

DATES: This exemption will be effective

on July 7, 1996. Petitions to stay must

be filed by June 17, 1996. Petitions to

reopen must be filed by June 27, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings, referring to

Finance Docket No. 32810 to: (1)

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423; and (2) Jo A.

DeRoche, 1350 New York Avenue,

N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC

20005–4797.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (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., 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 (202) 927–5721.]

Decided: May 23, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, and Commissioner

Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14414 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32967]

Norfolk and Western Railway

Company; Corporate Family

Transaction Exemption; the Toledo

Belt Railway Company

Norfolk and Western Railway

Company (NW), a Class I common

carrier by railroad, and the Toledo Belt

Railway Company (Toledo), a Class III

common carrier railroad, have jointly

filed a verified notice of exemption. The

exempt transaction is a merger of

Toledo with and into NW.2

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after June 1, 1996.

The proposed merger will eliminate

Toledo as a separate corporate entity,

thereby simplifying the corporate

structure of NW and the NW system,

and eliminating costs associated with

separate recordkeeping, tax, and

administrative functions.

This is a transaction within a

corporate family of the type specifically

exempted from prior review and

approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3).

The parties state that the transaction

will not result in adverse changes in

service levels or significant operational

changes. In addition, while the parties

do not specifically say it, the transaction

would apparently not result in a change

in the competitive balance with carriers

outside the corporate family.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees adversely affected by the

transaction will be protected by the

conditions set forth in New York Dock

Ry.—Control—Brooklyn Eastern Dist.,

360 I.C.C. 60 (1979).

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding 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 automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 32967, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

J. Gary Lane, Norfolk Southern

Corporation, Three Commercial Place,

Norfolk, VA 23510–2191.

Decided: May 30, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14417 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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