Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 19 / Monday, January 29, 1996 / Notices 2867

1A copy of this list may be obtained by

contracting Mrs. Carol B. Epstein, Assistant General

Counsel, at 619–6981, and the address is Room 700,

U.S. Information Agency, 301 Fourth Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20547–0001.

SUMMARY: As provided by section 726 of

the ICC Termination Act of 1995, Public

Law 104–88, 109 Stat. 803, the RailroadShipper Transportation Advisory

Council (Council) is established to

advise the Chairman of the Surface

Transportation Board (Board), the

Secretary of Transportation, and

Congressional oversight committees

with respect to rail transportation policy

issues of particular importance to small

shippers and small railroads. To fulfill

the duty of the Chairman of the Board

to appoint Council members, this notice

requests recommendations for

membership on the Council from rail

carriers and rail shippers.

DATES: Recommendations for Council

members are due on February 13, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send recommendations and

supporting information (an original plus

3 copies) referring to STB Ex Parte No.

526, Railroad-Shipper Transportation

Advisory Council to: Vernon A.

Williams, Secretary, Surface

Transportation Board, Room 1324, 1201

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20423.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard S. Fitzsimmons, (202) 927–

6050. [TDD for the hearing impaired:

(202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Railroad-Shipper Transportation

Advisory Council was established upon

the enactment of the ICC Termination

Act of 1995 (the Act), on December 29,

1995, to advise the Board’s Chairman,

the Secretary of Transportation, the

Committee on Commerce, Science, and

Transportation of the Senate, and the

Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of

Representatives with respect to rail

transportation policy issues the Council

considers significant. The Council will

focus on issues of importance to small

shippers and small railroads, including

car supply, rates, competition, and

procedures for addressing claims. The

Act directs the Council to develop

private-sector mechanisms to prevent,

or identify and address, obstacles to the

most effective and efficient

transportation system practicable.

The Secretary of Transportation and

the Chairman of the Board will

cooperate with the Council in providing

research, technical, and other

reasonable support. To the extent the

Council addresses specific grain car

issues, it will coordinate its activities

with the National Grain Car Council.

The Council must also prepare an

annual report concerning its activities

and recommendations on whatever

regulatory or legislative relief it

considers appropriate. The Council is

not subject to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act.

Suggestions for candidates for

membership on the Council and

supporting information must be

submitted to the Board by February 13,

1996. Suggestions for members of the

Council should be submitted in letter

form, identifying the name of the

candidate and including evidence of the

interests the candidate will represent.

Council members must be citizens of the

United States and represent as broadly

as practicable the various segments of

the railroad and rail shipper industries.

They may not be full-time employees of

the United States. The Council will

consist of 19 members. Of this number,

15 members will be appointed by the

Chairman of the Board, and the

remaining four members will be

comprised of the Secretary of

Transportation and the Members of the

Board, who will serve as ex officio,

nonvoting members of the Council. Of

the 15 members to be appointed, nine

members will be the voting members of

the Council and be appointed from

senior executive officers of

organizations engaged in the railroad

and rail shipping industries. At least

four of the voting members must be

representatives of small shippers as

determined by the Chairman, and at

least four of the voting members must be

representatives of Class II or III

railroads. The remaining six Council

members to be appointed—three

representing Class I railroads and three

representing large shipper

organizations—will serve in a nonvoting

advisory capacity, but will be entitled to

participate in Council deliberations.

The members of the Council will be

appointed for a term of 3 years, except

that of the members first appointed, five

members will be appointed for terms of

1 year, and five members will be

appointed for terms of 2 years, as

designated by the Chairman at the time

of appointment. A member may serve

after the expiration of his or her term

until a successor has taken office. No

member will be eligible to serve in

excess of two consecutive terms.

The Council will meet at least semiannually and hold other meetings at the

call of the Council Chairman. Federal

facilities, where available, may be used

for such meetings. The members of the

Council shall receive no compensation

for their services and, with regard to the

availability of funding from the Board

for support, the members will be

required to provide for the expenses

incidental to their service, including

travel expenses, as the Board has

limited appropriations and cannot at

this time provide for these expenses.

The Council Chairman, however, may

request funding from the Department of

Transportation to cover travel expenses,

subject to certain restrictions in the Act.

The Council also may solicit and use

private funding for its activities, again

subject to certain restrictions in the Act.

Decided: January 23, 1996.

By the Board, Linda J. Morgan, Chairman.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–1537 Filed 1–26–96; 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, ‘‘Enamels of

Limoges’’ (See list),1 imported for

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 Metropolitan

Museum of Art, New York, NY, on or

about March 4, 1996 through June 16,

1996, is in the national interest. Public

Notice of this determination is ordered

to be published the Federal Register.

Dated: January 19, 1996

Les Jin,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–1562 Filed 1–26–96; 8:45 am]

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