31222 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 19, 1996 / Notices

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. 10901.

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 vacated a shorter segment previously

sought in a joint exemption filed by MP and MNA,

See Missouri Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Henry County, MO,

STB Docket No. AB–3—Sub-No. 128X), et al. (ICC

served Feb. 6, 1996).

3The 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.

4See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

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

5The 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.

will be published in the Federal

Register pursuant to the authority

indicated below.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Issued on: June 13, 1996.

Marilynne Jacobs,

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–15529 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

Surface Transportation Board 1

[STB Finance Docket No. 32960]

The Locomotive Preservation &

Operating Group, Inc., d/b/a The

Sheffield Station Junction Railway—

Lease and Operation Exemption—

Armco Asset Management

The Locomotive Preservation &

Operating Group, Inc., doing business as

The Sheffield Station Junction Railway,

a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

lease and operate approximately 20

miles of rail lines located within the

Sheffield Station Industrial Park, Kansas

City, MO, and owned by Armco Asset

Management, a unit of Armco, Inc. The

proposed transaction was to be

consummated on the date of final

agreement of the parties, but not sooner

than May 27, 1996 (the effective date of

the exemption).

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)

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. 32960, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423 and served on:

D. J. Roberts, Sheffield Station Junction

Railway, P. O. Box 266217, Kansas City,

MO 64126–6217.

Decided: June 11, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15591 Filed 6–18–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Docket No. AB–3 (Sub-No. 135X)]

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Henry

County, MO

[STB Docket No. 456 (Sub-No. 2X)]

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

approximately 2.65 miles of the FPE

Spur-North Clinton Line (portion of the

Clinton Branch) from milepost 262.6 at

the end of the line near FPE Spur to

milepost 265.25 near North Clinton, in

Henry County, MO.2

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 to be rerouted from the line; (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 July 19,

1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do

not involve environmental issues,3

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),4 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 5 must be filed by July 1,

1996. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by July 9, 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: Joseph D. Anthofer,

General Attorney, Missouri Pacific

Railroad Company, 1416 Dodge Street,

Room 830, Omaha, NE 68179; and

Henry W. Weller, General Manager,

Missouri and Northern Arkansas

Railroad, 514 Orner Street, P.O. Box

776, Carthage, MO 64836.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

MP and MNA have 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 June 24, 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: June 11, 1996.