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1CPR has filed a correction to its notice of 

exemption to correct pages 8 and 13, to reflect the 

correct Board docket number. 

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 (SEA) 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. 

3Effective July 18, 2008, the filing fee for an OFA 

increased to $1,500. See Regulations Governing 

Fees for Services Performed in Connection with 

Licensing and Related Services-2008 Update, STB 

Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 15) (STB served June 18, 

2008). 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–57 (Sub-No. 56X)] 

Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a 

Canadian Pacific Railway CompanyAbandonment Exemption-in Bottineau, 

Rolette, and Towner Counties, ND 

Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a 

Canadian Pacific Railway Company 

(CPR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F–Exempt Abandonments to abandon 

an approximately 61-mile line of 

railroad between milepost 535 +/¥ (in 

Kramer) and milepost 474.5 +/¥ (in 

Bisbee), in Bottineau, Rolette, and 

Towner Counties, ND. The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Codes 

58748, 58384, 58366, 58353, and 58317. 

CPR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) all overhead traffic can 

and has been rerouted over other lines; 

(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 Surface Transportation Board 

(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 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.1

As a condition to 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 October 

7, 2008, 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 must be filed by September 

15, 2008. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by September 25, 

2008, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CPR’s 

representative: W. Karl Hansen, 

Leonard, Street and Deinard, 150 South 

Fifth Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, 

MN 55402. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CPR has filed environmental and 

historic reports that address the effects, 

if any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by September 12, 2008. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.] 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. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CPR shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

CPR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by September 5, 2009, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’

Decided: August 27, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20530 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of Individuals 

and Entities Pursuant to Executive 

Order 12978 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 

eight newly-designated individuals and 

entities whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 

Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 

1995, ‘‘Blocking Assets and Prohibiting 

Transactions with Significant Narcotics 

Traffickers.’’

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the eight individuals and 

entities identified in this notice 

pursuant to Executive Order 12978 is 

effective on August 28, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202/622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 

facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on 

demand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. 

Background 

On October 21, 1995, the President, 

invoking the authority, inter alia, of the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706), 

issued Executive Order 12978 (60 Fed. 

Reg. 54579, October 24, 1995) (the 

‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to deal 

with the threat posed by significant 

foreign narcotics traffickers centered in 

Colombia and the harm that they cause 

in the United States and abroad. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in the 

United States, or that hereafter come 

within the United States or that are or 

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