Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 248 / Thursday, December 27, 2001 / Notices 66975

1ABR states that it understands that the

transaction covered by this exemption will not

create any residual common carrier obligation for

CGA to resume operation of the Madison-Bishop

segment of the Madison-Athens line should ABR

sometime in the future obtain Board authority to

discontinue its operations over that segment. See

Central of Georgia Railroad Company—

Discontinuance Exemption—Operations Between

Madison and Bishop, GA, Docket No. AB–290 (SubNo. 37X) (ICC served Nov. 3, 1988). (CGA received

exemption discontinue operations between CGA

milepost F–75.5 near Madison and milepost F–91.5

at Bishop). Abandonment of the segment would

require further Board action or exemption.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our Web site at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 14, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31507 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34118]

The Athens Line, LLC—Lease and

Operation Exemption—Norfolk

Southern Railway Company and

Central of Georgia Railroad Company

The Athens Line, LLC (ABR), a

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire by lease and to operate

adjoining lines of Central of Georgia

Railroad Company (CGA) and CGA’s

parent Norfolk Southern Railway

Company (NS) through an operating

contract with The Great Walton Railroad

Company, Inc. The lines extend

between CGA milepost F–75.5 at

Madison, GA, to CGA milepost F–106.3

at Athens, GA,1 and NS milepost NE–

39.1 at Athens to NS milepost NE–32.0

at a point designated as Junior State,

GA, a distance of approximately 38

miles. The line includes the following

stations in Georgia: Bishop,

Watkinsville, Whitehall, Athens and

Paradise Valley. NS and ABR intend to

interchange at either Paradise Valley or

Junior State. ABR will grant trackage

rights back to NS between NS milepost

NE–32.0 and milepost NE–37.4 solely

for purposes of interchange. ABR

certifies that its projected annual

revenues will not exceed $5 million.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after December 7,

2001, the effective date of the

exemption, with ABR’s assumption of

operations scheduled for December 29,

2001.

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. 34118, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each

pleading must be served on David C.

Reeves, Troutman Sanders LLP, 401

Ninth Street, N.W., Suite 1000,

Washington, DC 20004–2134.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our web site at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: December 18, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31766 Filed 12–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Financial Institutions; Notice of Funds

Availability (NOFA) Inviting

Applications for the First Accounts

Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Financial Institutions,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability

(NOFA) inviting applications.

SUMMARY: The Consolidated

Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law

106–554, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A–126)

and the Department of Transportation

and Related Agencies Appropriations

Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–346, 114

Stat. 1356, 1356A–44) appropriated

funds to the Department of the Treasury

(‘‘Treasury’’) to develop and implement

programs to expand access to financial

services for low- and moderate-income

individuals (the ‘‘First Accounts

Program’’). This NOFA invites grant

applications from eligible entities that

will either directly, or through one or

more insured depository institutions/

insured credit unions, provide low-cost

electronic, checking, or other types of

accounts to low- and moderate-income

individuals who currently do not have

an account with an insured depository

institution or an insured credit union.

The paramount goal of the First

Accounts Program grants to be awarded

under this NOFA is to move a maximum

number of ‘‘unbanked’’ low- and

moderate-income individuals to a

‘‘banked’’ status with either an insured

depository institution or an insured

credit union. Treasury intends to award

up to $8 million in appropriated funds

under this NOFA. Treasury reserves the

right to award in excess of $8 million in

appropriated funds under this NOFA

provided that the funds are available,

and Treasury deems it appropriate.

Eligible entities include, but are not

limited to, insured depository

institutions, insured credit unions,

financial services electronic networks,

employers of unbanked low- and

moderate-income individuals,

community development financial

institutions, nonprofit organizations,

States, Local Governments, Indian

Tribal Governments, and labor

organizations.

DATES: Applications may be submitted

at any time, commencing December 27,

2001, and may be submitted by mail or

by overnight/express delivery service, or

electronically, in the format prescribed

by Treasury. (Applications sent by

facsimile or delivered by hand will not

be accepted). The deadline for receipt of

an application is March 20, 2002. Paper

applications received in the specific

Treasury office designated below after

that date will not be considered, except

as follows. An application mailed via

the United States Postal Service will be

considered as having met the

application deadline if it is clearly

postmarked on or before midnight

March 20, 2002. An application sent by

overnight/express delivery will be

considered as having met the

application deadline if it is placed in

transit by no later than March 20, 2002

with an overnight/express delivery

service. In each such case, it is advisable

to obtain documentation from the

carrier showing the date the application

was placed in transit. A single, clear

date stamp will help in determining

whether the delivery of a paper

application has met the deadline

requirements set forth above. Electronic

applications received at the specific

email address set forth below after

March 20, 2002 will not be considered.

While Treasury will accept electronic

applications, it is currently unable to

collect electronic signatures for the First

Accounts Program. As a result, an

applicant sending an application

electronically shall also submit by mail

or overnight/express delivery service

signed and dated hardcopy signature

pages and certifications contained in the

First Accounts Program application

packet. Such hardcopies must be