65776 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Notices

1See RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—

ParkSierra Acquisition Corp. and ParkSierra Corp.,

STB Finance Docket No. 34100 (STB served Oct. 1,

2001, and Oct. 15, 2001).

(HOGANSAC) and its working groups

will meet to discuss waterway

improvements, aids to navigation, area

projects impacting safety on the

Houston Ship Channel, and various

other navigation safety matters in the

Galveston Bay area. All meetings will be

open to the public.

DATES: The next meeting of HOGANSAC

will be held on Thursday, February 7,

2002 from 9 a.m. to approximately 12

noon. The meeting of the Committee’s

working groups will be held on

Thursday, January 10, 2002 at 9 a.m. to

approximately 11 a.m. The meetings

may adjourn early if all business is

finished. Members of the public may

present written or oral statements at

either meeting.

ADDRESSES: The full Committee meeting

will be held at the Port of Houston

Authority Building, 111 East Loop

North, Houston, Texas (713–670–2400).

The working groups’ meeting will be

held at the offices of the GalvestonTexas City Pilots, Pelican Island,

Galveston, Texas (409–740–3690).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Captain Kevin Cook, Executive Director

of HOGANSAC, telephone (713) 671–

5199; Commander Peter Simons,

Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC,

telephone (713) 671–5164; or Lieutenant

Junior Grade Kelly Tobey, assistant to

the Executive Secretary of HOGANSAC,

telephone (713) 671–5103, e-mail

katobey@vtshouston.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of

this meeting is given pursuant to the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. 2.

Agendas of the Meetings

Houston/Galveston Navigation Safety

Advisory Committee (HOGANSAC)

The tentative agenda includes the

following:

(1) Opening remarks by the Committee

Sponsor (RADM Casto) (or the

Committee Sponsor’s

representative), Executive Director

(CAPT Cook) and Chairman (Tim

Leitzell).

(2) Approval of the October 17, 2001

minutes.

(3) Old Business.

(a) Dredging projects.

(b) Electronic navigation.

(c) AtoN Knockdown Working Group.

(d) Mooring subcommittee report.

(e) 2002 Harbor Safety Conference

plans.

(f) Texas City Container Terminal

update.

(g) Bolivar Roads anchorage areas.

(h) Recreational boating education

initiative.

(4) New Business.

(a) State of the Waterway.

(b) Bayport Terminal project.

(c) Swimmers near Lynchburg.

(d) Corps of Engineers survey data

reporting.

Working Groups Meeting.

The tentative agenda for the working

committee meeting includes the

following:

(1) Presentation by each working

group of its accomplishments and plans

for the future.

(2) Review and discuss the work

completed by each working group.

Working groups have been formed to

examine the following issues: Dredging

and related issues, electronic navigation

systems, AtoN knockdowns, impact of

passing vessels on moored ships,

recreational boater education issues,

and the 2002 Harbor Safety Conference.

All working groups may not necessarily

report out at this session, however,

working group discussions not reported

out at this February meeting will be

addressed at a future HOGANSAC

meeting. Further, all working group

reports may not necessarily include

discussions on all issues within the

particular working group’s area of

responsibility. All meetings are open to

the public. Please note that the meetings

may adjourn early if all business is

finished. Members of the public may

make presentations, oral or written, at

either meeting.

Information on Services for the

Handicapped

For information on facilities or

services for the handicapped or to

request special assistance at the

meetings, contact the Executive

Director, Executive Secretary, or

assistant to the Executive Secretary.

Dated: December 10, 2001.

Roy J. Casto,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander,

Eight Coast Guard District.

[FR Doc. 01–31393 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34100]

RailAmerica, Inc.—Control

Exemption—ParkSierra Acquisition

Corp. and ParkSierra Corp.

RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica), a

noncarrier holding company, has filed a

verified notice of exemption to acquire

control of ParkSierra Corp. (ParkSierra),

a Class II railroad, and to continue in

control of ParkSierra Acquisition Corp.

(Acquisition), a noncarrier, upon

Acquisition’s purchase of ParkSierra’s

stock. Acquisition, a wholly owned

subsidiary of RailAmerica, will acquire

100% of the outstanding stock of

ParkSierra.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after January 2,

2002.

On September 18, 2001, as amended

on October 3, 2001, RailAmerica also

filed a motion for protective order under

CFR 1104.14, and a protective order was

granted.1

RailAmerica states that, as of its filing

of the notice of exemption, it controls

one Class II and 23 Class III rail

common carriers operating in 23 states.

RailAmerica also states that: (i) These

railroads do not connect with each

other; (ii) the acquisition of control is

not part of a series of anticipated

transactions that would connect the

railroads with each other or any railroad

in their corporate family; and (iii) the

transaction does not involve a Class I

carrier. Therefore, the transaction is

exempt from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(2).

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Because the transaction

involves two Class II rail carriers, the

transaction will be made subject to the

labor protection conditions described 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 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. 34100, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each

pleading must be served on (1) Gary A.

Laakso, Esq., 5300 Broken Sound Blvd.

NW, Second Floor, Boca Raton, FL

33487, and (2) Louis E. Gitomer, Esq.,

Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, N.W.,

Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our Web site at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Notices 65777

1The 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.

2Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $1000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

Decided: December 13, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31366 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub–No. 228X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Mingo

County, WV and Pike County, KY

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

(NSR) has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR part 1152 Subpart F—

Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

0.95-mile line of railroad between

milepost MN–0.0 at McCarr, in Mingo

County, WV, and milepost MN–0.95 at

Nampa, in Pike County, WV. The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Codes 25676 and 41501.

NSR has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic, if

there is any, can be 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 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 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 January 19, 2002, unless

stayed pending reconsideration.

Petitions to stay that do not involve

environmental issues,1 formal

expressions of intent to file an OFA

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail

use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR

1152.29 must be filed by December 31,

2001. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 9,

2002, with: Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to NSR’s

representative: James R. Paschall,

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern

Corporation, Three Commercial Place,

Norfolk, VA 23510.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

NSR has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources.

SEA will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by December 21, 2001.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

SEA, at (202) 565–1552. 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), NSR shall file a notice of

consummation with the Board to signify

that it has exercised the authority

granted and fully abandoned its line. If

consummation has not been effected by

NSR’s filing of a notice of

consummation by December 20, 2002,

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

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: December 14 , 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31367 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 01–93]

Revocation of Customs Broker

Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Customs broker license

revocations.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 641 of the

Tariff Act of 1930 as amended (19 USC

1641) and the Customs Regulations (19

CFR 111), the following Customs broker

licenses are revoked. Please be aware

that some of these entities may continue

to provide broker services under another

valid brokerage license.

Name License Port

Behring International,

Inc.

06434 Seattle.

Consolidated

Freightways ExportImport Services, Inc.

07687 Seattle.

Ingham International, Inc 05252 Seattle.

Ted L. Rauch, Inc ......... 06656 Seattle.

Steeb Marine Services,

Inc.

05768 Seattle.

Carmichael International

Services.

09143 Seattle.

Emery Customs Brokers 05614 Seattle.

Kuehne & Nagel, Inc ..... 06558 Seattle.

David K. Lindemuth Co.,

Inc.

07601 Seattle.

Radix Group International.07500 Seattle.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Bonni G. Tischler,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations.

[FR Doc. 01–31387 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 01–92]

Cancellation of Customs Broker

Licenses

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service,

Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Customs Broker License

Cancellations.