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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 $1,000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

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).

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 31, 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 January 10,

2002. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 22,

2002, with: Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to NSR’s

representative: James R. Paschall, Esq.,

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 January 4, 2002.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423–0001) 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 31, 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 website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: December 18, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub–No. 224X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Pike

County, KY

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

(NSR) has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon 1.01 miles of

its line of railroad between milepost

FC–0.0 at Flanary and milepost FC–1.01

at Apache Coal, in Pike County, KY. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Code 41501.

Applicant has certified that: (1) no

local traffic has moved over the line for

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

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 30, 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 January 10,

2002. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 21,

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 applicant’s

representative: James R. Paschall, Esq.,

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Three

Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510–

2191.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Applicant has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment or historic resources. SEA

will issue an environmental assessment

(EA) by January 4, 2002. 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 the line. If

consummation has not been effected by

NSR’s filing of a notice of

consummation by December 31, 2002,

and there are no legal or regulatory

barriers to consummation, the authority

to abandon will automatically expire.

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Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 17, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Research and Development Office;

Government-Owned Inventions for

Licensing

AGENCY: Research and Development

Office, VA.

ACTION: Notice of government-owned

inventions available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

by the U.S. Government, as represented

by the Department of Veterans Affairs,

are available for licensing in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404

to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of

Federally-funded research and

development. Foreign patents are filed

on selected inventions to extend market

coverage for U.S. companies and may

also be available for licensing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

these inventions may be obtained by

Writing to: Mindy Aisen, MD,

Department of Veterans Affairs,

Director, Technology Transfer Program,

Research and Development Office, 810

Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

20420; Fax: (202) 275–7228; e-mail at

mindy.aisen@mail.va.gov.

Any request for information should

include the number and title for the

relevant inventions as indicated below.

Issued patents may be obtained from the

Commissioner of Patents, U.S. Patent

and Trademark Office, Washington, DC

20031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

inventions available for licensing are:

PCT/US00/11943 ‘‘Surgical (IJAT)

Tools;’’

PCT/US01/10443 ‘‘A Novel Specific

Inhibitor of the Cyclin Kinase

Inhibitor p21 Waf/Cip1 and Methods

of Using the Inhibitor,’’ and

PCT/US01/18071 ‘‘Method of Treating

Gastrointestinal Diseases Associated

with Species of Genus Clostridium.’’

Dated: December 19, 2001.

Anthony J. Principi,

Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs.

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