67362 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices

1See RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—

StatesRail Acquisition Corp. and StatesRail, Inc.,

STB Finance Docket No. 34129 (STB served Dec. 5,

2001). 2On December 7, 2001, RailAmerica also filed: (1)

A notice of exemption in STB Finance Docket No.

34128, RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—

New StatesRail Holdings, Inc. and Alabama & Gulf

Coast Railway L.L.C., to acquire from StatesRail,

L.L.C., all of the outstanding stock of New

StatesRail Holdings, Inc. (New StatesRail), and

through New StatesRail to acquire control of its

wholly owned subsidiary, the Alabama & Gulf Coast

Railway, L.L.C.; and (2) a petition for exemption in

STB Finance Docket No. 34130, RailAmerica, Inc.—

Control Exemption—Kiamichi Holdings, Inc. and

Kiamichi Railroad L.L.C., to acquire control of

Kiamichi Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiary

Kiamichi Railroad L.L.C.

3RailAmerica has invoked the Board’s class

exemption procedures to acquire control of Class II

rail carrier ParkSierra Corp. (ParkSierra) in

RailAmerica, Inc.—Control Exemption—ParkSierra

Acquisition Corp. and ParkSierra Corp., STB

Finance Docket No. 34100 (STB served Dec. 20,

2001) (ParkSierra). RailAmerica indicates that

ParkSierra’s rail properties do not connect with

those of Alabama & Gulf Coast or those of

RailAmerica’s other rail subsidiaries.

MODIFICATIONS TO EXEMPTIONS—Continued

Application No. Applicant Reason for

delay

Estimated

date of

completion

12676–M ........... Environmental Management, Inc., Guthrie, OK ............................................................................... 4 02/28/2002

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

International Standards on the

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public

Meetings

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), Department of

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise

interested persons that RSPA will

conduct a public meeting to discuss the

outcome of the twentieth session of the

United Nation’s Sub-Committee of

Experts on the Transport of Dangerous

Goods (UNSCOE) held December 5–11,

2001 in Geneva, Switzerland.

DATES: January 16, 2002, 9:30 a.m.–12

p.m., Room 3328.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

DOT Headquarters, Nassif Building,

Room 3328, 400 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Richard, International Standards

Coordinator, Office of Hazardous

Materials Safety, Department of

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;

(202) 366–0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

primary purpose of the meeting will be

to discuss outcomes of proposals

presented to the twentieth session of

UNSCOE. Topics to be covered during

the public meeting will include (1)

Criteria for Environmentally Hazardous

Substances, (2) Intermodal requirements

for the transport of solids in bulk

containers, (3) Harmonized

requirements for compressed gas

cylinders, (4) Portable tank

requirements, (5) Classification of

individual substances, (6) Requirements

for packagings used to transport

hazardous materials, (7) Requirements

for infectious substances, and (8) Hazard

communication requirements.

The public is invited to attend

without prior information.

Documents

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE

meeting may be obtained by

downloading hem from the United

Nations Transport Division web site at

http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/

dgsubc/c3doc_2001.html. Information

concerning UN dangerous goods

meetings including agendas can be

downloaded at http://www.unece.org/

trans/main/dgdb/dgsubc/c3.html. These

sites may also be accessed through the

international section of RSPA’s

Hazardous Materials Safety website at

http://hazmat.dot.gov/intstandards.htm.

RSPA’s site provides information

regarding the UNSCOE and the Globally

Harmonized System of Classification

and Labeling for Chemicals, a summary

of decisions taken at the 21st session of

the UN Committee of Experts, meeting

dates and summary of the primary

topics which are to be addressed in the

2001–2002 biennium.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December

21, 2001.

Robert A. McGuire,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 01–32011 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34129]

RailAmerica, Inc.—Control

Exemption—StatesRail Acquisition

Corp. and StatesRail, Inc.

RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica), a

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption to continue in control of

StatesRail Acquisition Corp.

(Acquisition), and to obtain control of

StatesRail, Inc. (StatesRail), a holding

company that controls Arizona Eastern

Railway Company, Eastern Alabama

Railway, Kyle Railroad Company, San

Joaquin Valley Railroad Company, and

SWKR Operating Co., all Class III

railroads, upon the acquisition of all of

the stock of StatesRail by Acquisition.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after January 1,

2002.

On November 15, 2001, RailAmerica

also filed a motion for protective order

under CFR 1104.14, and the motion 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.2

However, in ParkSierra, infra,

RailAmerica is acquiring control of a

second Class II carrier.

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.3 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 RailAmerica will

control more than one Class II rail

carrier, 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)

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1On December 5, 2001, a protective order was

issued in this proceeding. The title reflected the

expected participation of West Texas and Lubbock

Railroad Company, Inc. (West Texas). Because West

Texas will not, in fact, be a party to the transaction,

the above title has been revised to reflect that fact.

2See RailAmerica, Inc. and West Texas and

Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc.-Control

Exemption-New StatesRail Holdings, Inc. and

Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway L.L.C., STB Finance

Docket No. 34128 (STB served Dec. 5, 2001).

3On December 7, 2001, RailAmerica also filed: (1)

a notice of exemption in STB Finance Docket No.

34129, RailAmerica, Inc.-Control ExemptionStatesRail Acquisition Corp. and StatesRail, Inc., to

continue in control of StatesRail Acquisition Corp.

(Acquisition), and to obtain control of StatesRail, a

holding company that controls Arizona Eastern

Railway Company, Eastern Alabama Railway, Kyle

Railroad Company, San Joaquin Valley Railroad

Company, and SWKR Operating Co., all Class III

railroads, upon the acquisition of all of the stock

of StatesRail by Acquisition; and (2) a petition for

exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 34130,

RailAmerica, Inc.-Control Exemption-Kiamichi

Holdings, Inc. and Kiamichi Railroad L.L.C., to

acquire control of Kiamichi Holdings, Inc., and its

subsidiary Kiamichi Railroad L.L.C.

4RailAmerica has invoked the Board’s class

exemption procedures to acquire control of Class II

rail carrier ParkSierra Corp. (ParkSierra) in

RailAmerica, Inc.-Control Exemption-ParkSierra

Acquisition Corp. and ParkSierra Corp., STB

Finance Docket No. 34100 (STB served Dec. 20,

2001) (ParkSierra). RailAmerica indicates that

ParkSierra’s rail properties do not connect with

those of Alabama & Gulf Coast or those of

RailAmerica’s other rail subsidiaries.

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. 34129, 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, NW.,

Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 20, 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 Finance Docket No. 34128]

RailAmerica, Inc.-Control ExemptionNew StatesRail Holdings, Inc. and

Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway L.L.C.1

RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica), a

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption to acquire from StatesRail,

L.L.C. (StatesRail) all of the outstanding

stock of New StatesRail Holdings, Inc.

(New StatesRail), and, through New

StatesRail, to acquire control of its

wholly owned subsidiary, the Alabama

& Gulf Coast Railway, L.L.C. (Alabama

& Gulf Coast), a Class III carrier.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after January 1,

2002.

On November 15, 2001, RailAmerica

also filed a motion for protective order

under CFR 1104.14, and the motion was

granted.2

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.3

However, in ParkSierra, infra,

RailAmerica is acquiring control of a

second Class II carrier.

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.4 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 RailAmerica will

control more than one Class II rail

carrier, 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. 34128, 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, NW.,

Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our Website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 20, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32009 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–6 (Sub–No. 390X)]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company—Abandonment

Exemption—Between Loving and

Pecos Junction, NM, and Between

Pecos Junction, NM, and Rustler

Springs, TX

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) has filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1152 subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon a line of

railroad between BNSF milepost 196.00

near Loving, NM, and milepost 217.20

near Pecos Junction, NM, and between

milepost 0.00 near Pecos Junction, NM,

and milepost 25.34 near Rustler Springs,

TX, a total distance of 46.54 miles. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Codes 88256, 88263, and

79855.

Applicant has certified that: (1) No

local traffic has moved over the line for

at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead

traffic to be rerouted; (3) no formal

complaint filed by a user of rail service

on the line (or by a state or local

government agency acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line is either pending with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or

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 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