Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Washington County, OR, 10741 [05-4107]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 42 / Friday, March 4, 2005 / Notices
Title of Information Collection: River
Operations Study (ROS)—Recreation
User Data.
Frequency of Use: Annually for a
period of five years.
Type of Affected Public: Individual
recreation users at public and
commercial recreation areas and
recreation users from private water front
homes.
Small Businesses or Organizations
Affected: Yes.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,500–3,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,250–1,500.
Estimated Average Burden Hours Per
Response: 0.5 hours.
Need For and Use of Information: As
part of system wide re-evaluation of
TVA reservoirs and tailwaters TVA
conducted a survey of recreation use on
13 representative reservoirs and 6
representative tailwaters during
calendar year 2002. Recreation use
estimates were made for public use
areas, commercial marinas, river
outfitters, and private home owners.. In
each case, information was collected on
the amount of recreation use, length of
stay, facility preference, trip origin,
expenditures and economic impact.
These data now form the foundation
for a TVA reservoir and tailwater
recreation database—the first systemwide estimates on recreation use in the
Valley collected since 1978. TVA
recognizes the value of this database
and proposes to keep it up-to-date and,
improving its utility by refining the
survey design and conducting
additional surveys of recreational use on
representative reservoirs and tailwaters.
Jacklyn J. Stephenson,
Senior Manager, Enterprise Operations,
Information Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
P&W has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic, if any,
could 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
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 April 5,
2005, 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 March 14,
2005. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by March 24,
2005, with: Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to P&W’s
representative: Eric M. Hocky, Esq.,
Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., Four
Penn Center, Suite 200, 1600 JFK Blvd.,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
[STB Docket No. AB–541 (Sub-No. 1X)]
Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in
Washington County, OR
Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.
(P&W), has filed a notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon a portion of
its line of railroad that extends from
milepost 17.10 to milepost 20.05, near
the City of Hillsboro, in Washington
County, OR. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 97124.
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1 The 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.
2 Effective October 31, 2004, the filing fee for an
OFA increased to $1,200. See Regulations
Governing Fees for Services Performed in
Connection with Licensing and Related Services—
2004 Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 11)
(STB served Oct. 1, 2004).
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If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
P&W has filed environmental and
historic reports which address the
effects, if any, of the abandonment on
the environment and historic resources.
SEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by March 11, 2005.
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) 565–1539.
[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), P&W 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
P&W’s filing of a notice of
consummation by March 4, 2006, 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 https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: February 25, 2005.
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-541 (Sub-No. 1X)]
Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in
Washington County, OR
Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. (P&W), has filed a notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a
portion of its line of railroad that extends from milepost 17.10 to
milepost 20.05, near the City of Hillsboro, in Washington County, OR.
The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 97124.
P&W has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
line for at least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic, if any, could 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 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 April 5, 2005, 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
March 14, 2005. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by March 24, 2005, with:
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001.
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\1\ The 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 Out-of-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.
\2\ Effective October 31, 2004, the filing fee for an OFA
increased to $1,200. See Regulations Governing Fees for Services
Performed in Connection with Licensing and Related Services--2004
Update, STB Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 11) (STB served Oct. 1, 2004).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to P&W's
representative: Eric M. Hocky, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C.,
Four Penn Center, Suite 200, 1600 JFK Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
P&W has filed environmental and historic reports which address the
effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic
resources. SEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by March 11,
2005. 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) 565-1539. [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), P&W 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 P&W's filing of a notice of
consummation by March 4, 2006, 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: February 25, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-4107 Filed 3-3-05; 8:45 am]
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