Rocky Mount and Western Railroad Co., Inc.-Abandonment Exemption-in Nash County, NC, 11731 [05-4418]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 45 / Wednesday, March 9, 2005 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–883 (Sub-No. 1X)]
Rocky Mount and Western Railroad
Co., Inc.—Abandonment Exemption-in
Nash County, NC
Rocky Mount and Western Railroad
Co., Inc. (RM&W) has filed a notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to
abandon an approximately 4.7 miles of
railroad from approximately milepost
134.8 at or near Momeyer to the end of
the rail line at approximately milepost
139.5 at or near Spring Hope, in Nash
County, NC. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 27882.
RM&W has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic, if 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 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 report), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic report), 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 8,
2005, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,1
formal expressions of intent to file an
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.
VerDate jul<14>2003
18:06 Mar 08, 2005
Jkt 205001
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 21,
2005. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by March 29,
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 RM&W’s
representative: Rose-Michele Weinryb,
Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300
19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor,
Washington, DC 20036–1609.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
RM&W has filed an environmental
and historic report which addresses the
effects, if any, of the abandonment on
the environment and historic resources.
SEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by March 14, 2005.
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) 565–1539. 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), RM&W 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 RM&W’s filing of a notice of
consummation by March 9, 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: March 1, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–4418 Filed 3–8–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–02–P
2 Each offer of financial assistance must be
accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is
set at $1,200. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
PO 00000
Frm 00127
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
11731
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Public Meeting of the President’s
Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
Department of the Treasury.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice advises all
interested persons of a public meeting of
the President’s Advisory Panel on
Federal Tax Reform.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, March 23, 2005, in the New
Orleans, Louisiana area and will begin
at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The venue has not been
identified to date. Venue information
will be posted on the Panel’s Web site
at https://www.taxreformpanel.gov as
soon as it is available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Panel staff at (202) 927–2TAX (927–
2829) (not a toll-free call) or e-mail
info@taxreformpanel.gov (please do not
send comments to this box). Additional
information is available at https://
www.taxreformpanel.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose: This meeting is the fifth
meeting of the Advisory Panel, and will
explore perceptions about the fairness of
the tax code and focus on how our tax
system affects families.
Comments: Interested parties are
invited to attend the meeting; however,
no public comments will be heard at the
meeting. Any written comments with
respect to this meeting may be mailed
to The President’s Advisory Panel on
Federal Tax Reform, 1440 New York
Avenue NW., Suite 2100, Washington,
DC 20220. On February 16, 2005, the
Panel requested written comments in
response to four specific questions
about the Federal tax system. For
additional information regarding this
request for comments, please see
https://www.taxreformpanel.gov/contact.
All written comments will be made
available to the public.
Records: Records are being kept of
Advisory Panel proceedings and will be
available at the Internal Revenue
Service’s FOIA Reading Room at 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 1621,
Washington, DC 20024. The Reading
Room is open to the public from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday
except holidays. The public entrance to
the reading room is on Pennsylvania
Avenue between 10th and 12th streets.
The phone number is (202) 622–5164
(not a toll-free number). Advisory Panel
documents, including meeting
announcements, agendas, and minutes,
will also be available on https://
www.taxreformpanel.gov.
E:\FR\FM\09MRN1.SGM
09MRN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4418]
[[Page 11731]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB-883 (Sub-No. 1X)]
Rocky Mount and Western Railroad Co., Inc.--Abandonment
Exemption-in Nash County, NC
Rocky Mount and Western Railroad Co., Inc. (RM&W) has filed a
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt
Abandonments to abandon an approximately 4.7 miles of railroad from
approximately milepost 134.8 at or near Momeyer to the end of the rail
line at approximately milepost 139.5 at or near Spring Hope, in Nash
County, NC. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code
27882.
RM&W has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the
line for at least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic, if 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 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 report), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 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 8, 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 21, 2005. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by March 29, 2005, with:
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\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\ Each offer of financial assistance must be accompanied by
the filing fee, which currently is set at $1,200. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
RM&W's representative: Rose-Michele Weinryb, Weiner Brodsky Sidman
Kider PC, 1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20036-
1609.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
RM&W has filed an environmental and historic report which addresses
the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic
resources. SEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by March 14,
2005. 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) 565-1539. 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), RM&W 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 RM&W's filing of a notice of
consummation by March 9, 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: March 1, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-4418 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-02-P
