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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 197 / Thursday, October 13, 2005 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has
received a request from Harris Ellsworth
& Levin on behalf of Trinity Industries,
Inc. (WB605–1—10/5/2005) for
permission to use certain data from the
Board’s 2003 and 2004 Carload Waybill
Sample. A copy of the requests may be
obtained from the Office of Economics,
Environmental Analysis, and
Administration.
The waybill sample contains
confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these
requests, they should file their
objections with the Director of the
Board’s Office of Economics,
Environmental Analysis, and
Administration within 14 calendar days
of the date of this notice. The rules for
release of waybill data are codified at 49
CFR 1244.9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mac
Frampton, (202) 565–1541.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05–20529 Filed 10–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket Nos. AB–6 (Sub–No. 430X) and
AB–1040X]
BNSF Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in
Oklahoma County, OK and Stillwater
Central Railroad, Inc.—Discontinuance
of Service Exemption—in Oklahoma
County, OK
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) and
Stillwater Central Railroad, Inc. (SLWC)
have jointly filed a notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service for BNSF to abandon, and for
SLWC to discontinue service over,
approximately 2.95 miles of railroad
between milepost 539.96 and milepost
542.91 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, OK. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 73102,
74108, and 73129.
BNSF and SLWC have certified that:
(1) No local traffic has moved over the
line for at least 2 years; (2) any overhead
traffic on the line 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
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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 of 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 these exemptions,
any employee adversely affected by the
abandonment or discontinuance 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,
these exemptions will be effective on
November 12, 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 October 24, 2005. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by November 2, 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 applicants’
representatives: Sidney L. Strickland,
Jr., 3050 K Street, NW., Suite 101,
Washington, DC 20007; and Karl Morell,
1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225,
Washington, DC 20005.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemptions
are void ab initio.
BNSF and SLWC have filed an
environmental report which addresses
the effects, if any, of the abandonment
and discontinuance on the environment
and historic resources. SEA will issue
an environmental assessment (EA) by
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
exemptions’ 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 exemptions’ effective date.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which currently is set at $1,200. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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October 18, 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. [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), BNSF 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
BNSF’s filing of a notice of
consummation by October 13, 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: October 3, 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–303 (Sub–No. 29X)]
Wisconsin Central Ltd.—Abandonment
Exemption—in Forest County, WI
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) has
filed a notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon a 4.62-mile
line of railroad, from milepost 235.84 on
the Pembine Sub (formerly milepost
249.38 on the old Shawano Sub), near
Crandon, to the end of the track at
milepost 231.22 on the Pembine Sub
(formerly milepost 254.00 on the old
Shawano Sub), in Forest County, WI.
The line traverses United States Postal
Service Zip Code 54520.
WCL has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the line that would have to be
rerouted; (3) no formal complaint filed
by a user of rail service on the line (or
by a state or local government entity
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Release of Waybill Data
The Surface Transportation Board has received a request from Harris
Ellsworth & Levin on behalf of Trinity Industries, Inc. (WB605-1--10/5/
2005) for permission to use certain data from the Board's 2003 and 2004
Carload Waybill Sample. A copy of the requests may be obtained from the
Office of Economics, Environmental Analysis, and Administration.
The waybill sample contains confidential railroad and shipper data;
therefore, if any parties object to these requests, they should file
their objections with the Director of the Board's Office of Economics,
Environmental Analysis, and Administration within 14 calendar days of
the date of this notice. The rules for release of waybill data are
codified at 49 CFR 1244.9.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mac Frampton, (202) 565-1541.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-20529 Filed 10-12-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
