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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 168 / Thursday, August 30, 2007 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35073]
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Company—Change in Operators
Exemption—North Coast Railroad
Authority, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail
Transit District and Northwestern
Pacific Railway Co., LLC 1
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Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Company (NWPCO), a noncarrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1150.31 to change
operators from Northwestern Pacific
Railway Co., LLC (NWPY) to NWPCO
on a line of railroad owned by North
Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) and
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District
(SMART). The line, entirely within
California, includes: (1) The Willits
Segment extending from NWP milepost
142.5 near Outlet Station to NWP
milepost 68.22 near Healdsburg, a
distance of approximately 74.3 miles;
(2) the Healdsburg Segment extending
from NWP milepost 68.2 near
Healdsburg to NWP milepost 26.96 near
Novato, a distance of approximately
41.2 miles; (3) the Novato Segment
extending from milepost 26.96 near
Novato to NWP milepost 25.6 near
Ignacio, a distance of approximately 1.4
miles; and (4) the Lombard Segment
extending from NWP milepost 25.6 near
Ignacio to Lombard Station in Napa
County, SP milepost 63.4, a distance of
approximately 25.3 miles. These
segments (‘‘the Line’’) total
approximately 142 miles.2 This change
in operators is exempt under 49 CFR
1150.31(a)(3).3
1 This notice corrects the notice published on
August 24, 2007, at 72 FR 48729, which erroneously
stated the earliest date for consummation of this
transaction to be August 16, 2007 and, in one
instance, misstated the docket number.
2 NCRA acquired the authority to operate the Line
pursuant to North Coast Railroad Authority—Lease
and Operation Exemption—California Northern
Railroad Company, Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Authority, and Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and
Transportation District, STB Finance Docket No.
33115 (STB Served Sept. 27, 1996). In turn, NCRA
contracted its surface freight easement rights on the
Line to NWPY pursuant to Northwestern Pacific
Railway Co., LLC—Lease and Operation
Exemption—North Coast Railroad Authority,
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Authority and
Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation
District, STB Finance Docket No. 33998 (STB served
Feb. 6, 2001). SMART obtained an ownership
interest in the southern portion of the Line pursuant
to Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District—
Acquisition Exemption—Northwestern Pacific
Railroad Authority, STB Finance Docket No. 34400
(STB served Mar. 10, 2004).
3 In order to qualify for a change in operators
exemption, an applicant must give notice to
shippers on the line. See 49 CFR 1150.32(b).
NWPCO has certified that it gave notice of the
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NWPCO certifies that upon
consummation of the transaction, it will
become a Class III rail carrier, that its
projected revenues as a result of this
transaction will not exceed those that
would qualify it as a Class III rail
carrier, and that such revenues would
not exceed $5 million annually.
NWPCO indicates that it intends to
consummate the transaction on or after
September 8, 2007, which is the earliest
the transaction can be consummated (30
days after the exemption was filed).4
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the
proceeding 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
effectiveness of the exemption. Stay
petitions must be filed by August 31,
2007 (at least 7 days before the
exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 35073, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, Office
of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 395
E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20523–
0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Douglas H.
Bosco, Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Company, 37 Old Courthouse Square,
Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, and
Robert A. Wimbish, Baker & Miller,
PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://www.
stb.dot.gov.
Decided: August 24, 2007.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Open Meeting of the Financial Literacy
and Education Commission
Departmental Offices, Treasury.
Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice announces a
meeting of the Financial Literacy and
Education Commission, established by
proposed transaction to affected shippers
concurrently with the filing of this notice of
exemption.
4 This transaction renders moot the notice of
exemption filed in STB Docket No. 34842, SonomaMarin Area Rail Transit District—Acquisition
Exemption—Northwestern Pacific Railroad, which
will be dismissed in a separate decision.
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the Financial Literacy and Education
Improvement Act (Title V of the Fair
and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of
2003).
DATES: The twelfth meeting of the
Financial Literacy and Education
Commission will be held on Tuesday,
September 25, 2007, beginning at 10
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The Financial Literacy and
Education Commission meeting will be
held in the Cash Room at the
Department of the Treasury, located at
1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. To be admitted to the
Treasury building, an attendee must
RSVP by providing his or her name,
organization, phone number, date of
birth, Social Security number and
country of citizenship to the Department
of the Treasury by e-mail at:
FLECrsvp@do.treas.gov, or by telephone
at: (202) 622–5770 (not a toll-free
number) not later than 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, September 19, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information, contact Tom
Kurek by e-mail at:
thomas.kurek@do.treas.gov or by
telephone at (202) 622–0204 (not a toll
free number). Additional information
regarding the Financial Literacy and
Education Commission and the
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
Financial Education may be obtained
through the Office of Financial
Education’s Web site at: https://
www.treas.gov/financialeducation.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Financial Literacy and Education
Improvement Act, which is Title V of
the Fair and Accurate Credit
Transactions Act of 2003 (the ‘‘FACT
Act’’) (Pub. L. 108–159), established the
Financial Literacy and Education
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) to
improve financial literacy and
education of persons in the United
States. The Commission is composed of
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
head of the Office of the Comptroller of
the Currency; the Office of Thrift
Supervision; the Federal Reserve; the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
the National Credit Union
Administration; the Securities and
Exchange Commission; the Departments
of Education, Agriculture, Defense,
Health and Human Services, Housing
and Urban Development, Labor, and
Veterans Affairs; the Federal Trade
Commission; the General Services
Administration; the Small Business
Administration; the Social Security
Administration; the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission; and the Office of
Personnel Management. The
Commission is required to hold
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35073]
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company--Change in Operators
Exemption--North Coast Railroad Authority, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail
Transit District and Northwestern Pacific Railway Co., LLC \1\
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\1\ This notice corrects the notice published on August 24,
2007, at 72 FR 48729, which erroneously stated the earliest date for
consummation of this transaction to be August 16, 2007 and, in one
instance, misstated the docket number.
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Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company (NWPCO), a noncarrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to change
operators from Northwestern Pacific Railway Co., LLC (NWPY) to NWPCO on
a line of railroad owned by North Coast Railroad Authority (NCRA) and
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District (SMART). The line, entirely
within California, includes: (1) The Willits Segment extending from NWP
milepost 142.5 near Outlet Station to NWP milepost 68.22 near
Healdsburg, a distance of approximately 74.3 miles; (2) the Healdsburg
Segment extending from NWP milepost 68.2 near Healdsburg to NWP
milepost 26.96 near Novato, a distance of approximately 41.2 miles; (3)
the Novato Segment extending from milepost 26.96 near Novato to NWP
milepost 25.6 near Ignacio, a distance of approximately 1.4 miles; and
(4) the Lombard Segment extending from NWP milepost 25.6 near Ignacio
to Lombard Station in Napa County, SP milepost 63.4, a distance of
approximately 25.3 miles. These segments (``the Line'') total
approximately 142 miles.\2\ This change in operators is exempt under 49
CFR 1150.31(a)(3).\3\
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\2\ NCRA acquired the authority to operate the Line pursuant to
North Coast Railroad Authority--Lease and Operation Exemption--
California Northern Railroad Company, Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Authority, and Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation
District, STB Finance Docket No. 33115 (STB Served Sept. 27, 1996).
In turn, NCRA contracted its surface freight easement rights on the
Line to NWPY pursuant to Northwestern Pacific Railway Co., LLC--
Lease and Operation Exemption--North Coast Railroad Authority,
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Authority and Golden Gate Bridge,
Highway and Transportation District, STB Finance Docket No. 33998
(STB served Feb. 6, 2001). SMART obtained an ownership interest in
the southern portion of the Line pursuant to Sonoma-Marin Area Rail
Transit District--Acquisition Exemption--Northwestern Pacific
Railroad Authority, STB Finance Docket No. 34400 (STB served Mar.
10, 2004).
\3\ In order to qualify for a change in operators exemption, an
applicant must give notice to shippers on the line. See 49 CFR
1150.32(b). NWPCO has certified that it gave notice of the proposed
transaction to affected shippers concurrently with the filing of
this notice of exemption.
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NWPCO certifies that upon consummation of the transaction, it will
become a Class III rail carrier, that its projected revenues as a
result of this transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it
as a Class III rail carrier, and that such revenues would not exceed $5
million annually. NWPCO indicates that it intends to consummate the
transaction on or after September 8, 2007, which is the earliest the
transaction can be consummated (30 days after the exemption was
filed).\4\
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\4\ This transaction renders moot the notice of exemption filed
in STB Docket No. 34842, Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District--
Acquisition Exemption--Northwestern Pacific Railroad, which will be
dismissed in a separate decision.
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If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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
effectiveness of the exemption. Stay petitions must be filed by August
31, 2007 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 35073, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 395 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20523-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on Douglas H. Bosco, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company, 37
Old Courthouse Square, Suite 200, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, and Robert A.
Wimbish, Baker & Miller, PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite
300, Washington, DC 20037.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: August 24, 2007.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-17164 Filed 8-29-07; 8:45 am]
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