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(B) One member recommended by a
national motorcycle riders foundation;
(C) One representative of the National
Association of State Motorcycle Safety
Administrators;
(D) Two members of State
motorcyclists’ organizations;
(E) One member recommended by a
national organization that represents the
builders of highway infrastructure;
(F) One member recommended by a
national association that represents the
traffic safety systems industry; and
(G) One member of a national safety
organization; and
(2) At least one, and not more than
two, motorcyclists who are traffic
system design engineers or State
transportation department officials.’’
To carry out this requirement, the
FHWA published a notice of intent to
form an advisory committee in the
Federal Register on December 23, 2005
(70 FR 76353). This notice, consistent
with the requirements of the Federal
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announced the establishment of the
Council and invited comments and
nominations for membership. The
FHWA announced the ten members
selected to the Council in the Federal
Register on October 5, 2006 (71 FR
58903). An electronic copy of this
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employment status for two persons. Due
to his semi-retirement, Mr. Robert J.
McClune has been replaced by Mr. Dean
Tisdall as a member recommended by
the traffic safety systems industry. Mr.
Mark Bloschock has retired from the
Texas Department of Transportation and
no longer fulfills the criterion of a
motorcyclist who is a State
transportation department official. An
additional person will not be
substituted for Mr. Bloschock as the
charter requires ‘‘at least one, and not
more than two, motorcyclists who are
traffic system design engineers or State
transportation department officials’’
and, Mr. Donald Vaughn of the Alabama
Department of Transportation, an
original member of the MAC–FHWA, is
currently fulfilling that requirement.
The FHWA anticipates that the MAC–
FHWA will meet at least once a year,
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Meetings of the Council are open to the
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by members of the public. Attendance
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Ms. Fran Bents, Westat, 1650 Research
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The agenda topics for the meetings
will include a discussion of the
following issues: (1) Barrier design; (2)
road design, construction, and
maintenance practices; and (3) the
architecture and implementation of
intelligent transportation system
technologies.
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The third meeting of the Motorcyclist
Advisory Council to the Federal
Highway Administration will be held on
December 5–6, at the Sheraton Crystal
City, 1800 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202 from 10 a.m. until
5 p.m. on December 5, 2007, and from
9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on December 6, 2007.
(Authority: Section 1914 of Pub. L. 109–59;
Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App. II § 1)
Issued on: November 5, 2007.
J. Richard Capka,
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35066]
Columbia Basin Railroad Company,
Inc.—Acquisition and Operation
Exemption—BNSF Railway Company
and BNSF Acquisition, Inc.
Columbia Basin Railroad Company,
Inc. (CBRW), a Class III rail carrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire, by
purchase pursuant to an agreement it
anticipates entering into with BNSF
Railway Company and BNSF
Acquisition, Inc., and to operate
approximately 74 miles of rail lines as
follows: (1) From milepost 186.9 at or
near Connell to milepost 145.7 at or
near Wheeler, WA; (2) from milepost 0.0
at or near Bassett Junction to milepost
12.5 at or near Schrag, WA; (3) from
milepost 20.0 at or near Moses Lake to
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milepost 5.6 at or near Sieler, WA; and
(4) from milepost 5.6 at or near Sieler
to milepost 0.0 at or near Wheeler. In
addition, CBRW intends to acquire
incidental trackage rights for local and
overhead rail service over
approximately 13 miles of rail line from
milepost 1987 at or near Othello to the
end of the track at milepost 1974 at or
near Warden, WA. CBRW has leased,
operated and performed trackage rights
services over substantially the same rail
lines since December 1996.1
CBRW certifies that its projected
annual revenues as a result of this
transaction will not result in the
creation of a Class II or Class I rail
carrier.
CBRW states that it intends to
consummate the transaction on or after
December 1, 2007, but shall in no event
consummate the transaction before the
Board either grants its petition for
waiver of the 60-day labor notice
requirement or CBRW satisfies the
applicable labor notice requirement at
49 CFR 1150.42(e).2
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 effectiveness of
the exemption. Stay petitions must be
filed no later than 7 days before the
exemption becomes effective.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 35066, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on RoseMichele Nardi, Weiner Brodsky Sidman
Kider PC, 1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth
Floor, Washington, DC 20036–1609.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: November 9, 2007.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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1 See Columbia Basin Railroad Company, Inc.—
Exemption to Lease and Operate—Burlington
Northern Railroad Co. and BNSF Acquisition, Inc.,
STB Finance Docket No. 33140 (STB served Dec.
13, 1996).
2 On November 1, 2007, CBRW concurrently filed
a certification of labor notice compliance and a
petition for waiver of the 60-day advance labor
notice requirement at 49 CFR 1150.42(e). That
request will be addressed in a separate decision.
Unless the Board grants the waiver request, the
earliest this transaction may be consummated will
be December 31, 2007.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35066]
Columbia Basin Railroad Company, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company and BNSF Acquisition, Inc.
Columbia Basin Railroad Company, Inc. (CBRW), a Class III rail
carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41
to acquire, by purchase pursuant to an agreement it anticipates
entering into with BNSF Railway Company and BNSF Acquisition, Inc., and
to operate approximately 74 miles of rail lines as follows: (1) From
milepost 186.9 at or near Connell to milepost 145.7 at or near Wheeler,
WA; (2) from milepost 0.0 at or near Bassett Junction to milepost 12.5
at or near Schrag, WA; (3) from milepost 20.0 at or near Moses Lake to
milepost 5.6 at or near Sieler, WA; and (4) from milepost 5.6 at or
near Sieler to milepost 0.0 at or near Wheeler. In addition, CBRW
intends to acquire incidental trackage rights for local and overhead
rail service over approximately 13 miles of rail line from milepost
1987 at or near Othello to the end of the track at milepost 1974 at or
near Warden, WA. CBRW has leased, operated and performed trackage
rights services over substantially the same rail lines since December
1996.\1\
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\1\ See Columbia Basin Railroad Company, Inc.--Exemption to
Lease and Operate--Burlington Northern Railroad Co. and BNSF
Acquisition, Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 33140 (STB served Dec. 13,
1996).
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CBRW certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of
this transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class
I rail carrier.
CBRW states that it intends to consummate the transaction on or
after December 1, 2007, but shall in no event consummate the
transaction before the Board either grants its petition for waiver of
the 60-day labor notice requirement or CBRW satisfies the applicable
labor notice requirement at 49 CFR 1150.42(e).\2\
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\2\ On November 1, 2007, CBRW concurrently filed a certification
of labor notice compliance and a petition for waiver of the 60-day
advance labor notice requirement at 49 CFR 1150.42(e). That request
will be addressed in a separate decision. Unless the Board grants
the waiver request, the earliest this transaction may be consummated
will be December 31, 2007.
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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 effectiveness of the
exemption. Stay petitions must be filed no later than 7 days before the
exemption becomes effective.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 35066, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a
copy of each pleading must be served on Rose-Michele Nardi, Weiner
Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300 19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor,
Washington, DC 20036-1609.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: November 9, 2007.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-22359 Filed 11-15-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P