Debt Management Advisory Committee Meeting, 41559-41560 [2011-17526]
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reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,2
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by July 25,
2011. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by August 3,
2011, with the Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to BNSF’s
representative: Courtney Biery Estes,
General Attorney, BNSF Railway
Company, 2500 Lou Menk Drive, AOB–
3, Fort Worth, TX 76131.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
BNSF has filed environmental and
historic reports that address the effects,
if any, of the abandonment on the
environment and historic resources.
OEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by July 19, 2011.
Interested persons may obtain a copy of
the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100,
Surface Transportation Board,
Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by
calling OEA at (202) 245–0305.
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 July 14, 2012, and
there are no legal or regulatory barriers
to consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: July 11, 2011.
By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 882 (Sub–No. 3X)]
Minnesota Commercial Railway
Company—Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Washington County,
MN 1
Minnesota Commercial Railway
Company (MNNR) filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR Part 1152
subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service to
discontinue service over a 0.51-mile line
of railroad owned by BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF) between milepost
15.59 and milepost 16.10 at Hugo, in
Washington County, MN. The line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Code 55038.2
MNNR has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has
been handled on the line for at least 2
years; and (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. MNNR also has certified that the
requirements at 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
discontinuance of service shall be
protected under Oregon Short Line
1 This transaction is related to a concurrently
filed verified notice of exemption filed in Docket
No. AB 6 (Sub–No. 474X), BNSF Railway
Company—Abandonment Exemption—in
Washington County, MN, in which BNSF seeks an
exemption under 49 CFR Part 1152 subpart F to
abandon the same 0.51-mile line.
2 MNNR was authorized to lease and operate the
line in Minnesota Commercial Railway Company—
Lease & Operation Exemption—Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railway Co., FD 33577 (STB
served Apr. 10, 1998).
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Railroad —Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth &
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville
Counties, Idaho, 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 August
13, 2011, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues and
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA for continued rail service under 49
CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 3 must be filed by July
25, 2011.4 Petitions to reopen must be
filed by August 3, 2011, with the
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to MNNR’s
representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik
LLP, 655 Fifteenth Street, NW., Suite
225, Washington, DC 20005.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: July 11, 2011.
By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Debt Management Advisory Committee
Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(a)(2), that a meeting
will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel,
16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW.,Washington, DC, on August 2, 2011
at 9:30 a.m. of the following debt
management advisory committee:
Treasury Borrowing Advisory
Committee of The Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
4 Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and
not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and
public use conditions are not appropriate. Likewise,
no environmental or historic documentation is
required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 49 CFR
1105.8(b), respectively.
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The agenda for the meeting provides
for a charge by the Secretary of the
Treasury or his designate that the
Committee discuss particular issues and
conduct a working session. Following
the working session, the Committee will
present a written report of its
recommendations. The meeting will be
closed to the public, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d) and Public Law
103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B) (31 U.S.C. 3121
note).
This notice shall constitute my
determination, pursuant to the authority
placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C.
App. 2, § 10(d) and vested in me by
Treasury Department Order No. 101–05,
that the meeting will consist of
discussions and debates of the issues
presented to the Committee by the
Secretary of the Treasury and the
making of recommendations of the
Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to
Public Law 103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B).
Thus, this information is exempt from
disclosure under that provision and 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the
meeting is concerned with information
that is exempt from disclosure under 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public interest
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requires that such meetings be closed to
the public because the Treasury
Department requires frank and full
advice from representatives of the
financial community prior to making its
final decisions on major financing
operations. Historically, this advice has
been offered by debt management
advisory committees established by the
several major segments of the financial
community. When so utilized, such a
committee is recognized to be an
advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App.
2, § 3.
Although the Treasury’s final
announcement of financing plans may
not reflect the recommendations
provided in reports of the Committee,
premature disclosure of the Committee’s
deliberations and reports would be
likely to lead to significant financial
speculation in the securities market.
Thus, this meeting falls within the
exemption covered by 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(A).
Treasury staff will provide a technical
briefing to the press on the day before
the Committee meeting, following the
release of a statement of economic
conditions and financing estimates. This
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briefing will give the press an
opportunity to ask questions about
financing projections. The day after the
Committee meeting, Treasury will
release the minutes of the meeting, any
charts that were discussed at the
meeting, and the Committee’s report to
the Secretary.
The Office of Debt Management is
responsible for maintaining records of
debt management advisory committee
meetings and for providing annual
reports setting forth a summary of
Committee activities and such other
matters as may be informative to the
public consistent with the policy of 5
U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal
Officer or other responsible agency
official who may be contacted for
additional information is Fred
Pietrangeli, Deputy Director for Office of
Debt Management (202) 622–1876.
Dated: July 6, 2011.
Mary Miller,
Assistant Secretary, (Financial Markets).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Debt Management Advisory Committee Meeting
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec.
10(a)(2), that a meeting will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 16th
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,Washington, DC, on August 2, 2011
at 9:30 a.m. of the following debt management advisory committee:
Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of The Securities Industry
and Financial Markets Association.
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The agenda for the meeting provides for a charge by the Secretary
of the Treasury or his designate that the Committee discuss particular
issues and conduct a working session. Following the working session,
the Committee will present a written report of its recommendations. The
meeting will be closed to the public, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
Sec. 10(d) and Public Law 103-202, Sec. 202(c)(1)(B) (31 U.S.C. 3121
note).
This notice shall constitute my determination, pursuant to the
authority placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 10(d)
and vested in me by Treasury Department Order No. 101-05, that the
meeting will consist of discussions and debates of the issues presented
to the Committee by the Secretary of the Treasury and the making of
recommendations of the Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to Public
Law 103-202, Sec. 202(c)(1)(B).
Thus, this information is exempt from disclosure under that
provision and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the meeting is
concerned with information that is exempt from disclosure under 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public interest requires that such meetings
be closed to the public because the Treasury Department requires frank
and full advice from representatives of the financial community prior
to making its final decisions on major financing operations.
Historically, this advice has been offered by debt management advisory
committees established by the several major segments of the financial
community. When so utilized, such a committee is recognized to be an
advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 3.
Although the Treasury's final announcement of financing plans may
not reflect the recommendations provided in reports of the Committee,
premature disclosure of the Committee's deliberations and reports would
be likely to lead to significant financial speculation in the
securities market. Thus, this meeting falls within the exemption
covered by 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A).
Treasury staff will provide a technical briefing to the press on
the day before the Committee meeting, following the release of a
statement of economic conditions and financing estimates. This briefing
will give the press an opportunity to ask questions about financing
projections. The day after the Committee meeting, Treasury will release
the minutes of the meeting, any charts that were discussed at the
meeting, and the Committee's report to the Secretary.
The Office of Debt Management is responsible for maintaining
records of debt management advisory committee meetings and for
providing annual reports setting forth a summary of Committee
activities and such other matters as may be informative to the public
consistent with the policy of 5 U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal
Officer or other responsible agency official who may be contacted for
additional information is Fred Pietrangeli, Deputy Director for Office
of Debt Management (202) 622-1876.
Dated: July 6, 2011.
Mary Miller,
Assistant Secretary, (Financial Markets).
[FR Doc. 2011-17526 Filed 7-13-11; 8:45 am]
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