[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3523-3524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1903]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803 (the Act), which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and 
took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce 
Commission (ICC) and transferred certain functions and proceedings 
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of 
the Act provides, in general, that proceedings pending before the 
ICC on the effective date of that legislation shall be decided under 
the law in effect prior to January 1, 1996, insofar as they involve 
functions retained by the Act. This notice relates to a proceeding 
that was pending with the ICC prior to January 1, 1996, and to 
functions that are subject to Board jurisdiction pursuant to 49 
U.S.C. 10903. Therefore, this notice applies the law in effect prior 
to the Act, and citations are to the former sections of the statute, 
unless otherwise indicated.
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[Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 70)]


Union Pacific Railroad Company; Abandonment; Wallace Branch, ID

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Extension of Comment Filing Period.

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SUMMARY: The Rails to Trails Conservancy seeks the immediate issuance 
of a certificate of interim trail use under section 8(d) of the 
National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. 1247(d), for a 71.5-mile rail 
line of Union Pacific Railroad Company between milepost 16.5, near 
Plummer, and milepost 7.6, near Mullan, via milepost 80.4/0.0 near 
Wallace, in Benewah, Kootenai, and Shoshone Counties, ID. The ICC 
issued a notice on December 29, 1995 (60 FR 67364) to request comments 
from all interested parties, agencies, and members of the public as to 
whether there is any impediment to the issuance of Trails Act authority 
in the unusual circumstances of this case. Comments were due on January 
29, 1996.
    The Environmental Enforcement Division of the United States 
Department of Justice, on behalf of the Departments of Interior and 
Agriculture, requests a 60-day extension of the comment period to March 
29, 1996, to allow comment on behalf of all Federal environmental 
concerns. The Board will extend the comment period for 45 days.

DATES: Comments are due by March 14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of all comments, referring to 
Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 70), should be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, Case Control Branch, Surface Transportation Board, 1201 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a 

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copy of all comments must be served on all parties of record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927-5660. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through TDD at (202) 
927-5721.]

    Decided: January 25, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-1903 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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