Federal Register/Vol. 64, No. 140/Thursday, July 22, 1999/Notices
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Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 140 / Thursday, July 22, 1999 / Notices 39555 NHTSA welcomes public review of control any U.S. carriers, filed an Coach is a Delaware corporation that the technical report and invites the application under 49 U.S.C. 14303 to controls the operating carriers 4 through reviewers to submit comments about the acquire control of Coach USA, Inc. the management companies. Coach also data and the statistical methods used in (Coach), a noncarrier; its 7 noncarrier controls several non-federally regulated the report. The agency is interested in regional management subsidiaries (the bus, van, and taxicab companies.5 learning of any additional data or management companies); 1 and the 79 Stagecoach has formed two wholly information that could be used to motor passenger subsidiaries (the owned subsidiaries for the purpose of expand or improve the analyses. operating carriers) controlled by Coach If a commenter wishes to submit through the management companies. 4 Air Travel Transportation, Inc. (MC±166420); certain information under a claim of Persons wishing to oppose the Airlines Acquisition Co., Inc. (MC±223575); Airport Bus of Bakersfield (MC±163191); Airport Limousine confidentiality, three copies of the application must follow the rules under Service, Inc. (MC±315702); America Charters, Ltd. complete submission, including 49 CFR 1182.5 and 1182.8.2 The Board (MC±153814); ASTI, Inc. (MC±252353); Americoach purportedly confidential business has tentatively approved the Tours, Ltd. (MC±212649); Antelope Valley Bus, Inc. information, should be submitted to the transaction, and, if no opposing (MC±125057); Arrow Line, Inc. (MC±1934); Arrow Stage Lines, Inc. (MC±29592); Autocar Connaisseur, Chief Counsel, NHTSA, at the street comments are timely filed, this notice Inc. (MC±166643); Bayou City Coaches, Inc. (MC± address given above, and 2 copies from will be the final Board action. 245246); Black Hawk-Central City Ace Express, Inc. which the purportedly confidential DATES: Comments must be filed by (MC±273611); Blue Bird Coach Lines, Inc. (MC± 108531); Bonanza Bus Lines, Inc. (MC±13028); information has been deleted should be September 7, 1999. Applicants may file submitted to the Docket Section. A Browder Tours, Inc. (MC±236290); Brunswick a reply by September 20, 1999. If no Transportation Company d/b/a The Maine Line request for confidentiality should be comments are filed by September 7, (MC±109495); Butler Motor Transit, Inc. (MC± accompanied by a cover letter setting 1999, this notice is effective on that 126876); California Charters, Inc. (MC±241211); Cape Transit Corp. (MC±161678); Central Cab forth the information specified in the date. agency's confidential business Company (MC±133058); Chenango Valley Bus ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 Lines, Inc. (MC±141324); Clinton Avenue Bus information regulation. (49 CFR Part Company (MC±223062); Colonial Coach Corp. (MC± 512). copies of any comments referring to STB 39491); Community Coach, Inc. (MC±76022); All comments received before the Docket No. MC±F±20948 to: Surface Community Transit Lines, Inc. (MC±145548); Desert close of business on the comment Transportation Board, Office of the Stage Lines, Inc. (MC±140919); El Expreso, Inc. Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K (MC±244195); Erie Coach Lines Company (MC± closing date will be considered, and will 127027); Gad-About Tours, Inc. (MC±198451); GL be available for examination in the Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423± Bus Lines, Inc. (MC±180074); Gray Line Air Shuttle, docket at the above address both before 0001. In addition, send one copy of Inc. (MC±218255); Gray Line New York Tours, Inc. and after that date. To the extent comments to applicants' (MC±180229); Gray Line Tours of Southern Nevada representatives: William C. Sippel, (MC±127564); Grosvenor Bus Lines, Inc. (MC± possible, comments filed after the 157317); Gulf Coast Transportation, Inc. (MC± closing date will also be considered. Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly 201397); H.A.M.L. Corp. (MC±195792); Hudson The NHTSA will continue to file (Illinois), Two Prudential Plaza, 45th Transit Corporation (MC±133403); Hudson Transit relevant information as it becomes Floor, 180 North Stetson Avenue, Lines, Inc. (MC±228); International Bus Services, Chicago, IL 60601±6710; and Betty Jo Inc. (MC±155937); Kansas City Executive Coach, available in the docket after the closing Inc. (MC±203805); Keeshin Charter Services, Inc. date, and it is recommended that Christian, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, 1330 (MC±118044); Keeshin Transportation, LP (MC± interested people continue to examine Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, 263222); Kerrville Bus Company, Inc. (MC±27530); the docket for new material. DC 20036. K-T Contract Services, Inc. (MC±218583); Leisure Time Tours, Inc. (MC±142011); Metro Cars, Inc. People desiring to be notified upon FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (MC±276823); Mini Coach of Boston (MC±231090); receipt of their comments in the rules Beryl Gordon, (202) 565±1600. [TDD for Mountaineer Coach, Inc. (MC±229627); Niagara docket should enclose a self-addressed, the hearing impaired: (202) 565±1695.] Scenic Bus Lines, Inc. (MC±30787); Olympia Trails stamped postcard in the envelope with Bus Co., Inc. (MC±138146); Orange, Newark, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Elizabeth Bus, Inc. (MC±206227); P&S their comments. Upon receiving the Stagecoach is a public limited company Transportation, Inc. (MC±255382); Pawtuxet Valley comments, the docket supervisor will organized under the laws of Scotland Bus Lines (MC±115432); PCSTC, Inc. (MC±184852); return the postcard by mail. Pittsburgh Transportation Charter Services, Inc. with no bus or other transportation (MC±319195); Powder River Transportation Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; interests in the United States. With Services, Inc. (MC±161531); Progressive delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and operations in eight other countries, Transportation Services, Inc. (MC±247074); Red & 501.8. however, Stagecoach is one of the Tan Charter, Inc. (MC±204842); Red & Tan Tours William H. Walsh, (MC±162174); Rockland Coaches, Inc. (MC±29890); world's largest providers of passenger Ross Tours, Inc. (MC±175674); Salt Lake Coaches, 3 Associate Administrator for Plans and Policy. transportation services. It had annual Inc. (MC±347528); Stardust Tours, Inc. d/b/a Gray [FR Doc. 99±18671 Filed 7±21±99; 8:45 am] revenues for the fiscal year ending April Line Tours of Memphis (MC±318341); Suburban BILLING CODE 4910±59±P 30, 1999, of $2.475 billion. Management Corp. (MC±264527); Suburban Trails, Inc. (MC±149081); Suburban Transit Corp. (MC± 115116); Syracuse and Oswego Coach Lines, Inc. 1 The management companies are: Coach USA (MC±117805); Texas Bus Lines, Inc. (MC±37640); DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION North Central, Inc.; Coach USA Northeast, Inc.; Tippett Travel, Inc. d/b/a Marie's Charter Bus Lines Coach USA South Central, Inc.; Coach USA (MC±174043); Transportation Management Surface Transportation Board Southeast, Inc.; Coach USA West, Inc.; Coach Services, Inc. (MC±237433); Trentway-Wagar, Inc. Canada, Inc.; and Yellow Cab Service Corporation. (MC±126430); Tucker Transportation Co., Inc. (MC± [STB Docket No. MC±F±20948] 2 Revised procedures governing finance 223424); Utica-Rome Bus Co., Inc. (MC±7914); applications filed under 49 U.S.C. 14303 were Valen Transportation, Inc. (MC±212398); Van Stagecoach Holdings plcÐControlÐ adopted in Revisions to Regulations Governing Nortwick Bros., Inc. (MC±149025); Wisconsin Coach USA, Inc., et al. Finance Applications Involving Motor Passenger Coach Lines, Inc. (MC±123432); Worthen Van Carriers, STB Ex Parte No. 559 (STB served Sept. Service, Inc. (MC±142573); and 2948±7238 Quebec, AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 1, 1998). Inc. d/b/a Visite Touristique de Quebec (MC± 3 302514). ACTION: Notice tentatively approving Stagecoach's principal business consists of divisions that provide significant bus and rail 5 The appropriate filing has been made under the finance application. passenger services in the United Kingdom, and an Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of overseas division that operates buses in 1976, 15 U.S.C. 18a, with respect to that portion of SUMMARY: Stagecoach Holdings plc Scandinavia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Portugal, the transaction that involves Stagecoach's control of (Stagecoach), a noncarrier that does not Australia, and China. non-federally regulated entities. VerDate 18-JUN-99 14:22 Jul 21, 1999 Jkt 183247 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\A22JY3.173 pfrm12 PsN: 22JYN1 39556 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 140 / Thursday, July 22, 1999 / Notices effectuating the proposed transaction: global transportation management This decision will not significantly SCH Holdings Corp. (Holdings); and expertise, the transaction will enable affect either the quality of the human SCH Acquisition Corp. (Acquisition), a Coach to expand its carrier acquisition environment or the conservation of wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings. program and to improve the level and energy resources. Both of these companies are Delaware amount of services already offered to the It is ordered: corporations, with no interest in any operating carriers. Further, it is 1. The proposed acquisition of control regulated carrier. Pursuant to an anticipated that fixed charges may be is approved and authorized, subject to agreement among Stagecoach, Holdings, reduced as a result of Stagecoach's the filing of opposing comments. Acquisition, and Coach, Holdings has ability to refinance Coach's existing debt 2. If timely opposing comments are undertaken a cash tender offer for up to on more favorable terms. Each of these filed, the findings made in this decision all of the outstanding shares of Coach. benefits, applicants contend, will will be deemed as having been vacated. Upon satisfaction of certain conditions translate into benefits for the traveling 3. This decision will be effective on and completion of the tender offer, public in the form of improved and September 7, 1999, unless timely Acquisition will be merged with and more competitive bus services. opposing comments are filed. into Coach, with Coach as the surviving Applicants state that Coach and its 4.