Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form SS-4 and SS-4PR, 19555-19556 [E5-1749]
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Issued: April 7, 2005.
Joseph N. Kanianthra,
Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety
Research.
[FR Doc. 05–7434 Filed 4–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration
Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Small Aircraft Operators
Research and Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 30-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on December 17, 2004 (69 FR
75601).
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 13, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room 4125, RITA,
BTS, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4387, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or e-mail
bernard.stankus@dot.gov.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501), requires a
statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS
Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department
concerning consumer protection.
Comments should address whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 7,
2005.
Donald W. Bright,
Assistant Director, Office of Airline
Information.
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The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on April 1, 2005, and the
temporary trackage rights will expire on
or about April 23, 2005. The purpose of
the temporary trackage rights is to
facilitate maintenance work on UP lines.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employees affected by the acquisition of
the temporary trackage rights will be
protected by the conditions imposed in
Norfolk and Western Ry. Co.—Trackage
Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as
modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—
Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653
(1980), and any employee affected by
the discontinuance of those trackage
rights will be protected by the
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line
R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360
I.C.C. 91 (1979).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8). If it 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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to STB Finance
Docket No. 34682, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 1925
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Robert T.
Opal, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 1580,
Omaha, NE 68179.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: April 6, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Surface Transportation Board
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS)
Title: Report of Financial and
Operating Statistics for Small Aircraft
Operators.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2138–0009.
Forms: BTS Form 298–C.
Affected Public: U.S. commuter and
small certificated air carriers.
Abstract: Part 298 requires small
certificated and commuter air carriers to
submit, quarterly financial and
operational reports to DOT.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
1,920 hours.
[STB Finance Docket No. 34682]
Internal Revenue Service
Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Temporary Trackage Rights
Exemption—BNSF Railway Company
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form SS–4 and SS–4PR
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Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has
agreed to grant temporary overhead
trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP) between BNSF milepost
4.8 near Kansas City, KS, and BNSF
milepost 213.2 near Wichita, KS, on the
one hand, and BNSF milepost 345.6
near Ft. Worth, TX, on the other,1 a
distance of approximately 595.8 miles.
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
1 The trackage rights involve BNSF track
segments with non-contiguous mileposts. As such,
total mileage does not correspond to the milepost
designation of the endpoints.
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opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning Form
SS–4, Application for Employer
Identification Number, and Form SS–
4PR, Solicitud de Numero de
Indentification Patronal (EIN).
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before June 13, 2005, to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Glenn Kirkland Internal Revenue
Service, room 6512, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form and instructions
should be directed to Larnice Mack at
Internal Revenue Service, room 6512,
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622–
3179, or through the Internet at
(Larnice.Mack@irs.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: SS–4, Application for Employer
Identification Number, and Form SS–
4PR, Solicitud de Numero de
Identification Patronal (EIN).
OMB Number: 1545–0003.
Form Number: Forms SS–4 and SS–
4PR.
Abstract: Taxpayers who are required
to have an identification number for use
on any return, statement, or other
document must prepare and file Form
SS–4 or Form SS–4PR (Puerto Rico
only) to obtain a number. The
information is used by the Internal
Revenue Service and the Social Security
Administration in tax administration
and by the Bureau of the Census for
business statistics.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the form at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, individuals or
households, not-for-profit institutions,
farms, Federal government and state,
local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,419,064.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 hr,
37 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,919,265.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
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displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: April 6, 2005.
Glenn Kirkland,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
[EE–45–93]
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
Currently, the IRS is soliciting
comments concerning an existing final
regulation, EE–45–93, Electronic Filing
of Form W–4 (§ 31.3402(f)(5)–1).
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Written comments should be
received on or before June 13, 2005, to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulations should be
directed to Allan Hopkins, at (202) 622–
6665, or at Internal Revenue Service,
room 6516, 1111 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20224, or through
the Internet, at
Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov.
DATES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Electronic Filing of Form W–4.
OMB Number: 1545–1435.
Regulation Project Number: EE–45–
93.
Abstract: Information is required by
the Internal Revenue Service to verify
compliance with regulation section
31.3402(f)(2)–1(g)(1), which requires
submission to the Service of certain
withholding exemption certificates. The
affected respondents are employers that
choose to make electronic filing of
Forms W–4 available to their
employees.
Current Actions: There is no change to
this existing regulation.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not for-profit
institutions, and Federal, state, local or
tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,000.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 20
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 40,000.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a
collection of information must be
retained as long as their contents may
become material in the administration
of any internal revenue law. Generally,
tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26
U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Form SS-4 and SS-4PR
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this
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opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public
Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is soliciting
comments concerning Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification
Number, and Form SS-4PR, Solicitud de Numero de Indentification
Patronal (EIN).
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before June 13, 2005,
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Glenn Kirkland Internal
Revenue Service, room 6512, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the form and instructions should be directed to Larnice Mack
at Internal Revenue Service, room 6512, 1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622-3179, or through the Internet at
(Larnice.Mack@irs.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, and
Form SS-4PR, Solicitud de Numero de Identification Patronal (EIN).
OMB Number: 1545-0003.
Form Number: Forms SS-4 and SS-4PR.
Abstract: Taxpayers who are required to have an identification
number for use on any return, statement, or other document must prepare
and file Form SS-4 or Form SS-4PR (Puerto Rico only) to obtain a
number. The information is used by the Internal Revenue Service and the
Social Security Administration in tax administration and by the Bureau
of the Census for business statistics.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the form at
this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations,
individuals or households, not-for-profit institutions, farms, Federal
government and state, local or tribal governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,419,064.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 1 hr, 37 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,919,265.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of
information covered by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records
relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as
their contents may become material in the administration of any
internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Approved: April 6, 2005.
Glenn Kirkland,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E5-1749 Filed 4-12-05; 8:45 am]
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