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under the National Trails System Act,
16 U.S.C 1247(d); or to acquire the line
for another public purpose under 49
U.S.C. 10905.
Deadline: Comments on this
information collection should be
submitted by December 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be in
writing and directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer, Room 10235, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or
to Alexander_T._Hunt@omb.eop.gov.
Comments should be identified as
‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act Comments,
Surface Transportation Board, Maps
Submitted in Abandonment
Proceedings, OMB Control Number
2140–0008.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of the regulations pertaining to this
information collection may be obtained
by contacting Barbara G. Saddler at
(202) 565–1656 or saddlerb@stb.dot.gov.
These rules can also be found on the
Board’s Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov by searching under ‘‘ELibrary,’’ and then ‘‘Research Aids.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
Description of Collection
control number. Collection of
Title: Maps Required in Abandonment information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
Exemption Proceedings.
includes agency requirements that
OMB Control Number: 2140–0008.
persons submit reports, keep records, or
Form Number: None.
provide information to the agency, third
Type of Review: Extension without
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
change.
Respondents: Railroads initiating
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
abandonment exemption proceedings.
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
Number of Respondents: 91.
for approval, a 30-day notice and
Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour, comment period through publication in
based on average time reported in
the Federal Register concerning each
informal survey of respondents
proposed collection of information,
conducted in 2003.
including each proposed extension of an
Frequency of Response: 1.
existing collection of information.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 91.
Dated: November 14, 2006.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Vernon A. Williams,
Cost: None has been identified.
Secretary.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(2) and 1152.60(b), the Board [FR Doc. E6–19179 Filed 11–13–06; 8:45 am]
requires in each abandonment
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exemption proceeding a detailed map of
the rail line, depicting the line’s relation
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to other rail lines, roads, water routes,
and population centers. The Board uses
Surface Transportation Board
this information to determine the scope
and the impact of the proposed
Notice and Request for Comments
abandonment. In addition, this
information is posted on the Board’s
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information
Web site and serves as a form of notice
Collection Under Review: System
to current and/or potential shippers,
Diagram Maps.
and to persons who might want either
to continue rail service under 49 U.S.C.
SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation
10904; to acquire the line as a trail
Board (Board), as part of its continuing
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effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and
as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
(PRA), has submitted a request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for an extension of approval for
the currently approved collection of
maps in abandonment exemption
proceedings. The Board previously
published a notice about these
collections in the Federal Register on
July 12, 2006, at 71 FR 39395. That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. No
comments were received.
The purpose of the current notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment to satisfy the requirements of
the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3507(b). Comments
are sought from interested persons
concerning (1) whether the collection of
maps is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Board, including whether the collection
has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the Board’s burden estimates; (3) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
when appropriate.
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effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and
as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
(PRA), has submitted a request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for an extension of approval for
the currently approved collection of rail
system diagram maps. The Board
previously published a notice about
these collections in the Federal Register
on July 21, 2006, at 71 FR 41513. That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. One
comment was received. As pertinent
here, the commenter emphasized the
importance of the Board’s collection of
system diagram maps in providing
advance notice to the public about rail
service that is likely to be abandoned,
especially in light of the importance of
that notice to the viability of the Board’s
feeder-line program, 49 U.S.C. 10907,
which enables shippers and
communities to acquire marginal rail
lines that are likely to be downgraded or
abandoned.
The purpose of the current notice is
to allow an additional 30 days for public
comment to satisfy the requirements of
the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3507(b). Comments
are sought from rail carriers that have
recently filed amended or new system
diagram maps (or, in the case of small
carriers, the alternative narrative
description of rail system), as well as
from members of the shipping public
who may make use of these maps,
concerning (1) whether the particular
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology when
appropriate.
Description of Collection
Title: System Diagram Maps.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0003.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Common carrier freight
railroads that are either new or reporting
changes in the status of one or more of
their rail lines.
Number of Respondents: 4.
Estimated Time per Response: 4.5
hours, based on average time reported in
informal survey of respondents
conducted in 2003.
Frequency of Response: 1.
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Total Annual Burden Hours: 18 hours
(4 respondents × 4.5 hours).
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: Range is between $.50 and $2,550,
depending on size and class of carrier.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
10903(c)(2) and 49 CFR 1152.10–
1152.13, all rail carriers subject to the
Board’s jurisdiction are required to
maintain, publish, and submit to the
Board a complete diagram of the
transportation system operated. These
carriers are also required to publish and
submit any amendments to their system
diagram maps (SDMs) as necessary to
keep the SDMs current. Under the
Board’s regulations, 49 CFR 1152.10(a),
a Class III carrier (a carrier with assets
of not more than $20 million in 1991
dollars), may submit the same
information in narrative form. The
information sought in this collection
identifies all lines in a particular
railroad’s system, categorized to
indicate the likelihood that service on a
particular line will be abandoned and/
or whether service on a line is currently
provided under the financial assistance
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10904. This
information constitutes advance notice
to the Board and the public about likely
decreases in the availability of rail
service and provides a valuable
planning tool for the Board and the
shipping public. It facilitates informed
decision making by the Board, and
permits shippers and communities to
participate in Board proceedings that
may affect them, to submit timely
proposals for continuing rail service
under the feeder-line acquisition
program (49 U.S.C. 10907(b)(i)), and/or
to plan for alternative means of
transportation.
Deadline: Persons wishing to
comment on this information collection
should submit comments by December
14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Surface
Transportation Board Desk Officer,
Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, or to
Alexander_T._Hunt@omb.eop.gov.
Comments should be identified as
‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act Comments,
Surface Transportation Board, System
Diagram Map, OMB Control Number
2140–0003.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A
copy of the regulations pertaining to this
information collection may be obtained
by contacting Barbara G. Saddler at
(202) 565–1656 or saddlerb@stb.dot.gov.
These rules can also be found on the
Board’s Web site at https://
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www.stb.dot.gov by searching under ‘‘ELibrary,’’ and then ‘‘Research Aids.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. Collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: November 14, 2006.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 281X);
STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 270X)]
Yadkin Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Stanly
County, NC; Norfolk Southern Railway
Company—Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Stanly County, NC
Yadkin Railroad Company (Yadkin)
and Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) (collectively, applicants), have
jointly filed a notice of exemption under
49 CFR Part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service for Yadkin to abandon, and for
NSR to discontinue service over, a 4.14mile line of railroad between milepost N
27.50 in North Albemarle and milepost
N 31.64 in Albemarle, Stanly County,
NC. The line traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Code 28001. The line
includes the former stations of North
Albemarle and Albemarle.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the line for
at least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic
on the line can be rerouted over other
lines; (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 Board or with any
U.S. District Court or has been decided
in favor of complainant within the 2year period; and (4) the requirements of
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49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental report),
49 CFR 1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR
1105.11 (transmittal letter), 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
abandonment and discontinuance shall
be protected under Oregon Short Line R.
Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 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
December 14, 2006, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,1 formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by November 24, 2006. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by December 4, 2006, with the
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to applicants’
representative: James R. Paschall, Senior
General Attorney, Norfolk Southern
Corporation, Three Commercial Place,
Norfolk, VA 23510.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Applicants have filed environmental
and historic reports which address the
effects, if any, of the abandonment and
discontinuance on the environment and
historic resources. SEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
November 17, 2006. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
to SEA (Room 500, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling SEA at (202)
565–1539. [Assistance for the hearing
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Section of
Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the
exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service 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.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which was increased to $1,300 effective on
April 19, 2006. See Regulations Governing Fees for
Services Performed in Connection with Licensing
and Related Services—2006 Update, STB Ex Parte
No. 542 (Sub-No. 13) (STB served Mar. 20, 2006).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: System
Diagram Maps.
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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (Board), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. (PRA), has
submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension of approval for the currently approved collection of rail
system diagram maps. The Board previously published a notice about
these collections in the Federal Register on July 21, 2006, at 71 FR
41513. That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment
period. One comment was received. As pertinent here, the commenter
emphasized the importance of the Board's collection of system diagram
maps in providing advance notice to the public about rail service that
is likely to be abandoned, especially in light of the importance of
that notice to the viability of the Board's feeder-line program, 49
U.S.C. 10907, which enables shippers and communities to acquire
marginal rail lines that are likely to be downgraded or abandoned.
The purpose of the current notice is to allow an additional 30 days
for public comment to satisfy the requirements of the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3507(b). Comments are sought from rail carriers that have recently
filed amended or new system diagram maps (or, in the case of small
carriers, the alternative narrative description of rail system), as
well as from members of the shipping public who may make use of these
maps, concerning (1) whether the particular collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Board,
including whether the collection has practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Board's burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology when appropriate.
Description of Collection
Title: System Diagram Maps.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0003.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Common carrier freight railroads that are either new
or reporting changes in the status of one or more of their rail lines.
Number of Respondents: 4.
Estimated Time per Response: 4.5 hours, based on average time
reported in informal survey of respondents conducted in 2003.
Frequency of Response: 1.
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Total Annual Burden Hours: 18 hours (4 respondents x 4.5 hours).
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: Range is between $.50 and
$2,550, depending on size and class of carrier.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C. 10903(c)(2) and 49 CFR 1152.10-
1152.13, all rail carriers subject to the Board's jurisdiction are
required to maintain, publish, and submit to the Board a complete
diagram of the transportation system operated. These carriers are also
required to publish and submit any amendments to their system diagram
maps (SDMs) as necessary to keep the SDMs current. Under the Board's
regulations, 49 CFR 1152.10(a), a Class III carrier (a carrier with
assets of not more than $20 million in 1991 dollars), may submit the
same information in narrative form. The information sought in this
collection identifies all lines in a particular railroad's system,
categorized to indicate the likelihood that service on a particular
line will be abandoned and/or whether service on a line is currently
provided under the financial assistance provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10904.
This information constitutes advance notice to the Board and the public
about likely decreases in the availability of rail service and provides
a valuable planning tool for the Board and the shipping public. It
facilitates informed decision making by the Board, and permits shippers
and communities to participate in Board proceedings that may affect
them, to submit timely proposals for continuing rail service under the
feeder-line acquisition program (49 U.S.C. 10907(b)(i)), and/or to plan
for alternative means of transportation.
Deadline: Persons wishing to comment on this information collection
should submit comments by December 14, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer, Room 10235, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or to Alexander--T.--
Hunt@omb.eop.gov. Comments should be identified as ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, System Diagram
Map, OMB Control Number 2140-0003.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of the regulations pertaining
to this information collection may be obtained by contacting Barbara G.
Saddler at (202) 565-1656 or saddlerb@stb.dot.gov. These rules can also
be found on the Board's Web site at https://www.stb.dot.gov by searching
under ``E-Library,'' and then ``Research Aids.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a Federal agency conducting
or sponsoring a collection of information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. Collection of information, which is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
that persons submit reports, keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of the PRA
requires, concurrent with an agency's submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed extension of an existing
collection of information.
Dated: November 14, 2006.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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