Departmental Offices; Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 1263-1264 [E7-25649]
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By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–8 Filed 1–4–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–364 (Sub-No. 12X)]
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Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in Kent and
Ionia Counties, MI
On December 18, 2007, Mid-Michigan
Railroad, Inc. (MMRR) filed with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) a
petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 seeking
an exemption from the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 10903 for the abandonment of a
15.83-mile rail line between milepost
137.83, southeast of Lowell, and
milepost 122.00, east of Prairie Center,
the end of the line, in Kent and Ionia
Counties, MI. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 48846,
48881, and 49331 and includes the
stations of Lowell, Saranac, and Ionia.
MMRR also seeks an exemption from
the offer of financial assistance (OFA)
procedures of 49 U.S.C. 10904. In
support, MMRR states that it has
entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding to sell the line to West
Michigan Trails and Greenway Coalition
for interim trail use/rail banking. This
request for exemption from the OFA
provision will be addressed in the final
decision.
The line does not contain Federally
granted rights-of-way. Any
documentation in MMRR’s possession
will be made available promptly to
those requesting it.
The interest of railroad employees
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—
Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91
(1979).
Petitioner indicates that the proposed
abandonment may generate comments,
and it requests that the Board adopt a
procedural schedule to allow it to file
rebuttal to any comments received.
Instead of addressing the request at this
time, the Board will instead allow
petitioner to raise the matter again, if
comments and replies in response to the
petition are actually filed. Comments
and replies to the petition for exemption
will be due on January 28, 2008. Once
comments and replies are filed, MMRR
may request leave to file rebuttal.
By issuance of this notice, the Board
is instituting an exemption proceeding
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pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final
decision will be issued by April 4, 2008.
Any OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2)
will be due no later than 10 days after
service of a decision granting the
petition for exemption, unless the Board
grants the requested exemption from the
OFA process. Each OFA must be
accompanied by a $1,300 filing fee. See
49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
All interested persons should be
aware that, following abandonment of
rail service and salvage of the line, the
line may be suitable for other public
use, including interim trail use. Any
request for a public use condition under
49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail
banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be
due no later than January 28, 2008. Each
trail use request must be accompanied
by a $200 filing fee. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(27)(i).
All filings in response to this notice
must refer to STB Docket No. AB–364
(Sub-No. 12X)] and must be sent to: (1)
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001; and (2) Louis E. Gitomer, 600
Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson,
MD 21204. Replies to the petition are
due on or before January 28, 2008.
Persons seeking further information
concerning the abandonment
procedures may contact the Board’s
Office of Public Services at (202) 245–
0230 or refer to the full abandonment or
discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR
part 1152. Questions concerning
environmental issues may be directed to
the Board’s Section of Environmental
Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245–0305.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339.]
An environmental assessment (EA) (or
environmental impact statement (EIS), if
necessary), prepared by SEA will be
served upon all parties of record and
upon any agencies or other persons who
commented during its preparation.
Other interested persons may contact
SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS).
EAs in these abandonment proceedings
normally will be made available within
60 days of the filing of the petition. The
deadline for submission of comments on
the EA will generally be within 30 days
of its service.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at https://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 2, 2008.
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By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, invites
the general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on an information
collection that is due for extension
approval by the Office of Management
and Budget. The Office of International
Affairs within the Department of the
Treasury is soliciting comments
concerning the collection of data for the
Annual Report of Foreign-Residents’
Holdings of U.S. Securities, including
Selected Money Market Instruments.
The next such collection is to be
conducted as of June 30, 2008.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before March 7, 2008 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Dwight Wolkow, International
Portfolio Investment Data Systems,
Department of the Treasury, Room 5422,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220. In view of
possible delays in mail delivery, you
may also wish to send a copy to Mr.
Wolkow by e-mail
(dwight.wolkow@do.treas.gov) or FAX
(202–622–2009). Mr. Wolkow can also
be reached by telephone (202–622–
1276).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the proposed forms and
instructions are unchanged from the
previous survey that was conducted as
of June 30, 2007, and are available on
the Treasury International Capital (TIC)
System Web page for ‘‘Forms SHL/
SHLA & SHC/SHCA’’, at: https://
www.treas.gov/tic/forms-sh.shtml.
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mr. Wolkow.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Treasury Department Form
SHLA/SHL, Foreign-Residents’
Holdings of U.S. Securities, including
Selected Money Market Instruments.
OMB Number: 1505–0123.
Abstract: These forms are used to
conduct annual surveys of holdings by
foreign-residents of U.S. securities for
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portfolio investment purposes. These
data are used by the U.S. Government in
the formulation of international and
financial policies and for the
computation of the U.S. balance of
payments accounts and the U.S.
international investment position. These
data will also be used to provide
information to the public and to meet
international reporting commitments.
The benchmark survey (Form SHL) is
conducted once every five years, and
requires reporting by all significant
U.S.-resident custodians and U.S.resident security issuers. In nonbenchmark years an annual survey
(Form SHLA) is conducted, and requires
reports primarily from the very largest
U.S.-resident custodians and issuers.
The data requested will be the same in
Form SHL and, during the four
succeeding years, in Form SHLA. The
determination of who must report in the
annual surveys (SHLA) will be based
upon the securities data submitted
during the previous benchmark survey.
The data collected under the annual
surveys (SHLA) will be used in
conjunction with the results of the
previous benchmark survey to compute
economy-wide estimates for the nonbenchmark years.
Current Actions: None. No changes in
the forms or instructions will be made
from the previous survey that was
conducted as of June 30, 2007.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business/Financial
Institutions.
Forms: TDF SHLA, Schedule 1 and
Schedule 2 (1505–0123); TDF SHL,
Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 (1505–
0123).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
An annual average (over five years) of
354, but this varies widely from about
1,475 in benchmark years (once every
five years) to about 74 in each of the
other years (four out of every five years).
Estimated Average Time per
Respondent: An annual average (over
five years) of about 89 hours, but this
will vary widely from respondent to
respondent. (a) In the year of a
benchmark survey, which is conducted
once every five years, it is estimated that
exempt respondents will require an
average of 16 hours; for custodians of
securities, the estimate is a total of 321
hours on average, but this figure will
vary widely for individual custodians;
and for issuers of securities that have
data to report and are not custodians,
the estimate is 61 hours on average. (b)
In a non-benchmark year, which occurs
four years out of every five years: for the
largest custodians of securities, the
estimate is a total of 486 hours on
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average; and for the largest issuers of
securities that have data to report and
are not custodians, the estimate is 110
hours on average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: An annual average (over five
years) of 31,500 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record. The
public is invited to submit written
comments concerning: (a) Whether the
survey is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Office, including whether the
information collected has practical uses;
(b) the accuracy of the above burden
estimates; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the reporting and/or
recordkeeping burdens on respondents,
including the use of information
technologies to automate the collection
of the data; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs of operation,
maintenance and purchases of services
to provide information.
Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio
Investment Data Systems.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated
Narcotics Trafficker Pursuant to
Executive Order 12978
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of
three individuals whose property and
interests in property have been
unblocked pursuant to Executive Order
12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking
Assets and Prohibiting Transactions
With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.
DATES: The unblocking and removal
from the list of Specially Designated
Narcotics Traffickers of the individuals
identified in this notice whose property
and interests in property were blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of
October 21, 1995, is effective on
December 27, 2007.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
tel.: 202/622–2420.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(https://www.treas.gov/ofac) via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on
demand service, tel.: (202) 622–0077.
Background
On October 21, 1995, the President,
invoking the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706)
(‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order
12978 (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995)
(the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the
President declared a national emergency
to deal with the threat posed by
significant foreign narcotics traffickers
centered in Colombia and the harm that
they cause in the United States and
abroad.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in the
United States, or that hereafter come
within the United States or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or
control of United States persons, of: (1)
The persons listed in an Annex to the
Order; (2) any foreign person
determined by the Secretary of
Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General and Secretary of State,
to play a significant role in international
narcotics trafficking centered in
Colombia; or (3) to materially assist in,
or provide financial or technological
support for or goods or services in
support of, the narcotics trafficking
activities of persons designated in or
pursuant to this order; and (4) persons
determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the
Attorney General and the Secretary of
State, to be owned or controlled by, or
to act for or on behalf of, persons
designated pursuant to this Order.
On December 27, 2007, the Director of
OFAC removed from the list of
Specially Designated Narcotics
Traffickers the individuals listed below,
whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to the
Order.
The listing of the unblocked
individuals follows:
1. GRANDE BENAVIDES, Fernando,
c/o ALERO S.A., Cali, Colombia; DOB
31 Oct 1962; Cedula No. 16675553
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNT]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
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 burdens, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on an information collection that is
due for extension approval by the Office of Management and Budget. The
Office of International Affairs within the Department of the Treasury
is soliciting comments concerning the collection of data for the Annual
Report of Foreign-Residents' Holdings of U.S. Securities, including
Selected Money Market Instruments. The next such collection is to be
conducted as of June 30, 2008.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 7, 2008
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Dwight Wolkow, International
Portfolio Investment Data Systems, Department of the Treasury, Room
5422, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220. In view of
possible delays in mail delivery, you may also wish to send a copy to
Mr. Wolkow by e-mail (dwight.wolkow@do.treas.gov) or FAX (202-622-
2009). Mr. Wolkow can also be reached by telephone (202-622-1276).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the proposed forms and
instructions are unchanged from the previous survey that was conducted
as of June 30, 2007, and are available on the Treasury International
Capital (TIC) System Web page for ``Forms SHL/SHLA & SHC/SHCA'', at:
https://www.treas.gov/tic/forms-sh.shtml. Requests for additional
information should be directed to Mr. Wolkow.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Treasury Department Form SHLA/SHL, Foreign-Residents'
Holdings of U.S. Securities, including Selected Money Market
Instruments.
OMB Number: 1505-0123.
Abstract: These forms are used to conduct annual surveys of
holdings by foreign-residents of U.S. securities for
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portfolio investment purposes. These data are used by the U.S.
Government in the formulation of international and financial policies
and for the computation of the U.S. balance of payments accounts and
the U.S. international investment position. These data will also be
used to provide information to the public and to meet international
reporting commitments.
The benchmark survey (Form SHL) is conducted once every five years,
and requires reporting by all significant U.S.-resident custodians and
U.S.-resident security issuers. In non-benchmark years an annual survey
(Form SHLA) is conducted, and requires reports primarily from the very
largest U.S.-resident custodians and issuers. The data requested will
be the same in Form SHL and, during the four succeeding years, in Form
SHLA. The determination of who must report in the annual surveys (SHLA)
will be based upon the securities data submitted during the previous
benchmark survey. The data collected under the annual surveys (SHLA)
will be used in conjunction with the results of the previous benchmark
survey to compute economy-wide estimates for the non-benchmark years.
Current Actions: None. No changes in the forms or instructions will
be made from the previous survey that was conducted as of June 30,
2007.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business/Financial Institutions.
Forms: TDF SHLA, Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 (1505-0123); TDF SHL,
Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 (1505-0123).
Estimated Number of Respondents: An annual average (over five
years) of 354, but this varies widely from about 1,475 in benchmark
years (once every five years) to about 74 in each of the other years
(four out of every five years).
Estimated Average Time per Respondent: An annual average (over five
years) of about 89 hours, but this will vary widely from respondent to
respondent. (a) In the year of a benchmark survey, which is conducted
once every five years, it is estimated that exempt respondents will
require an average of 16 hours; for custodians of securities, the
estimate is a total of 321 hours on average, but this figure will vary
widely for individual custodians; and for issuers of securities that
have data to report and are not custodians, the estimate is 61 hours on
average. (b) In a non-benchmark year, which occurs four years out of
every five years: for the largest custodians of securities, the
estimate is a total of 486 hours on average; and for the largest
issuers of securities that have data to report and are not custodians,
the estimate is 110 hours on average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: An annual average (over five
years) of 31,500 hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of
public record. The public is invited to submit written comments
concerning: (a) Whether the survey is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Office, including whether the
information collected has practical uses; (b) the accuracy of the above
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness and
clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the
reporting and/or recordkeeping burdens on respondents, including the
use of information technologies to automate the collection of the data;
and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs of operation,
maintenance and purchases of services to provide information.
Dwight Wolkow,
Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Systems.
[FR Doc. E7-25649 Filed 1-4-08; 8:45 am]
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