Union Pacific Railroad Company-Abandonment Exemption-in Lafourche Parish, LA; Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Lafourche Parish, LA, 70534-70535 [2011-29131]
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230.17—1,472 Service Day Inspection ..............
230.18—Service Day Report ..............................
230.19—Posting of Copy ...................................
230.41—Flexible Stay Bolts with Caps ..............
230.46—Badge Plates ........................................
230.47—Boiler Number ......................................
230.75—Stenciling Dates of Tests and Cleaning.
230.98—Driving, Trailing, and Engine Truck
Axles—Journal Diameter Stamped.
230.116—Oil Tanks ............................................
Total Responses: 4,672.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 314
hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 7,
2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–29273 Filed 11–10–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 277X); Docket
No. AB 318 (Sub-No. 7X)]
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Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in
Lafourche Parish, LA; Louisiana &
Delta Railroad, Inc.—Discontinuance of
Service Exemption—in Lafourche
Parish, LA
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
and Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc.
(LDRR) (collectively, applicants) jointly
have filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—
Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service for UP to
abandon and LDRR to discontinue
service over a portion of a line of
railroad known as the Lockport Branch,
extending between milepost 1.7 near
Raceland and milepost 14.2 near Jay, a
distance of 12.5 miles, in Lafourche
Parish, La.1 The line traverses United
1 Applicants originally filed their notice of
exemption on September 29, 2011. However, in a
decision served on October 19, 2011, these
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300 forms ....................
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Respondent universe
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owners/operators
owners/operators
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owners/operators
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States Postal Service Zip Codes 70374
and 70394.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the line for
at least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over the line for at least 2
years; and (3) no formal complaint filed
by a user of rail service on the line (or
state or local agency acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the 2-year period. Applicants have
further certified that the requirements at
49 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental
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 these exemptions,
any employee adversely affected by the
abandonment or discontinuance shall be
protected under Oregon Short Line
Railroad—Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth &
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville
Counties, Idaho, 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,
these exemptions will be effective on
December 14, 2011, unless stayed
pending reconsideration.2 Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,3 formal expressions of intent to
proceedings were held in abeyance until October
25, 2011. Accordingly, October 25, 2011, will be
considered the filing date for purposes of
determining relevant deadlines.
2 Applicants originally had indicated a proposed
consummation date of November 18, 2011.
However, because the proceedings were held in
abeyance, the earliest these transactions may be
consummated is December 14, 2011. See 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(2).
3 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
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file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),4 and trail use/rail banking
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by November 25, 2011. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by December 5, 2011,5 with the
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to applicants’
representatives: Mack H. Shumate, Jr.,
Senior General Attorney, Union Pacific
Railroad Company, 101 North Wacker
Drive, #1920, Chicago, IL 60606, and
Eric M. Hocky, Thorp Reed &
Armstrong, LLP, One Commerce Square,
2005 Market Street, Suite 1000,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Applicants have filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment and discontinuance on
the environment and historic resources.
OEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by November 18, 2011.
Interested persons may obtain a copy of
the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 245–
0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–(800) 877–8339. Comments
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemptions’ effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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 exemptions’
effective date.
4 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
5 Applicants state that they do not believe that the
right-of-way is suitable for other public purposes,
given the availability of other infrastructure in the
area. They note that the line contains reversionary
property interests which could affect the transfer of
title or use of the property for other than railroad
purposes.
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on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed
within 15 days after the EA becomes
available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), UP
shall file a notice of consummation with
the Board to signify that it has exercised
the authority granted and fully
abandoned the line. If consummation
has not been effected by UP’s filing of
a notice of consummation by November
14, 2012, and there are no legal or
regulatory barriers to consummation,
the authority to abandon will
automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at ‘‘https://
www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: November 4, 2011.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011–29131 Filed 11–10–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
contained in marks. TTB uses this
information to validate the receipts of
excise tax revenue by the Federal
government.
Respondents: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1.
OMB Number: 1513–0119.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Certification of Proper Cellar
Treatment for Imported Natural Wine.
Abstract: TTB is requiring importers
of natural wine to certify compliance
with proper cellar treatment standards.
This certification is necessary to comply
with statutory requirements.
Respondents: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,600.
Clearance Officer: Gerald Isenberg,
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau, Room 200 East, 1310 G Street
NW., Washington, DC 20005; (202) 453–
2165.
OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503; (202) 395–7873.
Dawn D. Wolfgang,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
[FR Doc. 2011–29195 Filed 11–10–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–31–P
November 7, 2011.
The Department of the Treasury will
submit the following public information
collection requirements to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. A copy of
the submissions may be obtained by
calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance
Officer listed. Comments regarding
these information collections should be
addressed to the OMB reviewer listed
and to the Treasury PRA Clearance
Officer, Department of the Treasury,
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite
11010, Washington, DC 20220.
Dates: Written comments should be
received on or before December 14, 2011
to be assured of consideration.
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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB)
OMB Number: 1513–0092.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Marks on Wine Containers, TTB
REC 5120/3.
Abstract: TTB requires that wine on
wine premises be identified by
statements of information on labels or
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA)
Inviting Applications for the
Community Development Financial
Institutions the Native American CDFI
Assistance (NACA) Program FY 2012
Funding Round (the FY 2012 Funding
Round)
Announcement Type: Announcement
of funding opportunity.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 21.020.
Dates: Applications for Financial
Assistance (FA) awards or Technical
Assistance (TA) grants through the FY
2012 Funding Round of the NACA
Program must be received by 11:59 p.m.,
Eastern Time (ET), January 18, 2012.
Executive Summary: Subject to
funding availability, this NOFA is
issued in connection with the FY 2012
Funding Round of the NACA Program,
administered by the Community
Development Financial Institutions
(CDFI) Fund.
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
A. Award Requirements: Through the
NACA program, the CDFI Fund
provides FA awards and TA grants. FA
awards are made to certified Native
CDFIs and certifiable Native CDFIs that
complete and submit a NACA
Application (Application) and meet the
requirements set forth in this NOFA,
subject to funding availability. In FY
2012, subject to the availability of
funding, the CDFI Fund will also make
FA awards under the Healthy Food
Financing Initiative (HFFI–FA) to
certified CDFIs that meet the
requirements set forth in this NOFA. TA
grants are made to certified Native
CDFIs, certifiable Native CDFIs,
emerging Native CDFIs, and Sponsoring
Entities that complete and submit the
Application and meet the requirements
set forth in this NOFA.
B. Program Regulations: The
regulations governing the NACA
program are found at 12 CFR Parts 1805
and 1815 (the Regulations) and provide
guidance on evaluation criteria and
other requirements. Details regarding
the application content requirements are
found in the Application and related
materials. Each capitalized term in this
NOFA is more fully defined in this
NOFA, the Regulations, or the
Application, and the CDFI Fund
encourages Applicants to review the
Regulations in addition to this NOFA.
C. The CDFI Fund reserves the right
to fund, in whole or in part, any, all, or
none of the applications submitted in
response to this NOFA. The CDFI Fund
reserves the right to reallocate funds
from the amount that is anticipated to
be available under this NOFA to other
CDFI Fund programs, particularly if the
CDFI Fund determines that the number
of awards made under this NOFA is
fewer than projected. In addition, the
CDFI Fund invites applications that
propose innovative Financial Products
and Financial Services to address the
current difficult economic conditions of
our nation.
D. Coordination with Broader
Community Development Strategies:
Consistent with Federal efforts to
promote community revitalization, it is
important for communities to develop a
comprehensive neighborhood
revitalization strategy that addresses
neighborhood assets that are essential to
transforming distressed neighborhoods
into healthy and vibrant communities of
opportunity. Furthermore, only through
the development of comprehensive
neighborhood revitalization plans that
embrace the coordinated use of
programs and resources in order to
effectively address the interrelated
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[FR Doc No: 2011-29131]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 277X); Docket No. AB 318 (Sub-No. 7X)]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in
Lafourche Parish, LA; Louisiana & Delta Railroad, Inc.--Discontinuance
of Service Exemption--in Lafourche Parish, LA
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and Louisiana & Delta Railroad,
Inc. (LDRR) (collectively, applicants) jointly have filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service for UP to abandon and LDRR
to discontinue service over a portion of a line of railroad known as
the Lockport Branch, extending between milepost 1.7 near Raceland and
milepost 14.2 near Jay, a distance of 12.5 miles, in Lafourche Parish,
La.\1\ The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 70374
and 70394.
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\1\ Applicants originally filed their notice of exemption on
September 29, 2011. However, in a decision served on October 19,
2011, these proceedings were held in abeyance until October 25,
2011. Accordingly, October 25, 2011, will be considered the filing
date for purposes of determining relevant deadlines.
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Applicants have certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over
the line for at least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has moved over
the line for at least 2 years; and (3) no formal complaint filed by a
user of rail service on the line (or state or local agency acting on
behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line
either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with
any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant
within the 2-year period. Applicants have further certified that the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental 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 these exemptions, any employee adversely affected
by the abandonment or discontinuance shall be protected under Oregon
Short Line Railroad--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth &
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 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, these exemptions will be
effective on December 14, 2011, unless stayed pending
reconsideration.\2\ Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental
issues,\3\ formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),\4\ and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR
1152.29 must be filed by November 25, 2011. Petitions to reopen or
requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed
by December 5, 2011,\5\ with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001.
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\2\ Applicants originally had indicated a proposed consummation
date of November 18, 2011. However, because the proceedings were
held in abeyance, the earliest these transactions may be consummated
is December 14, 2011. See 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2).
\3\ The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on
environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board's
Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the exemptions' effective date.
See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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 exemptions' effective
date.
\4\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is
currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
\5\ Applicants state that they do not believe that the right-of-
way is suitable for other public purposes, given the availability of
other infrastructure in the area. They note that the line contains
reversionary property interests which could affect the transfer of
title or use of the property for other than railroad purposes.
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
applicants' representatives: Mack H. Shumate, Jr., Senior General
Attorney, Union Pacific Railroad Company, 101 North Wacker Drive,
1920, Chicago, IL 60606, and Eric M. Hocky, Thorp Reed &
Armstrong, LLP, One Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, Suite 1000,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemption is void ab initio.
Applicants have filed a combined environmental and historic report
that addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment and
discontinuance on the environment and historic resources. OEA will
issue an environmental assessment (EA) by November 18, 2011. Interested
persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-
0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 245-0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1-(800) 877-8339. Comments
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on environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within
15 days after the EA becomes available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail
banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent
decision.
Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised the
authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If consummation has not
been effected by UP's filing of a notice of consummation by November
14, 2012, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
``https://www.stb.dot.gov.''
Decided: November 4, 2011.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-29131 Filed 11-10-11; 8:45 am]
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