Consolidated Rail Corporation-Abandonment Exemption-in Philadelphia, PA; CSX Transportation, Inc.-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Philadelphia, PA; Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Discontinuance of Service Exemption-in Philadelphia, PA, 3839-3840 [2012-1515]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 167 (Sub-No. 1191X);
Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 710X); Docket
No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 552X)]
Consolidated Rail Corporation—
Abandonment Exemption—in
Philadelphia, PA; CSX Transportation,
Inc.—Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Philadelphia, PA;
Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Philadelphia, PA
Consolidated Rail Corporation
(Conrail), CSX Transportation, Inc.
(CSXT), and Norfolk Southern Railway
Company (NSR) (collectively,
applicants) jointly have filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part
1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments
and Discontinuances of Service for
Conrail to abandon, and for CSXT and
NSR to discontinue service over, a 2.98mile line of railroad known as the Berks
Street Industrial Track, extending from
milepost 0.00 ± to milepost 2.98 ± in
Philadelphia, Pa.1 The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
19122, 19123 and 19134.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the line for
at least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic
that has moved or could move over the
line can be rerouted; (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
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of a complainant
within the 2-year period; and (4) 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 discontinuances 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,
1 Applicants state that Conrail has ownership of
the line extending from milepost 2.70 to milepost
2.98 but only has operating rights from milepost
0.00 to milepost 2.70. The portion over which
Conrail retains only operating rights was sold to the
City of Philadelphia in 1978.
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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
February 24, 2012, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,2 formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by February 6, 2012. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by February 14, 2012, 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’
representative: Benjamin C. Dunlap, Jr.,
Esquire, Nauman, Smith, Shissler and
Hall, LLP, 200 North Third Street, 18th
Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemptions
are void ab initio.
Applicants have filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment and discontinuances on
the environment and historic resources.
OEA will issue an environmental
assessment (EA) by January 30, 2012.
Interested persons may obtain a copy of
the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100,
Surface Transportation Board,
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 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 the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), Conrail shall file a notice
of consummation with the Board to
signify that it has exercised the
2 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.
3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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authority granted and fully abandoned
the line. If consummation has not been
effected by Conrail’s filing of a notice of
consummation by January 25, 2013, 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
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 20, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional information is contained in
the Board’s decision. Board decisions
and notices are available on our Web
site at www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 18, 2012.
By the Board, Chairman Elliott, Vice
Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner
Begeman.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.—Lease
Exemption—Line of Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway Company
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice of Exemption.
AGENCY:
The Board grants an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from
the prior approval requirements of 49
U.S.C. 10902 for Iowa Interstate
Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS), a Class II rail
carrier, to lease and operate 8.4 miles of
railroad owned by Cedar Rapids & Iowa
City Railway Co. (CRANDIC). The rail
line, known as the Hills Line, extends
from a connection with CRANDIC’s
Cedar Rapids-Iowa City line at milepost
25.0 near Burlington Street in Iowa City,
Iowa to the end of track at milepost 33.4
in Hills, Iowa. The exemption is subject
to employee protective conditions.
DATES: The exemption will be effective
on February 24, 2012. Petitions to stay
must be filed by February 9, 2012.
Petitions for reconsideration must be
filed by February 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of
all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35562, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each pleading
must be served on IAIS’s representative:
Thomas J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel
LLC, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920,
Chicago, IL 60606–2832.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 245–0395.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
(800) 877–8339.
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ACTION: Notice and request for
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AGENCY:
[Docket No. FD 35562]
ACTION:
Proposed Collection; Comment
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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 debt
instruments with original discount;
imputed interest on deferred payment
sales or exchanges of property.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before March 26, 2012 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6129, 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 Internal
Revenue Service, room 6129, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20224, or at (202) 622–6665, or
through the Internet at
Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov.
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Title: Debt Instruments With Original
Discount; Imputed Interest on Deferred
Payment Sales or Exchanges of Property.
OMB Number: 1545–1353.
Regulation Project Number: FI–189–
84.
Abstract: These regulations provide
definitions, reporting requirements,
elections, and general rules relating to
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the tax treatment of debt instruments
with original issue discount and the
imputation of, and accounting for,
interest on certain sales or exchanges of
property.
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.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
525,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
2 hours 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 185,500.
The following paragraph applies to all
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sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
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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: January 17, 2012.
Yvette Lawrence,
IRS Reports Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 167 (Sub-No. 1191X); Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 710X);
Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 552X)]
Consolidated Rail Corporation--Abandonment Exemption--in
Philadelphia, PA; CSX Transportation, Inc.--Discontinuance of Service
Exemption--in Philadelphia, PA; Norfolk Southern Railway Company--
Discontinuance of Service Exemption--in Philadelphia, PA
Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), CSX Transportation, Inc.
(CSXT), and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) (collectively,
applicants) jointly have filed a verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service for Conrail to abandon, and for CSXT and NSR to discontinue
service over, a 2.98-mile line of railroad known as the Berks Street
Industrial Track, extending from milepost 0.00 to milepost
2.98 in Philadelphia, Pa.\1\ The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 19122, 19123 and 19134.
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\1\ Applicants state that Conrail has ownership of the line
extending from milepost 2.70 to milepost 2.98 but only has operating
rights from milepost 0.00 to milepost 2.70. The portion over which
Conrail retains only operating rights was sold to the City of
Philadelphia in 1978.
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Applicants have certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over
the line for at least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic that has moved
or could move over the line can be rerouted; (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 Surface Transportation
Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in
favor of a complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) 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 discontinuances 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 February 24, 2012, unless stayed pending reconsideration.
Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,\2\ formal
expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),\3\ and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by
February 6, 2012. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by February 14, 2012,
with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20423-0001.
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\2\ 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.
\3\ Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is
currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
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A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to
applicants' representative: Benjamin C. Dunlap, Jr., Esquire, Nauman,
Smith, Shissler and Hall, LLP, 200 North Third Street, 18th Floor,
Harrisburg, PA 17101.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information,
the exemptions are void ab initio.
Applicants have filed a combined environmental and historic report
that addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment and
discontinuances on the environment and historic resources. OEA will
issue an environmental assessment (EA) by January 30, 2012. Interested
persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100,
Surface Transportation Board, 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 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 the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), Conrail shall
file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has
exercised the
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authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If consummation has not
been effected by Conrail's filing of a notice of consummation by
January 25, 2013, 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
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 20, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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