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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339]
Surface Transportation Board
By the Board, William F. Huneke, Director,
Office of Economics.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
Indexing the Annual Operating
Revenues of Railroads
The Surface Transportation Board
(STB) is publishing the annual inflationadjusted index factors for 2012. These
factors are used by the railroads to
adjust their gross annual operating
revenues for classification purposes.
This indexing methodology insures that
railroads are classified based on real
business expansion and not from the
affects of inflation. Classification is
important because it determines the
extent to which individual railroads
must comply with STB reporting
requirements.
The STB’s annual inflation-adjusted
factors are based on the annual average
Railroad’s Freight Price Index which is
developed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS). The STB’s deflator
factor is used to deflate revenues for
comparison with established revenue
thresholds.
The base year for railroads is 1991.
The inflation index factors are presented
as follows:
STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED
INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR TABLE
Year
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1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Index
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Deflator
409.50
411.80
415.50
418.80
418.17
417.46
419.67
424.54
423.01
428.64
436.48
445.03
454.33
473.41
522.41
567.34
588.30
656.78
619.73
652.29
708.80
740.61
1 100.00
99.45
98.55
97.70
97.85
98.02
97.50
96.38
96.72
95.45
93.73
91.92
90.03
86.40
78.29
72.09
69.52
62.28
66.00
62.71
57.71
55.23
1 Ex Parte No. 492, Montana Rail Link, Inc.,
and Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition for
Rulemaking With Respect to 49 CFR 1201, 8
I.C.C. 2d 625 (1992), raised the revenue classification level for Class I railroads from $50
million (1978 dollars) to $250 million (1991
dollars), effective for the reporting year beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II threshold
was also raised from $10 million (1978 dollars)
to $20 million (1991 dollars).
Effective Date: January 1, 2012.
For Further Information Contact: Paul
Aguiar 202–245–0323. [Federal
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons
Pursuant to Executive Order 13348
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the
name of 12 individuals whose property
and interests in property have been
unblocked pursuant to Executive Order
13348 of July 22, 2004, ‘‘Blocking
Property of Certain Persons and
Prohibiting the Importation of Certain
Goods from Liberia.’’
DATES: The unblocking and removal
from the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons by the
Secretary of the Treasury of the 12
individuals identified in this notice
whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004,
is effective April 2, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW (Treasury Annex)
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622–
2490.
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Background
On July 22, 2004, President Bush
issued Executive Order 13348 (‘‘the
order’’ or ‘‘EO 13348’’), finding that the
actions and policies of former Liberian
President Charles Taylor and other
persons, in particular their unlawful
depletion of Liberian resources and
their removal from Liberia, and
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secreting of Liberian funds and
property, undermined Liberia’s
transition to democracy, the orderly
development of Liberia’s political,
administrative, and economic
institutions and resources, and fueled
and exacerbated other conflicts
throughout West Africa. The President
found that the actions, policies, and
circumstances described above
constituted an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the foreign
policy of the United States and declared
a national emergency to deal with that
threat.
The order included 28 persons in the
Annex, which resulted in the blocking
of all property or interests in property
of these persons that was or thereafter
came within the United States or the
possession or control of U.S. persons.
The order authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to designate
additional persons or entities
determined to meet certain criteria set
forth in EO 13348.
The order also authorizes the
Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State,
to determine that circumstances no
longer warrant the inclusion of a person
in the Annex to EO 13348 and to
unblock any property or interests in
property that had been blocked as a
result of the person’s inclusion in the
Annex.
On April 2, 2013, the Deputy Director
of OFAC, on behalf of the Director of
OFAC, removed from the list of
Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons the twelve individuals
listed below, whose property and
interests in property were blocked
pursuant to the order.
1. ALLEN, Cyril; DOB 26 Jul 1952;
Former Chairman, National
Patriotic Party of Liberia;
nationality Liberia; alt. nationality
Nigerian (individual) [LIBERIA].
2. COOPER, Randolph; DOB 28 Oct
1950; Former Managing Director,
Roberts International Airport
(individual) [LIBERIA].
3. DUNBAR, Belle Y.; DOB 27 Oct 1967;
alt. DOB 27 Oct 1963; Former
Managing Director, Liberian
Petroleum Refining Company
(individual) [LIBERIA].
4. GIBSON, Myrtle; DOB 03 Nov 1952;
Former Liberian Senator; advisor to
former President of Liberia Charles
Taylor (individual) [LIBERIA].
5. GOODRIDGE, Reginald B. (a.k.a.
GOODRICH, Reginald B. (Senior));
DOB 11 Nov 1952; Sr.; Former
Minister for Culture, Information,
Tourism of Liberia (individual)
[LIBERIA].
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is publishing the annual
inflation-adjusted index factors for 2012. These factors are used by
the railroads to adjust their gross annual operating revenues for
classification purposes. This indexing methodology insures that
railroads are classified based on real business expansion and not from
the affects of inflation. Classification is important because it
determines the extent to which individual railroads must comply with
STB reporting requirements.
The STB's annual inflation-adjusted factors are based on the annual
average Railroad's Freight Price Index which is developed by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS). The STB's deflator factor is used to deflate
revenues for comparison with established revenue thresholds.
The base year for railroads is 1991. The inflation index factors
are presented as follows:
STB Railroad Inflation-Adjusted Index and Deflator Factor Table
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year Index Deflator
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991.............................................. 409.50 \1\
100.00
1992.............................................. 411.80 99.45
1993.............................................. 415.50 98.55
1994.............................................. 418.80 97.70
1995.............................................. 418.17 97.85
1996.............................................. 417.46 98.02
1997.............................................. 419.67 97.50
1998.............................................. 424.54 96.38
1999.............................................. 423.01 96.72
2000.............................................. 428.64 95.45
2001.............................................. 436.48 93.73
2002.............................................. 445.03 91.92
2003.............................................. 454.33 90.03
2004.............................................. 473.41 86.40
2005.............................................. 522.41 78.29
2006.............................................. 567.34 72.09
2007.............................................. 588.30 69.52
2008.............................................. 656.78 62.28
2009.............................................. 619.73 66.00
2010.............................................. 652.29 62.71
2011.............................................. 708.80 57.71
2012.............................................. 740.61 55.23
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\1\ Ex Parte No. 492, Montana Rail Link, Inc., and Wisconsin Central
Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking With Respect to 49 CFR 1201, 8
I.C.C. 2d 625 (1992), raised the revenue classification level for
Class I railroads from $50 million (1978 dollars) to $250 million
(1991 dollars), effective for the reporting year beginning January 1,
1992. The Class II threshold was also raised from $10 million (1978
dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars).
Effective Date: January 1, 2012.
For Further Information Contact: Paul Aguiar 202-245-0323. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-800-877-
8339]
By the Board, William F. Huneke, Director, Office of Economics.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2013-07998 Filed 4-5-13; 8:45 am]
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