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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 147 / Wednesday, July 31, 2013 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2013 -0087]
Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice of intention to request
extension of OMB approval and request
for comments.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rodney McFadden, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–0029; or email:
rod.mcfadden@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title of Collection: Information to
Determine Seamen’s Re-employment
Rights—National Emergency.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0526.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: This collection is needed
in order to implement provisions of the
Maritime Security Act of 1996. These
provisions grant re-employment rights
and other benefits to certain merchant
seamen serving aboard vessels used by
the United States during times of
national emergencies. The Maritime
Security Act of 1996 establishes the
procedures for obtaining the necessary
MARAD certification for re-employment
rights and other benefits.
Need and Use of the Information:
MARAD will use the information to
determine if U.S. civilian mariners are
eligible for re-employment rights under
the Maritime Security Act of 1996.
Description of Respondents: U.S.
merchant seamen who have completed
designated national service during a
time of maritime mobilization need and
are seeking re-employment with a prior
employer.
Annual Responses: 10 responses.
Annual Burden: 10 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
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top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov. Specifically
address whether this information
collection is necessary for proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and will have practical utility,
accuracy of the burden estimates, ways
to minimize this burden, and ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: July 23, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013–18373 Filed 7–30–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 326X); Docket
No. AB 1093X]
Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Henry
County, Ind.; C&NC Railroad
Corporation—Discontinuance of
Service Exemption—in Henry County,
IN.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) and C&NC Railroad Corporation
(CNUR) (collectively, applicants) have
jointly filed a verified notice of
exemption 1 under 49 CFR pt. 1152
1 Applicants initially filed the notice of
exemption on April 26, 2013. By letter filed on June
14, 2013, applicants requested that the proceedings
be held in abeyance, and, on the same date, the
Board granted applicants’ request. On July 11, 2013,
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subpart F–Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service for NSR to
abandon, and for CNUR to discontinue
service over, approximately 0.88 miles
of non-contiguous rail line segments in
New Castle, in Henry County, Ind., as
follows: (1) Approximately 0.12 miles of
rail line extending between milepost R
0.00 (near Broad Street) and milepost R
0.1205 (near the intersection of S. 16th
St. and Indiana Ave.); and (2)
approximately 0.76 miles of rail line
extending between milepost R 1.1629
(near the intersection of Cherrywood
Avenue and M Avenue) and milepost R
1.92 (near the intersection of
Cherrywood Avenue and Riley Road).2
The line segments traverse United States
Postal Service Zip Code 47362.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the line
segments for at least two years; (2) no
overhead traffic has moved over the line
segments for at least two years, and if
there were any overhead traffic, it could
be rerouted over other lines; (3) no
formal complaint filed by a user of rail
service on the line segments (or by a
state or local government entity acting
on behalf of such user) regarding
cessation of service over the line
segments 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 two-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 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
August 30, 2013, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
applicants submitted an amended notice of
exemption.
2 According to applicants, the line segments are
part of the same rail line but are separated by an
approximately 1.04-mile middle line segment,
which will not be abandoned and which will
continue to connect with other rail lines.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2013 -0087]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice of intention to request extension of OMB approval and
request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to
request extension of approval for three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before September 30, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodney McFadden, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202-366-0029; or email: rod.mcfadden@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime Administration (MARAD).
Title of Collection: Information to Determine Seamen's Re-
employment Rights--National Emergency.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0526.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: This collection is needed in
order to implement provisions of the Maritime Security Act of 1996.
These provisions grant re-employment rights and other benefits to
certain merchant seamen serving aboard vessels used by the United
States during times of national emergencies. The Maritime Security Act
of 1996 establishes the procedures for obtaining the necessary MARAD
certification for re-employment rights and other benefits.
Need and Use of the Information: MARAD will use the information to
determine if U.S. civilian mariners are eligible for re-employment
rights under the Maritime Security Act of 1996.
Description of Respondents: U.S. merchant seamen who have completed
designated national service during a time of maritime mobilization need
and are seeking re-employment with a prior employer.
Annual Responses: 10 responses.
Annual Burden: 10 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document. Written comments may be submitted to the
Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Comments also may be submitted by electronic
means via the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov. Specifically
address whether this information collection is necessary for proper
performance of the functions of the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All comments received will be available
for examination at the above address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. An electronic
version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at https://www.regulations.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78) or you may visit
https://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.93.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: July 23, 2013.
Julie P. Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-18373 Filed 7-30-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-81-P
