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statute, responsible for the economic
regulation of freight rail carriers and
certain other carriers operating in
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by persons doing business before the
Board who wish to open an account
with the Board to facilitate their
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Reduction Act Comments, Application
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including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: January 23, 2015.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35898]
R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, and
R. J. Corman Railroad Company,
LLC—Continuance in Control
Exemption—R. J. Corman Railroad
Company/Carolina Lines, LLC
R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC
(RJC-Group) and R. J. Corman Railroad
Company, LLC (RJCRC) (collectively,
Applicants) have filed a verified notice
of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of R.
J. Corman Railroad Company/Carolina
Lines, LLC (RJC-Carolina), a noncarrier,
upon RJC-Carolina’s becoming a Class
III rail carrier.
This transaction is related to a
concurrently filed verified notice of
exemption in R. J. Corman Railroad/
Carolina Lines—Acquisition &
Operation Exemption—Baltimore &
Annapolis Railroad, Docket No. FD
35897, in which RJC-Carolina seeks
Board approval under 49 CFR 1150.31
to acquire and operate two
interconnected rail lines totaling
approximately 74.9 miles in North
Carolina and South Carolina (the Line).
RJC-Carolina also seeks to acquire one
mile of incidental, local trackage rights
at or near Whiteville, N.C.
Applicants state that they intend to
consummate the proposed transaction
on or about February 11, 2015, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the verified notice was filed).
Applicants represent that: (1) RJCCarolina will not connect with any other
railroad directly or indirectly controlled
by Applicants; (2) the transaction is not
part of a series of anticipated
transactions that would result in such a
connections; and (3) the transaction
does not involve a Class I rail carrier.
Therefore, the transaction is exempt
from the prior approval requirements of
49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(2).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board
may not use its exemption authority to
relieve a rail carrier of its statutory
obligation to protect the interests of its
employees. Section 11326(c), however,
does not provide for labor protection for
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transactions under 11324 and 11325
that involve only Class III rail carriers.
Accordingly, the Board may not impose
labor protective conditions here because
all of the carriers involved are Class III
carriers.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Petitions to stay must be
filed no later than February 4, 2015 (at
least seven days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35898, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, a copy of each pleading must
be served on Robert A. Wimbish,
Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker
Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606–
2832.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: January 23, 2015.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]
Agency Information Collection:
Activity Under OMB Review: Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Large Certificated Air Carriers
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
an extension of a currently approved
collection. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
SUMMARY:
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collection of information was published
on November 19, 2014 (79 FR 68953).
The Bureau of Economic Analysis at the
Department of Commerce submitted
comments in support of the
continuation of the data collection.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by February 27, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34–414, OST–R, BTS,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4406, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
jeff.gorham@dot.gov.
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST
Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0013
Title: Report of Financial and
Operating Statistics for Large
Certificated Air Carriers.
Form No.: BTS Form 41.
Type Of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 63.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
per schedule, an average carrier may
submit 90 schedules in one year.
Total Annual Burden: 22,680 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for
Form 41 data are as follows:
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Mail Rates
The Department of Transportation
sets and updates mainline Alaska mail
rates based on carrier aircraft operating
expense, traffic and operational data.
Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs,
terminal expenses, and line haul
expenses are used in arriving at rate
levels. DOT revises the established rates
based on the percentage of unit cost
changes in the carriers’ operations.
These updating procedures have
resulted in the carriers receiving rates of
compensation that more closely parallel
their costs of providing mail service and
contribute to the carriers’ ability to
continue providing service.
Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to
ICAO
As a party to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, the United
States is obligated to provide the
International Civil Aviation
Organization with financial and
statistical data on operations of U.S. air
carriers. Over 99 percent of the data
filed with ICAO is extracted from the
carriers’ Form 41 reports.
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Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for
both new entrants and established U.S.
carriers proposing a substantial change
in operations. A portion of these
applications consists of an operating
plan for the first year (14 CFR part 204)
and an associated projection of revenues
and expenses. The carrier’s operating
costs, included in these projections, are
compared against the cost data in Form
41 for a carrier or carriers with the same
aircraft type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates
the reasonableness of the carrier’s
operating plan.
Form 41 reports, particularly balance
sheet reports and cash flow statements,
play a major role in the identification of
vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons
are made between current and past
periods in order to assess the current
financial position of the carrier.
Financial trend lines are extended into
the future to analyze the continued
viability of the carrier. DOT reviews
three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1)
The qualifications of its management
team, (2) its disposition to comply with
laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine
whether or not a carrier has sufficient
financial resources to conduct its
operations without imposing undue risk
on the traveling public. Moreover, once
a carrier is operating, DOT is required
to monitor its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept
fully informed as to all current and
developing economic issues affecting
the airline industry. In preparing
financial conditions reports or status
reports on a particular airline, financial
and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
papers may use the same information.
Pending Rulemaking
On July 15, 2011, the Department
published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to
collect certain Form 41 revenue
information on airline-imposed fees in a
more detailed manner (see 76 FR
41726). Many air carriers have adopted
a la carte pricing with separate fees for
certain optional services that use to be
included in the ticket price. Carriers
currently report excess baggage fees,
reservation cancellation fees and
miscellaneous operating revenues. The
proposed rule would require carriers to
report, (1) itinerary related fees, (2)
seating assignment fees, (3) baggage fees
broken down between first and second
checked bags, carry-on bags and other
bags, (4) unaccompanied minor/
passenger assistance fees, and (5) other
fees. The Department wants to make
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airline pricing more transparent to
consumers and airline analysts.
Administrative Issues
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires
a statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22,
2015.
William Chadwick Jr.,
Director of the Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Proposed Collections; Comment
Requests
Departmental Offices, Treasury.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 the revision of
an information collection that is
proposed for approval by the Office of
Management and Budget. The Office of
International Affairs within the
Department of the Treasury is soliciting
comments concerning Treasury
International Capital Form D, Report of
Holdings of, and Transactions in,
Financial Derivatives Contracts with
Foreign Residents.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before March 30, 2015 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, please
also notify Mr. Wolkow by email
(comments2TIC@treasury.gov), FAX
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau Of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT-OST-2014-0031]
Agency Information Collection: Activity Under OMB Review: Report
of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large Certificated Air
Carriers
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of a currently
approved collection. The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following
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collection of information was published on November 19, 2014 (79 FR
68953). The Bureau of Economic Analysis at the Department of Commerce
submitted comments in support of the continuation of the data
collection.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 27, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Gorham, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Room E34-414, OST-R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone Number (202) 366-4406, Fax
Number (202) 366-3383 or EMAIL jeff.gorham@dot.gov.
Comments: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138-0013
Title: Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large
Certificated Air Carriers.
Form No.: BTS Form 41.
Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 63.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours per schedule, an average
carrier may submit 90 schedules in one year.
Total Annual Burden: 22,680 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for Form 41 data are as follows:
Mail Rates
The Department of Transportation sets and updates mainline Alaska
mail rates based on carrier aircraft operating expense, traffic and
operational data. Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs, terminal
expenses, and line haul expenses are used in arriving at rate levels.
DOT revises the established rates based on the percentage of unit cost
changes in the carriers' operations. These updating procedures have
resulted in the carriers receiving rates of compensation that more
closely parallel their costs of providing mail service and contribute
to the carriers' ability to continue providing service.
Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to ICAO
As a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the
United States is obligated to provide the International Civil Aviation
Organization with financial and statistical data on operations of U.S.
air carriers. Over 99 percent of the data filed with ICAO is extracted
from the carriers' Form 41 reports.
Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for both new entrants and
established U.S. carriers proposing a substantial change in operations.
A portion of these applications consists of an operating plan for the
first year (14 CFR part 204) and an associated projection of revenues
and expenses. The carrier's operating costs, included in these
projections, are compared against the cost data in Form 41 for a
carrier or carriers with the same aircraft type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates the reasonableness of the
carrier's operating plan.
Form 41 reports, particularly balance sheet reports and cash flow
statements, play a major role in the identification of vulnerable
carriers. Data comparisons are made between current and past periods in
order to assess the current financial position of the carrier.
Financial trend lines are extended into the future to analyze the
continued viability of the carrier. DOT reviews three areas of a
carrier's operation: (1) The qualifications of its management team, (2)
its disposition to comply with laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine whether or not a carrier has
sufficient financial resources to conduct its operations without
imposing undue risk on the traveling public. Moreover, once a carrier
is operating, DOT is required to monitor its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept fully informed as to all current
and developing economic issues affecting the airline industry. In
preparing financial conditions reports or status reports on a
particular airline, financial and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
papers may use the same information.
Pending Rulemaking
On July 15, 2011, the Department published a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to collect certain Form 41 revenue
information on airline-imposed fees in a more detailed manner (see 76
FR 41726). Many air carriers have adopted a la carte pricing with
separate fees for certain optional services that use to be included in
the ticket price. Carriers currently report excess baggage fees,
reservation cancellation fees and miscellaneous operating revenues. The
proposed rule would require carriers to report, (1) itinerary related
fees, (2) seating assignment fees, (3) baggage fees broken down between
first and second checked bags, carry-on bags and other bags, (4)
unaccompanied minor/passenger assistance fees, and (5) other fees. The
Department wants to make airline pricing more transparent to consumers
and airline analysts.
Administrative Issues
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency
Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires a statistical agency to
clearly identify information it collects for non-statistical purposes.
BTS hereby notifies the respondents and the public that BTS uses the
information it collects under this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to, publication of both
Respondent's identity and its data, submission of the information to
agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 2015.
William Chadwick Jr.,
Director of the Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-01533 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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