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negotiate an interim trail use/rail
banking agreement for the rail line.
The collection by the Board of these
offers, requests, and applications, and
the railroad’s replies (when required),
enables the Board to meet its statutory
duty to regulate the referenced rail
transactions.
Retention Period: Information in these
collections is maintained by the Board
for ten years, after which it is
transferred to the National Archives as
permanent records.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
October 8, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board, Statutory Authority to Preserve
Rail Service.’’ These comments should
be directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Chandana
L. Achanta, Surface Transportation
Board Desk Officer, by email at OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV; by fax at
(202) 395–6974; or by mail to Room
10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information regarding the
Statutory Authority to Preserve Rail
Service, contact Chris Oehrle, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or email
PRA@stb.dot.gov. [Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing
impaired: (800) 877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Respondents seeking authority from the
Board to preserve rail lines must submit
certain information required under the
Board’s related regulations and, in some
circumstances, railroads seeking to
abandon a line must disclose certain
information to the offeror or applicant.
Offer of Financial Assistance. When a
rail line would otherwise be approved
for abandonment (or discontinuance),
any financially responsible person may
seek to acquire the line for continued
rail service (after abandonment has been
approved), or may seek to temporarily
subsidize continued operations by the
incumbent railroad (after abandonment
or discontinuance has been approved),
by filing an OFA under 49 U.S.C. 10904
and 49 CFR 1152.27. An OFA may be
submitted to the Board as soon as the
railroad seeks abandonment (or
discontinuance) authority. Once an OFA
is submitted, the abandoning railroad
must, upon request, promptly provide to
any party considering an OFA and to
the Board an estimate of the annual
subsidy or minimum purchase price; a
report on the physical condition of the
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line; and data on traffic, revenues, net
liquidation value, and the cost to
rehabilitate to class I (minimum) track
standards. If the parties are not able to
agree upon the purchase price or
subsidy, then, to move forward, either
party may ask the Board to set the price
or subsidy, which will be binding upon
the parties if the offeror chooses to
accept the terms set by the Board and
proceed with the purchase.
Public Use Request. Any person may
request that the Board prohibit an
abandoning railroad from disposing of
the right-of-way—for up to 180 days—
without first offering the right-of-way
(on reasonable terms) for other suitable
public purposes (such as mass transit,
pipeline, transmission lines, recreation,
etc.). Such requests are governed by 49
U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR 1152.28.
Feeder Line Application. When a line
has been identified on a railroad’s
system diagram map as a potential
candidate for abandonment (or
discontinuance), but before
abandonment (or discontinuance)
authority has been sought, any
financially responsible person (other
than a Class I or II railroad) may, by
filing a feeder line application under 49
U.S.C. 10907 and 49 CFR 1151, seek to
acquire the line for continued rail
service under the forced sale provisions
of the feeder railroad development
program.
Trail-Use Request. The Trails Act
provides a mechanism whereby any
interested person may seek to ‘‘rail
bank’’ a rail right-of-way that has been
approved for abandonment and use the
property in the interim as a recreational
trail. The Board has a ministerial role in
this process; under 49 CFR 1152.29,
interested persons may submit a request
to the Board for a trail-use condition,
and if the statutory conditions are met,
the Board must authorize the parties to
negotiate a trail-use agreement by
issuing a CITU, or, in an exemption
proceeding, a NITU. The CITU or NITU
typically permit negotiations for 180
days, but the negotiations can be
extended upon request to the Board.
Under the Trails Act, trail-use
agreements are consensual, not forced.
The abandoning railroad is free to
choose whether or not to enter into or
continue negotiations to transfer (all or
part of) the right-of-way to a trail
sponsor.
Under the PRA, a federal agency
conducting or sponsoring a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements or
requests that persons submit reports,
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keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public.
Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires,
concurrent with an agency’s submitting
a collection to OMB for approval, a 30day notice and comment period through
publication in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information.
Dated: September 2, 2015.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel Joint Committee
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
An open meeting of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint
Committee will be conducted. The
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting
public comments, ideas, and
suggestions on improving customer
service at the Internal Revenue Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Wednesday, October 28, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Billups at 1–888–912–1227 or (214)
413–6523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel Joint Committee will be
held Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at
1:00 p.m. Eastern Time via
teleconference. The public is invited to
make oral comments or submit written
statements for consideration. For more
information please contact Lisa Billups
at 1–888–912–1227 or 214–413–6523, or
write TAP Office 1114 Commerce Street,
Dallas, TX 75242–1021, or post
comments to the Web site: https://
www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include various
committee issues for submission to the
IRS and other TAP related topics. Public
input is welcomed.
SUMMARY:
Dated: September 1, 2015.
Sheila Andrews,
Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee
will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public
comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the
Internal Revenue Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or
(214) 413-6523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee
will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time via
teleconference. The public is invited to make oral comments or submit
written statements for consideration. For more information please
contact Lisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or 214-413-6523, or write TAP
Office 1114 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75242-1021, or post comments to
the Web site: https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include various committee issues for submission to
the IRS and other TAP related topics. Public input is welcomed.
Dated: September 1, 2015.
Sheila Andrews,
Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. 2015-22580 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]
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