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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 10429]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: JADE Act Questionnaire
Notice of request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection
from all interested individuals and
organizations. The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to August
7, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web: Persons with access to the
internet may comment on this notice by
going to www.Regulations.gov. You can
search for the document by entering
‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2018–0018’’ in
the Search field. Then click the
‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete
the comment form.
• Email: PRA_BurdenComments@
state.gov.
You must include the DS form
number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control
number in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Title of Information Collection:
JADE Act Questionnaire.
• OMB Control Number: None.
• Type of Request: New Collection.
• Originating Office: CA/VO/L/R.
• Form Number: DS–5537.
• Respondents: Burmese applicants
for U.S. visas.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
20,500.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
20,500.
• Average Time per Response: 30
minutes.
• Total Estimated Burden Time:
10,250 hours.
• Frequency: Once per visa
application.
• Obligation to Respond: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
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this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The Tom Lantos Block Burmese Jade
Junta’s Anti-Democratic Efforts (JADE)
Act of 2008, Public Law 110–286,
renders certain individuals involved in
specified Burmese organizations or
activities ineligible for U.S. visas,
including: leaders of the State Peace and
Development Council (SPDC), the
Burmese military, or the Union
Solidarity Development Association
(USDA); officials of the SPDC, the
Burmese military, or the USDA involved
in human rights violations and
impeding democracy in Burma; and
Burmese persons who provided
substantial economic or political
support to the SPDC, Burmese military,
or USDA. Immediate family members of
these individuals are also ineligible for
United States visas. Department of State
consular officers will use the
information provided to evaluate and
adjudicate the individual applicant’s
eligibility for a visa consistent with
these requirements.
Methodology
Visa applicants from Burma will fill
out and submit the supplemental form
and provide it to consular officers.
Consular officers will use the form to
screen for potential visa ineligibility
under the JADE Act.
Edward J Ramotowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Consular Affairs, Department of State.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 682 (Sub-No. 9)]
2017 Tax Information for Use in the
Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method
Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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The Board is publishing, and
providing the public an opportunity to
comment on, the 2017 weighted average
state tax rates for each Class I railroad,
as calculated by the Association of
American Railroads (AAR), for use in
the Revenue Shortfall Allocation
Method (RSAM).
DATES: Comments are due by July 9,
2018. If any comment opposing AAR’s
calculation is filed, AAR’s reply will be
due by July 30, 2018. If no comments
are filed by the due date, AAR’s
calculation of the 2017 weighted
average state tax rates will be
automatically adopted by the Board,
effective July 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted either via the Board’s e-filing
format or in traditional paper format.
Any person using e-filing should attach
a document and otherwise comply with
the instructions at the E-FILING link on
the Board’s website at https://
www.stb.gov. Any person submitting a
filing in the traditional paper format
should send an original and 10 copies
referring to Docket No. EP 682 (Sub-No.
9) to: Surface Transportation Board, 395
E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sarah Fancher, (202) 245–0355.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
(800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
RSAM figure is one of three benchmarks
that together are used to determine the
reasonableness of a challenged rate
under the Board’s Simplified Standards
for Rail Rate Cases, EP 646 (Sub-No. 1),
slip op. at 10 (STB served Sept. 5,
2007),1 as further revised in Simplified
Standards for Rail Rate Cases—Taxes in
Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method,
EP 646 (Sub-No. 2) (STB served Nov. 21,
2008). RSAM is intended to measure the
average markup that the railroad would
need to collect from all of its
‘‘potentially captive traffic’’ (traffic with
a revenue-to-variable-cost ratio above
180%) to earn adequate revenues as
measured by the Board under 49 U.S.C.
10704(a)(2) (i.e., earn a return on
investment equal to the railroad
industry cost of capital). Simplified
Standards—Taxes in RSAM, slip op. at
1. In Simplified Standards—Taxes in
RSAM, slip op. at 3, 5, the Board
modified its RSAM formula to account
for taxes, as the prior formula
1 Aff’d sub nom. CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB, 568
F.3d 236 (D.C. Cir. 2009), and vacated in part on
reh’g, CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB, 584 F.3d 1076 (D.C.
Cir. 2009).
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mistakenly compared pre-tax and aftertax revenues. In that decision, the Board
stated that it would institute a separate
proceeding in which Class I railroads
would be required to submit the annual
tax information necessary for the
Board’s annual RSAM calculation. Id. at
5–6.
In Annual Submission of Tax
Information for Use in the Revenue
Shortfall Allocation Method, EP 682
(STB served Feb. 26, 2010), the Board
adopted rules to require AAR—a
national trade association—to annually
calculate and submit to the Board the
weighted average state tax rate for each
Class I railroad. See 49 CFR 1135.2(a).
On May 29, 2018, AAR filed its
calculation of the weighted average state
tax rates for 2017, listed below for each
Class I railroad:
WEIGHTED AVERAGE STATE TAX RATES
[In percent]
2017
(%)
Railroad
BNSF Railway Company .............................................................................................................
CSX Transportation, Inc ..............................................................................................................
Grand Trunk Corporation .............................................................................................................
The Kansas City Southern Railway .............................................................................................
Norfolk Southern Combined ........................................................................................................
Soo Line Corporation ...................................................................................................................
Union Pacific Railroad Company .................................................................................................
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Any party wishing to comment on
AAR’s calculation of the 2017 weighted
average state tax rates should file a
comment by July 9, 2018. See 49 CFR
1135.2(c). If any comments opposing
AAR’s calculations are filed, AAR’s
reply will be due by July 30, 2018. Id.
If any comments are filed, the Board
will review AAR’s submission, together
with the comments, and serve a
decision within 60 days of the close of
the record that either accepts, rejects, or
modifies AAR’s railroad-specific tax
information. Id. If no comments are filed
by July 9, 2018, AAR’s submitted
weighted average state tax rates will be
automatically adopted by the Board,
effective July 10, 2018. Id.
Alaska. Those actions grant approvals
for the project.
DATES: By this notice, FHWA is advising
the public of final agency actions
subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l). A claim
seeking judicial review of FHWA
actions on the highway project will be
barred unless the claim is filed on or
before November 5, 2018. If the Federal
law that authorizes judicial review of a
claim provides a time period of less
than 150 days for filing such claim, then
that shorter time period applies.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Lohrey, Planner, Federal Highway
Administration, Alaska Division, 709
West 9th Street, Room 851, Juneau, AK
99802, telephone (907) 586–7418; email:
John.Lohrey@dot.gov. The FHWA
Decided: June 4, 2018.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Alaska Division Office’s normal
Director, Office of Proceedings.
business hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Alaska Time), Monday through Friday,
Brendetta Jones,
except Federal holidays. You may also
Clearance Clerk.
contact Kelly Summers, P.E., Project
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Manager, Alaska Department of
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Transportation and Public Facilities,
Central Region, P.O. Box 196900,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Anchorage, AK 99519–6900, telephone
(907) 465–0542; email: Kelly.Summers@
alaska.gov. The DOT&PF Central
Federal Highway Administration
Region’s normal business hours are 8:00
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Alaska Time),
on Sterling Highway Milepost 45 to 60
Monday through Friday, except State
Project in Alaska
and Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
AGENCY: Federal Highway
hereby given that FHWA has taken final
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
agency action subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)
ACTION: Notice of limitation of claims for
judicial review of actions by FHWA and by issuing approvals for the Sterling
Highway Milepost 45 to 60 Project in
other Federal agencies.
the State of Alaska, project number F–
SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 021–2(15)/53014. The selected route is
the Juneau Creek Alternative. The route
taken by FWHA that are final. The
passes north of the community of
actions relate to the proposed Sterling
Cooper Landing and remains north of
Highway Milepost 45–60 Project in the
Kenai Peninsula Borough in the State of the Kenai River throughout. From
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5.289
5.628
7.961
5.409
6.194
8.134
5.666
2016
(%)
5.288
5.160
7.761
5.447
5.410
8.071
5.636
% Change
0.001
0.468
0.200
¥0.038
0.784
0.063
0.030
Quartz Creek Road near MP 45, the
alternative will result in reconstruction
of the existing Sterling Highway for
approximately two miles, will diverge
and will result in a newly constructed
highway for approximately 10 miles
(with a new bridge over Juneau Creek
Canyon), and will join and reconstruct
the existing alignment again for
approximately 2.5 miles to an
intersection with Skilak Loop Rd. near
MP 58.
The actions by the Federal agencies,
and the law under which such actions
were taken, are described in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement and
Final Section 4(f) Evaluation (Final EIS)
for the project, approved March 7, 2018,
and in the FHWA Record of Decision
(ROD) issued on May 31, 2018. The
Final EIS and ROD approved by FHWA
are available on the project website:
https://sterlinghighway.net and may be
viewed at the FHWA and DOT&PF
addresses provided above.
This Notice applies to all Federal
Agency decisions as of the issuance date
of this notice and to all laws under
which such actions were taken,
including but not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–
4335]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23
U.S.C. 109 and 23 U.S.C. 128]; Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation
Act of 1980 (ANILCA) [16 U.S.C. 3164].
2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401–
7671(q)].
3. Land: Section 4(f) of the
Department of Transportation Act of
1966, as amended [49 U.S.C. 303];
ANILCA Title XI (Conservation System
Units) [16 U.S.C. Ch. 58, Subchapter IV,
Section 3161 et seq]; National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act [16
U.S.C. 668dd].
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26740-26741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12349]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 682 (Sub-No. 9)]
2017 Tax Information for Use in the Revenue Shortfall Allocation
Method
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Board is publishing, and providing the public an
opportunity to comment on, the 2017 weighted average state tax rates
for each Class I railroad, as calculated by the Association of American
Railroads (AAR), for use in the Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method
(RSAM).
DATES: Comments are due by July 9, 2018. If any comment opposing AAR's
calculation is filed, AAR's reply will be due by July 30, 2018. If no
comments are filed by the due date, AAR's calculation of the 2017
weighted average state tax rates will be automatically adopted by the
Board, effective July 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted either via the Board's e-filing
format or in traditional paper format. Any person using e-filing should
attach a document and otherwise comply with the instructions at the E-
FILING link on the Board's website at https://www.stb.gov. Any person
submitting a filing in the traditional paper format should send an
original and 10 copies referring to Docket No. EP 682 (Sub-No. 9) to:
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Fancher, (202) 245-0355.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RSAM figure is one of three benchmarks
that together are used to determine the reasonableness of a challenged
rate under the Board's Simplified Standards for Rail Rate Cases, EP 646
(Sub-No. 1), slip op. at 10 (STB served Sept. 5, 2007),\1\ as further
revised in Simplified Standards for Rail Rate Cases--Taxes in Revenue
Shortfall Allocation Method, EP 646 (Sub-No. 2) (STB served Nov. 21,
2008). RSAM is intended to measure the average markup that the railroad
would need to collect from all of its ``potentially captive traffic''
(traffic with a revenue-to-variable-cost ratio above 180%) to earn
adequate revenues as measured by the Board under 49 U.S.C. 10704(a)(2)
(i.e., earn a return on investment equal to the railroad industry cost
of capital). Simplified Standards--Taxes in RSAM, slip op. at 1. In
Simplified Standards--Taxes in RSAM, slip op. at 3, 5, the Board
modified its RSAM formula to account for taxes, as the prior formula
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mistakenly compared pre-tax and after-tax revenues. In that decision,
the Board stated that it would institute a separate proceeding in which
Class I railroads would be required to submit the annual tax
information necessary for the Board's annual RSAM calculation. Id. at
5-6.
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\1\ Aff'd sub nom. CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB, 568 F.3d 236 (D.C.
Cir. 2009), and vacated in part on reh'g, CSX Transp., Inc. v. STB,
584 F.3d 1076 (D.C. Cir. 2009).
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In Annual Submission of Tax Information for Use in the Revenue
Shortfall Allocation Method, EP 682 (STB served Feb. 26, 2010), the
Board adopted rules to require AAR--a national trade association--to
annually calculate and submit to the Board the weighted average state
tax rate for each Class I railroad. See 49 CFR 1135.2(a). On May 29,
2018, AAR filed its calculation of the weighted average state tax rates
for 2017, listed below for each Class I railroad:
Weighted Average State Tax Rates
[In percent]
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Railroad 2017 (%) 2016 (%) % Change
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BNSF Railway Company............................................ 5.289 5.288 0.001
CSX Transportation, Inc......................................... 5.628 5.160 0.468
Grand Trunk Corporation......................................... 7.961 7.761 0.200
The Kansas City Southern Railway................................ 5.409 5.447 -0.038
Norfolk Southern Combined....................................... 6.194 5.410 0.784
Soo Line Corporation............................................ 8.134 8.071 0.063
Union Pacific Railroad Company.................................. 5.666 5.636 0.030
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Any party wishing to comment on AAR's calculation of the 2017
weighted average state tax rates should file a comment by July 9, 2018.
See 49 CFR 1135.2(c). If any comments opposing AAR's calculations are
filed, AAR's reply will be due by July 30, 2018. Id. If any comments
are filed, the Board will review AAR's submission, together with the
comments, and serve a decision within 60 days of the close of the
record that either accepts, rejects, or modifies AAR's railroad-
specific tax information. Id. If no comments are filed by July 9, 2018,
AAR's submitted weighted average state tax rates will be automatically
adopted by the Board, effective July 10, 2018. Id.
Decided: June 4, 2018.
By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Brendetta Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
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