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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 10430]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Iraqi Citizens and Nationals
Employed by U.S. Federal Contractors
and Grantees
Notice of request for public
comment.
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comments from the public up to August
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• Web: Persons with access to the
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Washington, DC 20522–0908, who may
be reached on 202–453–9255 or at
riveralp@state.gov.
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• Title of Information Collection: Iraqi
Citizens and Nationals Employed by
Federal Contractors and Grantees.
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0184.
• Type of Request: Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
• Originating Office: PRM/A.
• Form Number: DS–7655.
• Respondents: Refugee applicants for
the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
50 Department of State contractors,
grantees and cooperative agreement
partners.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
200.
• Average Time per Response: 30
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• Evaluate whether the proposed
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• Evaluate the accuracy of our
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this proposed collection, including the
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clarity of the information to be
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• Minimize the reporting burden on
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The information requested will be
used to verify the employment of Iraqi
citizens and nationals for the processing
and adjudication of other refugee,
asylum, special immigrant visa, and
other immigration claims and
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Officers or Grant Officers.
Kelly Gauger,
Acting Director, Office of Admissions, Bureau
of Population, Refugees and Migration,
Department of State.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 748]
Indexing the Annual Operating
Revenues of Railroads
The Surface Transportation Board
(STB) is publishing the annual inflationadjusted index factors for 2017. These
factors are used by the railroads to
adjust their gross annual operating
revenues for classification purposes.
This indexing methodology ensures that
railroads are classified based on real
business expansion and not on the
effects 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 Freight Price Index developed
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 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
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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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
Deflator
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
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of the subject property will result in the
STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED the Curtis Municipal Airport (47V),
land at the Curtis Municipal Airport
INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR Curtis, Nebraska.
(47V) being changed from aeronautical
TABLE—Continued
SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and
Year
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
Index
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Deflator
567.34
588.30
656.78
619.73
652.29
708.80
740.61
764.19
778.41
749.22
732.38
758.95
72.09
69.52
62.28
66.00
62.71
57.71
55.23
53.53
52.55
54.60
55.85
53.90
1 In Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin
Central Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking with
Respect to 49 CFR part 1201, 8 I.C.C.2d 625
(1992), the Board’s predecessor, the Interstate
Commerce Commission, 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).
Application of the annual deflator
factors results in the following annual
revenue thresholds:
RAILROAD REVENUE THRESHOLDS
Year
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
..........
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Factor
0.5353
0.5255
0.5460
0.5585
0.5390
Class I
Class II
467,063,129
475,754,803
457,913,998
447,621,226
463,860,933
37,365,050
38,060,384
36,633,120
35,809,698
37,108,875
Board decisions and notices are
available on our website at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Applicable Date: January 1, 2017.
For Further Information Contact:
Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245–0333. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339].
Decided: June 8, 2018.
By the Board, William Brennan, Acting
Director, Office of Economics.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Request To Release Airport
Property
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on
Request to Release Airport Property at
AGENCY:
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invites public comment on the release of
land at the Curtis Municipal Airport,
Curtis, Nebraska.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 16, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address:
Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance
Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration, Airports Division,
ACE–610C, 901 Locust, Room 364,
Kansas City, MO 64106.
In addition, one copy of any
comments submitted to the FAA must
be mailed or delivered to: Mr. Douglas
Schultz, City Clerk, P.O. Box 6, Curtis,
NE 69025–0006 (308) 367–4122.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance
Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration, Airports Division,
ACE–610C, 901 Locust, Room 364,
Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–2644,
lynn.martin@faa.gov.
The request to release property may
be reviewed, by appointment, in person
at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release approximately 0.81 ± acres of
airport property at the Curtis Municipal
Airport (47V) under the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 47107(h)(2). On April 30, 2018,
Mr. Schultz, the City Clerk of Curtis, NE
requested from the FAA that
approximately 0.81± acres of airport
property be released for sale to the City
of Curtis for them to sell to the Welch
Seed LLC for a portion of their
agricultural seed sales business. On June
7, 2018, the FAA determined that the
request to release property at the Curtis
Municipal Airport (47V) submitted by
the Sponsor meets the procedural
requirements of the Federal Aviation
Administration and the release of the
property does not and will not impact
future aviation needs at the airport. The
FAA may approve the request, in whole
or in part, no sooner than thirty days
after the publication of this notice.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The Curtis Municipal Airport (47V) is
proposing the release of airport property
totaling 0.81 acres, more or less. This
land is to be used for a portion of an
agricultural seed sales business. The
release of land is necessary to comply
with Federal Aviation Administration
Grant Assurances that do not allow
federally acquired airport property to be
used for non-aviation purposes. The sale
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to non-aeronautical use and release the
lands from the conditions of the Airport
Improvement Program Grant Agreement
Grant Assurances. In accordance with
49 U.S.C. 47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the
airport will receive fair market value for
the property, which will be
subsequently reinvested in another
eligible airport improvement project for
general aviation facilities at the Curtis
Municipal Airport.
Any person may inspect, by
appointment, the request in person at
the FAA office listed above under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In
addition, any person may, upon
appointment and request, inspect the
application, notice and other documents
determined by the FAA to be related to
the application in person at the Curtis
Municipal Airport.
Issued in Kansas City, MO, on June 7,
2018.
Jim A. Johnson,
Director, Airports Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Pilot Schools—
FAR 141
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The collection involves the
submission of FAA Form 8420–8, which
is used as the base document to initiate
and/or confirm the status of the schools’
eligibility to hold an FAA Form 8000–
4, Air Agency Certificate.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 13, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA
at the following address: Barbara Hall,
Federal Aviation Administration, ASP–
110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort
Worth, TX 76177.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 748]
Indexing the Annual Operating Revenues of Railroads
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is publishing the annual
inflation-adjusted index factors for 2017. These factors are used by
the railroads to adjust their gross annual operating revenues for
classification purposes. This indexing methodology ensures that
railroads are classified based on real business expansion and not on
the effects 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 Freight Price Index developed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. 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
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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
2013.............................................. 764.19 53.53
2014.............................................. 778.41 52.55
2015.............................................. 749.22 54.60
2016.............................................. 732.38 55.85
2017.............................................. 758.95 53.90
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\1\ In Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition
for Rulemaking with Respect to 49 CFR part 1201, 8 I.C.C.2d 625
(1992), the Board's predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission,
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).
Application of the annual deflator factors results in the following
annual revenue thresholds:
Railroad Revenue Thresholds
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Year Factor Class I Class II
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2013................................ 0.5353 467,063,129 37,365,050
2014................................ 0.5255 475,754,803 38,060,384
2015................................ 0.5460 457,913,998 36,633,120
2016................................ 0.5585 447,621,226 35,809,698
2017................................ 0.5390 463,860,933 37,108,875
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
WWW.STB.GOV.
Applicable Date: January 1, 2017.
For Further Information Contact: Pedro Ramirez, (202) 245-0333.
[Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 1-
800-877-8339].
Decided: June 8, 2018.
By the Board, William Brennan, Acting Director, Office of
Economics.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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