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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Statutory Authority To Preserve Rail
Service
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) gives
SUMMARY:
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or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Please also direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
PRA@stb.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Statutory
Authority to Preserve Rail Service.’’ For
further information regarding this
collection, contact Mike Higgins at (866)
254–1792 (toll-free) or 202–245–0238, or
by emailing rcpa@stb.gov. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board
previously published a notice about this
collection in the Federal Register (87 FR
69074 (Nov. 17, 2022)). That notice
allowed for a 60-day public review and
comment period. No comments were
received.
Comments are requested concerning
each collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
notice of its intent to request from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval without change of the
existing collection, Preservation of Rail
Service, OMB Control No. 2140–0022,
as described below.
Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
March 9, 2023.
DATES:
Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board, Statutory Authority to Preserve
Rail Service.’’ Written comments for the
proposed information collection should
be submitted via www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. This information
collection can be accessed by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. As an alternative,
written comments may be directed to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus,
Surface Transportation Board Desk
Officer: via email at oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov; by fax at (202) 395–1743;
ADDRESSES:
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Subject: In this notice, the Board is
requesting comments on the extension
of the following information collection:
Description of Collection
Title: Preservation of Rail Service.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0022.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Affected shippers,
communities, or other interested
persons seeking to preserve rail service
over rail lines that are proposed or
identified for abandonment, and
railroads that are required to provide
information to the offeror or applicant:
Approximately 15.
Frequency: On occasion, as follows:
TABLE—NUMBER OF YEARLY RESPONSES
Estimated annual
average number
of filings
(2019–2022)
Type of filing
Offer of Financial Assistance (and related filings) ........................................................................................................................
Request for Public Use Condition .................................................................................................................................................
Feeder Line Application .................................................................................................................................................................
Trail Use Request (with extensions) .............................................................................................................................................
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 185 hours
(total of estimated hours per response ×
1
1
1
13
number of responses for each type of
filing).
TABLE—ESTIMATED TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Estimated annual
average number
of filings
(2019–2021)
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Type of filing
Number of
hours per
response
Total estimated
burden hours
Offer of Financial Assistance (and related filings) ....................................................
Request for Public Use Condition .............................................................................
Feeder Line Application .............................................................................................
Trail Use Request (with extensions) .........................................................................
1
1
1
13
46
4
70
5
46
4
70
65
Total burden hours .............................................................................................
..............................
..............................
185
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: While
the collections are submitted
electronically to the Board, respondents
are sometimes required to send
consultation letters to various other
governmental agencies. Copies of these
letters are part of an environmental and
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historic report that must be filed with
this collection (unless waived by the
Board). Because some of these other
agencies may require hard copy letters,
there may be some limited mailing
costs, which staff estimates in total to be
approximately $1,800.00.
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Needs and Uses: The Surface
Transportation Board is, by statute,
responsible for the economic regulation
of common carrier freight railroads and
certain other carriers operating in the
United States. Under the laws the Board
administers, persons seeking to preserve
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rail service may file pleadings before the
Board to acquire or subsidize a rail line
for continued service, or to impose a
trail use or public use condition.
When a line is proposed for
abandonment, affected shippers,
communities, or other interested
persons may seek to preserve rail
service by filing with the Board: an offer
of financial assistance (OFA) to
subsidize or purchase a rail line for
which a railroad is seeking
abandonment (49 U.S.C. 10904),
including a request for the Board to set
terms and conditions of the financial
assistance; a request for a public use
condition (§ 10905); or a trail use
request (16 U.S.C. 1247(d)). Similarly,
when a line is placed on a system
diagram map identifying it as an
anticipated or potential candidate for
abandonment, affected shippers,
communities, or other interested
persons may seek to preserve rail
service by filing with the Board a feeder
line application to purchase the
identified rail line (§ 10907).
Additionally, the railroad owning the
rail line subject to abandonment must,
in some circumstances, provide
information to the applicant or offeror.
As to trail use, the STB will issue a
CITU or NITU to a prospective trail
sponsor who seeks an interim trail use
agreement with the rail carrier of the rail
line that is being abandoned. The CITU/
NITU permits parties to negotiate for an
interim trail use agreement. The parties
may also agree to an extension of the
negotiating period. If parties reach an
agreement, then they must jointly notify
the Board of that fact and of any
modification or vacancy of the
agreement. There is a one-year period
for any initial interim trail use
negotiating period (with potential
extensions).
The Board makes this submission
because, under the PRA, a federal
agency that conducts or sponsors 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
that persons submit reports, keep
records, or provide information to the
agency, third parties, or the public.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal
agencies are required to provide, prior
to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day 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.
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Dated: February 2, 2023.
Raina White,
Clearance Clerk.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR–2023–0001]
Interim Extension and Request for
Comments on COVID-Related Product
Exclusions: China’s Acts, Policies, and
Practices Related to Technology
Transfer, Intellectual Property, and
Innovation
Office of the United States
Trade Representative (USTR).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In prior notices, the U.S.
Trade Representative modified the
actions in the Section 301 investigation
of China’s acts, policies, and practices
related to technology transfer,
intellectual property, and innovation by
excluding from additional duties certain
medical-care products needed to
address COVID, and subsequently
extended certain of these exclusions.
The current COVID exclusions—
covering 81 medical-care products—are
scheduled to expire on February 28,
2023. In light of developments in the
production capacity of the United
States, and continuing efforts to combat
COVID, USTR is requesting public
comments on whether to further extend
particular exclusions. This notice also
announces the U.S. Trade
Representative’s determination to adopt
an interim, 75-day extension of the 81
COVID related product exclusions to
allow for consideration of public
comments.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
February 6, 2023: The public docket
on the web portal at https://
comments.USTR.gov will open for
interested persons to submit comments.
March 7, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET: To
be assured of consideration, submit
written comments on the public docket
by this time.
The interim extension announced in
this notice will extend the COVIDrelated product exclusions through May
15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You must submit all
comments through the online portal:
https://comments.ustr.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions about this notice,
contact Associate General Counsel
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Philip Butler or Assistant General
Counsel Edward Marcus at (202) 395–
5725. For specific questions on customs
classification or implementation of the
product exclusions, contact
traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
In the course of this investigation, the
U.S. Trade Representative has imposed
additional duties on products of China
in four tranches. See 83 FR 28719 (June
20, 2018); 83 FR 40823 (August 16,
2018); 83 FR 47974 (September 21,
2018), as modified by 83 FR 49153
(September 28, 2018); and 84 FR 43304
(August 20, 2019), as modified by 84 FR
69447 (December 18, 2019) and 85 FR
3741 (January 22, 2020).
For each tranche, the U.S. Trade
Representative established a process by
which interested persons could request
the exclusion of particular products
from the additional duties.
On March 25, 2020, USTR requested
public comments on proposed
modifications to exclude from
additional duties certain medical-care
products related to the U.S. response to
COVID. 85 FR 16987 (March 25, 2020).
On December 29, 2020, USTR
announced 99 product exclusions for
medical-care products and products
related to the U.S. COVID response. The
December 29 notice further provided
that the U.S. Trade Representative might
consider further extensions and/or
modifications as appropriate. See 85 FR
85831.
These 99 exclusions were later
extended until September 30, 2021. 86
FR 13785. On August 27, 2021, USTR
published a notice requesting public
comments on whether any of these
exclusions should be further extended
for up to six months. 86 FR 48280. To
provide time for USTR to review the
comments it received in response to the
August 27 notice, the 99 exclusions
were subsequently extended. See 86 FR
54011 (September 29, 2021).
On November 16, 2021, USTR
announced the U.S. Trade
Representative’s determination to
extend of 81 of the COVID exclusions
for an additional six months (until May
31, 2022). See 86 FR 63438 (November
16, 2021) (November 16, 2021 notice).
The notice further provided that the
U.S. Trade Representative might
consider further extensions and/or
modifications as appropriate. 86 FR
63438. These 81 exclusions were
subsequently extended through
February 28, 2023. See 87 FR 33871
(June 03, 2022); 87 FR 73383 (November
29, 2022).
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of
Collection: Statutory Authority To Preserve Rail Service
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives
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notice of its intent to request from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval without change of the existing collection,
Preservation of Rail Service, OMB Control No. 2140-0022, as described
below.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
March 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, Statutory
Authority to Preserve Rail Service.'' Written comments for the proposed
information collection should be submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. This information collection can be accessed by selecting
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
search function. As an alternative, written comments may be directed to
the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus, Surface
Transportation Board Desk Officer: via email at
[email protected]; by fax at (202) 395-1743; or by mail to
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Please also direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001, or to [email protected]. When submitting comments, please refer to
``Statutory Authority to Preserve Rail Service.'' For further
information regarding this collection, contact Mike Higgins at (866)
254-1792 (toll-free) or 202-245-0238, or by emailing [email protected].
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board previously published a notice
about this collection in the Federal Register (87 FR 69074 (Nov. 17,
2022)). That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment
period. No comments were received.
Comments are requested concerning each collection as to (1) whether
the particular collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Board, including whether the
collection has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board's
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, when appropriate. Submitted comments will be included and
summarized in the Board's request for OMB approval.
Subject: In this notice, the Board is requesting comments on the
extension of the following information collection:
Description of Collection
Title: Preservation of Rail Service.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0022.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Affected shippers, communities, or other interested
persons seeking to preserve rail service over rail lines that are
proposed or identified for abandonment, and railroads that are required
to provide information to the offeror or applicant: Approximately 15.
Frequency: On occasion, as follows:
Table--Number of Yearly Responses
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated annual
average number
Type of filing of filings (2019-
2022)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Offer of Financial Assistance (and related filings).. 1
Request for Public Use Condition..................... 1
Feeder Line Application.............................. 1
Trail Use Request (with extensions).................. 13
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 185 hours
(total of estimated hours per response x number of responses for each
type of filing).
Table--Estimated Total Burden Hours
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated annual
average number of Number of hours Total estimated
Type of filing filings (2019- per response burden hours
2021)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Offer of Financial Assistance (and related filings).... 1 46 46
Request for Public Use Condition....................... 1 4 4
Feeder Line Application................................ 1 70 70
Trail Use Request (with extensions).................... 13 5 65
--------------------------------------------------------
Total burden hours................................. ................. ................. 185
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: While the collections are submitted
electronically to the Board, respondents are sometimes required to send
consultation letters to various other governmental agencies. Copies of
these letters are part of an environmental and historic report that
must be filed with this collection (unless waived by the Board).
Because some of these other agencies may require hard copy letters,
there may be some limited mailing costs, which staff estimates in total
to be approximately $1,800.00.
Needs and Uses: The Surface Transportation Board is, by statute,
responsible for the economic regulation of common carrier freight
railroads and certain other carriers operating in the United States.
Under the laws the Board administers, persons seeking to preserve
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rail service may file pleadings before the Board to acquire or
subsidize a rail line for continued service, or to impose a trail use
or public use condition.
When a line is proposed for abandonment, affected shippers,
communities, or other interested persons may seek to preserve rail
service by filing with the Board: an offer of financial assistance
(OFA) to subsidize or purchase a rail line for which a railroad is
seeking abandonment (49 U.S.C. 10904), including a request for the
Board to set terms and conditions of the financial assistance; a
request for a public use condition (Sec. 10905); or a trail use
request (16 U.S.C. 1247(d)). Similarly, when a line is placed on a
system diagram map identifying it as an anticipated or potential
candidate for abandonment, affected shippers, communities, or other
interested persons may seek to preserve rail service by filing with the
Board a feeder line application to purchase the identified rail line
(Sec. 10907). Additionally, the railroad owning the rail line subject
to abandonment must, in some circumstances, provide information to the
applicant or offeror.
As to trail use, the STB will issue a CITU or NITU to a prospective
trail sponsor who seeks an interim trail use agreement with the rail
carrier of the rail line that is being abandoned. The CITU/NITU permits
parties to negotiate for an interim trail use agreement. The parties
may also agree to an extension of the negotiating period. If parties
reach an agreement, then they must jointly notify the Board of that
fact and of any modification or vacancy of the agreement. There is a
one-year period for any initial interim trail use negotiating period
(with potential extensions).
The Board makes this submission because, under the PRA, a federal
agency that conducts or sponsors 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 that persons submit reports, keep records,
or provide information to the agency, third parties, or the public.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal agencies are required to
provide, prior to an agency's submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day 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: February 2, 2023.
Raina White,
Clearance Clerk.
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