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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. Stay petitions must be 

filed no later than March 11, 2011 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35464, 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 Karl Morell, Ball Janik 

LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 28, 2011. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4871 Filed 3–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35465] 

Autauga Northern Railroad, L.L.C.— 

Lease and Operation Exemption— 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

Autauga Northern Railroad, L.L.C. 

(ANRR), a noncarrier, has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to acquire by lease from 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR), and operate approximately 43.62 

miles of rail lines, located between: (1) 

Milepost MA 130.00, at Maplesville, 

Ala., and milepost MA 171.05, at 

Autauga Creek, Ala.; and (2) milepost 

MD 0.00 and milepost MD 2.57, at 

Autauga Creek. In addition, ANRR will 

obtain by assignment incidental 

trackage rights over a 10.08-mile rail 

line owned by CSX Transportation, Inc., 

extending between milepost 171.02, at 

Autauga Creek, and milepost 181.1, at 

Montgomery, Ala. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed notice of exemption 

in Docket No. FD 35464, Watco 

Holdings, Inc.—Continuance in Control 

Exemption— Autauga Northern 

Railroad, L.L.C., in which Watco 

Holdings, Inc., a noncarrier, seeks Board 

approval to continue in control of ANRR 

upon Board approval of this transaction. 

The transaction may not be 

consummated until March 19, 2011, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

ANRR certifies that, as a result of this 

transaction, its projected revenues will 

not result in ANRR becoming a Class II 

or Class I rail carrier and will not exceed 

$5 million. 

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 by no later than March 11, 2011 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35465, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy must be served on Karl 

Morell, Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, 

NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 28, 2011. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4848 Filed 3–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 8609 and 8609–A 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

8609 and 8609–A, Low-Income Housing 

Credit Allocation and Certification 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 3, 2011 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Ralph M. Terry, at 

Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622– 

8144, or through the Internet at 

Ralph.M.Terry@IRS.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Low-Income Housing Credit 

Allocation and Certification. 

OMB Number: 1545–0988. 

Form Number: Form 8609 and 8609– 

A. 

Abstract: Owners of residential lowincome rental buildings are allowed a 

low-income housing credit for each 

qualified building over a 10-year credit 

period. Form 8609 can be used to obtain 

a housing credit allocation from the 

housing credit agency. A separate Form 

8609 must be issued for each building 

in a multiple building project. Form 

8609 is also used to certify certain 

information. Form 8609–A is filed by a 

building owner to report compliance 

with the low-income housing provisions 

and calculate the low-income housing 

credit. Form 8609–A must be filed by 

the building owner for each year of the 

15-year compliance period. File one 

Form 8609–A for the allocation(s) for 

the acquisition of an existing building 

and a separate Form 8609–A for the 

allocation(s) for rehabilitation 

expenditures. 

Current Actions: 8609 Instructions 

were updated in December of 2010 and 

due to updated filing figures in 

computing the burden has changed. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations and farms. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

359,046. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 31 

hrs. 01 min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,090,332. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 


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Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: February 25, 2011. 

Yvette Lawrence, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4847 Filed 3–3–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

United States Mint 

Authority To Conduct Research and 

Development on All Circulating Coins 

AGENCY: United States Mint, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice with request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: Congress recently enacted the 

Coin Modernization, Oversight, and 

Continuity Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

302) to provide the Secretary of the 

Treasury research and development 

authority for alternative metallic 

coinage materials. Specifically, the 

Secretary of the Treasury is authorized 

to—(1) conduct any appropriate testing 

of appropriate metallic coinage 

materials within or outside of the 

Department of the Treasury; and (2) 

solicit input from or otherwise work in 

conjunction with Federal and 

nonfederal entities, including 

independent research facilities or 

current or potential suppliers of the 

metallic material used in volume 

production of circulating coins. In 

accordance with Public Law 111–302, 

Section 2(b), in conducting research or 

soliciting input, the Secretary of the 

Treasury shall consider the following: 

(A) Factors relevant to the potential 

impact of any revisions to the 

composition of the material used in coin 

production on the current coinage 

material suppliers; 

(B) factors relevant to the ease of use 

and ability to co-circulate of new 

coinage materials, including the effect 

on vending machines and commercial 

coin processing equipment and making 

certain, to the greatest extent 

practicable, that any new coins work 

without interruption in existing coin 

acceptance equipment without 

modification; and 

(C) such other factors that the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with merchants who would 

be affected by any change in the 

composition of circulating coins, 

vending machine and other coin 

acceptor manufacturers, vending 

machine owners and operators, transit 

officials, municipal parking officials, 

depository institutions, coin and 

currency handlers, armored-car 

operators, car wash operators, and 

American-owned manufacturers of 

commercial coin processing equipment, 

considers to be appropriate and in the 

public interest. 

Additionally, the Secretary of the 

Treasury is required to report biennially 

to the House Financial Services 

Committee and the Senate Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

on the production costs for each 

circulating coin, cost trends for such 

production, and possible new metallic 

materials or technologies for the 

production of circulating coins. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has 

delegated to the Director of the United 

States Mint the authority to conduct 

research and development for 

alternative metallic coinage materials, to 

consider the factors specified in Public 

Law 111–302, Section 2(b), and to 

prepare a biennial report to the Congress 

on the current status of coin production 

costs and analysis of alternative metallic 

coinage materials. 

Accordingly, the United States Mint 

requests public comment on the factors 

specified in Public Law 111–302, 

Section 2(b). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: 

coinmaterials@usmint.treas.gov 

• Fax: (202) 756–6500 

• Mail: New Coin Materials 

Comments, Mail Stop: Manufacturing 6 

North, United States Mint, 801 Ninth 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20220. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as 

mail address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean 

Gentry, Deputy Chief Counsel, United 

States Mint at (202) 354–7359 (not a 

toll-free call). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Because of prevailing commodity 

market prices of certain base metals, the 

material costs for all circulating coin 

denominations have risen dramatically 

for the past several years. Most recently, 

the value of the metal content of onecent and 5-cent coins has exceeded their 

face value, compelling the United States 

Mint to implement regulations to 

protect them from arbitrage— 

speculators buying large quantities of 

these coins to profit from their metal 

value. This situation prompted Congress 

to pass legislation to give the Secretary 

of the Treasury research and 

development authority to conduct 

studies for alternative metallic coinage 

materials. The new law requires the 

Secretary of the Treasury to consider 

certain factors in the conduct of 

research, development, and the 

solicitation of input or work in 

conjunction with Federal and 

nonfederal entities, and in reporting to 

the Congress with recommendations. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has 

delegated to the Director of the United 

States Mint the authority to consider 

these factors and to prepare a report to 

the Congress recommending possible 

new metallic materials or technologies 

for the production of circulating coins. 

Accordingly, the United States Mint 

seeks information from the public on 

the factors specified in Public Law 111– 

302, Section 2(b), including factors that 

submitters believe the Secretary of the 

Treasury should consider to be 

appropriate and in the public interest. 

II. Request for Comment 

The United States Mint requests 

public comment from all interested 

persons regarding the metallic 

composition of all circulating coins 

based on the factors specified in Public 

Law 111–302, Section 2(b). These 

factors may include, but are not limited 

to, the effect of new coinage metallic 

materials on the current suppliers of 

coinage materials; the acceptability of 

new coinage metallic materials, 

including physical, chemical, 

metallurgical and technical 

characteristics; metallic material, 


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