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parties cannot consummate this transaction until 

that date.

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after November 16, 

2004. 

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 transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34555, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on: Jeffrey O. 

Moreno, 1920 N Street, NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20036, and Anne L. 

Spangler, 3628 South 35th Street, 

Tacoma, WA 98409–3115. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: October 8, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 12, 2004. 

The Department of the Treasury has 

submitted the following public 

information collection requirement(s) to 

OMB for review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the 

submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding this 

information collection should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury Department 

Clearance Officer, Department of the 

Treasury, Room 11000, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 18, 

2004 to be assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–1010. 

Form Number: IRS Form 1120–RIC. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: U.S. Income Tax Return for 

Regulated Investment Companies. 

Description: Form 1120–RIC is filed 

by a domestic corporation electing to be 

taxed as a RIC in order to report its 

income and deductions and to compute 

its tax liability. IRS uses form 1120–RIC 

to determine whether the RIC has 

correctly reported its income, 

deductions, and tax liability. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 3,277. 

Estimated Burden Hours Respondent/

Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—57 hr., 9 min. 

Learning about the law or the form—20 

hr., 43 min. 

Preparing the form—36 hr., 30 min. 

Copying, assembling, and sending the 

form to the IRS—4 hr., 1 min.

Frequency of response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 380,325 hours.

Clearance Officer: Paul H. Finger (202) 

622–4078, Internal Revenue Service, 

Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr. 

(202) 395–7316, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 

10235, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–23358 Filed 10–18–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Departmental Offices; Debt 

Management Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, 10(a)(2), that a meeting 

will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 

16th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, on November 2, 2004 

at 11 a.m. of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee of The Bond Market 

Association (‘‘Committee’’). 

The agenda for the meeting provides 

for a charge by the Secretary of the 

Treasury or his designate that the 

Committee discuss particular issues, 

and a working session. Following the 

working session, the Committee will 

present a written report of its 

recommendations. The meeting will be 

closed to the public, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d) and Public 

Law 103–202, 202(c)(1)(B) (31 U.S.C. 

3121 note). 

This notice shall constitute my 

determination, pursuant to the authority 

placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2, section 10(d) and vested in me 

by Treasury Department Order No. 101–

05, that the meeting will consist of 

discussions and debates of the issues 

presented to the Committee by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and the 

making of recommendations of the 

Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to 

Public Law 103–202, section 

202(c)(1)(B). Thus, this information is 

exempt from disclosure under that 

provision and 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In 

addition, the meeting is concerned with 

information that is exempt from 

disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). 

The public interest requires that such 

meetings be closed to the public because 

the Treasury Department requires frank 

and full advice from representatives of 

the financial community prior to 

making its final decisions on major 

financing operations. Historically, this 

advice has been offered by debt 

management advisory committees 

established by the several major 

segments of the financial community. 

When so utilized, such a committee is 

recognized to be an advisory committee 

under 5 U.S.C. App. 2, section 3. 

Although the Treasury’s final 

announcement of financing plans may 

not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

Treasury staff will provide a technical 

briefing to the press on the day before 

the Committee meeting, following the 

release of a statement of economic 

conditions, financing estimates and 

technical charts. This briefing will give 

the press an opportunity to ask 

questions about financing projections 

and technical charts. The day after the 

Committee meeting, Treasury will 

release the minutes of the meeting, any 

charts that were discussed at the 

meeting, and the Committee’s report to 

the Secretary. 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. 552b. The Designated Federal 

Officer or other responsible agency 

official who may be contacted for 

additional information is Jeff Huther, 

Director, Office of Debt Management, at 

(202) 622–1868.

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Dated: October 12, 2004. 

Timothy Bitsberger, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Financial 

Markets.

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