Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 240 / Friday, December 14, 2018 / Notices 64425 

1A draft copy of the lease agreement was 

submitted under seal with the verified notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Derek Rivers at SA–17, 10th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20522–1710, who may 

be reached on 202–485–6332 or at 

RiversDA@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Application for Consular Report of Birth 

Abroad of a Citizen of the United States 

of America. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0011. 

• Type of Request: Extension. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Overseas Citizens 

Services (CA/OCS). 

• Form Number: DS–2029. 

• Respondents: United States Citizens 

and Nationals. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

73,647. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

73,647. 

• Average Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

24,549 hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary. 

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 

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 DS–2029, Application for 

Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a 

Citizen of the United States of America, 

is used by citizens of the United States 

to report the birth of a child while 

overseas. The information collected on 

this form will be used to certify the 

acquisition of U.S. citizenship at birth of 

a person born abroad. 22 CFR 50.5–50.7 

are important legal authorities that 

permit the Department to use this form. 

Methodology 

An application for a Consular Report 

of Birth is normally made in the 

consular district in which the birth 

occurred. The parent respondents will 

complete the form and present it to a 

United States Consulate or Embassy, 

who will examine the documentation 

and enter the information provided into 

the Department of State American 

Citizen Services (ACS) electronic 

database. 

Michelle Bernier-Toth, 

Managing Director, Bureau of Consular 

Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27100 Filed 12–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36253] 

Middletown & New Jersey Railroad, 

LLC—Lease Exemption Containing 

Interchange Commitment—Norfolk 

Southern Railway Company 

Middletown & New Jersey Railroad, 

LLC (M&NJ), a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NS) and to operate approximately 1.9 

miles of rail line located between Four 

Story Junction at milepost UJ 0 and 

Middletown, NY, at milepost UJ 1.9, 

known as the Crawford Industrial Track 

(the Line). 

According to M&NJ, in conjunction 

with the lease of the Line, it will also 

obtain incidental local and overhead 

trackage rights over rail line located 

between the western end of Campbell 

Hall yard at milepost JS 67.50, 

continuing for 9.1 miles to milepost JS 

76.60 at CP Howells, and from milepost 

SR 68.90 at CP Howells, continuing for 

21 miles to milepost SR 89.90 at or near 

Port Jervis, NY (the Incidental Trackage 

Rights). M&NJ states that the Incidental 

Trackage Rights are being granted over 

a line owned by NS and currently leased 

to Metro-North Commuter Railroad 

Company pursuant to a sublease 

agreement under which NS retained the 

exclusive, irrevocable, and perpetual 

right to provide or permit rail freight 

service on the line. See Metro-North 

Commuter R.R—Acquis. & Operation 

Exemption—Line of Norfolk S. Ry., FD 

34293, slip op. at 2 (STB served May 13, 

2003). 

M&NJ certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in M&NJ’s becoming a 

Class I or Class II rail carrier and will 

not exceed $5 million. As required 

under 49 CFR 1150.43(h)(1), M&NJ has 

disclosed in its verified notice that the 

lease agreement contains an interchange 

commitment that will require M&NJ to 

pay additional charges if it interchanges 

certain traffic with a rail carrier other 

than NS.1 M&NJ has provided 

additional information regarding the 

interchange commitment as required by 

49 CFR 1150.43(h). 

M&NJ states that it expects to 

consummate the transaction on or 

shortly after the effective date of this 

notice of exemption. The earliest this 

transaction may be consummated is 

December 29, 2018 (30 days after the 

verified notice was filed). 

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 no later than December 21, 2018 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

36253, 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 M&NJ’s representative, 

Karl Morell, Karl Morell and Associates, 

Suite 440, 440 1st Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20001. 

According to M&NJ, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic reporting 

under 49 CFR 1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our website at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 11, 2018. 

By the Board, Scott M. Zimmerman, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Tammy Lowery, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27158 Filed 12–13–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36257] 

Alcoa Energy Services, Inc.— 

Acquisition Exemption—Rockdale, 

Sandow & Southern Railroad Company 

Alcoa Energy Services, Inc. (AESI), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 


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