Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 241 / Monday, December 17, 2018 / Notices 64631 

1The Board modified its OFA procedures 

effective July 29, 2017. Among other things, the 

OFA process now requires potential offerors in all 

abandonment and discontinuance proceedings to 

file a formal expression of intent to file an offer. The 

process also requires potential offerors, in their 

formal expression of intent, to make a preliminary 

financial responsibility showing based on a 

calculation using information contained in the 

carrier’s filing and publicly available information. 

See Offers of Financial Assistance, EP 729 (STB 

served June 29, 2017); 82 FR 30,997 (July 5, 2017). 

• Whether to propose a new rule and 

rule amendments to allow funds to 

acquire shares of other funds (i.e., ‘‘fund 

of funds’’ arrangements), including 

arrangements involving exchange-traded 

funds, without first obtaining exemptive 

orders from the Commission. 

At times, changes in Commission 

priorities require alterations in the 

scheduling of meeting items. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

For further information and to ascertain 

what, if any, matters have been added, 

deleted, or postponed; please contact 

Brent J. Fields from the Office of the 

Secretary at (202) 551–5400. 

Dated: December 12, 2018. 

Brent J. Fields, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27317 Filed 12–13–18; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2018–0061] 

Agreement on Social Security Between 

the United States and Slovenia; Entry 

Into Force 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are giving notice that an 

agreement coordinating the United 

States (U.S.) and Slovenian social 

security programs will go into force 

effective on February 1, 2019. The 

Agreement with Slovenia, which was 

signed on January 17, 2017, is similar to 

U.S. social security agreements already 

in force with 28 other countries— 

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, 

Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, 

Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, 

Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, 

Korea (South), Luxembourg, the 

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, 

the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, 

Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and 

Uruguay. Section 233 of the Social 

Security Act authorizes agreements of 

this type. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Like the 

other agreements, the U.S.-Slovenian 

Agreement eliminates dual social 

security coverage. This situation exists 

when a worker from one country works 

in the other country and has coverage 

under the social security systems of 

both countries for the same work. 

Without such agreements in force, when 

dual coverage occurs, the worker, the 

worker’s employer, or both may be 

required to pay social security 

contributions to the two countries 

simultaneously. Under the U.S.- 

Slovenian Agreement, a worker who is 

sent by an employer in one country to 

work in the other country for 5 or fewer 

years remains covered only by the 

sending country. The Agreement 

includes additional rules that eliminate 

dual U.S. and Slovenian coverage in 

other work situations. 

The Agreement also helps eliminate 

situations where workers suffer a loss of 

benefit rights because they have divided 

their careers between the two countries. 

Under the Agreement, workers may 

qualify for partial U.S. benefits or partial 

Slovenian benefits based on combined 

(totalized) work credits from both 

countries. 

Persons who wish to receive copies of 

the agreement or who want more 

information about its provisions may 

write to the Social Security 

Administration, Office of Data 

Exchange, Policy Publications, and 

International Negotiations, 4700 Annex 

Building, 6401 Security Boulevard, 

Baltimore, MD 21235 or visit the Social 

Security website at 

www.socialsecurity.gov/international. 

The full text of the agreement and its 

accompanying administrative 

arrangement are available at https://

www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_

Texts/slovenia.html. 

Nancy A. Berryhill, 

Acting Commissioner of Social Security. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27166 Filed 12–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub–No. 336X)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Douglas 

County, Neb. 

On November 27, 2018, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) a 

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 

exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to abandon an 

approximately 0.28-mile rail line known 

as the Omaha Belt Industrial Lead, 

extending from milepost 485.55 near 

Grover Street to milepost 485.27, the 

point switch on the Wimmer Wye just 

west of Dahlman Avenue, all in Omaha, 

Douglas County, Neb. (the Line). The 

Line traverses United States Postal ZIP 

Codes 68105 and 68107. 

UP states that it seeks to abandon the 

Line and sell the track and property to 

Darling Ingredients, the only shipper on 

the Line, which plans to use the track 

and property to support expansion of its 

plant, and that UP will continue to serve 

Darling Ingredients in substantially the 

same manner as it does today. 

According to UP, based on the 

information in its possession, the Line 

does not contain federally granted 

rights-of-way, and any documentation 

in UP’s possession will be made 

available promptly to those requesting 

it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by March 15, 

2019. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption.1 Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,800 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment, the 

Line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than January 3, 2019. Each 

trail request must be accompanied by a 

$300 filing fee. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 

336X) and must be sent to: (1) Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2) 

Jeremy M. Berman, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company, 1400 Douglas Street, 

MS #1580, Omaha, NE 68179. Replies to 

the petition are due on or before January 

3, 2019. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance (OPAGAC) at (202) 245– 

0238 or refer to the full abandonment 

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 

Questions concerning environmental 

issues may be directed to the Board’s 


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