66334 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 246 / Wednesday, December 26, 2018 / Notices 

Regulation section Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

20 CFR 422.905 .............................................................................................. 75 1 15 19 

20 CFR 422.906 .............................................................................................. 75 1 20 25 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 150 ........................ ........................ 44 

Dated: December 18, 2018. 

Naomi Sipple, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27767 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 10625] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Request To Change End 

User, End Use and/or Destination of 

Hardware 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the information collection 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. The 

purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Submit comments directly to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) up to January 25, 2019. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• Email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS 

form number, information collection 

title, and the OMB control number in 

the subject line of your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

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 Andrea Battista, who may be reached 

on 202–663–3136 or at battistaal@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Request to Change End User, End Use 

and/or Destination of Hardware. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0173. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Directorate of 

Defense Trade Controls (DDTC). 

• Form Number: DS–6004. 

• Respondents: Business or Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

500. 

• Average Time per Response: 1 hour. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 500 

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 Request to Change End-User, 

End-Use and/or Destination of 

Hardware information collection is used 

to request DDTC approval prior to any 

sale, transfer, transshipment, or 

disposal, whether permanent or 

temporary, of classified or unclassified 

defense articles to any end-user, end-use 

or destination other than as stated on a 

license or other approval. 

Methodology 

Currently, there is no option of 

electronic submission of this 

information. Submissions are made via 

hardcopy documentation. Applicants 

are referred to ITAR § 123.9 for guidance 

on information to submit regarding the 

request to change end-user, end-use 

and/or destination of hardware. Upon 

implementation of DDTC’s new case 

management system, The Defense 

Export Control and Compliance System 

(DECCS), a DS–6004 may be submitted 

electronically. 

Anthony M. Dearth, 

Chief of Staff, Directorate of Defense Trade 

Controls, U.S. Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27778 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–25–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 786X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Alachua 

County, Fla. 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR pt. 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon an 

approximately 0.23-mile rail line on its 

Deerhaven Subdivision, Jacksonville 

Division, between milepost ARB 738.42 

and milepost ARB 738.65, the end of the 

line, in Alachua County, Fla. (the Line). 

The Line traverses U.S. Postal Service 

Zip Code 32609. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

freight traffic has moved over the Line 

for two years; (2) any overhead traffic on 

the Line can be rerouted over other 

lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by 

a user of rail service on the Line (or a 

state or local government entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line is 

either pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board or any U.S. 

District Court or has been decided in 

favor of a complainant within the twoyear period; and (4) the requirements at 

49 CFR 1105.7 (service of environmental 

and historic report), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 


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1The Board modified its OFA procedures 

effective July 29, 2017. Among other things, the 

OFA process now 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). 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,800. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

1Soo Line and DM&E are affiliated railroads 

under common control of Canadian Pacific Railway 

Company (CP). Canadian Pac. Ry.—Control— 

Dakota, Minn. & E. R.R., FD 35081 (STB served 

Sept. 30, 2008). 

2 In its notice of exemption, the map at Exhibit 

A–1 referred to UP milepost 300.35. On December 

19, 2018, PGR filed a supplement noting that the 

map should have referred to UP milepost 300.50. 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

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

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received,1

this exemption will be effective on 

January 25, 2019, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

interim trail use/rail banking requests 

under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by 

January 7, 2019. Petitions to reopen or 

requests for public use conditions under 

49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by January 

15, 2019, with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with 

Board should be sent to CSXT’s 

representative, Louis E. Gitomer, Law 

Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 

Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, 

MD 21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

December 31, 2018. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CSXT shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the Line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by December 26, 2019, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: December 18, 2018. 

By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2018–27685 Filed 12–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36251] 

Progressive Rail Incorporated—Lease 

Exemption With Interchange 

Commitment—Soo Line Railroad 

Company and Dakota, Minnesota & 

Eastern Railroad Corporation 

Progressive Rail Incorporated (PGR), a 

Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 

1150.41 to (1) renew its lease from Soo 

Line Railroad Company (Soo Line) of 

two lines of railroad between 

Northfield, Minn., and Lakeville, Minn. 

(Lakeville Line), and between 

Rosemount, Minn., and Eagan, Minn. 

(Eagandale Line); and (2) lease from Soo 

Line and Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern 

Railroad Corporation (DM&E) 1 a line of 

railroad between Faribault, Minn., and 

Northfield, Minn. (Faribault Line). 

The Lakeville Line extends 

approximately 21 miles from UP 

milepost 309.69 at Northfield through 

UP milepost 313.77 (CP milepost 52.90) 

to CP milepost 35.25 at Lakeville. The 

Lakeville Line also includes the 0.1-mile 

segment of track known as the Cannon 

Falls Branch between CP milepost 0.00 

and CP milepost 0.10 at Northfield. The 

Eagandale Line extends approximately 

12 miles from UP milepost 332.05 at 

Rosemount through UP milepost 333.85 

(CP milepost 150.80) to CP milepost 

160.70 at Eagan. The Faribault Line 

extends for approximately nine miles 

between UP milepost 300.50 2 at 

Faribault and UP milepost 309.69 at 

Northfield. According to PGR, DM&E 

owns the Faribault Line from Comus to 

Faribault, and Soo Line owns the 

Faribault Line from Comus to 

Northfield. PGR states that the 

Lakeville, Eagandale, and Faribault 

Lines (collectively, the Lines) total 

approximately 42 miles. 

PGR states that it has entered into a 

new lease agreement with Soo Line and 

DM&E that renews PGR’s lease of the 

Lakeville and Eagandale Lines for an 

additional 15 years and allows PGR to 

lease and operate the Faribault Line for 

a term of 15 years. 

PGR states that it currently operates 

the Lakeville and Eagandale Lines 

pursuant to Progressive Rail Inc.—Lease 

& Operation Exemption—Soo Line 

Railroad, FD 34496 (STB served May 19, 

2004) and the Faribault Line pursuant to 

Progressive Rail Inc.—Acquisition & 

Operation Exemption—Rail Lines of 

Union Pacific Railroad, FD 34476 (STB 

served Apr. 7, 2004). PGR states that it 

will continue to operate the Lines under 

the new lease agreement. 

According to PGR, the new lease 

agreement includes an interchange 

commitment. As required under 49 CFR 

1150.43(h)(1), PGR provided additional 

information regarding the interchange 

commitment. 

PGR certifies that its projected 

revenues resulting from this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

I or Class II rail carrier, but states that 

its projected annual revenues will 

exceed $5 million following the 

transaction. Accordingly, PGR is 

required by Board regulations to send 

notice of the transaction to the national 

offices of the labor unions with 

employees on the affected lines, to post 

a copy of the notice at the workplace of 

the employees on the affected lines, and 

to certify to the Board that it has done 

so, at least 60 days before the exemption 

is to become effective. 49 CFR 

1150.42(e). PGR filed its certification on 

November 15, 2018. 

Concurrently with its verified notice, 

however, PGR filed a petition for partial 


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