Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 24 / Thursday, February 5, 2004 / Notices 5661

‘‘Help & Information’’ or ‘‘Help/Info’’ to 

obtain instructions. The fax number is 

1–202–493–2251. To use the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

We also request, but do not require 

you to send a copy to Christina Morgan, 

Evaluation Division, NPO–321, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

Room 5208, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590 (alternatively, 

Fax to 202–366–2559 or e-mail to 

tmorgan@nhtsa.dot.gov). She can check 

if your comments have been received at 

the Docket and she can expedite their 

review by NHTSA. 

How Can I Be Sure That My Comments 

Were Received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How Do I Submit Confidential Business 

Information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, send 

three copies of your complete 

submission, including the information 

you claim to be confidential business 

information, to the Chief Counsel, NCC–

01, National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room 5219, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Include a cover letter supplying 

the information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR part 512). 

In addition, send two copies from 

which you have deleted the claimed 

confidential business information to 

Docket Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590, or submit them electronically. 

Will the Agency Consider Late 

Comments? 

In our response, we will consider all 

comments that Docket Management 

receives before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, we will also consider 

comments that Docket Management 

receives after that date. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

How Can I Read the Comments 

Submitted by Other People? 

You may read the comments by 

visiting Docket Management in person 

at Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC from 10 a.m. to 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday. 

You may also see the comments on 

the Internet by taking the following 

steps: 

A. Go to the Docket Management 

System (DMS) Web page of the 

Department of Transportation (http://

dms.dot.gov). 

B. On that page, click on ‘‘search.’’

C. On the next page (http://

dms.dot.gov/search) type in the fivedigit Docket number shown at the 

beginning of this Notice (16996). Click 

on ‘‘search.’’

D. On the next page, which contains 

Docket summary information for the 

Docket you selected, click on the 

desired comments. You may also 

download the comments.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 

501.8.

James Simons, 

Director of the Office of Regulatory Analysis 

and Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 04–2326 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs 

Administration 

[Docket 98–4957; Notice] 

Extension of Existing Information 

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs 

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comments and OMB approval. 

SUMMARY: This notice requests public 

participation in the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval process regarding an extension 

of an existing RSPA collection of 

information. RSPA published its intent 

to request OMB approval of information 

collection 2137–0596, National Pipeline 

Mapping Program under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part 

1320 on November 12, 2003 (68 FR 

64188–9). No comments were received. 

The public has an additional 

opportunity to provide comments.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before March 8, 2004, to 

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to send comments directly to: 

Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 726 Jackson 

Place, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

ATTN: Desk Officer for Department of 

Transportation. Please identify the 

docket and notice numbers shown in 

the heading of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Fell, (202) 366–6205, to ask 

questions about this notice; or write by 

e-mail to marvin.fell@rspa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Pipeline Mapping 

System Program. 

Type of Request: Extension of existing 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) along with other 

Federal and state agencies has been 

working side by side with natural gas 

and hazardous liquid operators to 

develop a national pipeline mapping 

system (NPMS). This system depicts 

and provides data on the entire United 

States natural gas transmission and 

hazardous liquid pipeline system 

operating in the United States. The 

Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 

2002, promulgated on December 17, 

2002, requires that all transmission 

pipeline operators provide maps of their 

pipelines. Additionally, it requires 

updates when ownership or operation of 

these lines change. 

Estimate of Burden: 1 hour per mile. 

Respondents: Gas transmission and 

hazardous liquid operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

900. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 157,112 hours. 

This document can be reviewed 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday excluding Federal 

holidays at the Dockets Facility, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

PL–401, 400 Seventh St., SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments Are Invited On: (a) The 

need for the proposed collection of 

information for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques.

5662 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 24 / Thursday, February 5, 2004 / Notices 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 

2004. 

Richard D. Huriaux, 

P.E., Manager, Regulations, Office of Pipeline 

Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–2454 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34453] 

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.—Control 

Exemption—Arkansas, Louisiana & 

Mississippi Railroad Company and 

Fordyce & Princeton Railroad 

Company

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the 

Board exempts from the prior approval 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323 et seq.

the acquisition by Genesee & Wyoming 

Inc. (GWI) of control of two Class III rail 

carriers (Arkansas, Louisiana & 

Mississippi Railroad Company (AL&M) 

and Fordyce & Princeton Railroad 

Company (F&P)) by purchase of all of 

the stock of each from Georgia Pacific 

Corporation. GWI is a noncarrier 

holding company that directly controls 

Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., a 

Class II carrier operating in New York 

and Pennsylvania. GWI also directly 

controls 13 Class III carriers 

(Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad, 

Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad, Inc., 

Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad 

Company, Genesee & Wyoming Railroad 

Company, Inc., Golden Isles Terminal 

Railroad, Inc., Illinois & Midland 

Railroad, Inc., Louisiana & Delta 

Railroad, Inc., Portland & Western 

Railroad, Inc., Rochester & Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Savannah Port Terminal 

Railroad Inc., South Buffalo Railway 

Company, Utah Railway Company, and 

Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc.). 

GWI also indirectly controls 10 

additional Class III carriers 

(Commonwealth Railway, Inc., 

Talleyrand Terminal Railroad, Inc., St. 

Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Company, 

St. Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad 

(Quebec) Inc., York Railway Company, 

Salt Lake City Southern Railroad 

Company, Allegheny & Eastern 

Railroad, LLC, Pittsburg & Shawmut 

Railroad, LLC, Maryland and 

Pennsylvania Railroad, LLC, and 

Yorkrail, LLC).

DATES: The exemption will be effective 

on March 6, 2004. Petitions for stay 

must be filed by February 20, 2004. 

Petitions for reconsideration must be 

filed by March 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10 

copies of any pleadings referring to STB 

Finance Docket No. 34453 to: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, send one copy of any pleading 

to GWI’s representative: Troy W. Garris, 

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300 

Nineteenth Street, NW., Fifth Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036–1609.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1616. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision. Copies of the 

decision may be purchased from: ASAP 

Document Solutions, Suite 103, 9332 

Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706. Email address: asapmd@verizon.net.

Telephone: (202) 293–7779. [Assistance 

for the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: January 29, 2004.

By the Board, Chairman Nober. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–2273 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 

3)] 

TTX Company, et al.—Application for 

Approval of Pooling of Car Service 

With Respect to Flatcars

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of pooling application 

and request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: On January 6, 2004, TTX 

Company (TTX) and certain 

participating railroads filed an 

application to extend for 15 years TTX’s 

flatcar pooling authority, which the 

Board’s predecessor, the Interstate 

Commerce Commission (ICC), originally 

granted in 1974, extended in 1989, and 

extended again in 1994. Unless further 

extended, TTX’s current pooling 

authority under the ICC’s 1994 order 

will expire on October 1, 2004.

DATES: Any comments on the 

application must be filed by March 22, 

2004. If comments are filed, applicants’

rebuttal is due by April 21, 2004. A 

decision on the merits of the application 

is due to be issued by September 1, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: As required under 49 CFR 

1104.3, commenting parties must file 

with the Board an original and 10 copies 

(and electronic copies as necessary) of 

their respective comments. Comments 

must refer to STB Finance Docket No. 

27590 (Sub-No. 3) and be sent to: 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

comment must be sent to each of 

applicants’ representatives: (1) David L. 

Meyer, Covington & Burling, 1201 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004; and (2) Patrick 

B. Loftus, TTX Company, 101 North 

Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar (202) 565–1600. 

(Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TTX and 

the railroad applicants seek the Board’s 

approval of a 15-year extension of their 

pooling of flatcar service. Under 49 

U.S.C. 11322(a), the Board may approve 

a pooling agreement if it finds that the 

proposal: (1) Will be in the interest of 

better service to the public or of 

economy of operation, and (2) will not 

unreasonably restrain competition. The 

proposed pooling agreement was 

originally approved by the ICC in 

American Rail Box Car Co.—Pooling,

347 I.C.C. 862 (1974). In 1989, the ICC 

extended TTX’s pooling authority for 

another five years. See Trailer Train 

Co.—Pooling—Car Service, 5 I.C.C.2d 

552 (1989). The ICC last approved TTX’s 

pooling agreement in 1994 for a 10-year 

term, which expires on October 1, 2004. 

See TTX Company et al.—Application 

for Approval of the Pooling of Car 

Service With Respect to Flat Cars,

Finance Docket No. 27590 (Sub-No. 2) 

(ICC served August 31, 1994). The 

application seeks to extend TTX’s 

authority to continue the flatcar pool 

under the same pooling agreement—

with minor, technical updates—for an 

additional 15 years. 

In addition to TTX, the applicants are:

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company; 

CSX Transportation, Inc.; 

Florida East Coast Railway Company; 

Guilford Rail System; 

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company; 

Illinois Central Railroad Company;