Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 17, 2004 / Notices 67385

1The parties entered into a trackage rights 

agreement on October 27, 2004.

1AKMD has operated over the Warren Line since 

April 5, 2004, under emergency service authority 

issued by the Board pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11123 

and 49 CFR 1146. See Arkansas Midland Railroad 

Company, Inc.—Alternative Rail Service—Line of 

Delta Southern Railroad, Inc., STB Finance Docket 

No. 34479 (STB served Mar. 11, 2004). The 

emergency service authority was extended through 

December 13, 2004, by decisions served on May 4, 

2004, July 30, 2004, and November 1, 2004. Prior 

to the issuance of the emergency service 

authorization, the line was leased and operated by 

Delta Southern Railroad, Inc. (Delta), which 

acquired the right to do so from Delta Southern 

Railroad Company in 1999. See Delta Southern 

Railroad, Inc.—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Delta Southern Railroad Company,

STB Finance Docket No. 33802 (STB served Oct. 20, 

1999). Delta has voluntarily terminated its 

operations over the line so that UP can transfer 

operations to AKMD. Upon consummation of the 

change in operators authorized by the exemption 

here, Delta’s authority to lease and operate the line 

will cease.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34607] 

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad 

Company 

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 

has agreed to grant to The Burlington 

Northern and Santa Fe Railway 

Company (BNSF) approximately 224.70 

miles of overhead trackage rights 

between Stockton, CA, at UP’s milepost 

88.90 on UP’s Fresno Subdivision, and 

Bakersfield, CA, at milepost 313.60 on 

UP’s Mojave Subdivision.1

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on November 4, 2004. 

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to allow BNSF limited use of the joint 

trackage for the sole purpose of 

overhead movement of a limited 

number of BNSF’s trains (up to 6 BNSF 

trains per day or, subject to capacity and 

fluidity of operations, potentially up to 

8 trains per day), to improve operating 

efficiency and flexibility in the area. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk and 

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and 

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If the 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. 34607, 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 Sarah W. 

Bailiff, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 

76161–0039. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: November 9, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–25393 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34567] 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc.,—Change in Operators 

Exemption—Line of Union Pacific 

Railroad Company 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc. (AKMD), a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease and 

operate approximately 39.42 miles of 

railroad owned by the Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP), known as the 

Warren Line, extending from a 

connection with UP at milepost 422.32 

in Dermott, AR, to milepost 461.74 at 

Warren, AR.1 The lease also includes 

certain car repair facilities at UP’s 

McGehee, AR yard. AKMD will also 

obtain approximately 5.56 miles of 

incidental overhead trackage rights over 

UP’s rail line from milepost 415.26 at 

Dermott to milepost 409.7 at McGehee, 

AR.

Because AKMD’s projected annual 

revenues will exceed $5 million, AKMD 

was required to certify to the Board that 

it had complied with the requirements 

of 49 CFR 1150.42(e) by providing 

notice of the proposed transaction to 

employees and their labor unions on the 

affected lines. AKMD filed its 

certification on October 14, 2004, 

specifying that it had provided the 

notice on October 6, 2004. The 

transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on December 13, 2004, 

which is 60 days after AKMD’s 

certification to the Board. 

If the 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 does not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34567, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on William C. 

Sippel, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 

920, Chicago, IL 60606–2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: November 9, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–25394 Filed 11–16–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 1120–SF

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

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burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

1120–SF, U.S. Income Tax Return for 

Settlement Funds (Under Section 468B).

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 18, 2005 

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

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