Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 23, 2010 / Notices 8179 

1This application is subject to a motion to strike 

and request for a cease and desist order filed by 

CTR on January 14, 2010, which allege that the City 

has unlawfully removed part of the track. The 

issues raised by this filing will be resolved in a 

subsequent decision. 

Aviation, LLC d/b/a Northwest Sky 

Ferry fit, willing, and able, and 

awarding it commuter air carrier 

authority to conduct scheduled 

commuter service. 

DATES: Persons wishing to file 

objections should do so no later than 

February 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to 

objections should be filed in Docket 

DOT–OST–2009–0188 and addressed to 

Docket Operations, (M–30, Room W12– 

140), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

and should be served upon the parties 

listed in Attachment A to the order. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine O’Toole, Air Carrier Fitness 

Division (X–56, Room W86–489), U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, (202) 366–9721. 

Dated: February 16, 2010. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary For Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3452 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–1036] 

The City of Chicago, Illinois—Adverse 

Abandonment—Chicago Terminal 

Railroad in Chicago, IL 

On February 1, 2010, the City of 

Chicago, IL (the City), filed an 

application under 49 U.S.C. 10903, 

requesting that the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) authorize 

the third-party or adverse abandonment 

of two railroad lines in the City owned 

by the Chicago Terminal Railroad (CTR), 

totaling 1.625 miles: (1) a portion of the 

Kingsbury Branch from its southern 

terminus at the intersection of 

Kingsbury, Division, and Halstead 

Streets, to, but not including, the point 

at which the Goose Island Branch 

diverges from the Kingsbury Branch at 

or near Willow Street, a distance of 

approximately 6 city blocks (.75 mile) 

(the Kingsbury Segment); and (2) a 

portion of the Lakewood Avenue Line 

between the southwest right-of-way line 

of Clybourn Avenue and the Line’s 

northern terminus at Diversey Parkway, 

a distance of approximately 7 city 

blocks (.875 mile) (the Lakewood 

Segment).1 The lines traverse United 

States Postal Service Zip Codes 60614 

and 60622 and include no stations. The 

application is available on the Board’s 

Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov, or a 

copy can be secured from applicant’s 

counsel, whose name and address 

appear below. 

According to the City, these segments 

are not required for rail service, and 

their abandonment would benefit the 

City by improving safety and facilitating 

the reconstruction of the streets where 

the track is located. 

In a decision served in this 

proceeding on July 10, 2009, the City 

was granted exemptions from several 

statutory provisions as well as waivers 

of certain Board regulations at 49 CFR 

1152 that were not relevant to its 

adverse abandonment application or 

that sought information not available to 

it. Specifically, the City was granted 

waiver of certain requirements 

pertaining to the notice of intent 

prescribed at 49 CFR 1152.21; waivers 

of and exemptions from requirements in 

49 CFR 1152.20(a)(2)(i) and (a)(3), and 

49 U.S.C. 10903(a)(3)(D) and (B) that the 

notice be served on significant users and 

posted, except to the extent necessary to 

require the City to mail a copy of its 

notice to four shippers located on 

contiguous lines; waiver of the 

requirement in 49 CFR 1152.20(a)(2)(xii) 

that the notice be served on certain 

labor organizations; waiver of and 

exemption from the requirements 

pertaining to the System Diagram Map 

in 49 CFR 1152.10 to 1152.14, 

1152.24(e)(1), 1152.22(a)(5), and 49 

U.S.C. 10903(c)(2); waiver of the 

requirements of 49 CFR 1152.22(b)–(d), 

which require a description of the 

physical condition of the line, estimated 

deferred maintenance and rehabilitation 

costs, a description of service performed 

on the line during the prior year, and 

computation of the revenues and 

avoidable costs attributable to the line; 

certain requirements in 49 CFR 

1152.22(i) pertaining to the draft 

Federal Register notice; waiver of the 1- 

year time limit on abandonment 

authority specified at 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2); exemption from 49 U.S.C. 

10904, which governs offers of financial 

assistance (OFAs), and waiver of the 

implementing regulations at 49 CFR 

1152.27; and exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10905, which 

provide for the offering of rail properties 

approved for abandonment for sale for 

public purposes, and waiver of the 

implementing regulations at 49 CFR 

1152.28. 

The City states that there is no 

documentation in its possession 

indicating that the lines contain 

Federally granted rights-of-way and that 

it will make any such documentation 

relating to this abandonment available 

promptly to those requesting it. The 

City’s entire case for adverse 

abandonment was filed with the 

application. 

The interests of railroad employees, if 

there are any employees on the lines, 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

Any interested person may file 

written comments concerning the 

proposed abandonment or protests 

(including the protestant’s entire 

opposition case), by March 18, 2010. 

Persons who may oppose the proposed 

adverse abandonment but who do not 

wish to participate fully in the process 

by submitting verified statements of 

witnesses containing detailed evidence 

should file comments. Persons opposing 

the proposed adverse abandonment who 

wish to participate actively and fully in 

the process should file a protest, 

observing the filing, service, and content 

requirements in 49 CFR 1152.25. 

Because this is an adverse abandonment 

proceeding, OFAs and public use 

requests are not appropriate and will 

not be entertained. The City’s reply is 

due by April 2, 2010. 

The Board has not yet had occasion to 

decide whether the issuance of a 

certificate of interim trail use in an 

adverse abandonment would be 

consistent with the grant of such an 

application. Accordingly, any request 

for a trail use condition under 16 U.S.C. 

1247(d) (49 CFR 1152.29) must be filed 

by March 18, 2010, and should address 

that issue. Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–1036 

and must be sent to: (1) Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001; (2) 

counsel for applicant—Thomas F. 

McFarland, 208 South LaSalle Street, 

Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604–1112; 

and (3) counsel for CTR—John D. 

Heffner, 1750 K Street, NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20006. 

Filings may be submitted either via 

the Board’s e-filing format or in the 

traditional paper format. Any person 

using e-filing should comply with the 

instructions found on the Board’s http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov Web site, at the ‘‘EFILING’’ link. Any person submitting a 

mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES

8180 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 35 / Tuesday, February 23, 2010 / Notices 

filing in the traditional paper format 

should send the original and 10 copies 

of the filing to the Board with a 

certificate of service. Except as 

otherwise set forth in 49 CFR 1152, 

every document filed with the Board 

must be served on all parties to this 

adverse abandonment proceeding. 49 

CFR 1104.12(a). 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by the Board’s 

Section of Environmental Analysis 

(SEA) will be served upon all parties of 

record and upon any agencies or other 

persons who commented during its 

preparation. Any other persons who 

would like to obtain a copy of the EA 

(or EIS) may contact SEA by phone at 

the number listed below. EAs in these 

abandonment proceedings normally will 

be made available within 33 days of the 

filing of the application. The deadline 

for submission of comments on the EA 

will generally be within 30 days of its 

service. The comments received will be 

addressed in the Board’s decision. A 

supplemental EA or EIS may be issued 

where appropriate. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment/discontinuance 

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 

Questions concerning environmental 

issues may be directed to SEA at (202) 

245–0305. (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 http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 17, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3408 Filed 2–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–2] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Requirements (ICRs) 

abstracted below have been forwarded 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICRs describes the nature of the 

information collection and their 

expected burden. The Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collections of information was 

published on December 16, 2009 (74 FR 

66722). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 25, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and 

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6292), or Ms. Kimberly Toone, 

Office of Information Technology, RAD– 

20, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 

35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 

(202) 493–6132). (These telephone 

numbers are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, § 2, 109 Stat. 

163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On December 16, 

2009, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on ICRs that the agency was seeking 

OMB approval. 74 FR 66722. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

this notice. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve these proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 

CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 

30-day notice informs the regulated 

community to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

digest public comments before it 

renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should 

submit their respective comments to 

OMB within 30 days of publication to 

best ensure having their full effect. 5 

CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. 

The summaries below describe the 

nature of the information collection 

requirements (ICRs) and the expected 

burden. The revised requirements are 

being submitted for clearance by OMB 

as required by the PRA. 

Title: Designation of Qualified 

Persons. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0511 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is used to prevent the 

unsafe movement of defective freight 

cars. Railroads are required to inspect 

freight cars for compliance and to 

determine restrictions on the 

movements of defective cars. 

Annual Estimated Burden: 40 hours. 

Title: Passenger Train Emergency 

Preparedness. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0545. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is due to the passenger train 

emergency regulations set forth in 49 

CFR Parts 223 and 239 which require 

railroads to meet minimum Federal 

standards for the preparation, adoption, 

and implementation of emergency 

preparedness plans connected with the 

operation of passenger trains, including 

freight railroads hosting operations of 

rail passenger service. The regulations 

require luminescent or lighted 

emergency markings so that passengers 

and emergency responders can readily 

determine where the closest and most 

accessible exit routes are located and 

how the emergency exit mechanisms are 

operated. Windows and doors intended 

for emergency access by responders for 

extrication of passengers must be 

marked with retro-reflective material so 

that emergency responders, particularly 

in conditions of poor visibility, can 

easily distinguish them from the less 

accessible doors and windows. Records 

of the inspection, maintenance, and 

repair of emergency windows and door 

exits, as well as records of operational 

efficiency tests, will be used to ensure 

compliance with the regulations. 

Annual Estimated Burden: 10,910 

hours. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

these information collections to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503; Attention: FRA 

mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES