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1Watco owns 100% of the issued and outstanding 

stock of BVR. 

Railroad, Inc. In that proceeding, Watco 

seeks to continue in control of BVR, 

upon BVR’s becoming a Class III rail 

carrier. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after October 16, 

2009, (the effective date of the 

exemption). 

BVR certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in BVR becoming a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier and further 

certifies that its projected annual 

revenue will not exceed $5 million. 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, § 193, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007), 

nothing in this decision authorizes the 

following activities at any solid waste 

rail transfer facility: collecting, storing 

or transferring solid waste outside of its 

original shipping container; or 

separating or processing solid waste 

(including baling, crushing, compacting 

and shredding). The term ‘‘solid waste’’ 

is defined in section 1004 of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6903. 

If the verified 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than October 9, 2009 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35259 must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, a copy must be served 

on Karl Morell, Of Counsel, Ball Janik 

LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 28, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–23758 Filed 10–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35260] 

Watco Companies, Inc.—Continuance 

in Control Exemption—Boise Valley 

Railroad, Inc. 

Watco Companies, Inc. (Watco), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to 

continue in control of Boise Valley 

Railroad, Inc. (BVR), upon BVR’s 

becoming a Class III rail carrier.1

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 

35259, Boise Valley Railroad, 

Inc.¥Assignment of Lease Exemption– 

Union Pacific Railroad Company and 

Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad 

Company. In that proceeding, BVR seeks 

an exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire by assignment of lease from 

Idaho Northern & Pacific Railroad 

Company (INPR) the operating and lease 

rights over approximately 35.99 miles 

(not including yard track) of rail line 

owned by Union Pacific Railroad 

Company (UP). BVR will also acquire 

from INPR approximately 12.11 miles of 

incidental trackage rights over two 

segments of UP’s lines in order to 

interchange traffic with UP at Nampa, 

ID, and to access one of the leased lines. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or shortly after October 

16, 2009 (the effective date of this 

notice). 

Watco currently controls 21 Class III 

rail carriers: South Kansas and 

Oklahoma Railroad Company, Palouse 

River & Coulee City Railroad, Inc., 

Timber Rock Railroad, Inc., Stillwater 

Central Railroad, Inc., Eastern Idaho 

Railroad, Inc., Kansas & Oklahoma 

Railroad, Inc., Pennsylvania 

Southwestern Railroad, Inc., Great 

Northwest Railroad, Inc., Kaw River 

Railroad, Inc., Mission Mountain 

Railroad, Inc., Mississippi Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Yellowstone Valley 

Railroad, Inc., Louisiana Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Arkansas Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Alabama Southern 

Railroad, Inc., and Vicksburg Southern 

Railroad, Inc., Austin Western Railroad, 

Inc., Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, 

LLC, Pacific Sun Railroad L.L.C., Grand 

Elk Railroad, and Alabama Warrior 

Railway, L.L.C. 

Watco represents that: (1) The rail 

lines to be operated by BVR do not 

connect with any other railroads in the 

Watco corporate family; (2) the 

transaction is not part of a series of 

anticipated transactions that would 

connect these rail lines with any other 

railroad in the Watco corporate family; 

and (3) the transaction does not involve 

a Class I rail carrier. Therefore, the 

transaction is exempt from the prior 

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under sections 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III carriers. 

If the verified 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed no later than October 9, 2009 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35260, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Karl Morell, 

Of Counsel, Ball Janik, LLP, Suite 225, 

1455 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 28, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–23756 Filed 10–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request; Currency Transaction Report 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, the Financial Crimes 


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1Language expanding the scope of the Bank 

Secrecy Act to intelligence or counter-intelligence 

activities to protect against international terrorism 

was added by Section 358 of the Uniting and 

Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate 

Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism 

(USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Public Law 107–56. 

Enforcement Network (FinCEN) invites 

comment on the proposed renewal 

without change of the Currency 

Transaction Report (CTR), FinCEN Form 

104. This request for comment is being 

made pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

DATES: Written comments are welcome 

and must be received on or before 

December 1, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Regulatory Policy and 

Programs Division, Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network, Department of 

the Treasury, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, 

Virginia 22183, Attention: PRA 

Comments—CTR–Currency Transaction 

Report, FinCEN Form 104. Comments 

also may be submitted by electronic 

mail to the following Internet address: 

regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a 

caption, in the body of the text, 

‘‘Attention: PRA Comments—CTR– 

Currency Transaction Report, FinCEN 

Form 104.’’ 

Inspection of comments. Comments 

received may be inspected, between 10 

a.m. and 4 p.m., in the FinCEN reading 

room in Vienna, VA. Persons wishing to 

inspect the comments submitted must 

request an appointment with the 

Disclosure Officer by telephoning (703) 

905–5034 (not a toll free call). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

FinCEN Regulatory Helpline at (800) 

949–2732, select option 3. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Currency Transaction Report 

(CTR), 31 CFR 103.22(b). 

OMB Number: 1506–0004. 

Form Number: FinCEN Form 104. 

Abstract: The statute generally 

referred to as the ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act,’’ 

Titles I and II of Public Law 91–508, as 

amended, codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 

12 U.S.C. 1951–1959, and 31 U.S.C. 

5311–5332, authorizes the Secretary of 

the Treasury (Secretary), inter alia, to 

require financial institutions to keep 

records and file reports that are 

determined to have a high degree of 

usefulness in criminal, tax, and 

regulatory investigations or proceedings, 

or in the conduct of intelligence or 

counter-intelligence activities, to protect 

against international terrorism, and to 

implement counter-money laundering 

programs and compliance procedures.1

Regulations implementing Title II of the 

Bank Secrecy Act appear at 31 CFR Part 

103. The authority of the Secretary to 

administer the Bank Secrecy Act has 

been delegated to the Director of 

FinCEN. 

Section 5313(a) of the Bank Secrecy 

Act authorizes the Secretary to issue 

regulations that require a report when 

‘‘a domestic financial institution is 

involved in a transaction for the 

payment, receipt, or transfer of United 

States coins or currency (or other 

monetary instruments the Secretary 

prescribes), in an amount, 

denomination, or amount and 

denomination, or under circumstances 

the Secretary prescribes.’’ Regulations 

implementing section 5313(a) are found 

at 31 CFR 103.22. In general, the 

regulations require the reporting of 

transactions in currency to, by, or 

through a financial institution in excess 

of $10,000 by or on behalf of any one 

person in any one-business day. 

Financial institutions, as defined in 31 

U.S.C. 5312(a)(2) and 31 CFR 103.11, are 

subject to the currency transaction 

reporting requirement. The Currency 

Transaction Report, FinCEN Form 104, 

is the form that financial institutions 

use to comply with the currency 

transaction reporting requirements. 

Current action: This is a renewal 

without change of a currently approved 

collection. A copy of the Currency 

Transaction Report, FinCEN Form 104, 

may be obtained from the FinCEN Web 

site at http://www.fincen.gov/forms/ 

fin104_ctr.pdf, or by calling (800) 949– 

2732 and selecting option 5. 

Type of Review: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and non-profit institutions. 

Frequency: As required. 

Estimated Burden: Reporting average 

of 20 minutes per response. Form 

recordkeeping average of ten (10) 

minutes per response, for a total of 30 

minutes. 

Estimated number of respondents = 

54,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses = 

13,710,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,855,000. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Records required to be retained 

pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act must 

be retained for five years. 

Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Dated: September 28, 2009. 

James H. Freis, Jr., 

Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network. 

[FR Doc. E9–23750 Filed 10–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0227] 

Agency Information Collection 

(Nutrition and Food Services) 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice 

announces that the Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, will submit the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden and 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

http://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA’s 

OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900– 

0227’’ in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise McLamb, Enterprise Records 


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