30668 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 93 / Friday, May 12, 2000 / Notices

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Board’s Section of

Environmental Analysis in its independent

investigation) cannot be made before the

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service 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.

2Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $1000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402–2801;

(423) 751–2523.

Comments should be sent to OMB

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for

Tennessee Valley Authority no later

than June 12, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Request: Regular submission,

proposal to reinstate, with change, a

previously approved collection for

which approval has expired.

Title of Information Collection:

Farmer Questionnaire-Vicinity of

Nuclear Power Plants.

Frequency of Use: On occasion.

Type of Affected Public: Individuals

or households, and farms.

Small Businesses or Organizations

Affected: No.

Federal Budget Functional Category

Code: 271.

Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 150.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 40.

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per

Response: 0.25.

Need For and Use of Information:

This survey is used to locate, for

monitoring purposes, rural residents,

home gardens, and milk animals within

a five mile radius of a nuclear power

plant. The monitoring program is a

mandatory requirement of the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission set out in the

technical specifications when the plants

were licensed.

Jacklyn J. Stephenson,

Senior Manager, Enterprise Operations,

Information Services.

[FR Doc. 00–11967 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–6 (Sub–No. 387X)]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company—Abandonment

Exemption—in Stearns County, MN

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) has filed a

notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to

abandon a 4.89-mile line of its railroad

between milepost 81.11 near St. Joseph

and milepost 86.00 near Collegeville, in

Stearns County, MN. The line traverses

United States Postal Service Zip Codes

56321, 56374 and 56375.

BNSF has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 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 by a state

or local government entity acting on

behalf of such user) regarding cessation

of service over the line either is pending

with the Surface Transportation Board

(Board) or with any U.S. District Court

or has been decided in favor of

complainant within the 2-year period;

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR

1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR

1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR

1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and

49 CFR 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 R. Co.—

Abandonment— Goshen, 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, this exemption will be

effective on June 13, 2000, unless stayed

pending reconsideration. Petitions to

stay that do not involve environmental

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to

file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be

filed by May 22, 2000. Petitions to

reopen or requests for public use

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must

be filed by June 1, 2000, with: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Sarah Whitley Bailiff,

Senior General Attorney, The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company, 2500 Lou Menk

Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76131–2828.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

BNSF has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by May 17, 2000.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

SEA, at (202) 565–1545. 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), BNSF 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

BNSF’s filing of a notice of

consummation by May 12, 2001, and

there are no legal or regulatory barriers

to consummation, the authority to

abandon will automatically expire.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: May 4, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11840 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

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 Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms within

the Department of the Treasury is

soliciting comments concerning the

Application and Permit For Importation

of Firearms, Ammunition and

Implements of War.