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take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

3CSXT notes that it does not believe that the line 

is appropriate for other public purposes but may be 

subject to reversionary interests. 

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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 OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

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 August 29, 2011. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by September 7, 2011,3 with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CSXT’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, Law 

Offices of Louis E. Gitomer, LLC, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed environmental and 

historic reports that address the effects, 

if any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

OEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by August 23, 2011. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling OEA at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 1–800– 

877–8339. 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), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by August 18, 2012, 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 Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 12, 2011. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20986 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 711X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—In Oswego 

County, NY 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR pt. 1152 subpart F–Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon 2 formerly 

connected rail lines in CSXT’s Northern 

Region, Albany Division, Fulton 

Subdivision. The lines are described as 

follows: (1) 6,814 feet between milepost 

QMF 25.67, adjacent to County Road 57, 

and the end of the track between 

Ontario and Erie Streets; and (2) 5,938 

feet between milepost QMF 22.8 and the 

end of the track at Division Street, in 

Fulton, Oswego County, NY. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 13069. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line to be rerouted; (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(c) 

(environmental report), 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 Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 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 

September 17, 2011, 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 August 29, 2011. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by September 7, 2011, with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CSXT’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, 

MD 21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed environmental and 

historic reports, which address the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

OEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by August 23, 2011. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling OEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 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), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by August 18, 2012, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

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1 GWI states that if it acquires the stock prior to 

the September 1, 2011 effective date of the 

exemption, it would place the stock into an 

irrevocable, independent voting trust pursuant to 49 

CFR 1013, pending the effectiveness of the 

exemption. GWI states that it would notify the 

Board of any such occurrence and would submit a 

copy of the agreement governing the voting trust for 

AZER’s stock. 

2AZER’s lines are located in Arizona and New 

Mexico. GWI’s carriers do not currently operate in 

the states of Arizona or New Mexico. 

3A redacted Stock Purchase Agreement was filed 

with the notice of exemption. The Applicants 

concurrently filed a motion for protective order 

pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.14(b) to allow the filing 

under seal of the unredacted Stock Purchase 

Agreement. That motion will be addressed in a 

separate decision. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: August 12, 2011. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21047 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35537] 

Genesee & Wyoming Inc.; Acquisition 

of Control Exemption; Arizona Eastern 

Railway Company 

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption to acquire control of Arizona 

Eastern Railway Company (AZER), a 

Class III rail carrier. GWI intends to 

consummate the transaction on 

September 1, 2011, the effective date of 

the exemption (30 days after the 

exemption was filed). 

GWI directly or indirectly controls 

one Class II rail carrier, Buffalo & 

Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc., and 57 Class 

III rail carriers operating in 23 states. 

For a complete list of these Class III 

carriers, and the states within which 

they operate, see GWI’s notice of 

exemption filed on August 2, 2011. The 

notice is available on the Board’s Web 

site at ‘‘http://www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

AZER currently owns and operates 

approximately 200 route miles of rail 

line between Bowie and Miami, Ariz. 

and between Lordsburg, N.M. and 

Clifton, Ariz. AZER is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Permian Basin Railways, 

Inc. (Permian Basin), which in turn is a 

wholly owned subsidiary of Iowa 

Pacific Holdings, LLC, a noncarrier 

holding company. As a result of the 

proposed transaction, GWI will obtain 

control of AZER through the purchase of 

all of AZER’s stock from Permian 

Basin.1

Applicants represent that: (1) The rail 

lines to be acquired by GWI do not 

connect with any other railroad in the 

corporate family; 2 (2) the transaction is 

not part of a series of anticipated 

transactions that would connect AZER’s 

rail lines with any other railroad in the 

GWI 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).3

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. Because the transaction 

involves the control of at least one Class 

II and one or more Class III rail carriers, 

the transaction is subject to the labor 

protection requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

11326(b). 

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 August 25, 2011 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35537, 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 Thomas J. Litwiler, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: August 12, 2011. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21049 Filed 8–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 15, 2011. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirements to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. A copy of 

the submissions may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance 

Officer listed. Comments regarding 

these information collections should be 

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed 

and to the Treasury PRA Clearance 

Officer, Department of the Treasury, 

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 

11010, Washington, DC 20220. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before September 19, 

2011 to be assured of consideration. 

Alcohol and Tabacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) 

OMB Number: 1513–0018. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Application for Basic Permit 

under the Federal Alcohol 

Administration Act. 

Form: TTB F 5100.24. 

Abstract: TTB 5100.24 will be 

completed by persons intending to 

engage in a business involving beverage 

alcohol operations at a distilled spirits 

plant, bonded winery, or wholesaling/ 

importing business. The information 

collected allows TTB to identify the 

applicant and the location of the 

business, and to determine whether the 

applicant qualifies for a permit. 

Respondents: Private Sector: 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 5,656. 

OMB Number: 1513–0019. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Title: Application for Amended Basic 

Permit under the Federal Alcohol 

Administration Act. 

Forms: TTB F 5100.18. 

Abstract: TTB F 5100.18 is completed 

by permittees who change their 

operations in a manner that requires a 

new permit or receive a new notice. The 

information allows TTB to identify the 

permittee, the changes to the permit or 

business, and to determine whether the 

applicant still qualifies for a basic 

permit. 

Respondents: Private Sector: 

Businesses or other for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 600. 

OMB Number: 1513–0023. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Environmental Information; and 

Supplemental Information on Water 

Quality Consideration under 33 U.S.C. 

1341(a). 

Forms: TTB F 5000.28 and 5000.30. 

Abstract: TTB F 5000.29 is used to 

determine whether an activity will have 

a significant effect on the environment 

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