39468 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 / Notices

1 In issuing this notice, the Board is making no

ruling on the property or contractual rights of the

parties. Therefore, by invoking the class exemption,

CCPA has Board permission to acquire these assets

to the extent that it has been able, or will be able,

legally to obtain the property rights. See Central

Columbiana & Pennsylvania Railway, Inc.—Lease

and Operation Exemption—Columbiana County

Port Authority, STB Finance Docket No. 33818 (STB

served Dec. 23, 1999) in which Central Columbiana

& Pennsylvania Railway, Inc. (CCPR), was

authorized to operate over this 3-mile segment and

over a 35.7-mile line segment between Darlington,

PA, and Youngstown, OH, to be purchased by

CCPA.

authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.-

build requirement of the coastwise laws

under certain circumstances. A request

for such a waiver has been received by

MARAD. The vessel, and a description

of the proposed service, is listed below.

Interested parties may comment on the

effect this action may have on U.S.

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S.

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD

determines that in accordance with Pub.

L. 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations at

46 CFR Part 388 (65 FR 6905; February

11, 2000) that the issuance of the waiver

will have an unduly adverse effect on a

U.S.-vessel builder or a business that

uses U.S.-flag vessels, a waiver will not

be granted.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

July 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to

docket number MARAD–2000–7550.

Written comments may be submitted by

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401,

Department of Transportation, 400 7th

St., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590–0001.

You may also send comments

electronically via the Internet at http://

dmses.dot.gov/submit/. All comments

will become part of this docket and will

be available for inspection and copying

at the above address between 10 a.m.

and 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. An

electronic version of this document and

all documents entered into this docket

is available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Hokana, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Maritime

Administration, MAR–832 Room 7201,

400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington,

DC 20590. Telephone 202–366–0760.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title V of

P.L. 105–383 provides authority to the

Secretary of Transportation to

administratively waive the U.S.-build

requirements of the Jones Act, and other

statutes, for small commercial passenger

vessels (less than 12 passengers). This

authority has been delegated to the

Maritime Administration per 49 CFR

1.66, Delegations to the Maritime

Administrator, as amended. By this

notice, MARAD is publishing

information on a vessel for which a

request for a U.S.-build waiver has been

received, and for which MARAD

requests comments from interested

parties. Comments should refer to the

docket number of this notice and the

vessel name in order for MARAD to

properly consider the comments.

Comments should also state the

commenter’s interest in the waiver

application, and address the waiver

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’S

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388.

Vessel Proposed for Waiver of the U.S.-

build Requirement

(1) Name of vessel and owner for

which waiver is requested: Name of

vessel: REEF DIVER. Owner: Richard R.

Reth.

(2) Size, capacity and tonnage of

vessel: According to the Applicant: The

vessel is 38 feet long, 12 feet wide and

depth of 5 feet. The gross tonnage is

21.9 tons or 17.5 net tons.

(3) Intended use for vessel, including

geographic region of intended operation

and trade: According to the applicant:

The use of the vessel is for 6 passenger

recreational dive chartering on the

Western shore of Lake Michigan. The

intended region of operation is from

Port Washington, WI, North to Kenosha,

WI, South.

(4) Date and place of construction and

(if applicable) rebuilding: Date of

construction: unknown. Place of

original construction: construction was

believed to have taken place in Winona,

MN, USA. However, due to the absence

of sufficient builder certification

necessary to meet U.S. documentation

standards to qualify for a coastwise

endorsement, for the purposes of

waivers permitted under Pub. L. 105–

383 the vessel is considered to not have

been built in the United States.

(5) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on other commercial

passenger vessel operators. According to

the applicant: The impact of this waiver

on the commercial vessel operators is

probably of no significance. The vessel

is the only dive charter between

Milwaukee, WI and Kenosha, WI.

Further, according to the applicant, the

three major and oldest dive charter

operators out of the Milwaukee area

encourage this new venture and have

said the more the better. The applicant

also claims a beneficial working

relationship with other existing

operators. For example, the owner

claims operators exchange passengers

when needed and help each other to

find wrecks. Lastly the applicant states

that the operation of all dive charters in

the area is to: charter passengers out to

dive sites, and provide a safe and

enjoyable means to see the historic

ships of the past, that had the

unexpected fate of sinking, mostly due

to weather.

(6) A statement on the impact this

waiver will have on U.S. shipyards.

According to the applicant: The release

of the U.S. build requirements should

have no adverse effect on the U.S.

shipyards, because as of this letter, all

vessels being used today in this area are

refitted existing vessels for this activity.

Therefore the shipbuilders should not

be effected.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33880]

Columbiana County Port Authority—

Acquisition Exemption—Certain Rail

Assets of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie

Properties, Inc., in Mahoning County,

OH

Columbiana County Port Authority

(CCPA) has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire certain rail assets from the

bankruptcy estate of Pittsburgh & Lake

Erie Properties, Inc. (P&LEP), including

certain easement rights between survey

stations 46+00 and 146+00 between

Struthers and Youngstown, OH.

This line of railroad was previously

owned by predecessors-in-interest of

P&LEP and were sold to various entities,

subject to easements, which, according

to CCPA, allowed P&LEP to assign the

operation of the line to other parties,

subject to regulatory approval.1 This

transaction is related to STB Docket No.

AB–556 (Sub-No. 2X), Railroad

Ventures, Inc.—Abandonment

Exemption—Between Youngstown, OH,

and Darlington, PA, in Mahoning and

Columbiana Counties, OH, and Beaver

County, PA, in which CCPA has made

an offer of financial assistance to

purchase the 35.7-mile line of railroad

owned by Railroad Ventures, Inc.,

between Darlington and Youngstown.

By entering into an interchange

agreement with The Ohio &

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, CCPR

will be able to operate from Darlington

to the point of interchange with CSX

Transportation, Inc., at milepost ¥3.0 at

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or near Struthers, and with Norfolk

Southern Railway Company at milepost

¥1.5 at Haselton Yard.

While CCPA states that

consummation of the transaction

occurred on April 19, 2000, the

exemption that provided the regulatory

approval for the transaction did not

become effective until June 8, 2000,

seven days after the filing of the verified

notice of exemption.

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. 33880, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each

pleading must be served on Richard H.

Streeter, Barnes & Thornburgh, Suite

500, 1401 Eye Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 19, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 19, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before July 26, 2000 to be

assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1541.

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue

Procedure 97–27.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Changes in Methods of

Accounting.

Description: The information

requested in sections 6, 8, and 13 of

Revenue Procedure 97–27 is required in

order for the Commissioner to

determine whether the taxpayer is

properly requesting to change its

method of accounting and the terms and

conditions of that change.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Individuals or households, Notfor-profit institutions, Farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 3 hours, 13 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

9,633 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5244,

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Mary A. Able,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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