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1Petitioners’ existing subsidiaries include: ATC

Vancom, Inc., Kenneth E. Bauman Bus, Inc.,

Durham Transportation, Inc., Crabtree-Harmon

Corporation, Forsythe & Associates, Inc.,

Multisystems, Inc., and Robinson Bus Service, Inc.

All of these subsidiaries provide non-regulated

transportation services, although Robinson Bus

Service, Inc., holds motor carrier authority in

Docket No. MC–2844 (Sub-No. 7). NEG conducts a

portion of its operations in North America through

its wholly owned subsidiary, Nexus Investment

General Partnership (NIGP), a Nevada general

partnership, in which the only partners are two

United Kingdom companies, both of which are

wholly owned by NEG.

2School Services and Leasing, Inc. (School

Services of Kansas), is a Kansas corporation. It

holds federally issued operating authority in Docket

No. MC–250907, which authorizes it to carry

passengers for hire in interstate commerce, but it

primarily provides non-regulated school

transportation services.

3School Services and Leasing of Massachusetts,

Inc. (School Services of Massachusetts), is a

Massachusetts corporation and is a wholly owned

subsidiary of School Services of Kansas. It is

primarily a provider of non-regulated school

transportation services.

4Student Bus Services, Inc. (Student Bus

Services), is a Connecticut corporation and is a

wholly owned subsidiary of School Services of

Kansas. It is primarily a provider of non-regulated

school transportation services.

5Helweg and Farmer Transportation Company,

Inc. (Helweg), is a New Mexico corporation. It holds

federally issued operating authority in Docket No.

MC–337007 and has applied to the Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Administration for authority to

operate as a motor passenger contract carrier, but

it is primarily a provider of non-regulated school

transportation services.

6Swope Farm & Livestock Company, Inc.

(Swope), is a New Mexico corporation and is a

wholly owned subsidiary of Helweg. It holds

federally issued operating authority in Docket No.

MC–128026, but it is primarily a provider of nonregulated school transportation services.

7The appropriate filing has been made under the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of

1976, 15 U.S.C. 18a, with respect to that portion of

the transaction that involves NEG’s control of nonfederally regulated entities.

1The representatives of both IAIS and UP have

acknowledged by telephone that the earliest the

transaction could go forward was June 20, 2000.

2There are no shippers served by the UP track to

be abandoned.

Issued on: June 23, 2000.

Stephen R. Kratzke,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 00–16428 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. MC–F–20968]

National Express Group plc, et al.—

Control Exemption—School Services

and Leasing, Inc., et al.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of filing of petition for

exemption.

SUMMARY: National Express Group plc

(NEG) and National Express Corporation

(NEC), noncarriers, seek an exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 13541 from the prior

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.

14303(a)(5) to acquire control of five

motor passenger carriers. Expedited

action has been requested.

DATES: Comments must be filed by July

17, 2000. Petitioners may file a reply by

July 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of any comments referring to STB

Docket No. MC–F–20968 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, send one copy of

comments to petitioner’s representative:

Frank M. Putman, Gardere Wynne

Sewell & Riggs, L.L.P., 1000 Louisiana,

Suite 3400, Houston, TX 77002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 565–1600. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEG, an

English corporation, and NEC, a

Delaware corporation controlled by NEG

(collectively petitioners),1 request an

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 13541 from

the prior approval requirements of 49

U.S.C. 14303(a)(5) to acquire control of

the following five motor passenger

carriers (collectively carriers): School

Services and Leasing, Inc.; 2 School

Services and Leasing of Massachusetts,

Inc.; 3 Student Bus Services, Inc.; 4

Helweg and Farmer Transportation

Company, Inc.; 5 and Swope Farm &

Livestock Company, Inc.6

Petitioners will acquire control of the

carriers through the acquisition by NEC

of all of the issued and outstanding

capital stock of School Services of

Kansas and Helweg. Indirect control of

the other three carriers, School Services

of Massachusetts, Student Bus Services,

and Swope, will result from the

acquisition of the stock of their parent

corporations.7 The transaction will be

accomplished pursuant to a Share

Purchase and Sale Agreement dated

May 26, 2000, by and between NEC and

Graydon J. Kincaid, Jr., the registered

and beneficial owner of all of the issued

and outstanding shares of capital stock

of School Services of Kansas and

Helweg. Upon completion of the

acquistion of the stock, NEC will

operate the carriers.

A copy of this notice will be served

on: (1) The U.S. Department of

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier

Safety Administration-HMCE–20, 400

Virginia Avenue, SW., Suite 600,

Washington, DC 20024; (2) the U.S.

Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530;

and (3) the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Office of the General

Counsel, 400 7th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 23, 2000.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Burkes, and Commissioner Burkes,

and Commissioner Clyburn.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16647 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33883]

Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. and

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Joint Relocation Project Exemption—

in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie

County, IA

On June 13, 2000, Iowa Interstate

Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS) and Union Pacific

Railroad Company (UP) filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(5) to

relocate certain lines of railroad in

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County,

IA. The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after June 20, 2000.1

Under the joint relocation project,

IAIS and UP propose the following

transactions:

(1) IAIS will grant UP trackage rights

between IAIS milepost 488.0 and IAIS

milepost 486.8.

(2) UP will grant IAIS trackage rights

between UP milepost 503.6 and UP

milepost 504.05, and over the

connecting track between this UP track

segment and the IAIS near IAIS

milepost 486.8.

(3) UP’s operations north and west of

UP milepost 504.05 will be moved to

the IAIS trackage described in (1) above.

The UP track between UP milepost

504.05 and UP milepost 505.2 will be

abandoned and removed.

The proposed joint relocation project

will not disrupt service to shippers.2 Its

purpose is to consolidate UP and IAIS

operations on the IAIS line described

above, to abandon the parallel UP track,

and to eliminate 11 public grade

crossings in metropolitan Council

Bluffs. In addition, the project will

facilitate expansion of a shipper facility

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located just north of UP milepost

504.05.

The Board will exercise jurisdiction

over the abandonment or construction

components of a relocation project, and

require separate approval or exemption,

only where the removal of track affects

service to shippers or the construction

of new track involves expansion into

new territory. See City of Detroit v.

Canadian National Ry. Co., et al., 9

I.C.C.2d 1208 (1993), aff’d sub nom.,

Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority v.

ICC, 59 F.3d 1314 (D.C. Cir. 1995). Line

relocation projects may embrace

trackage rights transactions such as the

one involved here. See D.T.&I.R.—

Trackage Rights, 363 I.C.C. 878 (1981).

Under these standards, the incidental

abandonment, construction, and

trackage rights components require no

separate approval or exemption when

the relocation project, as here, will not

disrupt service to shippers and thus

qualifies for the class exemption at 49

CFR 1180.2(d)(5).

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

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 will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring STB Finance Docket

No. 33883, must be filed with the

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on T. Scott

Bannister, Esq., 1300 Des Moines

Building, Des Moines, IA 50309.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: June 23, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–16492 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 23, 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 31, 2000 to be

assured of consideration.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms (BATF)

OMB Number: 1512–0250.

Recordkeeping Requirement ID

Number: ATF REC 5110/5.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Distilled Spirits Plants (DSP)—

Transaction and Supporting Records.

Description: Transaction records

provide the source data for accounts of

distilled spirits in all DSP operations.

They are used by DSP proprietors to

account for spirits and by ATF to verify

those accounts and consequent tax

liabilities.

Respondents: Business of other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Recordkeepers:

278.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Recordkeeper: 22 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Recordkeeping

Burden: 6,060 hours.

OMB Number: 1512–0462.

Recordkeeping Requirement ID

Number: ATF REC 5110/9.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Registration and Records of

Vinegar Vaporizing Plants.

Description: Data is necessary to

identify persons producing and using

distilled spirits in the manufacture of

vinegar and to account for spirits so

produced and used.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Recordkeepers:

1.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Recordkeeper: 1 hour.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Recordkeeping

Burden: 1 hour.

OMB Number: 1512–0466.

Recordkeeping Requirement ID

Number: ATF REC 5170/7

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Alternate Methods or

Procedures and Emergency Variations

From Requirements for Exports of

Liquors.

Description: ATF allows exporters to

request approval of alternative methods

from those specified in regulations

under 27 CFR Part 252. ATF uses the

information to evaluate need, jeopardy

to the revenue, and compliance with

law. Also used to identify areas where

regulations need change.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Recordkeepers:

500.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Recordkeeper: 2 hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Recordkeeping

Burden: 200 hours.

OMB Number: 1512–0469.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Labeling of Sulfites in Alcoholic

Beverages.

Description: In a final rule published

in the Federal Register on July 9, 1986

(51 FR 34706) the Food and Drug

Administration established 10 parts per

million as the threshold for declaration

of sulfites in food and wine products.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms on September 30, 1986,

published a final rule (ATF–236)(51 FR

34706) establishing the threshold for

declaration of sulfites in alcoholic

beverages.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

4,787.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 40 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

3,159 hours.

Clearance Officer: Frank Bowers (202)

927–8930, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco

and Firearms, Room 3200, 650

Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20226.

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.

[FR Doc. 00–16534 Filed 6–29–00; 8:45 am]

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