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format or in the traditional paper 

format. Any person using e-filing should 

comply with the Board’s 

www.stb.dot.gov Web site, at the ‘‘EFILING’’ link. Any person submitting a 

filing in the traditional paper format 

should send an original and 10 copies 

of the filing to: Surface Transportation 

Board, Attn: STB Ex Parte No. 664, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Paul Aguiar, (202) 565–1527. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 

(800) 877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By an 

advance notice of proposed rulemaking 

served on September 20, 2006, the 

Board sought comments on the 

appropriate methodology to be 

employed in determining the railroad 

industry’s estimated cost of capital. The 

Board will hold a public hearing to 

provide a forum for interested persons 

to provide views and information about 

the Board’s cost-of-capital calculation. 

Participants can also comment on how 

evidence should be submitted and 

analyzed in future cost-of-capital 

proceedings. 

The annual determination of the 

railroad industry’s cost of capital is used 

in evaluating the adequacy of railroad 

revenues each year. This information 

can also be used in other Board 

proceedings, such as those involving the 

prescription of maximum reasonable 

rate levels. Section 205 of the Railroad 

Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 

Act of 1976 (4R Act) created the 

requirement for the Board to establish 

and maintain standards for railroad 

revenue adequacy. Subsequent laws 

(including the ICC Termination Act of 

1995) have retained this requirement. 

Thus, each year the Board makes a 

determination of which railroads are or 

are not revenue adequate. 

The Board uses the Discounted Cash 

Flow (DCF) methodology to calculate 

the cost of equity, which in turn is used 

to calculate the cost of capital. Parties 

participating in this hearing should 

discuss any changes in the underlying 

railroad industry economic conditions 

and whether those changes suggest the 

need to change the methodology used 

by the Board. The Board invites 

information on the shortcomings of any 

proposed methodology and the current 

DCF method used in calculating cost of 

capital. 

Date of Hearing. The hearing will 

begin at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, 

February 15, 2007, in the 7th floor 

hearing room at the Board’s 

headquarters in Washington, DC, and 

will continue, with short breaks if 

necessary, until every person scheduled 

to speak has been heard. 

Notice of Intent To Participate. Any 

person wishing to speak at the hearing 

should file with the Board a written 

notice of intent to participate, and 

should identify the party, the proposed 

speaker, the time requested, and topic(s) 

to be covered, as soon as possible, but 

no later than February 5, 2007. 

Testimony. Each speaker should file 

with the Board a written summary of 

his/her testimony by February 12, 2007. 

Also, any interested person who wishes 

to submit a written statement without 

appearing at the February 15 hearing 

should file that statement by February 

12, 2007. 

Board Releases and Live Audio 

Available Via the Internet. Decisions 

and notices of the Board, including this 

notice, are available on the Board’s Web 

site at www.stb.dot.gov. This hearing 

will be available on the Board’s Web site 

by live audio streaming. To access the 

hearing, click on the ‘‘Live Audio’’ link 

under ‘‘Information Center’’ at the left 

side of the home page beginning at 9:30 

a.m. on February 15, 2007. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Dated: January 12, 2007. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the 

OCC is soliciting comment concerning 

its renewal of an information collection 

titled, ‘‘(MA)—Municipal Securities 

Dealers and Government Securities 

Brokers and Dealers Registration and 

Withdrawal.’’

DATES: You should submit written 

comments by March 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You should direct all 

written comments to the 

Communications Division, Attention: 

1557–0184, Third Floor, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In 

addition, you may send comments by 

facsimile transmission to (202) 874–

5274, or by electronic mail to 

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can 

inspect and photocopy the comments at 

the OCC’s Public Reference Room, 250 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days. You 

can make an appointment to inspect the 

comments by calling (202) 874–5043. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information from 

or a copy of the collection from Mary 

Gottlieb or Camille Dickerson, (202) 

874–5090, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division (1557–0184), Office 

of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0184, by mail to U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725, 17th 

Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC 

is proposing to extend OMB approval of 

the following information collection: 

Title: (MA)—Municipal Securities 

Dealers and Government Securities 

Brokers and Dealers Registration and 

Withdrawal. 

OMB Number: 1557–0184. 

Form Numbers: MSD, MSDW, MSD–

4, MSD–5, G–FIN, G–FINW. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is required to satisfy the requirements of 

the Securities Act Amendments of 1975 

and the Government Securities Act of 

1986 which require that any national 

bank that acts as a government 

securities broker/dealer or a municipal 

securities dealer notify the OCC of its 

broker/dealer activities. The OCC uses 

this information to determine which 

national banks are government and 

municipal securities broker/dealers and 

to monitor entry into and exit from 

government and municipal securities 

broker/dealer activities by institutions 

and registered persons. The OCC also 

uses the information in planning bank 

examinations. 

Type of Review: Renewal of a 

currently approved collection. The 

collection has not changed. The OCC 

asks only that OMB approve its revised 

estimates and extend its approval of the 

forms, revised only to add a clarification 

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Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

33. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,227. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,172.75 burden hours. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and 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 has 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 on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

Stuart Feldstein, 

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–212 Filed 1–18–07; 8:45 am] 

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