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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–341 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

Southwestern Railroad Company, 

Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in 

Ellis County, OK, and Lipscomb, 

Ochiltree, and Hansford Counties, TX 

On August 2, 2007, Southwestern 

Railroad Company, Inc. (SWRR), filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board a 

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 

exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to permit the 

abandonment of an 85.3-mile rail line 

extending from milepost 0.10 at 

Shattuck, OK, to milepost 85.4 at 

Spearman, TX, in Ellis County, OK, and 

Lipscomb, Ochiltree and Hansford 

Counties, TX. The line traverses U.S. 

Postal Service Zip Codes 73858, 79034, 

79024, 79005, 79070, 79033, 79093 and 

79081, and includes no stations. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in SWRR’s possession 

will be made available promptly to 

those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by November 20, 

2007. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,300 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than September 11, 2007. 

Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $200 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–341 

(Sub-No. 1X) and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E. 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) Karl Morrell, Ball Janik 

LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, 

Washington, DC 20005. Replies to the 

petition are due on or before September 

11, 2007. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Services at (202) 245–0230 or refer to 

the full abandonment or discontinuance 

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152. 

Questions concerning environmental 

issues may be directed to the Board’s 

Section of Environmental Analysis 

(SEA) at (202) 245–0305. [Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 13, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 14, 2007. 

The Department of the 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 11000, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. 

Dates: Written comments should be 

received on or before September 21, 

2007 to be assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–0051. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Farmers’ Cooperative 

Association Income Tax Return. 

Form: 990–C. 

Description: Form 990–C is used by 

farmers’ cooperatives to report the tax 

imposed by Internal Revenue Code 

section 1381. The IRS uses the 

information on the form to determine 

whether the cooperative has correctly 

computed and reported its income tax 

liability. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

856,912 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1141. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice 89–102, Treatment of 

Acquisition of Certain Financial 

Institutions; Tax Consequences of 

Federal Financial Assistance. 

Description: Section 597 of the 

Internal Revenue Code provides that the 

Secretary provide guidance concerning 

the tax consequences of Federal 

financial assistance received by 

qualifying institutions. These 

institutions may defer payment of 

Federal income tax attributable to the 

assistance. Required information 

identifies deferred tax liabilities. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 125 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1355. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: REG–208985–89 (formerly 

INTL–848–89) (NPRM) Taxable Year of 

Certain Foreign Corporations Beginning 

After July 10, 1989. 

Description: Proposed regulations set 

forth the ‘‘required year’’ for ‘‘specified 

foreign corporations’’ for taxable years 

beginning after July 10, 1989, and give 

guidance on which foreign corporations 

must change their taxable year and how 

to effect the change in taxable year. 

Specified foreign corporations must 

conform to the required year and must 

state so on Form 5471. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 700 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1621. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: W–8BEN, Certificate of Foreign 

Status of Beneficial Owner for United 

States Tax Withholding, W–8ECI, 

Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim for 

Exemption From Withholding on 

Income. 

Form: W–8BEN, W–8ECI, W–8EXP, 

W–8IMY. 

Description: Form W–8BEN is used 

for certain types of income to establish 

that the person is a foreign person, is the 


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beneficial owner of the income for 

which Form W–8BEN is being provided 

and, if applicable, to claim a reduced 

rate of, or exemption from, withholding 

as a resident of a foreign country with 

which the United States has an income 

tax treaty. Form W–8ECI is used to 

establish that the person is a foreign 

person, is the beneficial owner of the 

income for which Form W–8ECI is being 

provided, and to claim that the income 

is effectively connected with the 

conduct of a trade or business within 

the United States. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

43,280,135 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1142. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: INTL–939–86 (NPRM) Insurance 

Income of a Controlled Foreign 

Corporation for Taxable Years 

Beginning After December 31, 1986. 

Description: The information is 

required to determine the location of 

moveable property; allocate income and 

deductions to the proper category of 

insurance income, determine those 

amounts for computing taxable income 

that are derived from an insurance 

company annual statement, and permit 

a CFC to elect to treat related person 

insurance income as income effectively 

connected with the conduct of a U.S. 

trade or business. The respondents will 

be businesses or other for-profit 

institutions. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 14,100 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1886. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Revenue procedure 2004–35, 

Late Spousal S Corp Consents in 

Community Property States. 

Description: This revenue procedure 

requires the collection of certain 

information in order for the taxpayer to 

gain relief for late shareholder consents 

for Subchapter S elections. The 

information is designed to make sure 

that applications for relief meet the 

requirements set out in the revenue 

procedure. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 500 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1243. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: PS–163–84 (Final) Treatment of 

Transactions between Partners and 

Partnerships. 

Description: Section 707(a)(2) 

provides that if there is a transfer of 

money or property by a partner to a 

partnership, the transfer will be treated, 

in certain situations, as a disguised sale 

between the partner and the 

partnership. The regulations provide 

that the partner or the partnership 

should disclose the transfers and certain 

attendant facts in some situations. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,500 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1051. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: INTL–29–91 (Final) 

Computation and Characterization of 

Income and Earnings and Profits under 

the Dollar Approximate Separate 

Transactions Method of Accounting 

(DASTM). 

Description: For taxable years after the 

final regulations are effective, taxpayers 

operating in hyperinflationary 

currencies must use the U.S. dollar as 

their functional currency and compute 

income using the dollar approximate 

separate transactions method (DASTM). 

Small taxpayers may elect an alternate 

method by which to compute income or 

loss. For prior taxable years in which 

income was computed using the profit 

and loss method, taxpayers may elect to 

re-compute their income using DASTM. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,000 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0245. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Environmental Taxes. 

Form: 6627. 

Description: Form 6627 is used to 

figure the environmental tax on ozonedepleting chemicals (ODCS), imported 

products that used ODCs as materials in 

the manufacture or production of the 

product, and the floor stocks tax ODCs. 

Sections 4681 and 4682 impose a tax on 

ODCs and imported products containing 

ODCs. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8,006 

hours. 

Clearance Officer, Glenn P. Kirkland, 

(202) 622–3428, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt, 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Robert Dahl, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–New (EVHAMHS)] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of Policy, Planning and 

Preparedness, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Policy, Planning 

and Preparedness (OPP&P), Department 

of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing 

an opportunity for public comment on 

the proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

new collection of information, and 

allow 60 days for public comment in 

response to the notice. This notice 

solicits comments on information 

needed by the VA to assess the 

achievement of Veterans Health 

Administration program outcomes in 

the area of mental health services. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before October 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

http://www.Regulations.gov; or to 

Barbara Stephens, Office of Policy and 

Planning, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20420 or e-mail 

barbara.stephens@va.gov. Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–NEW 

(EVHAMHS)’’ in any correspondence. 

During the comment period, comments 

may be viewed online through the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at http://www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Stephens at (202) 461–5776 or 

FAX (202) 273–5993. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 

3501—3521), Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, the Office of 

Policy, Planning and Preparedness 

invites comments on: (1) Whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 


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