71922 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 18, 2023 / Notices 

By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office 

of Proceedings. 

Stefan Rice, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22988 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. WB 23–54] 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Washington 

State University (WB23–54—10/9/23) 

for permission to use data from the 

Board’s annual 2000–2021 unmasked 

Carload Waybill Sample. A copy of this 

request may be obtained from the 

Board’s website under docket no. 

WB23–54. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics within 14 

calendar days of the date of this notice. 

The rules for release of waybill data are 

codified at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Alexander Dusenberry, (202) 

245–0319. 

Eden Besera, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22914 Filed 10–17–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval of Collection: 

Statutory Licensing Authority 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Surface Transportation Board (STB or 

Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

approval for the information collection 

required from those seeking statutory 

licensing authority, as described below. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

November 17, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Surface Transportation 

Board, Statutory Licensing Authority.’’ 

Written comments for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. This information 

collection can be accessed by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. As an alternative, 

written comments may be directed to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus, 

Surface Transportation Board Desk 

Officer: via email at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov; by fax at (202) 395–1743; 

or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. 

Please also direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Surface 

Transportation Board: Statutory 

Licensing Authority.’’ For further 

information regarding this collection, 

contact Michael Higgins, Deputy 

Director, Office of Public Assistance, 

Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, 

at (202) 245–0284 or michael.higgins@

stb.gov. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

previously published a notice about this 

collection in the Federal Register (88 FR 

52237 (August 7, 2023)). That notice 

allowed for a 60-day public review and 

comment period. No comments were 

received. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

(1) the accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (2) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate; and (4) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. Submitted comments will be 

summarized and included in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Statutory Licensing Authority. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0023. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Rail carriers and noncarriers seeking statutory licensing or 

consolidation authority, an exemption 

from filing an application for such 

authority, or interchange commitments. 

Number of Respondents: 85. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

ESTIMATED HOURS PER RESPONSE

Type of filing 

Number of 

hours per 

response 

under 

49 U.S.C. 

10901–03 and 

11323–26 

Applications .......................... 575 

Petitions * .............................. 75 

Notices * ................................ 25 

Interchange commitments .... 10 

Frequency: On occasion. 

AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF

RESPONSES FOR FY 2020–2022 

Type of filing 

Average 

number of 

filings per year 

under 

49 U.S.C. 

10901–03 and 

11323–26 

Applications .......................... 7 

Petitions * .............................. 15 

Notices * ................................ 88 

Interchange commitments .... 5 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 7,300 hours 

(sum of estimated hours per response x 

number of responses for each type of 

filing). 

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Type of filing Hours per 

response 

Annual 

number of 

filings 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Applications .................................................................................................................................. 575 7 4,025 

Petitions * ..................................................................................................................................... 75 15 1,125 

Notices * ....................................................................................................................................... 25 88 2,200 


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