Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices 10295 

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

they will not be repeated in future 

productions. 

Hankook believes that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety and that no 

corrective action is warranted. Hankook 

states that the noncompliance ‘‘affects 

consumer information only and does 

not affect safety of the tires.’’ Hankook 

further states that the tires comply with 

all other FMVSS requirements. 

NHTSA agrees with Hankook that the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. In this case, the 

absence of the word ‘‘radial’’ on the 

sidewall does not affect the safety of the 

tire or use. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA has decided that the petitioner 

has met its burden of persuasion that 

the noncompliance described is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

Accordingly, Hankook’s petition is 

granted and the petitioner is exempted 

from the obligation of providing 

notification of, and a remedy for, the 

noncompliance. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; 

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8.) 

Issued on: February 28, 2007. 

Daniel C. Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E7–3927 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–32 (Sub-No. 95X); STB 

Docket No. AB–355 (Sub-No. 26X)] 

Boston and Maine Corporation—

Abandonment Exemption—in Essex 

and Middlesex Counties, MA; 

Springfield Terminal Railway 

Company—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Essex and Middlesex 

Counties, MA 

The Boston and Maine Corporation 

(B&M) and Springfield Terminal 

Railway Company (ST) (collectively, 

applicants), have jointly filed a notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR Part 1152 

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service for B&M to 

abandon, and for ST to discontinue 

service over, a 9.69-mile portion of the 

Wakefield Junction Industrial Track 

between milepost 9.38, and milepost 

19.07 in Essex and Middlesex Counties, 

MA. The line traverses United States 

Postal Service Zip Codes 01880, 01923, 

01940 and 01960. 

Applicants have certified that: (1) No 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line; (3) no formal 

complaint filed by a user of rail service 

on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Board or with any U.S. District Court or 

has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements of 49 CFR 

1105.7 (environmental report), 49 CFR 

1105.8 (historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on April 6, 

2007, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by March 19, 

2007. Petitions to reopen or requests for 

public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by March 27, 

2007, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to applicants’

representative: Clinton P. Wright, 

Boston & Maine Corporation, 

Springfield Terminal Railway Company, 

1700 Iron Horse Park, North Billerica, 

MA 01862. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Applicants have filed environmental 

and historic reports which address the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by March 12, 2007. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 

245–0303. [Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] Comments 

on environmental and historic 

preservation matters must be filed 

within 15 days after the EA becomes 

available to the public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), B&M shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

B&M’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by March 7, 2008, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 23, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–3705 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 28, 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, Pub. 

L. 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 April 6, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 


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