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received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division, Office of Bus and 

Truck Standards and Operations, MC–

PSD, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Telephone: 202–366–4009. E-mail: 

MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Commercial Motor 

Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA) (49 

U.S.C. 31301 et seq.) established 

national minimum testing and licensing 

standards for operators of large trucks 

and buses. Congress sought to ensure 

that drivers of large trucks and buses 

possessed the knowledge and skills 

necessary to operate these vehicles. The 

CMVSA established the ‘‘Commercial 

Drivers License’’ (CDL) program and 

directed the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), FMCSA’s 

predecessor agency, to establish 

minimum Federal standards that States 

must meet when licensing CMV drivers. 

The CMVSA applies to most operators 

of CMVs in interstate or intrastate 

commerce, including employees of 

Federal, State and local governments. 

Section 4007(a)(2) of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 

1991 (ISTEA) (Public Law 102–240, 

December 18, 1991) directed the FHWA 

to ‘‘commence a rulemaking proceeding 

on the need to require training of all 

entry-level drivers of CMVs.’’ On June 

21, 1993, the FHWA published in the 

Federal Register an advance notice of 

proposed rulemaking entitled, 

‘‘Commercial Motor Vehicles: Training 

for All Entry Level Drivers’’ (58 FR 

33874). The Agency also began a study 

of the effectiveness of the training of 

entry-level drivers by the private sector. 

The results of the study were published 

in 1997 under the title ‘‘Adequacy of 

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver 

Training,’’ and are available in FMCSA 

Docket 1997–2199. The study found that 

the heavy truck, motor coach, and 

school bus segments of the industry 

were not providing adequate entry-level 

training. 

On August 15, 2003, FMCSA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) entitled, 

‘‘Minimum Training Requirements for 

Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle 

Operators’’ (68 FR 48863). The Agency 

proposed mandatory training for 

operators of CMVs in four areas: driver 

qualifications, hours-of-service of 

drivers, driver wellness and whistleblower protection. Training in these 

topics was not required at that time, and 

the Agency believed that knowledge of 

these areas was crucial to CMV safety. 

On May 21, 2004, FMCSA published a 

final rule with the same title as the 

NPRM (69 FR 2004). The Agency 

mandated training for all CDL operators 

in the four subject areas, effective July 

20, 2004. On June 11, 2004, OMB 

approved the information collection 

associated with this requirement for a 

period of three years expiring June 30, 

2007. 

Title: Training Certification for EntryLevel Commercial Motor Vehicle 

Operators. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0028. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Entry-level CDL drivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

45,611. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Expiration Date: June 30, 2007. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

7,602 hours. FMCSA estimates that an 

entry-level driver requires 

approximately 10 minutes to complete 

the tasks necessary to comply with the 

regulation. Those tasks are: 

photocopying the training certificate, 

giving the photocopy to the motor 

carrier employer, and placing the 

original of the certificate in a personal 

file. Therefore, the annual burden for all 

entry-level drivers is (45,611 × 10/60) = 

7,602 hours (rounded). 

Definitions: ‘‘Commercial Motor 

Vehicles (CMVs)’’: This rule applies to 

the operators of a specific sub-group of 

commercial vehicles, i.e. those having a 

gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 

pounds or more, regardless of weight; 

are designed to transport 16 or more 

passengers; or are used to transport 

placardable and dangerous hazardous 

materials (49 CFR 383.5). The term 

‘‘CMV’’ is limited to this definition in 

this document; the term ‘‘CDL driver’’ is 

used because the operators of these 

CMVs are required to have a valid 

commercial driver’s license (CDL). This 

rule currently applies solely to ‘‘entrylevel’’ CDL drivers, i.e. those who have 

no experience operating a CMV (49 CFR 

380.502(b)). 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FMCSA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The 

Agency will summarize or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued on: May 17, 2007. 

D. Marlene Thomas, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–9948 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2007–27181 (Notice 

No. 07–2)] 

Information Collection Activities Under 

OMB Review 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted 

below will be forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comments. The ICRs 

describe the nature of the information 

collections and their expected burden. 

A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collections of information 

was published on February 26, 2007 [72 

FR 8421]. In response to our Notice, we 

received one comment concerning the 

renewal of OMB Control No. 2137–0586, 

‘‘The Hazardous Materials Public Sector 

Training and Planning Grants.’’ A 

summary of the comment and our 

response can be found under the 

abstract for OMB Control No. 2137–

0586. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 22, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Because of the recent 

relocation of the Department of 

Transportation’s Docket Operations 

facility, which manages the Document 

Management System (DMS), comments 

to this notice may be submitted as 

follows: 

1. During the office closure May 25, 

2007, through May 29, 2007: 


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a. Electronically through the DMS at 

http://dms.dot.gov, which is available 

24 hours a day/7 days a week. Click on 

‘‘Help & Information’’ to obtain 

instructions for filing the document 

electronically. 

b. By mail through the U.S. Postal 

Service after Thursday, May 24, 2007, 

addressed to: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M–

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Mail will be forwarded to the new 

building during this transition period. 

2. When the DMS computer is down 

from June 13, 2007, through June 17, 

2007: 

a. By mail addressed to: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

b. By hand delivery to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

In every case, the comment should 

refer to the Docket Number PHMSA–

2007–27181 (Notice No. 07–2). 

Requests for a copy of an information 

collection should be directed to Deborah 

Boothe or T. Glenn Foster, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Standards (PHH–

11), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE, East Building, 2nd Floor, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone (202) 366–8553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Boothe or T. Glenn Foster, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Standards (PHH–

11), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, 

Washington, DC. 20590–0001, 

Telephone (202) 366–8553. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8 (d), Title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations requires PHMSA to provide 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping requests. This notice 

identifies information collection 

requests that PHMSA will be submitting 

to OMB for renewal and extension. 

These information collections are 

contained in 49 CFR parts 110 and 130 

and the Hazardous Materials 

Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–

180). PHMSA has revised burden 

estimates, where appropriate, to reflect 

current reporting levels or adjustments 

based on changes in proposed or final 

rules published since the information 

collections were last approved. The 

following information is provided for 

each information collection: (1) Title of 

the information collection, including 

former title if a change is being made; 

(2) OMB control number; (3) abstract of 

the information collection activity; (4) 

description of affected public; (5) 

estimate of total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden; and (6) 

frequency of collection. PHMSA will 

request a three-year term of approval for 

each information collection activity and, 

when approved by OMB, publish notice 

of the approval in the Federal Register. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collections: 

Title: Requirements for Cargo Tanks. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0014. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information collection provisions in 

parts 178 and 180 of the HMR involving 

the manufacture, qualification, 

maintenance and use of all specification 

cargo tank motor vehicles. It also 

includes the information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements for persons 

who are engaged in the manufacture, 

assembly, requalification and 

maintenance of DOT specification cargo 

tank motor vehicles. The types of 

information collected include: 

(1) Registration Statements: Cargo 

tank manufacturers and repairers, and 

cargo tank motor vehicle assemblers are 

required to be registered with DOT by 

furnishing information relative to their 

qualifications to perform the functions 

in accordance with the HMR. The 

registration statements are used to 

identify these persons in order for DOT 

to ensure that they possess the 

knowledge and skills necessary to 

perform the required functions and they 

are performing the specified functions 

in accordance with the applicable 

regulations. 

(2) Requalification and maintenance 

reports: These reports are prepared by 

persons who requalify or maintain cargo 

tanks. This information is used by cargo 

tank owners, operators and users, and 

DOT compliance personnel to verify 

that the cargo tanks are requalified, 

maintained and are in proper condition 

for the transportation of hazardous 

materials. 

(3) Manufacturers’ data reports, 

certificates and related papers: These 

reports are prepared by cargo tank 

manufacturers and certifiers, and are 

used by cargo tank owners, operators, 

users and DOT compliance personnel to 

verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle 

was designed and constructed to meet 

all requirements of the applicable 

specification. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

assemblers, repairers, requalifiers, 

certifiers and owners of cargo tanks. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

41,366. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

132,600. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

102,021. 

Frequency of Collection: Periodically. 

Title: Inspection and Testing of 

Portable Tanks and Intermediate Bulk 

Containers. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0018. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

consolidates provisions for 

documenting qualifications, 

inspections, tests and approvals 

pertaining to the manufacture and use of 

portable tanks and intermediate bulk 

containers under various provisions of 

the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 

CFR parts 171–180). It is necessary to 

ascertain whether portable tanks and 

intermediate bulk containers have been 

qualified, inspected, and retested in 

accordance with the HMR. The 

information is used to verify that certain 

portable tanks and intermediate bulk 

containers meet required performance 

standards prior to their being authorized 

for use, and to document periodic 

requalification and testing to ensure the 

packagings have not deteriorated due to 

age or physical abuse to a degree that 

would render them unsafe for the 

transportation of hazardous materials. 

Applicable sections include, but are not 

limited to: § 173.32—requirements for 

the use of portable tanks; § 173.38—

hazardous materials in intermediate 

bulk containers; § 178.273—approval of 

specification IM portable tanks and UN 

portable tanks; § 178.801—general 

requirements for intermediate bulk 

containers; § 180.352—requirements for 

retest and inspection of intermediate 

bulk containers; and § 180.605—

requirements for periodic testing, 

inspection and repair of portable tanks. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers and 

owners of portable tanks and 

intermediate bulk containers. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,770. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

86,100. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

66,390. 


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Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Incident 

Reports. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0039. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: This collection is applicable 

upon occurrence of incidents as 

prescribed in §§ 171.15 and 171.16. A 

Hazardous Materials Incident Report, 

DOT Form F 5800.1, must be completed 

by a person in physical possession of a 

hazardous material at the time a 

hazardous material incident occurs in 

transportation, such as a release of 

materials, serious accident, evacuation 

or closure of a main artery. Incidents 

meeting criteria in § 171.15 also require 

a telephonic report. This information 

collection enhances the Department’s 

ability to evaluate the effectiveness of its 

regulatory program, determine the need 

for regulatory changes, and address 

emerging hazardous materials 

transportation safety issues. The 

requirements apply to all interstate and 

intrastate carriers engaged in the 

transportation of hazardous materials by 

rail, air, water, and highway. 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,781. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

17,810. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

23,746. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0542. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Provisions in § 177.840 

specify certain safety procedures and 

documentation requirements for drivers 

of motor vehicles transporting 

flammable cryogenic liquids. This 

information allows the driver to take 

appropriate remedial actions to prevent 

a catastrophic release of the flammable 

cryogenics should the temperature of 

the material begin to rise excessively or 

if the travel time will exceed the safe 

travel time. These requirements are 

intended to ensure a high level of safety 

when transporting flammable 

cryogenics due to their extreme 

flammability and high compression 

ratio when in a liquid state. 

Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic 

materials. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

65. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

18,200. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

1,213. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Container Certification 

Statement. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0582. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Shippers of explosives, in 

freight containers or transport vehicles 

by vessel, are required to certify on 

shipping documentation that the freight 

container or transport vehicle meets 

minimal structural serviceability 

requirements. This requirement is 

intended to ensure an adequate level of 

safety for transport of explosives aboard 

vessel and ensure consistency with 

similar requirements in international 

standards. 

Affected Public: Shippers of 

explosives in freight containers or 

transport vehicles by vessel. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

650. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

890,000 HM Containers & 4,400 

Explosive Containers. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

14,908. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Public 

Sector Training and Planning Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0586. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets forth 

the procedures for reimbursable grants 

for public sector planning and training 

in support of the emergency planning 

and training efforts of States, Indian 

tribes and local communities to manage 

hazardous materials emergencies, 

particularly those involving 

transportation. Sections in this part 

address information collection and 

recordkeeping with regard to applying 

for grants, monitoring expenditures, and 

reporting and requesting modifications. 

PHMSA received one comment from 

the Interested Parties for Hazardous 

Materials Transportation urging us to 

require grant applicants to report on the 

hazardous materials information fees 

they collect in accordance with § 5125(f) 

of the Federal hazmat law. The 

commenter states that such information 

is important for policy considerations or 

to determine the appropriateness and 

necessity of HMEP grant awards. 

We have reviewed this request and, 

based on our findings, will submit a 

revised information collection to OMB 

for review and comments in the near 

future. When we revise the information 

collection burden for this ICR, we will 

provide interested members of the 

public and affected agencies an 

opportunity to comment by publishing 

a 60-Day and 30-Day notice in the 

Federal Register describing the nature 

of the revised information collection 

and its expected burden. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments, Indian tribes. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

66. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 66. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

4,080. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Response Plans for Shipments 

of Oil. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0591. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: In recent years, several 

major oil discharges damaged the 

marine environment of the United 

States. Under authority of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act, as 

amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 

1990, PHMSA issued regulations in 49 

CFR part 130 that require preparation of 

written spill response plans. 

Affected Public: Carriers that 

transport oil in bulk, by motor vehicle 

or rail. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

8,000. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

10,560. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in 

Liquefied Compressed Gas Service. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0595. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: These information 

collection and recordkeeping 

requirements pertain to the 

manufacture, certification, inspection, 

repair, maintenance, and operation of 

certain DOT specification and nonspecification cargo tank motor vehicles 

used to transport liquefied compressed 

gases. These requirements are intended 

to ensure certain cargo tank motor 

vehicles used to transport liquefied 

compressed gases are operated safely, 

and to minimize the potential for 

catastrophic releases during unloading 

and loading operations. They include: 

(1) Requirements for operators of cargo 

tank motor vehicles in liquefied 

compressed gas service to develop 

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1 ICE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cedar 

American Rail Holdings, Inc. which in turn is 

wholly owned by DME. 

2User indicates that this is a ‘‘reinstatement’’ of 

a previous trackage rights agreement between the 

same parties and also involving the abovereferenced track, in STB Finance Docket No. 34790, 

which expired on November 22, 2006. They also 

state that the temporary trackage rights agreement 

in that proceeding will be incorporated by reference 

in this proceeding as modified by agreement 

between User and BNSF signed on April 25, 2007, 

and filed herein. A request for a protective order 

was filed concurrently with this exemption and will 

be addressed in a separate decision. 

3 User states that the parties have agreed on the 

possible extension of the temporary trackage rights. 

Any temporary trackage rights extension agreement 

must be filed with the Board. 

unloading operations and carry the 

operating procedures on each vehicle; 

(2) inspection, maintenance, marking, 

and testing requirements for the cargo 

tank discharge system, including 

delivery hose assemblies; and (3) 

requirements for emergency discharge 

control equipment on certain cargo tank 

motor vehicles transporting liquefied 

compressed gases that must be installed 

and certified by a Registered Inspector. 

(See sections 173.315(n); 177.840(l); 

180.405; 180.407(h); and 180.416(b), (d) 

and (f)) 

Affected Public: Carriers in liquefied 

compressed gas service, manufacturers 

and repairers. 

Recordkeeping: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,958. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

920,530. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

200,615. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 16, 

2007. 

Theodore L. Willke, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety. 

[FR Doc. E7–9872 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35023] 

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad 

Corporation and Iowa, Chicago & 

Eastern Railroad Corporation—

Temporary Trackage Rights 

Exemption—BNSF Railway Company 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has 

agreed to grant non-exclusive temporary 

overhead trackage rights to the Dakota, 

Minnesota & Eastern Railroad 

Corporation (DME), and the Iowa, 

Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation 

(ICE) 1 (DME and ICE are referred to 

collectively as ‘‘User’’) over BNSF’s 

lines between milepost 146.0 on BNSF’s 

Corson Subdivision at Sioux Falls, SD, 

and milepost 705.5 on BNSF’s Aberdeen 

Subdivision at Wolsey, SD, a distance of 

approximately 149.8 miles.2

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or after June 1, 2007, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the exemption was filed). The 

temporary trackage rights will expire on 

November 22, 2007.3

The purpose of the temporary 

trackage rights is solely for the overhead 

movement of User’s business cars (and 

engines and end-of-train devices 

required to operate those business cars). 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary 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), and any employee affected by 

the discontinuance of those trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions set out in Oregon Short Line 

R. Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 

I.C.C. 91 (1979). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(8). If it 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. Any 

stay petition must be filed on or before 

May 25, 2007 (at least 7 days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35023, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on Michael J. 

Barron, Jr., Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 

North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, 

IL 60606. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: May 11, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–9911 Filed 5–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[PS–163–84] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, 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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13(44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning an 

existing final regulation, PS–163–84 (TD 

8439), Treatment of Transactions 

Between Partners and Partnerships 

§§ 1.707–3(c)(2), 1.707–5(a)(7)(ii), 

1.707–6(c) and 1.707–8. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before July 23, 2007 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to R. Joseph Durbala at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6516, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or at (202)622–3634, or 

through the internet at 

RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Treatment of Transactions 

Between Partners and Partnerships. 

OMB Number: 1545–1243. Regulation 

Project Number: PS–163–84. 

Abstract: Internal Revenue Code 

section 707(a)(2) provides that if there 

are transfers of money or property 

between a partner and a partnership, the 

transfer will be treated, in certain 

situations, as a disguised sale between 

the partner and the partnership. The 

regulations require that the partner or 

the partnership should disclose the 

transfer and certain attendant facts in 

some situations. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 


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