Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Notices 42279

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 20–22

Minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 33,367.

2. Social Security Tax and Benefit

Statement Survey—0960–NEW. Public

Law 104–121 requires SSA to conduct

and report to Congress on a pilot study

of the efficacy of providing beneficiaries

with information about their Social

Security benefits, earnings and taxes

paid on those earnings. SSA will

conduct a one-time survey to solicit

beneficiaries’ reactions to such a

statement and to determine whether the

statement promotes better

understanding of their contributions

and benefits under the Social Security

programs. The respondents are a sample

of Social Security beneficiaries who are

randomly selected and agree to

participate in the survey.

Number of Respondents: 1,600.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Average Burden Per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 267 hours.

3. Work Activity Report—Employee—

0960–0059. The form SSA–821–BK is

used by the Social Security

Administration to obtain information on

work activity. The information is

needed to determine if disabled

individuals are performing substantial

gainful activity and, if so, whether they

continue to meet the disability criteria

of the law. The respondents are Social

Security and SSI disability applicants

and recipients.

Number of Respondents: 300,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Average Burden Per Response: 45

minutes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 225,000

hours.

Written comments and

recommendations regarding the

information collection(s) should be

directed within 30 days to the OMB

Desk Officer and SSA Reports Clearance

Officer at the following addresses:

(OMB)

Office of Management and Budget,

OIRA, Attn: Laura Oliven, New

Executive Office Building, Room

10230, 725 17th St., NW, Washington,

D.C. 20503

(SSA)

Social Security Administration,

DCFAM, Attn: Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

1–A–21 Operations Bldg., 6401

Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235

To receive a copy of any of the forms

or clearance packages, call the SSA

Reports Clearance Officer on (410) 965–

4125 or write to him at the address

listed above.

Dated: July 30, 1997.

Nicholas E. Tagliareni,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–20602 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 97–040]

Annual Certification of Cook Inlet

Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under the Oil Terminal and

Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight

and Monitoring Act of 1990, the Coast

Guard may certify, on an annual basis,

a voluntary advisory group instead of a

Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council for

Cook Inlet, Alaska. This certification

allows the advisory group to monitor

the activities of terminal facilities and

crude-oil tankers in Cook Inlet as

established by the statute. The purpose

of this notice is to inform the public that

the Coast Guard has recertified the

alternative voluntary advisory group for

Cook Inlet, Alaska.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1997, through

June 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Mark Meza, Project Manager, Port and

Environmental Management Division

(G–MOR–1), (202) 267–0421, U.S. Coast

Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street

SW., Washington, DC 20593–0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress

passed, as part of the Oil Pollution Act

of 1990, the Oil Terminal and Oil

Tanker Environmental Oversight and

Monitoring Act of 1990 (the Act), 33

U.S.C. 2732, to foster the long-term

partnership among industry,

government, and local communities in

overseeing compliance with

environmental concerns in the

operation of terminal facilities and

crude-oil tankers.

Sub-section 2732(o) permits an

alternative voluntary advisory group to

represent the communities and interests

in the vicinity of the terminal facilities

in Cook Inlet, instead of a council of the

type specified in sub-section 2732(d), if

certain conditions are met. The Act

requires that the group enter into a

contract to ensure annual funding, and

that it receive annual certification by the

President to the effect that it fosters the

general goals and purposes of the Act

and is broadly representative of the

community and interests in the vicinity

of the terminal facilities. Accordingly,

in 1991, the President granted

certification to the Cook Inlet Regional

Citizens’ Advisory Council (CIRCAC).

He later delegated the authority to

certify alternative advisory groups to the

Commandant of the Coast Guard, who

redelegated it to the Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

On May 22, 1997, in the Federal

Register, the Coast Guard announced

the availability of the application for

recertification that it received from the

CIRCAC and requested comments (61

FR 19110). It received none. Since it

received no comments in opposition to

the continued operation of the CIRCAC,

the Coast Guard has determined that

recertification of the CIRCAC in

accordance with the Act is appropriate.

Recertification: By letter dated July 7,

1997, the Assistant Commandant for

Marine Safety and Environmental

Protection, certified that the CIRCAC

qualifies as an alternative voluntary

advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).

This recertification terminates on May

31, 1998.

Dated: July 27, 1997.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–20636 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 96–041]

Annual Certification of Prince William

Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory

Council

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under the Oil Terminal and

Oil Tanker Environmental Oversight

and Monitoring Act of 1990, the Coast

Guard may certify, on an annual basis,

a voluntary advisory group instead of a

Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council for

Prince William Sound, Alaska. This

certification allows the advisory group

to monitor the activities of terminal

facilities and crude-oil tankers under

the Prince William Sound Program

established by the statute. The purpose

of this notice is to inform the public that

the Coast Guard has recertified the

advisory group for Prince William

Sound, Alaska.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1997 through

June 30, 1998.
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1The track is adjacent to GWRI’s Wabash Rail

Yard and connects track owned by CBEC.

2Concurrent with the filing of the notice of

exemption, CBEC filed a motion for protective order

pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.14, with respect to the

trackage rights agreement between CBEC and GWRI.

CBEC submitted the trackage rights agreement

under seal stating that it is a confidential agreement

that prohibits any party from disclosing the material

terms to the public without the prior written

consent of the other party. By decision served July

28, 1997, CBEC’s motion for protective order was

granted.

1The involved line segment is part of a group of

former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Railroad (MILW) rail lines that were purchased by

the State of Wisconsin under section 5(b)(2) of the

Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act (MRR). See

State of Wisconsin—Acquisition of Certain Lines of

the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 29237, (ICC

served Feb. 1, 1980). WSOR was authorized to

operate this branch line as well as other former

MILW lines in Wisconsin and Southern Railroad

Co.—Lake, Columbia, Milwaukee, Washington,

Waukesha, and Winnebago Counties, WI, Finance

Docket No. 29375 (ICC served Nov. 5, 1980).

2Under 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad must

file a verified notice with the Board at least 50 days

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Mark Meza, Project Manager, Port

and Environmental Management

Division (G–MOR–1), (202) 267–0421,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street, SW., Washington, DC

20593–0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Congress

passed, as part of the Oil Pollution Act

of 1990, the Oil Terminal and Oil

Tanker Environmental Oversight and

Monitoring Act of 1990 (the Act), 33

U.S.C. 2732, to foster the long-term

partnership among industry,

government, and local communities in

overseeing compliance with

environmental concerns in the

operation of terminal facilities and

crude-oil tankers.

Sub-section 2732(o) permits an

alternative voluntary advisory group to

represent the communities and interests

in the vicinity of the terminal facilities

in Prince William Sound, instead of a

council of the type specified in subsection 2732(d), if certain conditions are

met. The Act requires that the group

enter into a contract to ensure annual

funding, and that it receive annual

certification by the President to the

effect that it fosters the general goals

and purposes of the Act and is broadly

representative of the community and

interests in the vicinity of the terminal

facilities. Accordingly, in 1991, the

President granted certification to the

Prince William Sound Regional

Citizens’ Advisory Council (PWSRCAC).

He later delegated the authority to

certify alternative advisory groups to the

Commandant of the Coast Guard, who

redelegated it to the Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

On May 22, 1997, in the Federal

Register, the Coast Guard announced

the availability of the application for

recertification that it received from the

PWSRCAC and requested comments (62

FR 28099). It received thirteen

comments.

Discussion of Comments

All of the comments received by the

Coast Guard supported recertification of

the PWSRCAC. One of the comments

recommended a change in PWSRCAC

operations to ensure consistent

presentation of PWSRCAC official

positions. It is the Coast Guard’s

position that this comment as well as

the other more general comments be

forwarded to PWSRCAC for their review

and appropriate action. Since none of

the comments received opposed the

recertification, the Coast Guard has

determined that recertification of the

PWSRCAC in accordance with the Act

is appropriate.

Recertification: By letter dated July 8,

1997, the Assistant Commandant for

Marine Safety and Environmental

Protection certified that the RCAC

qualifies as an alternative voluntary

advisory group under 33 U.S.C. 2732(o).

This recertification terminates on June

30, 1998.

Dated: July 27, 1997.

R.C. North,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant

Commandant for Marine Safety and

Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–20635 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33430]

CBEC Railway, Inc.—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Great Western Railway

Company of Iowa, L.L.C.

Great Western Railway Company of

Iowa, L.L.C. (GWRI), has agreed to grant

overhead trackage rights to CBEC

Railway, Inc. (CBEC), over GWRI’s

trackage between milepost 1.72 and

milepost 2.12, in the vicinity of Council

Bluffs, IA.1

The trackage rights agreement was

expected to be executed on or about July

10, 1997,2 but the transaction is not

expected to be consummated until

September 1997, when construction and

rehabilitation of CBEC’s line is

completed and rail operations are

commenced over CBEC’s track. The

purpose of the trackage rights is to

improve operational efficiencies

between CBEC and GWRI and to

eliminate duplicative facilities by

connecting two segments of CBEC track

and right-of-way on either end of

GWRI’s Wabash Rail Yard.

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board

may not use its exemption authority to

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory

obligation to protect the interests of its

employees. Section 11326(c), however,

does not provide for labor protection for

transactions under sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice 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

stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33430, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Thomas W.

Wilcox , Donelan, Cleary, Wood &

Maser, P.C., 1100 New York Avenue,

N.W., Suite 750, Washington, DC 20005.

Decided: July 29, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–20715 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–383 (Sub-No. 3X)]

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.—

Discontinuance of Service

Exemption—in Milwaukee and

Waukesha Counties, WI

The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

Co. (WSOR) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments and

Discontinuances to discontinue service

over a 3.0-mile line of railroad known

as the Menomonee Falls Branch, owned

by the State of Wisconsin Department of

Transportation,1 between milepost 101.1

in Granville and milepost 104.05 in

Menomonee Falls, WI. The line

traverses United States Postal Service

Zip Codes 53224 and 53051.2