65128 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 237 / Wednesday, December 10, 1997 / Notices

1 In addition to invoking the class exemption for

this transaction, KCSI is asking the Board to grant

retroactive authority for a previous transaction—the

transfer of the stock of KCSR and KCST to KCSL—

which the parties undertook but for which they

sought no approval from the Board. If KCSI wants

to seek Board approval of that transaction, it should

file a separate petition for exemption (no class

exemption provides for retroactive application).

Such a request may not be ‘‘piggybacked’’ on this

notice.

Railway Company (KCSR), and KCS

Transportation Company (KCST) have

jointly filed a verified notice of

exemption for KCSL’s common control

of KCSR and KCST’s rail subsidiaries,

Gateway Western Railway Company

(GWWR), and Gateway Eastern Railway

Company (GWER).1

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or about November 21,

1997, at which time KCST was to merge

into KCSL with KCSL as the surviving

corporation. As a result, KCSR and

GWWR will be direct subsidiaries of

KCSL and GWER will be its indirect

subsidiary. After the transaction, KCSL

will commonly control KCSR, GWWR,

and GWER. KCSL will also own 49% of

the outstanding stock of Mex Rail

Corporation, the parent company of the

Texas Mexican Railroad Company and

37% of the outstanding stock of Grupo

TFM, which in turn owns 80% of the

outstanding stock of Transportacion

Ferroviaria Mexicana, a Mexican

railroad company.

The parties state that the transaction

will take place within the KCSI

corporate family and will not result in

adverse changes in service levels,

significant operational changes, or a

change in the competitive balance with

carriers outside of the corporate family.

Thus, it is the type of transaction

specifically exempted from prior review

and approval under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(3).

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. Accordingly, the exemption

is subject to the labor protective

conditions set forth in New York Dock

Ry.—Control—Brooklyn Eastern Dist.

360 I.C.C. 60 (1979).

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding to revoke the exemption

under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed

at any time. The filing of a petition to

reopen will not automatically stay the

transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33510, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Robert K.

Dreiling, Kansas City Southern

Industries, 114 West 11th Street, Kansas

City, MO 64105 and William A.

Mullins, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1300 I

Street, N.W., Suite 500 East,

Washington, DC 20005–3314.

Decided: December 3, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Bureau of the Public Debt

Proposed Collection: Comment

Request

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, Pub.

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

Currently the Bureau of the Public Debt

within the Department of the Treasury

is soliciting comments concerning the

Reinvestment Application.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before February 9, 1998,

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Bureau of the Public Debt, Vicki S.

Thorpe, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg,

WV 26106–1328.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Vicki S. Thorpe,

Bureau of the Public Debt, 200 Third

Street, Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328,

(304) 480–6553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Reinvestment Application.

OMB Number: 1535–0096.

Form Number: PD F 1993.

Abstract: The information is

requested to support a request that

proceeds of matured Series H savings

bonds be reinvested in Series HH bonds.

Current Actions: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

270,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 67,500.

Request for Comments

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. Comments are

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Dated: December 4, 1997.

Vicki S. Thorpe,

Manager, Graphics, Printing and Records

Branch.

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