Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 237 / Wednesday, December 10, 1997 / Notices 65127

Standard No. 208 Occupant Crash

Protection: (a) installation of a U.S.-

model seat belt in the driver’s position,

or a belt webbing actuated microswitch

inside the driver’s seat belt retractor; (b)

installation of an ignition switch

actuated seat belt warning lamp and

buzzer; (c) replacement of the driver’s

and passenger’s side air bags and knee

bolsters if these are not U.S.-model

components. The petitioner states that

the vehicles are equipped with

combination lap and shoulder restraints

that adjust by means of an automatic

retractor and release by means of a

single push button in each front

designated seating position, with

combination lap and shoulder restraints

that release by means of a single push

button in each rear outboard designated

seating position, and with a lap belt in

the rear center designated seating

position.

Standard No. 214 Side Impact

Protection: installation of reinforcing

beams.

Standard No. 301 Fuel System

Integrity: installation of a rollover valve

in the fuel tank vent line between the

fuel tank and the evaporative emissions

collection canister.

Petitioner states that a vehicle

identification number plate will be

affixed to non-U.S. certified 1994–1998

Mercedes-Benz S320 passenger cars to

comply with the requirements of 49 CFR

Part 565.

Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on the petition

described above. Comments should refer

to the docket number and be submitted

to: Docket Management, Room PL–401,

400 Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC

20590. It is requested but not required

that 10 copies be submitted.

All comments received before the

close of business on the closing date

indicated above will be considered, and

will be available for examination in the

docket at the above address both before

and after that date. To the extent

possible, comments filed after the

closing date will also be considered.

Notice of final action on the petition

will be published in the Federal

Register pursuant to the authority

indicated below.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Issued on: December 5, 1997.

Marilynne Jacobs,

Director Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97–32344 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–97–3146]

Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A., Inc.,

Receipt of Application for Decision of

Inconsequential Noncompliance

Toyota Technical Center, U.S.A., Inc.

(Toyota) of Washington, D.C. on behalf

of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing,

Kentucky, Inc. has determined that

some 1998 model Toyota Sienna

vehicles fail to comply with 49 CFR

571.120, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety

Standard (FMVSS) No. 120, ‘‘Tire

Selection and Rims for Vehicles Other

Than Passenger Cars,’’ and has filed an

appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR

Part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance

Reports.’’ Toyota has also applied to be

exempted from the notification and

remedy requirements of 49 U.S.C.

Chapter 301—‘‘Motor Vehicle Safety’’

on the basis that the noncompliance is

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.

This notice of receipt of an

application is published under 49

U.S.C. 30118 and 30120 and does not

represent any agency decision or other

exercise of judgment concerning the

merits of the application.

Paragraph S5.3 of FMVSS No. 120

states that the recommended cold

inflation pressure for the designated tire

must appear either on the certification

label or a tire information label.

Toyota produced 8,528 vehicles from

May 12, 1997 through October 13, 1997

which do not meet the labeling

requirements stated in the standard. The

recommended 240KPa (35 PSI) cold

inflation pressure for the designated tire

(P205/70R15) is misstated on the

certification label as 220 KPa (33 PSI).

However, the correct tire inflation

pressure appears on the voluntaryaffixed tire information label and in the

vehicle owners manual.

Toyota supports its application for

inconsequential noncompliance with

the following three statements:

1. On these vehicles, Toyota has

applied a voluntary tire information

label, on which the correct

recommended pressure, ‘‘240 KPa/35

PSI’’ (at maximum loaded vehicle

weight) appears, [located at] the door

opening portion of the driver side Bpillar. Toyota believes that owners will

refer to this tire information label rather

than the certification label, making the

possibility of confusion due to the

different tire inflation pressures quite

low.

2. The vehicle owner’s manual also

indicates the correct recommended

inflation pressure.

3. The Maximum Loaded Vehicle

Weight (MLVW)—the weight of the

heaviest vehicle of the car line with full

accessories, passengers in all designated

seating positions, and maximum cargo

and luggage load—of the Toyota Sienna

is 2,365 kg. In such [a] fully-loaded

condition, the rear axle is loaded more

than the front [axle], resulting in a rear

axle load of 1,204 kg or 602 kg on each

rear tire. The load limit of the subject

P205/70R15 tire inflated to 220 KPa (33

PSI) is 650 kg. Therefore, there still

exists a 48 kg margin under the MLVW.

Since the Sienna is a passenger

vehicle—as opposed to a cargo

vehicle—it is unlikely that the owner

will overload it.

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views, and

arguments on the application of Toyota

described above. Comments should refer

to the docket number and be submitted

to: U.S. Department of Transportation,

Docket Management, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.,

20590. It is requested that two copies be

submitted.

All comments received before the

close of business on the closing date

indicated below will be considered. The

application and supporting materials,

and all comments received after the

closing date, will also be filed and will

be considered to the extent possible.

When the application is granted or

denied, the notice will be published in

the Federal Register pursuant to the

authority indicated below.

Comment closing date: January 9,

1998.

(49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; delegations of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8)

Issued on: December 4, 1997.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–32266 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33510]

Kansas City Southern Lines, Inc.;

Corporate Family Transaction

Exemption; KCS Transportation

Company and the Kansas City

Southern Railway Company

Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.

(KCSI), Kansas City Southern Lines, Inc.

(KCSL), the Kansas City Southern
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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.

[FR Doc. 97–32269 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

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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.

[FR Doc. 97–32257 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

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