Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 6 / Thursday, January 9, 1997 / Notices 1357

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 USC

Chapter 35), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of

information was published on April 18,

1996 [FR 61, page 16968].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Earl Coles, Office of Information

Management Programs, (202) 366–054,

Federal Highway Administration,

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA)

Title: Driver Qualification Files.

OMB Control Number: 2125–0065.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Form Number: N/A.

Affected Public: Motor Carriers.

Abstract: The authority for driver

qualification files is contained in 49

U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136, and 31502,

and 49 CFR 1.48, with penalty

provisions in 49 U.S.C. 521 and 522. 49

CFR 391.51 requires a motor carrier to

maintain a driver qualification file for

each regularly employed driver and

each intermittent, casual, and

occasional driver. The file contains the

minimum amount of information

necessary to document that a driver is

qualified to drive a commercial motor

vehicle in interstate commerce. A driver

qualification file is used by the FHWA

and motor carrier to ensure that a driver

who operates a commercial motor

vehicle in interstate commerce, can by

reason of experience and/or training,

safely operate a type of commercial

motor vehicle; has been issued an

appropriate driver’s license; and has not

been disqualified to operate a

commercial motor vehicle. Public

demand for highway safety requires that

the hiring of commercial motor vehicle

drivers be restricted to those drivers

with records which prove their ability to

safely operate a commercial motor

vehicle.

Estimated Annual Burden: The total

annual burden is 1,076,166 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725–17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT

Desk Officer.

Comments are Invited on: whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the Department,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; the accuracy of

the Department’s estimate of the burden

of the proposed information collection;

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 3,

1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–523 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33323]

Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C.; Lease and

Operation Exemption; Union Pacific

Railroad Company

Chicago Rail Link, L.L.C. (CRL), a

Class III rail carrier, has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to

lease and operate approximately 8.5

miles of rail lines owned by the Union

Pacific Railroad Company (UP). CRL

will be leasing and operating track

numbers 1 through 9, 110, 500, 501,

702, 710, and 711 in UP’s Irondale Yard,

Chicago, IL, east of Torrence Avenue

between 117th Street and 122nd Street.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or shortly after

December 26, 1996.

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 does not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33323, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

Karl Morell, Esq., Ball Janik LLP, 1455

F Street, N.W., Suite 225, Washington,

DC 20005.

Decided: January 2, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–482 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 33324]

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc.; Lease

and Operation Exemption; Certain

Lines of Soo Line Railroad Company

d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway

Northern Plains Railroad, Inc. (NPR),

a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire by lease and operate

approximately 377.55 miles of railroad

owned by the Soo Line Railroad

Company, d/b/a Canadian Pacific

Railway: (1) between Thief River Falls,

MN (MP 309.69) and Harlow, ND (MP

472.24); and (2) between Fordville, ND

(MP 390.99) and Kenmare, ND (mp

605.99).

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or about January 6,

1997.

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. 33324, must be filed with

the Office of the Secretary, Surface

Transportation Board, Case Control

Branch, 1201 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In

addition, a copy of each pleading must

be served on Byron D. Olsen, Esq.,

Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, P.A.,

601 Second Avenue South, Suite 4200,

Minneapolis, MN 55402.

Decided: January 2, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary

[FR Doc. 97–483 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 500)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment—in Barbour, Randolph,

Pocahontas, and Webster Counties,

WV

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of findings.
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1 The 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 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.

2See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

3The Board will accept late-filed trail use

requests as long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

SUMMARY: The Board has issued a

certificate and decision authorizing CSX

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), to abandon

that portion of its rail line extending

between milepost BUI–28.40 at Elkins,

WV, and milepost BUK–121.7 at Bergoo,

WV, subject to environmental and

historic preservation conditions if there

is salvage. The transaction also was

exempted from the offer of financial

assistance and public use procedures of

49 U.S.C. 10904 and 10905.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The abandonment

certificate will become effective on

January 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5660. [TDD for

the hearing impaired: (202) 927–5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ICC

Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995) (ICCTA),

abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission (ICC) and transferred

certain functions and proceedings to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board)

effective on January 1, 1996. Section

204(c) of the ICCTA provides, in

general, that, if a court remands a suit

against the ICC that was pending on the

date of that legislation and involves

functions retained by the ICCTA,

subsequent proceedings related to the

case shall proceed under the applicable

law and regulations in effect at the time

of the subsequent proceedings. The

functions at issue in this proceeding

were retained and are now found at 49

U.S.C. 10903–05. Thus, the provisions

of current 49 U.S.C. 10903–05 apply to

this proceeding on remand.

Additional information is contained

in the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423. Telephone:

(202) 289–4357/4359. [Assistance for

the hearing impared is available through

TDD services (292) 927–5721.

Decided: December 31, 1996.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Simmons, Commissioner Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–481 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Docket No. AB–471X]

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad,

Inc.; Abandonment Exemption; in

Sumner County, KS

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad,

Inc. (SKO) has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

9.2-mile portion of its line of railroad

between milepost 257.2, at Oxford, and

milepost 266.4, near Wellington, in

Sumner County, KS.

SKO has certified that: (1) no local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) there has been no

overhead traffic on the line in over 3

years; (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 Surface

Transportation Board (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 at 49 CFR 1105.7

(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8

(historic reports), 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 February

8, 1997, 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 3 must be filed by January

21, 1997. Petitions to reopen or requests

for public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 29,

1997, with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik

LLP, 1455 F St., N.W., Suite 225,

Washington, DC 20005.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

SKO has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by

January 14, 1997. Interested persons

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing

to SEA (Room 3219, Surface

Transportation Board, Washington, DC

20423) or by calling Elaine Kaiser, Chief

of SEA, at (202) 927–6248. 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.

Decided: January 3, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–484 Filed 1–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Secretary

Credit Union Study; Request for

Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

SUMMARY: Legislation recently enacted

by Congress requires the Secretary of the

Treasury (Secretary) to conduct a study

of credit unions and submit a report to

Congress by September 30, 1997.

This notice invites all interested

parties to provide their views on the

topics listed below and on any other

issues relating to the study that they

may wish to bring to our attention. We

strongly encourage all interested parties

to submit comments for the record.

DATES: Comments should be in writing

and must be received by February 28,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:

Credit Union Study, Department of the

Treasury, Room 3025, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

D.C. 20220.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, please contact: Joan