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published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Electronic Access: An electronic copy 

of this rule, a copy of the notice of 

proposed rulemaking, and copies of the 

comments may be downloaded at 

http://www.regulations.gov, by 

searching docket RITA 2008–0002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

jeff.gorham@dot.gov, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0039. 

Title: Reporting Required for 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO). 

Form No.: BTS Form EF. 

Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 40. 

Number of Responses: 40. 

Total Annual Burden: 26 hours. 

Needs and Uses: As a party to the 

Convention on International Civil 

Aviation (Treaty), the United States is 

obligated to provide ICAO with 

financial and statistical data on 

operations of U.S. carriers. Over 99% of 

the data filled with ICAO is extracted 

from the air carriers’ Form 41 

submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the 

means by which BTS supplies the 

remaining 1% of the air carrier data to 

ICAO. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 

2012. 

Patricia Hu, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration, Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4813 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

[Docket: RITA 2008–0002] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review: 

Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248 

AGENCY: Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration (RITA), 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics invites the 

general public, industry and other 

governmental parties to comment on the 

continuing need for and usefulness of 

BTS requiring U.S. large certificated air 

carriers to submit two true and complete 

copies of its annual audit that is made 

by an independent public accountant. If 

a carrier does not have an annual audit, 

the carrier must file a statement that no 

audit has been performed. Comments 

are requested concerning whether (1) 

the audit reports are needed by BTS and 

DOT; (2) BTS accurately estimated the 

reporting burden; (3) there are other 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information collected; and 

(4) there are ways to minimize reporting 

burden, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by April 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

RITA 2008–0002 by any of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–366–3640. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

BTS 2008–0002, at the beginning of 

your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

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 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Electronic Access 

You may access comments received 

for this notice at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by searching 

docket RITA 2008–0002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeff.gorham@dot.gov, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Approval No. 2138–0004 

Title: Submission of Audit Reports— 

Part 248. 

Form No.: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 72. 

Number of Responses: 72. 

Total Annual Burden: 20 hours. 

Needs and Uses: BTS collects 

independent audited financial reports 

from U.S. certificated air carriers. 

Carriers not having an annual audit 

must file a statement that no such audit 

has been performed. In lieu of the audit 

report, BTS will accept the annual 

report submitted to the stockholders. 

The audited reports are needed by the 

Department of Transportation as (1) a 

means to monitor an air carrier’s 

continuing fitness to operate, (2) 


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1 GDOT is department of the State of Georgia 

organized under Title 32, Chapter 2, of the Official 

Code of Georgia. 

2 GDOT’s verified notice of exemption is deemed 

to have been filed on February 17, 2012, the date 

GDOT filed its supplement. 

1 JP Rail acquired authority to operate the Line in 

1995. See JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern R.R. Co. of 

N.J.—Notice of Exemption—Operation of Salem 

Branch Rail Line in Salem County, N.J., FD 32700 

(ICC served Oct. 10, 1995). JP Rail states that in July 

2003 it entered into a 10-year contract with Salem 

for the continued operation of the Line, and that it 

assigned its rights and obligations under that 

contract to Class III rail carrier U.S. Rail 

Corporation (U.S. Rail) with Salem’s consent in 

October 2009. See U.S. Rail Corp. of N.J. —Lease 

Exemption—County of Salem, N.J., FD 35310 (STB 

served Nov. 27, 2009) and U.S. Rail Corp.— 

Operation Exemption—U.S. Rail Corp. of N.J., FD 

35317 (STB served Nov. 27, 2009). According to JP 

Rail, Salem terminated its contractual relationship 

with U.S. Rail on January 10, 2012, and reassigned 

the contract to JP Rail on February 1, 2012. 

In the verified notice, JP Rail requests that rail 

service be permitted to resume as soon as possible 

because there are shippers on the Line that require 

rail service. On February 21, 2012, JP Rail filed a 

petition for waiver of the 30-day period before an 

exemption can become effective, 49 CFR 1150.42(b), 

and requested that the notice of exemption be 

permitted to become effective within 10 days of its 

February 13, 2012 filing date. 

While JP Rail may have assigned its rights and 

obligations under the 2003 contract to U.S. Rail, the 

record does not show that JP Rail has ever sought 

Board authority to discontinue operations over the 

Line. Similarly, U.S. Rail has not sought Board 

authority to discontinue operations over the Line. 

Thus, with two rail carriers currently authorized to 

provide rail service on the Line, there is no need 

to rule on JP Rail’s waiver petition. This notice of 

exemption is being issued and published to clarify 

the status of the parties with respect to the Line and 

to remove any doubt about JP Rail’s authority to 

operate the Line in the future. 

reference material used by analysts in 

examining foreign route cases (3) 

reference material used by analyst in 

examining proposed mergers, 

acquisitions and consolidations, (4) a 

means whereby BTS sends a copy of the 

report to the International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of a 

United States treaty obligation, and (5) 

corroboration of a carrier’s Form 41 

filings. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 

2012. 

Patricia Hu, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4812 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35591] 

Georgia Department of 

Transportation—Acquisition 

Exemption—CSX Transportation, Inc. 

Georgia Department of Transportation 

(GDOT) 1 has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from CSX Transportation, Inc. 

(CSXT), a line of railroad known as the 

West End Segment of the L&N Belt 

between milepost 469.15 and milepost 

472.27, a distance of 3.12 miles, in the 

City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. On 

February 17, 2012, GDOT filed a 

supplement to its verified notice of 

exemption. 

GDOT states that CSXT transferred 

the subject line to GDOT in a quitclaim 

deed dated December 7, 2001 and that 

GDOT acquired the line to preserve it 

for future transportation uses. GDOT 

now seeks Board authorization for the 

transaction GDOT consummated 10 

years ago without having sought the 

requisite regulatory authority at the 

time. GDOT states that its failure to 

submit any notice, petition for 

exemption, or application for 

acquisition at the time of transaction 

was an oversight on the part of the 

parties to the transaction. 

GDOT certifies that its annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in GDOT’s becoming a 

Class I or Class II rail carrier. 

The exemption will become effective 

on March 18, 2012 (30 days after the 

verified notice was filed).2

If the verified 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 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than March 9, 2012 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35591, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Charles A. Spitulnik, 

Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, 1001 

Connecticut Avenue NW., Suite 800, 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 24, 2012. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4842 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35596] 

JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern Railroad 

Company of New Jersey—Operation 

Exemption—Rail Line in Salem County, 

N.J. 

JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern Railroad 

Company of New Jersey (JP Rail), a Class 

III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice 

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 

operate approximately 18.6 miles of rail 

line known as the Salem Branch Line 

(the Line), which is owned by Salem 

County, N.J. (Salem), as follows: (1) 

Between the connection with 

Consolidated Rail Corporation at 

approximately milepost 11.0 in 

Swedesboro, N.J., and approximately 

milepost 28.4 at Salem, and (2) the Glass 

House Spur, between mileposts 0.0 and 

1.2 in Salem.1

JP Rail certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier 

and further certifies that its projected 

annual revenues will not exceed $5 

million. 

The earliest this transaction may be 

consummated is March 14, 2012, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

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 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed no later than March 7, 2012 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35596, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 


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