Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 39 / Tuesday, February 28, 2012 / Notices 12107 

located in Section 35, Township 18S, 

Range 9E. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Issued on: February 22, 2012. 

David K. Kennedy, 

Environmental Program Manager, Federal 

Highway Administration, Vancouver, 

Washington. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4623 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection abstracted below has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. The nature of the information 

collection is described as well as its 

expected burden. The Federal Register 

Notice (76 FR 67250) with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on October 31, 2011, and 

comments were due by December 30, 

2011. As such, no comments were 

received. The total number of response 

hours reported in the prior 60-day 

Federal Register Notice was 4,075 

hours. As reflected below, this number 

has decreased to 606 hours due 

primarily to a change in the number of 

Listening Sessions from five (5) to one 

(1) and a change in the number of Oneon-One Interviews from 80 to 30. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 29, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Yvette M. Fields, Director, Office of 

Deepwater Ports and Offshore 

Activities, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–0926; or Email: Yvette.Fields@

dot.gov. Copies of this information 

collection can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration. 

Title: Maritime Administration’s 

Panama Canal Expansion Study 

Outreach Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–NEW. 

Type of Request: New Information 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Federal Government; 

State, Local, or Tribal Governments; 

Shippers; Maritime Related 

Organizations and Associations; Local 

Municipal Planning Organizations; Rail 

and Land Transportation Companies. 

Forms: Shipper Survey. 

Abstract: This three-tiered 

information collection process will 

directly support the Maritime 

Administration’s efforts to evaluate and 

assess the impacts of the Panama Canal 

Expansion on U.S. Ports and 

infrastructure when the expansion of 

the Panama Canal is completed in 2014. 

First, as part of its Panama Canal 

Outreach Program, the Maritime 

Administration will conduct one public 

Listening Session to provide a forum for 

stakeholders to present their views on 

the issues that the Maritime 

Administration should consider in the 

development of the Panama Canal 

Expansion Study, and to assess the 

various infrastructure requirements that 

will be associated with future trade 

involving the Panama Canal. Second, 

the Maritime Administration will 

conduct one-on-one interviews with key 

executives from various U.S. ports, port 

operators, and transportation service 

providers to identify their specific 

plans, investment strategies, and 

perspectives concerning market trends, 

which are a critical part of the subject 

Study. Finally, the Maritime 

Administration will conduct an on-line 

Panama Canal Shipper Survey in an 

effort to garner information regarding 

the current decision processes used by 

‘‘Beneficial Cargo Owners’’ (i.e., 

international shippers) to determine 

potential changes to their logistics, 

networks and the contingency plans that 

have been developed (or will be 

developed) to address the potential 

impacts on their costs and routing 

strategies as a result of the expansion 

project. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 606. 

Addresses: Send comments regarding 

these information collection activities to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: 

MARAD Desk Officer. Alternatively, 

comments may be sent via email to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA), Office of Management 

and Budget, at the following address: 

oira.submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments Are Invited On: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’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. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 

2012. 

Julie Agarwal, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4586 Filed 2–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35592] 

RailAmerica, Inc., Palm Beach Holding, 

Inc., RailAmerica Transportation Corp., 

RailTex, Inc., Fortress Investment 

Group, LLC, and RR Acquisition 

Holding, LLC—Control Exemption— 

Marquette Rail, LLC 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice instituting proceeding 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: RailAmerica, Inc. 

(RailAmerica), Palm Beach Holding, Inc. 

(Palm Beach), RailAmerica 

Transportation Corp. (RTC), RailTex, 

Inc., Fortress Investment Group, LLC 

(Fortress), and RR Acquisition Holding, 

LLC (RR Acquisition) (collectively, 

Petitioners), seek an exemption under 

49 U.S.C. 10502 from the prior approval 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323–25 to 

acquire control of Marquette Rail, LLC 

(Marquette Rail), a Class III rail carrier. 

The Board seeks comments on 

Petitioners’ proposed acquisition of 

control of Marquette Rail. 

DATES: Comments are due by March 19, 

2012. Replies are due by March 26, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted either via the Board’s e-filing 

format or in the traditional paper 

format. Any person using e-filing should 


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