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Management Facility, Room PI–401,

Washington, DC 20590–0001.

Communications received within 45

days of the date of this notice will be

considered by the FRA before final

action is taken. Comments received after

that date will be considered as far as

practicable. All written communications

concerning these proceedings are

available for examination during regular

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at DOT

Central Docket Management Facility,

Room PI–401 (Plaza Level), 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. All documents in the public

docket are also available for inspection

and copying on the internet at the

docket facility’s Web site at

http://dms.dot.gov.

FRA expects to be able to determine

these matters without an oral hearing.

However, if a specific request for an oral

hearing is accompanied by a showing

that the party is unable to adequately

present his or her position by written

statements, an application may be set

for public hearing.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 1,

2000.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development.

[FR Doc. 00–25628 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Comptroller of the

Currency

Proposed Renewal of Information

Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the

Currency (OCC), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 a continuing information

collection, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the

OCC is soliciting comment concerning

its renewal of an information collection

titled, ‘‘(MA)-Real Estate Lending and

Appraisals—12 CFR 34.’’

DATES: You should submit written

comments by December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You should direct all

written comments to the

Communications Division, Attention:

1557–0190, Third Floor, Office of the

Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. In

addition, you may send comments by

facsimile transmission to (202) 874–

5274, or by electronic mail to

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can

inspect and photocopy the comments at

the OCC’s Public Reference Room, 250

E Street, SW., Washington, DC, between

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on business

days. You can make an appointment to

inspect the comments by calling (202)

874–5043.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You

can request additional information from

or a copy of the collection from Jessie

Dunaway or Camille Dixon, (202)874–

5090, Legislative and Regulatory

Activities Division (1557–0190), Office

of the Comptroller of the Currency, 250

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC

is proposing to extend OMB approval of

the following information collection:

Title: (MA)-Real Estate Lending and

Appraisals—12 CFR 34.

OMB Number: 1557–0190.

Description: The collections of

information contained in 12 CFR Part 34

are as follows:

Subpart C establishes real estate

appraisal requirements that a national

bank must follow for all federallyrelated real estate transactions. These

requirements provide protections for the

bank, further public policy interests,

and were issued pursuant to title XI of

the Financial Institutions Reform,

Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989

(12 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.).

Subpart D requires that a national

bank adopt and maintain written

policies for real estate related lending

transactions. These requirements ensure

bank safety and soundness and were

issued pursuant to section 304 of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Improvement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C.

1828(o)).

Subpart E requires that a national

bank file an application to extend the

five-year holding period for Other Real

Estate Owned (OREO) and file notice

when it makes certain expenditures for

OREO development or improvement

projects. These requirements further

bank safety and soundness and were

issued pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 29.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit; individuals.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,800.

Estimated Total Annual Responses:

3,540.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

240,160 burden hours.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a respondent is not

required to respond to, an information

collection unless the information

collection displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and

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 has 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 on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and

(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs

and costs of operation, maintenance,

and purchase of services to provide

information.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Mark J. Tenhundfeld,

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory

Activities Division.

[FR Doc. 00–25588 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 00–65]

Cancellation of Customs Broker

Licenses

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: Broker license cancellations.

I, as Assistant Commissioner, Office

Field Operations, pursuant to section

641(f) Tariff Act of 1930, as amended

(19 U.S.C. 1641(f)) and section 111.51(a)

of the Customs Regulations (19

111.51(a)), hereby cancel the following

Customs broker licenses without

prejudice.

Name, Port, and License No.

Patricia L. Blasdel, Dallas, 06335

Lancer International Corp., Miami,

12183

Meston and Brings, Inc., Seattle, 06060

Paul Joseph Moskowitz, San Francisco,

03251

Hans Joerg Wintsch, San Francisco,

04515

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Dated: September 27, 2000.

Bonni G. Tischler,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations.

[FR Doc. 00–25584 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 00–64]

Cancellation of Customs Broker

Licenses

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: Broker license cancellations.

I, as Assistant Commissioner of

Customs, Office of Field Operations,

pursuant to section 641(f) Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1641(f))

and section 111.51(a) of the Customs

Regulations (19 111.51(a)), hereby

cancel the following Customs brokers

licenses due to the deaths of the license

holders.

Name, Port, and License No.

Manuel A. Enciso, Nogales, 01981

George Flandorffer, Jr., New York, 03598

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Bonni G. Tischler,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations.

[FR Doc. 00–25583 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

[T.D. 00–66]

Retraction of Revocation Notice

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: The following Customs broker

license numbers were erroneously

included in a published list of revoked

Customs broker licenses in the Federal

Register.

Port, Name, and License No.

Maimi, Olaya Reynaldo, 13732

Chicago, Tammie Krauskopf, 14704

Licenses 13732 and 14704 are valid

licenses.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Bonni G. Tischler,

Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field

Operations.

[FR Doc. 00–25582 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4820–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 8870

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning Form

8870, Information Return for Transfers

Associated With Certain Personal

Benefit Contracts.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before December 4, 2000

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5244, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5242, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Information Return for Transfers

Associated With Certain Personal

Benefit Contracts.

OMB Number: 1545–1702.

Form Number: 8870.

Abstract: Section 537 of the Ticket to

Work and Work Incentives

Improvement Act of 1999 added section

170(f)(10) to the Internal Revenue Code.

Section 170(f)(10)(F) requires an

organization to report annually: (1) Any

premiums paid after February 8, 1999 to

which section 170(f)(10) applies; (2) the

name and taxpayer identification

number (TIN) of each beneficiary under

each contract to which the premiums

relate; and (3) any other information the

Secretary of the Treasury may require. A

charitable organization described in

section 170(c) or a charitable remainder

trust described in section 664(d) that

paid premiums after February 8, 1999,

on certain life insurance, annuity, and

endowment contracts (personal benefit

contracts) must complete and file Form

8870.

Current Actions: There are no changes

being made to the form at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 14

hours, 50 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 74,200.

The following paragraph applies to all

of the collections of information covered

by this notice:

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a valid OMB control number.

Books or records relating to a

collection of information must be

retained as long as their contents may

become material in the administration

of any internal revenue law. Generally,

tax returns and tax return information

are confidential, as required by 26

U.S.C. 6103.

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.

Approved: September 27, 2000.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–25649 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Open Meeting of Citizen Advocacy

Panel, Brooklyn District

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.