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surrounding the above-referenced

employee deaths, the five SOFA

Working Group recommendations, and

the RSAC Declaration, FRA further

believes that railroads can reduce the

likelihood of suffering the loss of

additional employee lives during

switching operations if they and their

employees elect to follow the

recommendations of the Working Group

and commit to the principles of the

RSAC Declaration.

Based on the information obtained

from FRA’s ongoing initiatives

concerning safety during switching

operations, investigations of railroad

accidents and incidents, and

information gathered pursuant to the

Declaration and other partnership

initiatives with rail labor and

management, FRA may modify Safety

Advisory 2000–03, issue additional

safety advisories, or take other

appropriate necessary action to ensure

the highest level of safety on the

Nation’s railroads.

Appendix A—Calendar Year 2000

Switching Operations Fatalities

Employee job title

Years of

railroad

service

Date of death Circumstances surrounding the death

Conductor ......................................... 21 January 2 .......... Struck by a box car fouling the track while riding the lead car of a shoving movement into an industry track.

Conductor ......................................... 23 March 9 ............ Coupled (crushed) between two rail cars while switching in a classification yard.

Foreman ........................................... 32 April 21 ............. Stepped into the path of a rail car that had been released into the track

for classification from the gravity hump.

Brakeman ......................................... 2 May 22 .............. Crushed between the side of a hopper car and a coal unloader while

riding the leading end of a shoving move into a customer’s siding.

Switchman ........................................ 2 May 31 ............. Crushed between the locomotive he was riding and a standing cut of

box cars.

Conductor ......................................... 19 July 7 ................ Stepped between moving cars and was struck and run over by the

equipment.

Conductor ......................................... 30 July 24 .............. Struck by own locomotive after lining a switch on the opposite side of

the track from the engineer.

Brakeman ......................................... 27 July 28 .............. Pinned between the car he was riding and the loading dock at a customer’s siding during a shoving move.

Brakeman ......................................... 4 August 11 ......... Struck by another train crew’s consist while switching at an intermodal

facility.

Switch Foreman ............................... 27 September 9 ..... Stepped into the path of and struck by own equipment.

Appendix B—The Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee Declaration

Together, the railroad community will

initiate an on-going focused safety campaign

to prevent fatalities and injuries from

occurring during switching operations. This

initiative underscores our collective

commitment to zero injuries and accidents in

the workplace. This safety campaign will

include the following steps:

• Switching operations industry wide will

immediately be assessed as a team effort by

labor, management and FRA through

increased monitoring and audits to determine

safety risks;

• Supervisors and employees will increase

their efforts to communicate the importance

of safety and urge everyone to redouble their

focus on safe practices;

• The Switching Operations Fatality

(SOFA) Analysis report and the ‘‘Five SOFA

Lifesavers’’ will be used as the basis to create

a plan to address safety risks; and

• Managers will communicate with

employees and their families to educate them

on potential dangers and to seek their

support in eliminating fatalities and injuries

in the workplace.

We will work together to further strengthen

a rail safety culture that protects the lives and

well being of every railroad employee. As an

industry, we are dedicated to achieving this

safety goal.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 27,

2000.

Jolene M. Molitoris,

Administrator, Federal Railroad

Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–28150 Filed 11–01–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping

Requirements Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 collections

and their expected burden. The Federal

Register Notice with a 60-day comment

period was published on May 5, 2000

[65 FR 26273–26274].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 1, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Jackson at the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, Office of

Technology and Resource Management,

(NAD–40), 202–366–2588. 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Room 6240, Washington, DC

20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Title: Air Bag Deactivation.

OMB Number: 2127–0588.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: If a private individual or

lessee wants to install an air bag on-off

switch to turn-off either or both frontal

air bags, they must complete Form OMB

2127–0588 to certify certain statements

regarding use of the switch. The dealer

or business must, in turn, submit the

completed forms to NHTSA within

seven days. The submission of the

completed forms by the dealers and

repair business to NHTSA, as required,

will serve the agency several purposes.

They will aid the agency in monitoring

the number of authorization requests

submitted and the pattern in claims of

risk groups membership. The completed

forms will enable the agency to

determine whether the dealers and

65898 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 213 / Thursday, November 2, 2000 / Notices

1TxDOT states that it is in the final stages of

negotiating a lease and operating agreement with

Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd. (Pacifico),

whereby Pacifico will conduct freight operations

over the above-described rail lines.

2See South Orient Railroad Company, Ltd.—

Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Line of the

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company,

Finance Docket No. 31971 (ICC served Sept. 3,

1992).

3On February 18, 2000, Pacifico filed a verified

notice of exemption to acquire and operate the

above-described rail line from SORC. See Texas

Pacifico Transportation, Ltd.—Acquisition and

Operation Exemption—South Orient Railroad

Company, Ltd., STB Finance Docket No. 33851

(STB served Mar. 3, 2000). It appears that the

transaction was never consummated and that the

acquisitions and operations described in the present

notice would substitute for those anticipated by the

filing in STB Finance Docket No. 33851.

repair business are complying with the

terms of the exemption, which include

a requirement that the dealers and

repair businesses accept only fully

completed forms. Finally, submission of

the completed forms to the agency will

promote honesty and accuracy in the

filling out of the forms by vehicle

owners. The air bag on-off switches are

installed only in vehicles in which the

risk of harm needs to be minimized on

a case-by-case basis.

Affected Public: Private individuals,

fleet owners and lessees, motor vehicle

dealers, repair business.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

7,500 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30

days, to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, 725–17th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503,

Attention NHTSA 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 Departments 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 most effective

if OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication.

Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 30,

2000.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–28149 Filed 11–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33946]

State of Texas Acting by and Through

the Texas Department of

Transportation—Acquisition and

Operation Exemption—South Orient

Railroad Company, Ltd.

The State of Texas acting by and

through the Texas Department of

Transportation (TxDOT), a noncarrier,

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.31 to acquire from South

Orient Railroad Company, Ltd. (SORC)

and to operate approximately 370.5

miles of rail line in Brewster, Coleman,

Crane, Crockett, Irion, Pecos, Presidio,

Reagan, Runnels, Tom Green and Upton

Counties, TX. TxDOT would acquire

from SORC the right to operate 1

between milepost 1029.1 on the

International Bridge near Presidio, TX,

and milepost 956.7, at Paisano Junction,

and between milepost 945.3, at Alpine,

TX, and milepost 0+330 feet, near San

Angelo Junction on the east, and

Lampasas Subdivision milepost

373+4362 feet, near San Angelo

Junction on the west. TxDOT already

owns the underlying right-of-way and it

would acquire ownership of the track

and track materials from the South

Orient Rural Rail Transportation

District.2 In connection with its

operation of these lines, Pacifico would

also acquire the right to operate, by

assignment of SORC’s trackage rights,

over a line of the Union Pacific Railroad

Company extending between milepost

956.7 at Paisano Junction and milepost

945.3, at Alpine Junction. The

operations by Pacifico would thus

extend over approximately 381.9 miles.

TxDOT states that it will retain the

residual common carrier obligation with

respect to the lines it owns. TxDOT

states that its projected revenues as a

result of this transaction will not exceed

those of a Class III rail carrier.3

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after October 17,

2000.

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 transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33946, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Richard H.

Streeter, Barnes & Thornburg, 1401 Eye

Street, NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC

20005.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: October 25, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–27954 Filed 11–01–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; 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 comment on

proposed and continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Today, the Office of

Thrift Supervision within the

Department of the Treasury solicits

comments on the following information

collections: 1550–0005, ‘‘De Novo

Applications’’; 1550–0015, ‘‘Savings

Associations Holding Company

Applications’’; and 1550–0037

‘‘Fiduciary Powers Applications’’.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before January 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES:

Mail: Send comments to Manager,

Dissemination Branch, Information

Management and Services Division,

Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 G

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552,

Attention 1550–0005, 1550–0015, 1550–

0037.

Delivery: Hand deliver comments to

the Guard’s Desk, East Lobby Entrance,

1700 G Street, NW., from 9:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m. on business days, Attention

1550-0005, 1550–0015, 1550–0037.

Facsimiles: Send facsimile

transmissions to FAX Number (202)

906–7755, Attention 1550–0005, 1550–

0015, 1550–0037; or (202) 906–6956 (if

comments are over 25 pages).

E-Mail: Send e-mails to

‘‘public.info@ots.treas.gov’’, Attention

1550-0005, 1550–0015, 1550–0037, and

include your name and telephone

number.