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with this collection have been 

identified. 

Needs and Uses: The Board is, by 

statute, responsible for the economic 

regulation of freight rail carriers and 

certain other carriers operating in 

interstate commerce. This form is used 

by persons doing business before the 

Board who wish to open an account 

with the Board to facilitate their 

payment of filing fees; fees for the 

search, review, copying, and 

certification of records; and fees for 

other services rendered by the Board. 

An account holder is billed on a 

monthly basis for payment of 

accumulated fees. Data provided is also 

used for debt collection activities. The 

application form requests information as 

required by OMB and U.S. Department 

of Treasury regulations for the 

collection of fees. This information is 

not duplicated by any other agency. In 

accordance with the Privacy Act, 5 

U.S.C. 552a, all taxpayer identification 

and social security numbers are secured 

and used only for credit management 

and debt collection activities. 

Retention Period: The STB retains this 

information until respondent asks to 

close account and outstanding debts, if 

any, are paid in full. 

DATES: Written comments are due on 

March 30, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Marilyn Levitt, Surface Transportation 

Board, Suite 1260, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

levittm@stb.dot.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Application 

to Open an Account for Billing 

Purposes, OMB Number 2140–0006.’’ 

For Further Information or To Obtain 

a Copy of the STB Form, Contact: 

Marcin Skomial, (202) 245–0346. 

[Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) for the hearing impaired: (800) 

877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, a Federal agency conducting or 

sponsoring a collection of information 

must display a currently valid OMB 

control number. A collection of 

information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Under 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, Federal 

agencies are required, prior to 

submitting a collection to OMB for 

approval, to provide a 60-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: January 23, 2015. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01569 Filed 1–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35898] 

R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC, and 

R. J. Corman Railroad Company, 

LLC—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—R. J. Corman Railroad 

Company/Carolina Lines, LLC 

R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC 

(RJC-Group) and R. J. Corman Railroad 

Company, LLC (RJCRC) (collectively, 

Applicants) have filed a verified notice 

of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of R. 

J. Corman Railroad Company/Carolina 

Lines, LLC (RJC-Carolina), a noncarrier, 

upon RJC-Carolina’s becoming a Class 

III rail carrier. 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in R. J. Corman Railroad/

Carolina Lines—Acquisition & 

Operation Exemption—Baltimore & 

Annapolis Railroad, Docket No. FD 

35897, in which RJC-Carolina seeks 

Board approval under 49 CFR 1150.31 

to acquire and operate two 

interconnected rail lines totaling 

approximately 74.9 miles in North 

Carolina and South Carolina (the Line). 

RJC-Carolina also seeks to acquire one 

mile of incidental, local trackage rights 

at or near Whiteville, N.C. 

Applicants state that they intend to 

consummate the proposed transaction 

on or about February 11, 2015, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the verified notice was filed). 

Applicants represent that: (1) RJCCarolina will not connect with any other 

railroad directly or indirectly controlled 

by Applicants; (2) the transaction is not 

part of a series of anticipated 

transactions that would result in such a 

connections; and (3) the transaction 

does not involve a Class I rail carrier. 

Therefore, the transaction is exempt 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(2). 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under 11324 and 11325 

that involve only Class III rail carriers. 

Accordingly, the Board may not impose 

labor protective conditions here because 

all of the carriers involved are Class III 

carriers. 

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 February 4, 2015 (at 

least seven days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35898, 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 Robert A. Wimbish, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606– 

2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 23, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01552 Filed 1–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] 

Agency Information Collection: 

Activity Under OMB Review: Report of 

Financial and Operating Statistics for 

Large Certificated Air Carriers 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), 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 is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

an extension of a currently approved 

collection. 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 

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collection of information was published 

on November 19, 2014 (79 FR 68953). 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis at the 

Department of Commerce submitted 

comments in support of the 

continuation of the data collection. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 27, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gorham, Office of Airline Information, 

RTS–42, Room E34–414, OST–R, BTS, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–4406, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL 

jeff.gorham@dot.gov. 

Comments: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725–17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST 

Desk Officer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0013 

Title: Report of Financial and 

Operating Statistics for Large 

Certificated Air Carriers. 

Form No.: BTS Form 41. 

Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 63. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

per schedule, an average carrier may 

submit 90 schedules in one year. 

Total Annual Burden: 22,680 hours. 

Needs and Uses: Program uses for 

Form 41 data are as follows: 

Mail Rates 

The Department of Transportation 

sets and updates mainline Alaska mail 

rates based on carrier aircraft operating 

expense, traffic and operational data. 

Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs, 

terminal expenses, and line haul 

expenses are used in arriving at rate 

levels. DOT revises the established rates 

based on the percentage of unit cost 

changes in the carriers’ operations. 

These updating procedures have 

resulted in the carriers receiving rates of 

compensation that more closely parallel 

their costs of providing mail service and 

contribute to the carriers’ ability to 

continue providing service. 

Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to 

ICAO 

As a party to the Convention on 

International Civil Aviation, the United 

States is obligated to provide the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization with financial and 

statistical data on operations of U.S. air 

carriers. Over 99 percent of the data 

filed with ICAO is extracted from the 

carriers’ Form 41 reports. 

Carrier Fitness 

Fitness determinations are made for 

both new entrants and established U.S. 

carriers proposing a substantial change 

in operations. A portion of these 

applications consists of an operating 

plan for the first year (14 CFR part 204) 

and an associated projection of revenues 

and expenses. The carrier’s operating 

costs, included in these projections, are 

compared against the cost data in Form 

41 for a carrier or carriers with the same 

aircraft type and similar operating 

characteristics. Such a review validates 

the reasonableness of the carrier’s 

operating plan. 

Form 41 reports, particularly balance 

sheet reports and cash flow statements, 

play a major role in the identification of 

vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons 

are made between current and past 

periods in order to assess the current 

financial position of the carrier. 

Financial trend lines are extended into 

the future to analyze the continued 

viability of the carrier. DOT reviews 

three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1) 

The qualifications of its management 

team, (2) its disposition to comply with 

laws and regulations, and (3) its 

financial posture. DOT must determine 

whether or not a carrier has sufficient 

financial resources to conduct its 

operations without imposing undue risk 

on the traveling public. Moreover, once 

a carrier is operating, DOT is required 

to monitor its continuing fitness. 

Senior DOT officials must be kept 

fully informed as to all current and 

developing economic issues affecting 

the airline industry. In preparing 

financial conditions reports or status 

reports on a particular airline, financial 

and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing 

papers may use the same information. 

Pending Rulemaking 

On July 15, 2011, the Department 

published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to 

collect certain Form 41 revenue 

information on airline-imposed fees in a 

more detailed manner (see 76 FR 

41726). Many air carriers have adopted 

a la carte pricing with separate fees for 

certain optional services that use to be 

included in the ticket price. Carriers 

currently report excess baggage fees, 

reservation cancellation fees and 

miscellaneous operating revenues. The 

proposed rule would require carriers to 

report, (1) itinerary related fees, (2) 

seating assignment fees, (3) baggage fees 

broken down between first and second 

checked bags, carry-on bags and other 

bags, (4) unaccompanied minor/

passenger assistance fees, and (5) other 

fees. The Department wants to make 

airline pricing more transparent to 

consumers and airline analysts. 

Administrative Issues 

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 January 22, 

2015. 

William Chadwick Jr., 

Director of the Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01533 Filed 1–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Proposed Collections; Comment 

Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the revision of 

an information collection that is 

proposed for approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The Office of 

International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning Treasury 

International Capital Form D, Report of 

Holdings of, and Transactions in, 

Financial Derivatives Contracts with 

Foreign Residents. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 30, 2015 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 5422, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, please 

also notify Mr. Wolkow by email 

(comments2TIC@treasury.gov), FAX 

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