Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 238 / Monday, December 11, 2000 / Notices 77425

1The filed notice is captioned as an ‘‘acquisition’’

and operation exemption, but the described

transaction involves a lease. Accordingly, this

notice has been re-captioned to reflect the lease.

2TxDOT acquired the rail line between milepost

1029.1 and milepost 956.7 from South Orient

Railroad Company, Ltd. (SORC), pursuant to the

transaction that was the subject of a notice of

exemption in State of Texas Acting by and Through

the Texas Department of Transportation—

Acquisition and Operation Exemption—South

Orient Railroad Company, Ltd., STB Finance

Docket No. 33946 (STB served Nov. 2, 2000).

3Earlier this year, Pacifico had evidently planned

to acquire SORC’s rights to operate over these lines

directly 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). According to Pacifico, the previously

authorized transaction was never consummated and

did not result in the initiation of railroad

operations.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33944]

Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd.—

Lease 1 and Operation Exemption—

State of Texas

Texas Pacifico Transportation, Ltd.

(Pacifico), a noncarrier Texas limited

partnership, has filed a notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

lease from the State of Texas, acting by

and through the Texas Department of

Transportation (TxDOT), and to operate

as a common carrier approximately

370.5 miles of rail line in Brewster,

Coleman, Crane, Crockett, Irion, Pecos,

Presidio, Reagan, Runnels, Tom Green,

and Upton Counties, TX.2 Pacifico

would acquire the right to operate

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

Junction, 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. According to Pacifico, SORC

has assigned to Pacifico, with the

consent of the Union Pacific Railroad

Company (UP), SORC’s trackage rights

over an additional 11.4 miles of UP line

located 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. Pacifico

states that its projected revenues will

not exceed those of a Class III rail carrier

as a result of this transaction.3

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after November 29,

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. 33944, 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 Fritz R.

Kahn, Esq., 1920 N Street, NW (8th

floor), Washington, DC 20036–1601.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’

Decided: December 4, 2000.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–31343 Filed 12–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB review; comment

request

November 30, 2000.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before January 10, 2001.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1151.

Form Number: IRS Form 8818.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Optional Form to Record

Redemption of Series EE and I U.S.

Savings Bonds Issued After 1989.

Description: Under Internal Revenue

Code section 135, if an individual

redeems U.S. Savings Bonds issued after

1989 and pays qualified higher

education expenses during the year, the

interest on the bonds is excludable from

income. Form 8818 can be used to keep

a record of the bonds cashed so that the

taxpayer can claim the proper interest

exclusion.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 25,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Minutes

Recordkeeping .............................. 13

Learning about the law or the

form ........................................... 5

Preparing the form ........................ 21

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 32,000 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1567.

Form Number: IRS Form 8854.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Expatriation Information

Statement.

Description: Internal Revenue Code

Section 6039G requires persons who

lost U.S. citizenship to provide

information concerning citizenship,

income tax liability, net worth, and net

assets. Form 8854 is used to report this

information.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 11,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Part I

(in minutes) Parts I and II

Recordkeeping ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 2 hr., 57 min.

Learning about the law or the form ...................................................................................................................... 13 26 min.

Preparing the form ................................................................................................................................................ 40 1 hr., 24 min.

Copying, assembling, and sending the form to the IRS ...................................................................................... 20 35 min.