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1CNOTP states that, following abandonment, 

CNOTP intends to convey the Line, its legal rights 

to the right-of-way, in addition to six bridges that 

are located on the Line, to KT Group, L.L.C. (the 

Group). CNOTP also states that the Group will be 

required, by contract, to abide by all of the Board’s 

environmental conditions when performing salvage 

activities on the Line. 

Docket No. Requesters Regulations affected Nature of special permit 

PHMSA–2008– 

0213.

Empire Pipeline Inc 49 CFR 192.611 .... To reauthorize Empire Pipeline Inc., (Empire) to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on May 20, 2010, for the operation 

of five pipeline segments located in Genesee, Niagara and Monroe Counties 

in western and central New York, where the class location has changed from 

a Class 1 or Class 2 to Class 3 location. The Special Permit renewal request 

seeks to waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.611. The segments operate at an MAOP of 1,440 psig. In addition, Empire is requesting that it be allowed to extend the Special permit area of Section 5 by approximately 840 feet. 

PHMSA–2005– 

20323.

Northern Natural 

Gas Company.

49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1).

To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to 

waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on Special Permit Segment 1: the 23⁄8-inch diameter Rippey branch line (500 psig) 

located near Highway 44 in Greene County, Iowa and; Special Permit Segment 2: the 41⁄2-inch diameter (1,885 feet length, 800 psig) La Crescent 

branch line located in Houston County, Minnesota. 

PHMSA–2006– 

26614.

Northern Natural 

Gas Company.

49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1).

To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to 

waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on one 

segment of the Northern Natural Gas Company’s 31⁄2-inch diameter St. Joseph transmission pipeline system located in Benton and Stearns Counties, 

Minnesota. The Special Permit segment is approximately 8 miles long and 

operates at an MAOP of 1,050 psig. 

PHMSA–2006– 

0141.

Northern Natural 

Gas Company.

49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1).

To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to 

waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on one 

segment of the Northern Natural Gas Company transmission pipeline system 

located on the Sioux Falls 14-inch diameter (Nebraska to South Dakota 

Mainline) pipeline in Lincoln County, South Dakota. This segment operates 

at an MAOP of 446 psig. 

Before acting on the special permit 

renewal requests, PHMSA will evaluate 

all comments received on or before the 

comments closing date. PHMSA will 

consider each relevant comment 

received in its decision to grant or deny 

the renewal requests. Comments will be 

evaluated after this date only if it is 

possible to do so without incurring 

additional expense or delay. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 

CFR 1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 

2015. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy 

and Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub–No. 355X)] 

The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas 

Pacific Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Scott 

County, Tenn. 

The Cincinnati, New Orleans and 

Texas Pacific Railway Company 

(CNOTP), a wholly owned subsidiary of 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon 

approximately 12.63 miles of rail line 

from milepost NR 0.0 at New River to 

milepost NR 12.63 at Sterling, in Scott 

County, Tenn. (the Line).1 The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 37755 and 37852. 

CNOTP has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the Line for at least two 

years and that overhead traffic, if there 

were any, could be rerouted over other 

lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by 

a user of rail service on the Line (or by 

a state or local government entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line either 

is pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or with 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

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2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 4According to CNOTP, it may not have the legal 

right to convey the corridor for re-deployment for 

possible alternative public use because CNOTP 

does not have fee title to the entire right-of-way 

underlining the Line proposed for abandonment. 

CNOTP states that it is unaware of any restrictions 

on the title to the right-of-way that would affect the 

transfer of title or the use of property for other than 

rail purposes. CNOTP also states that because of the 

title uncertainty, CNOTP has no opinion whether 

the right-of-way would be suitable for other public 

purposes. 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on March 6, 

2015, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by February 

17, 2015. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 4 must be filed by February 24, 

2015, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CNOTP’s 

representative: William A. Mullins, 

Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 

20037. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CNOTP has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report that 

addresses the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. OEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

February 9, 2015. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202) 

245–0305. Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through the 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CNOTP shall file a notice 

of consummation with the Board to 

signify that it has exercised the 

authority granted and fully abandoned 

the Line. If consummation has not been 

effected by CNOTP’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by February 4, 2016, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 30, 2015. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

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)). The IRS is soliciting 

comments concerning Performance & 

Quality for Small Wind Energy 

Property. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 6, 2015 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Christie Preston, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to Kerry Dennis, at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6129, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or through the internet at 

Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice 2015–4 Property 

Qualifying for the Energy Credit under 

Section 48 (Specifically, Performance & 

Quality for Small Wind Energy 

Property). 

OMB Number: 1545–2259. 

Abstract: Section 48(a)(3)(D) of the 

Internal Revenue Code allows a credit 

for energy property which meets, among 

other requirements, the performance 

and quality standards (if any) which 

have been prescribed by the Secretary 

by regulations (after consultation with 

the Secretary of Energy), and are in 

effect at the time of the acquisition of 

the property. Energy property includes 

small wind energy property. This notice 

provides the performance and quality 

standards that small wind energy 

property must meet to qualify for the 

energy credit under section 48. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to these regulations at this 

time. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, business or other for-profit 

organizations, and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 160. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours, 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 400. 

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 

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