Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 42 / Tuesday, March 4, 1997 / Notices 9819

1After March 16, 1997, when the Board’s offices

will be relocated, pleadings should be sent to:

Surface Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

11 and the February meeting of Study

Group 13. It also will review

contributions for the April meeting of

Study Group 15, as well as any other

business of SG B. Please bring 25 copies

of proposed contributions to the

meetings unless documents have been

previously mailed. In the later case,

bring only 5 copies. Alternately,

contributions endorsed by a U.S.

standards body can be brought in for

consideration and approval. For agenda

planning purposes, please notify Marcie

Geisinger on 303–497–5810 not later

than 5 days before the meeting if you

plan to attend the March 14 meeting.

The agenda for the April 1 meeting of

Study Group D will review the results

of the March meetings of Study Groups

7 and 16, consider contributions for the

April 21–25 meeting of Study Group 9,

consider nominations for a U.S.

delegation to the meeting of Study

Group 9, and any other business

relevant to U.S. Study Group D. Please

bring 25 copies of documents to be

considered at the April 1 meeting.

Please Note: Persons intending to attend

the April 1 U.S. Study Group D meeting must

announce this not later than 48 hours before

the meeting to the Department of State by

sending a fax to 202–647–7407. The

announcement must include name, Social

Security number and date of birth. The above

includes government and non-government

attendees. One of the following valid photo

ID’s will be required for admittance: U.S.

driver’s license with picture, U.S. passport,

U.S. government ID (company ID’s are no

longer accepted by Diplomatic Security).

Enter from the ‘‘C’’ Street Main Lobby.

Dated: February 13, 1997.

Earl S. Barbely,

Chairman, U.S. ITAC for Telecommunication

Standardization.

[FR Doc. 97–5225 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–45–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Notice No. 97]

Information Collection Activity

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of information collection

approval

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the emergency

approval by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) of an information

collection request (ICR). An emergency

interim final rule (IFR) regarding cargo

tank motor vehicles in liquefied

compressed gas service contained the

ICR and was published in the Federal

Register on February 19, 1997, in

Docket No. RSPA–97–2133 (HM225)

with a 60-day comment period (62 FR

7638). The ICR describes the nature of

the information collection and its

expected cost and burden.

DATES: OMB approval of the information

collection request expires August 15,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous

Materials Standards (DHM–10),

Research and Special Programs

Administration, Room 8102, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC

20590–0001, Telephone (202) 366–8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB

regulations (5 CFR 1320) implementing

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (PRA) (Pub. L. 104–13; 109

Stat.163; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) require

that interested members of the public

and affected agencies be given an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). Under the PRA,

no person is required to respond to an

information collection unless it displays

a valid OMB control number.

The IFR requires that a

comprehensive emergency operating

procedure be developed for all liquefied

compressed gas transfer operations. The

information collection and

recordkeeping requirements contained

in the IFR have received emergency

approval by OMB under the provisions

of the PRA. The OMB control number

for the information collection is 2137–

0595, and the approval expires August

15, 1997. The comment period for the

IFR, including the information

collection requirements, closes April 21,

1997. If RSPA receives substantive

comments on the information collection

requirements, a revised ICR will be

submitted to OMB for emergency

approval. RSPA estimates that the total

information collection and

recordkeeping burden of the IFR is

18,753 hours, at a cost of $422,660, for

the development and maintenance of

the comprehensive emergency operating

procedure. Requests for a copy of this

information collection should be

directed to the address above.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 27,

1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–5294 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

Surface Transportation Board

[STB No. MC–F–20904]

Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.; Pooling;

Greyhound Lines, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of proposed pooling

application.

SUMMARY: Applicants, Peter Pan Bus

Lines, Inc., of Springfield, MA, and

Greyhound Lines, Inc., of Dallas, TX,

jointly seek approval under 49 U.S.C.

14302 of an operations and revenue

pooling agreement to govern their motor

passenger and express transportation

service between Philadelphia, PA, and

New York, NY.

DATES: Comments are due by April 7,

1997, and, if comments are filed,

applicants’ rebuttal is due by April 25,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of comments referring to STB No.

MC–F–20904 to: Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1201 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20423.1 Also,

send one copy of comments to

applicants’ representatives: Jeremy

Kahn, 1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20036; and Fritz R.

Kahn, 1100 New York Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20005–3934.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beryl Gordon, (202) 927–5660 [after

March 16, 1997, (202) 565–1600]. [TDD

for the hearing impaired: (202) 927–

5721 (after March 16, 1997, (202) 565–

1695).]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicants seek approval to pool

passenger and express operations and

revenues on the bus service they

provide between Philadelphia and New

York, via the New Jersey Turnpike.

They state that their services between

these points overlap and that excess

schedules are operated because of the

need to protect their respective

marketshares. According to applicants,

this has resulted in unacceptably low

load factors, an over-served market, and

inefficient operations.

Applicants state that the pooling

agreement will allow them to reduce

excess bus capacity, cement their

business relationship, and allow them to

share in the financial vicissitudes of the

pooled-route operations of the other.

They claim public benefits that will

include: (1) Rationalization of schedules
9820 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 42 / Tuesday, March 4, 1997 / Notices

1 Due to the Board’s scheduled relocation on

March 16, 1997, any filings made after March 16,

1997, must be filed with the Surface Transportation

Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001.

1BMR will retain two segments of the line

between mileposts 19.30 and 19.75 at Pullman and

mileposts 25.50 and 26.10 near Moscow, for use in

serving the two local shippers on the line.

2Effective March 17, 1997, the Board’s offices

will be relocated and pleadings should be sent to:

Surface Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423.

3Effective March 17, 1997, DC News & Data, Inc.,

will relocate its offices to 1925 K Street, NW., Suite

210, Washington, DC 20006 [telephone: (202) 289–

4357].

with more frequent bus service over a

broader time period; (2) greater

flexibility for passengers to use buses,

tickets, and terminals; (3) capital

improvements; (4) continued bus

service by more sound and financially

stable carriers; and (5) a salutary effect

on the environment.

Applicants state that competition will

not be unreasonably restrained. They

argue that: (1) the pooled service is

subject to overwhelming intermodal

competitive pressure from Amtrak,

airlines, and private automobiles; and

(2) other motor passenger carriers may

easily enter and compete in the market.

Copies of the application may be

obtained free of charge by contacting

applicants’ representatives. A copy of

this notice will served on the

Department of Justice, Antitrust

Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 20530.

Decided: February 25, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5282 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Finance Docket No. 33366]

Paducah & Louisville Railway,

Trackage Rights Exemption, CSX

Transportation, Inc.

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

agreed to grant overhead trackage rights

to Paducah & Louisville Railway (P&L)

from the P&L/CSXT connection at a

point approximately 2,100 feet north of

milepost 179 at Central City, KY, to

approximately milepost 172 south of

Drakesboro, KY, and between

Drakesboro (Valuation Station 0+00)

and the junction with trackage leased to

Midwest Coal Handling Co., Inc.

(Valuation Station 47+88), a total

distance of approximately 8.9 miles in

Muhlenberg County, KY.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on March 1, 1997.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33366, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

1201 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423.1 In addition, a

copy of each pleading must be served on

J. Thomas Garrett, Esq., Paducah &

Louisville Railway, 1500 Kentucky

Avenue, Paducah, KY 42003.

Decided: February 25, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5280 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

[STB Docket No. AB–485X]

Blue Mountain Railroad, Inc.,

Abandonment Exemption, in Whitman

County, WA, and Latah County, ID

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of exemption and interim

trail use or abandonment.

SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C.

10502, exempts from the prior approval

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903–05 the

abandonment by Blue Mountain

Railroad, Inc., of three segments of its

rail line located between: (1) milepost

19.0 at Kamiaken Street and milepost

19.30 at Pullman, WA; (2) milepost

19.75 at Pullman and milepost 25.50

near Moscow, ID; and (3) milepost 26.10

near Moscow and milepost 27.50 at Line

Street in Moscow, totaling 7.45 miles, in

Whitman County, WA, and Latah

County, ID, subject to labor protective

conditions, an historic preservation

condition, and environmental

conditions.1

DATES: This exemption will be effective

on March 4, 1997. Petitions to reopen

must be filed by March 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to

STB Docket No. AB–485X to: (1) Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1201

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20423,2 and (2) Karl Morell, Ball

Janik LLP, Suite 225, 1455 F Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 927–5660; after

March 15, 1997, (202) 565–1600. [TDD

for the hearing impaired: (202) 927–

5721; after March 15, 1997, (202) 565–

1695.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Additional information is contained in

the Board’s decision. To purchase a

copy of the full decision, write to, call,

or pick up in person from: DC News &

Data, Inc., Room 2229, 1201

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289–4357/

4359. [Assistance for the hearing

impaired is available through TDD

services (202) 927–5721.] 3

Decided: February 25, 1997.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5281 Filed 3–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement

Network, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In order to comply with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, concerning

proposed extensions of information

collection requirements, the Financial

Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)

is soliciting comments concerning a

revision of Internal Revenue Service

(IRS) Form 8362, Currency Transaction

Report by Casinos (CTRC) which is filed

for currency transactions involving

casinos under the Bank Secrecy Act

regulations.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before May 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to the Financial Crimes Enforcement

Network, Office of Regulatory Policy

and Enforcement, Attn.: CTRC

Comments, Suite 200, 2070 Chain

Bridge Road, Vienna, VA 22182–2536.

Comments may also be submitted by

Internet e-mail to

RegComments@fincen.treas.gov.