Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 54 / Thursday, March 20, 1997 / Notices 13427

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to all concerned that an

environmental impact statement will be

prepared for a proposed transportation

improvement project in the NewbergDundee area in Yamhill County,

Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elton Chang, Environmental Engineer,

Federal Highway Administration, 530

Center Street NE., Suite 100, Salem,

Oregon, 97301, Telephone: (503) 399–

5749, Fax: (503) 399–5838, or Dick

Upton, Economic Partnerships Unit,

Oregon Department of Transportation,

2950 State Street, Room 120, Salem,

Oregon, 97310, Telephone: (503) 986–

5816, Fax: (503) 986–5813.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA, in cooperation with the Oregon

Department of Transportation, will

prepare an Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) on a set of multi-modal

solutions to transportation problems

identified on the Pacific Highway West

(Highway 99W) through Newberg and

Dundee area, in Yamhill County,

Oregon. The proposed alternatives will

be solutions to the increasing travel

demands in and through the NewbergDundee area which exceeds the capacity

of the existing transportation system.

Specifically, weekday as well as

weekend travel demands exceed

available capacity, the highway’s

physical features constrain traffic, and

few transit options are available within

the corridor. Several user groups

compete for limited capacity, including

commuters, freight, local trips, and

tourist/recreation trips between the

Portland Metropolitan Area and the

Oregon Coast. Traffic congestion is

expected to worsen in the future on

Highway 99W as Yamhill County’s

population and tourist activity increase.

Continued traffic congestion will

inconvenience travelers; divert trips to

alternative routes through the

communities; impede freight movement;

alter commuting patterns; reduce the

ability of some local businesses to

attract and serve customers; and

adversely affect pedestrian, bicycle, and

vehicular access and safety.

As a first step in the environmental

review process, a corridor-level

alternatives analysis will be conducted.

Alternatives currently being studied are

multimodal, and it is expected that the

preferred alternative will be a

combination of a number of modes with

other measures to address the

transportation problem. Alternatives

being considered in the NEPA process

include the base conditions (no action

alternative), transportation system

management, capacity improvements to

Highway 99W (including widening the

existing route), a bypass north of

Highway 99W from east of Newberg to

south of Dundee, a bypass south of

Highway 99W from east of Newberg to

the Highway 99W/Highway 18

intersection, a bypass from the Highway

99W/Highway 18 intersection to

Interstate 5, commuter train service

between McMinnville and the Portland

Metropolitan Area on improved

trackage, and light rail transit service

between McMinnville and the Portland

Metropolitan Area on new trackage. All

alternatives will include planned

projects and those likely to occur by

2020. All except the base condition

alternative will include transportation

system management, demand

management and land use elements. All

of the highway alternatives will also

include express bus elements. Bypass

alternatives will include consideration

of tolls as a funding source.

These multi-modal alternatives will

be screened by considering their relative

ability to meet travel needs, human

health and safety, environmental

quality, community economics, socio/

cultural quality, project cost and

implementability objectives. The

alternatives that best meet these

objectives will be refined and screened

again. The preferred multi-modal

alternative(s) resulting from this process

and the base conditions alternative will

be examined in detail in an EIS.

Preparation of the DEIS is expected to

begin early in 1998.

Newsletters describing alternatives

analysis activities and soliciting

comments will be sent to appropriate

Federal, State, local agencies, private

organizations and individuals who have

expressed or are known to have an

interest in this improvement project. A

Project Oversight Steering Team (POST),

comprised of elected officials and

transportation agency representatives,

will direct project work and make

recommendations to the Oregon

Transportation Commission and

affected local jurisdictions. A Project

Advisory Committee, comprised of

representatives of a broad range of

stakeholder interests, will make

recommendations to the POST. An

Agency Advisory Committee, comprised

of representatives of Federal and State

resource agencies, will meet

periodically to provide information on

key decision points. Several public

workshops will be held in the project

area during the process to solicit

information on issues that should be

addressed, evaluation criteria that

should be used, and alternatives that

should be evaluated as well as to

present results of the alternatives

evaluation and to solicit opinions on the

preferred alternative. Public notice will

be given of the times and locations of

the meetings. These outreach activities,

taken together, will function as part of

the scoping process for the project. A

formal scoping meeting is expected to

be scheduled for the summer of 1997.

To ensure that the full range of issues

related to this proposed action are

addressed and all significant issues are

identified, comments, and suggestions

are invited from all interested parties.

Comments and questions concerning

this proposed action and the EIS should

be directed to the FHWA at the address

provided.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,

Planning and Construction. The regulations

implementing Executive Order 12372

regarding intergovernmental consultation of

federal programs and activities apply to this

program)

Issued on: March 12, 1997.

Elton Chang,

Environmental Engineer, Federal Highway

Administration, Salem, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–7080 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Revenue Procedure 97–22

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)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning

Revenue Procedure 97–22, 26 CFR

601.105 Examination of returns and

claims for refund, credits or abatement;

determination of correct tax liability.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before May 19, 1997 to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or
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copies of the information collection

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5569, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 26 CFR 601.105 Examination of

returns and claims for refund, credits or

abatement; determination of correct tax

liability.

OMB Number: 1545–1533.

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue

Procedure 97–22.

Abstract: This revenue procedure

provides guidance to taxpayers who

maintain books and records by using an

electronic storage system that either

images their paper books and records or

transfers their computerized books and

records to an electronic storage media,

such as an optical disk. The information

requested in the revenue procedure is

required to ensure that records

maintained in an electronic storage

system will constitute records within

the meaning of Internal Revenue Code

section 6001.

Current Actions: There are no changes

being made to the revenue procedure at

this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, business or other for-profit

organizations, not-for-profit institutions,

farms, Federal Government, and state,

local or tribal governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 20

hours, 1 minute.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,000,400.

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

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: March 14, 1997.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–7092 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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[PS–5–91]

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)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning an

existing final regulation, PS–5–91 (TD

8437), Limitations on Percentage

Depletion in the Case of Oil and Gas

Wells (§ 1.613A–3(e))

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before May 19, 1997 to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, Room 5569, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Limitations on Percentage

Depletion in the Case of Oil and Gas

Wells.

OMB Number: 1545–1251.

Regulation Project Number: PS–5–91.

Abstract: This regulation concerns oil

and gas property held by partnerships.

Because the depletion allowance with

respect to production from domestic oil

and gas properties is computed by the

partners and not by the partnership,

section 1.613A–3(e)(6)(i) of the

regulation requires each partner to

separately keep records of the partner’s

share of the adjusted basis in each oil

and gas property of the partnership.

Current Actions: There is no change to

this existing regulation.

Type of Review: Extension of OMB

approval.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,500,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 49,950.

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

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: March 13, 1997.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–7093 Filed 3–19–97; 8:45 am]

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