Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 60 / Friday, March 28, 1997 / Notices 14967

1LSR currently leases and operates the rail lines

that are the subject of this notice from D&M. See

Lake State Railway Company—Lease and Operation

Exemption—Detroit and Mackinac Railway

Company, Finance Docket No. 32012 (ICC served

Feb. 27, 1997).

1RJCP and C&M are commonly controlled by

Richard J. Corman.

OMB Clearance Number—2127–0001.

Form Number—This collection of

information uses no standard form.

Requested Expiration Date of

Approval—Three years from date of

approval.

Summary of the Collection of

Information—The National Driver

Register Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–

364), as amended, mandates the

Secretary of Transportation to establish

and maintain a National Driver Register

to assist chief driver licensing officials

of participating states in exchanging

information about the motor vehicle

driving records of individuals. The Act

requires the chief driver licensing

official of each participating state to

submit a report to the Secretary of each

individual who is denied a motor

vehicle operator’s license by that State

for cause; whose motor vehicle

operator’s license is revoked,

suspended, or canceled by that State for

cause; or who is convicted under the

laws of that State of any of the following

motor vehicle-related offenses or

comparable offenses: (a) Operating a

motor vehicle while under the influence

of, or impaired by, alcohol or a

controlled substance; (b) a traffic

violation arising in connection with a

fatal traffic accident, reckless driving, or

racing on the highways; (c) failing to

give aid or provide identification when

involved in an accident resulting in

death or personal injury; (d) perjury or

knowingly making a false affidavit or

statement to officials about activities

governed by a law or regulation on the

operation of a motor vehicle. The Act

also requires the chief driver licensing

officials of participating states to check

the NDR on all first time aboveminimum age driver license applicants

in their states.

The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety

Act of 1986 requires the states to check

the NDR for all applicants for

Commercial Drivers Licenses.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use of the

information—The purpose of the NDR,

and thus this information collection

activity, is to prevent the issuance of

driver’s licenses to problem drivers in

order to enhance traffic safety. Through

amendments to the NDR Act, the

activity also serves to prevent the

certification of airline pilots, merchant

mariners, locomotive operators, and

individuals employed as motor vehicle

operators if they are problem drivers.

The information will be used by

NHTSA in exercising its statutory

authority to operate the NDR. Without

this information, states could issue

licenses to individuals who are

suspended or revoked in other states, or

could issue a duplicate license to an

individual who is licensed in another

state allowing them to spread their

violations over a number of licenses.

Description of Likely Respondents

(Including Estimated Number, and

Proposed Frequency of Response to the

Collection of Information)—The 51

respondents are the State driver

licensing agencies, including the

District of Columbia. The frequency of

response depends on how each state

chooses to update the NDR master file.

File updates can be daily or monthly.

Estimate of the Total Annual

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

Resulting from the Collection of

Information—The agency estimates the

reporting burden for this year will be

$39,540 for the 51 jurisdictions. The

reporting burden is based on

information systems personnel salaries

and related expenses.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30304; delegation of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

James H. Hedlund,

Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–7940 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33372]

Lake State Railway Company—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—Detroit & Mackinac

Railway Company

Lake State Railway Company (LSR), a

Class III railroad, has filed a notice of

exemption to acquire and operate 275

miles of rail line between Kawkawlin

and Gaylord, MI, and between

Pinconning and Rogers City, MI, from

the Detroit & Mackinac Railway

Company (D&M), as follows: (1) The

Pinconning Subdivision, from

approximately milepost 5.0 to milepost

11; (2) the Mackinac Subdivision, from

approximately milepost 116 to the end

of the line at milepost 122; (3) the

Huron Subdivision, from approximately

milepost 16 to milepost 151.25,

including the Pinconning crossover; (4)

the Rogers City Branch from milepost

0.0 to milepost 11.0; and (5) the Hillman

Branch and the Alabaster Branch.1

The transaction was to be

consummated on or after the effective

date of the exemption (7 days after the

notice of exemption was filed), but no

later than April 16, 1997.

LSR states that: (i) The acquisition

will not place LSR in control of any

connecting railroads; (ii) the acquisition

is not part of a series of anticipated

transactions that would place LSR in

control of any connecting railroad; and

(iii) the transaction does not involve a

Class I 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 sections 11324 and

11325 that involve only Class III rail

carriers. Because this transaction

involves Class III rail carriers only, the

Board, under the statute, may not

impose labor protective conditions for

this transaction.

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. 33372, 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 Kelvin J.

Dowd, Esq., Slover & Loftus, 1224

Seventeenth Street NW., Washington,

DC 20036.

Decided: March 24, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–7932 Filed 3–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P–M

[STB Finance Docket No. 33365]

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines Inc.—Corporate

Family Transaction Exemption—

Clearfield & Mahoning Railway

Company

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/

Pennsylvania Lines, Inc. (RJCP) and the

Clearfield & Mahoning Railway

Company (C&M),1 Class III common