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1The date of consummation under normal

circumstances would be July 6, 1998 (60 days after

WSOR’s certification to the Board that it had

complied with the Board’s rule at 49 CFR

1150.42(e)). The Board, in a concurrently issued

decision in this proceeding, has at the request of

WSOR waived, in part, the 60-day period to allow

consummation on June 1, 1998.

make public all non-confidential

information upon request. (5 U.S.C.

section 552) and all agency rules to be

supported by substantial evidence in the

public record (5 U.S.C. section 706). It

is therefore very important for the

agency to promptly determine whether

or not information it obtains should be

accorded confidential treatment.

NHTSA therefore promulgated 49

CFR part 512 Confidential Business

Information to establish the procedure

by which NHTSA will consider claims

that information submitted to the

agency, or which it otherwise obtains, is

confidential business information.

Because of part 512, both NHTSA and

the submitters of information for which

confidential treatment is requested are

now able to ensure that confidentiality

requests are properly substantiated and

expeditiously processed.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Proposed Use of the

Information—Confidential information

is obtained by the agency for use in all

of its activities. These include

investigations, rulemaking actions,

program planning and management, and

program evaluation. The confidential

information is needed to ensure the

agency has all the relevant information

for decision making in connection with

these activities.

If part 512 were not in existence, the

agency would still get this confidential

information, either provided voluntarily

by the manufacturers or through its

information gathering powers. The only

difference would be that the

determinations of whether the

information should be accorded

confidential treatment would be more

expensive and time consuming for both

the manufacturers and the agency.

Description of the Likely Respondents

(Including Estimated Number, and

Proposed Frequency of Response to the

Collection of Information—The number

of potential submitters of claims for

confidential treatment of information is

3,000. This includes 1,000 vehicle

manufacturers and 2,000 equipment

manufacturers. The decision whether to

request confidential treatment of

information provided to NHTSA is

entirely at the discretion of the

manufacturer. In a typical year, NHTSA

receives about 150 requests for

confidential treatment of information,

almost all of which are from large

businesses.

Estimate of the Total Annual

Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

Resulting from the Collection of

Information—As earlier stated, in a

typical year, NHTSA receives about 150

requests for confidential treatment of

information. Almost all of these requests

come from large businesses. The

justification for a request for

confidential treatment consists of

several statements and a certification by

a responsible corporate official. In the

case of submissions by large

manufacturers, (which may consist of

thousands of pages of information),

NHTSA estimates it would take 4 hours

to do the necessary background check to

be able to submit the required

justification. On the other hand, the

typical small business that submits a

single blueprint should need only about

5 minutes to fully comply with the

regulation. To ensure that this estimate

does not understate the burden the

agency has assumed that all

confidentiality requests are submitted

by large manufacturers. Since they are

not required to keep copies of the

information provided to NHTSA, there

are no recordkeeping costs to the

manufacturers. The total burden hours

associated with this collection of

information is estimated at 600 hours.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Issued: May 22, 1998.

John Womack,

Acting Chief Counsel.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

Sunshine Act Meeting

Board Voting Conference

TIME & DATE: 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 8,

1998.

PLACE: Hearing Room, Surface

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street,

NW, Washington, D.C. 20423.

STATUS: The Board will meet to discuss

among themselves the agenda item

listed below. Although the conference is

open for public observation, no public

participation is permitted.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Finance

Docket No. 33388, CSX Corporation

And CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk

Southern Corporation And Norfolk

Southern Railway Company—Control

And Operating Leases/Agreements—

Conrail Inc. And Consolidated Rail

Corporation.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR MORE

INFORMATION: Dennis Watson, Office of

Congressional and Public Services,

Telephone: (202) 565–1594, TDD: (202)

565–1695.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14469 Filed 5–27–98; 3:24 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33571]

Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.—

Lease and Operation Exemption—Soo

Line Railroad; Company d/b/a

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

Co. (WSOR), an existing Class III rail

carrier, has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from the

Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a

Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), and to

operate a line of railroad known as the

Waterloo Spur, extending from milepost

132.11 at Watertown, WI, to milepost

164.61 at Madison, WI, a total of 32.5

miles.

Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), WSOR

certified on May 7, 1998, that its annual

revenues exceed $5 million and that it

has, as of March 20, 1998, served the

national offices of the labor unions with

a copy of a notice of its intent to

undertake this transaction and posted

such notice at the workplace of the

employees on the affected lines on

March 23, 1998.

The transaction is expected to be

consummated on or after June 1, 1998.1

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. 33571 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 upon Robert A.

Wimbish, Rea, Cross & Auchincloss,

Suite 570, 1707 L Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20036.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’
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Decided: May 22, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

May 18, 1998.

The Department of the 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 June 29, 1998 to

be assured of consideration.

Financial Management Service (FMS)

OMB Number: 1510–0029.

Form Number: TFS 5118.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Depositor’s Application for

Payment of Postal Savings Certificate.

Description: This form is prepared

when a depositor has lost, destroyed, or

misplaced his Postal Savings

Certificates. This form, properly

completed and signed, replaces

unavailable certificates to support

application for payment. If original

certificates show up, document prevents

duplicate.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 50

hours.

Clearance Officer: Jacqueline R. Perry

(301) 344–8577, Financial

Management Service, 3361-L 75th

Avenue, Landover, MD 20785

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of

Management and Budget, Room

10202, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–14252 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

May 18, 1998.

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 June 29, 1998 to

be assured of consideration.

Bureau of the Public Debt (PD)

OMB Number: 1535–0094.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Regulations Governing

Payments by Automated Clearing House

Method on Account of United States

Securities.

Description: The information is

needed in order to make payments to

investors in United States Securities by

the Automated Clearing House (ACH)

method.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit,

Not-for-profit institutions, State, Local

or Tribal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 hour.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden

Hours: 1 hour.

Clearance Officer: Vicki S. Thorpe (304)

480–6553, Bureau of the Public Debt,

200 Third Street, Parkersburg, WV

26106–1328

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt

(202) 395–7860, Office of

Management and Budget, Room

10226, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–14253 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

May 19, 1998.

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 June 29, 1998 to

be assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0782.

Regulation Project Number: LR–7

Final (TD 6629).

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Limitation on Reduction in

Income Tax Liability Incurred to the

Virgin Islands.

Description: The Tax Reform Act of

1986 repealed the mandatory reporting

and recordkeeping requirements of

section 934(d) (1954 Code). The prior

exception to the general rule of section

934 (1954 Code) to prevent the

Government of the Virgin Islands from

granting tax rebates with regard to taxes

attributable to income derived from

sources within the U.S. was contingent

upon the taxpayers compliance with the

reporting requirements of section

934(d).

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 500.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 22 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 184 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1068.

Regulation Project Number: INTL–

362–88 Final.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Definition of a Controlled

Foreign Corporation, Foreign Base

Company Income, and Foreign Personal

Holding Company Income of a

Controlled Foreign Corporation.

Description: The election and

recordkeeping requirements are

necessary to exclude certain high-taxed

or active business income from subpart

F income to include certain incme in