Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 97 /Wednesday, May 20, 1998 / Notices 27785

1An agreement was reached among the parties on

December 31, 1996, to transfer all assets from both

EPTC and MWRL to OPR effective January 1, 1997.

Due to oversight, OPR has been operating the rail

lines since January 1, 1997, without appropriate

authority from the Board.

2Under 49 CFR 1150.32(b), a notice of exemption

does not become effective until 7 days after filing.

closing date will also be considered.

Notice of final action on the application

will be published in the Federal

Register pursuant to the authority

indicated below.

Comment closing date: June 9, 1998.

(49 U.S.C. 30113; delegations of authority at

49 CFR 1.50. and 501.8)

Issued: May 15, 1998.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 98–13437 Filed 5–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33570]

Oregon Pacific Railroad Company—

Acquisition and Operation

Exemption—East Portland Traction Co.

and Molalla Western Railway

Oregon Pacific Railroad Company

(OPR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to acquire and operate certain

rail lines of East Portland Traction Co.

(EPTC) and Molalla Western Railway

(MWRL) 1 in Clackamas and Multnomah

Counties, OR. The line to be acquired

from EPTC extends from EPTC milepost

0.26 (at its connection with Union

Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP)

Portland-Eugene mainline at UP MP

769) at or near East Portland, OR, to

milepost 4.54 at Milwaukie, a distance

of 4.28 miles, and includes 2.11 miles

secondary and yard trackage, for a total

trackage of 6.39 miles to be operated in

Clackamas County, OR. The line to be

acquired from MWRL extends from a

connection with the UP main track at

UP milepost 747.568 in the city of

Canby, OR, to MP 757.50 at Molalla, a

distance of 9.93 miles, and includes

1.45 miles of secondary and yard

trackage, for a total trackage of 11.38

miles to be operated in Clakamas

County, OR. The projected revenues of

OPR will not exceed those of a Class III

railroad.

Because OPR did not file its verified

notice, as amended, until May 4, 1998,

the effective STB Finance Docket No.

33570 date of the exemption was May

11, 1998 (7 days after the exemption

was filed).2

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding 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. 33570, must be filed with

the Surface Transportation Board, Office

of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925

K Street, N. W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Richard A.

Samuels, President, Oregon Pacific

Railroad Company, P.O. Box 22548,

Portland, OR 97269.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: May 12, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13094 Filed 5–19–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Fee Schedules for the Issuance of

Definitive Securities and TREASURY

DIRECT Securities Accounts

AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt,

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury is announcing two schedules

of fees for marketable Treasury

securities. The schedules are for the fees

charged for the issuance of definitive

securities and the fees for the annual

maintenance of certain TREASURY

DIRECT securities accounts.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maureen Parker, Director, Division of

Securities Systems, Bureau of the Public

Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia,

26106–1328, (304) 480–7761.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On January 23, 1995, the Department

of the Treasury established fee

schedules for the issuance of definitive

securities and the maintenance of

certain TREASURY DIRECT securities

accounts.

The Treasury has decided that the

fees for the issuance of definitive

securities and the maintenance of

certain TREASURY DIRECT Securities

Accounts should remain unchanged

from the amounts currently in effect.

Schedule of Fees for Definitive

Securities

The fee schedule for the issuance of

a definitive security is as follows: a fee

of $50 will be charged for each

definitive security issued on a transfer,

reissue, exchange or withdrawal from

book-entry form, or as a result of the

granting of relief on account of loss,

theft, destruction, mutilation or

defacement. Payment of the fee must

accompany the request for the issues of

securities in physical form. If a request

results in the issuance of more than one

security, the amount of the fee is arrived

at by multiplying the number of pieces

requested by $50. The fee announced

above shall remain in effect until further

notice.

Schedule of Fees for TREASURY

DIRECT Securities Accounts

The fee schedule for TREASURY

DIRECT securities accounts is as

follows: each TREASURY DIRECT

securities account holding Treasury

bonds, notes and bills pursuant to 31

CFR part 357 that exceeds $100,000 in

par amount as of a selected date in May

of each year will be charged an annual

maintenance fee in the amount of $25.

This fee shall remain in effect until

further notice. Each account holder will

be individually billed.

Dated: May 14, 1998.

Van Zeck,

Commissioner of the Public Debt.

[FR Doc. 98–13409 Filed 5–15–98; 1:31 pm]

BILLING CODE 4810–39–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Forms 1040–ES, 1040–ES

(NR), 1040–ES (Espanol)

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 Form