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3The only change in the timing of the

presentations is that comments in opposition to

requests for conditions will be due approximately

six weeks after the Board’s notice of acceptance of

such requests is published in the Federal Register,

rather than the approximately five weeks afforded

in the initial schedule. That is because the oral

argument in No. 96–1373, Western Coal Traffic

League v. STB (D.C. Cir.), the proceeding reviewing

the Board’s UP/SP merger decision, will be held on

September 11, 1998.

1This notice of exemption is related to Finance

Docket No. 32760, Union Pacific Corporation,

Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Missouri

Pacific Railroad Company— Control and Merger—

Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific

Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern

Railway Company, SPCSL Corp., and The Denver

and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company.

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

Company (DGRW) previously owned the involved

line of railroad, which became a line on the UP after

DRGW was merged into UP on June 30, 1997.

However, the Board granted discontinuance

authority rather than full abandonment over the

Sage-Leadville Line in Docket No. AB–8 (Sub-No.

36X), The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

Company—Discontinuance Exemption—SageLeadville Line In Eagle and Lake Counties, CO and

Docket No. AB–8 (Sub-No. 39), The Denver and Rio

Grande Western Railroad Company—

Discontinuance—Malta-Canon City Line, In Lake,

Chaffee and Fremont Counties, CO, See Finance

Docket No. 32760 (ICC served Aug. 12, 1996). In

this filing, UP is seeking to abandon the stub end

of the line.

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners

(Lake County) filed a request for issuance of a

notice of interim trail use (NITU) for the entire line

pursuant to section 8(d) of the National Trails

System Act, 16 U.S.C. 1247(d). The Board will

address Lake County’s trail use request, and any

others that may be filed, in a subsequent decision.

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed

decision on environmental issues (whether raised

by a party or by the Board’s Section of

Environmental Analysis in its independent

investigation) cannot be made before the

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible

so that the Board may take appropriate action before

the exemption’s effective date.

3Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently

set at $1000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

schedule is adjusted accordingly. In all

other respects, the March 31 decision

instituting this proceeding (as corrected

on May 19) remains essentially the

same.3

This action will not significantly

affect either the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

Decided: May 29, 1998.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan and Vice

Chairman Owen.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

Revised Procedural Schedule

July 8, 1998

Requests for new remedial conditions

(with supporting evidence) filed.

August 7, 1998

Board notice of acceptance of requests

for new conditions published in the

Federal Register.

August 28, 1998

Notice of intent to participate in

proceeding due.

September 18, 1998

All comments, evidence, and

argument opposing requests for new

remedial conditions to the merger

due. Comments by U.S. Department

of Justice and U.S. Department of

Transportation due.

October 16, 1998

Rebuttal evidence and argument in

support of requests for new

conditions due.

The necessity of briefing, oral

argument, and voting conference will be

determined after the Board’s review of

the pleadings.

[FR Doc. 98–14833 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub–No. 117X)]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Lake

County, CO

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

has filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR Part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon an

approximately 1.8-mile portion of the

Leadville Branch from milepost 274.3

near McWethy Drive to the end of the

line at milepost 276.1 at the rail yard

near U.S. Highway 24, in Leadville,

Lake County, CO.1 The line traverses

United States Postal Service Zip Code

80461.

UP has certified that: (1) no local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic

can be rerouted over other lines; (3) no

formal complaint filed by a user of rail

service on the line (or by a state or local

government entity acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or

with any U.S. District Court or has been

decided in favor of complainant within

the 2-year period; and (4) the

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7

(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8

(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental

agencies) have been met.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employee adversely affected by the

abandonment shall be protected under

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment— Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979). To address whether this

condition adequately protects affected

employees, a petition for partial

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

must be filed. Provided no formal

expression of intent to file an offer of

financial assistance (OFA) has been

received, this exemption will be

effective on July 4, 1998, unless stayed

pending reconsideration. Petitions to

stay that do not involve environmental

issues,2 formal expressions of intent to

file an OFA under 49 CFR

1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be

filed by June 15, 1998. Petitions to

reopen or requests for public use

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must

be filed by June 24, 1998, with: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

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

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: Joseph D. Anthofer,

General Attorney, Union Pacific

Railroad Company, 1416 Dodge Street,

Room 830, Omaha, NE 68179.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

UP has filed an environmental report

which addresses the abandonment’s

effects, if any, on the environment and

historic resources. The Section of

Environmental Analysis (SEA) will

issue an environmental assessment (EA)

by June 9, 1998. Interested persons may

obtain a copy of the EA by writing to

SEA (Room 500, Surface Transportation

Board, Washington, DC 20423) or by

calling SEA, at (202) 565–1545.

Comments on environmental and

historic preservation matters must be

filed within 15 days after the EA

becomes available to the public.

Environmental, historic preservation,

public use, or trail use/rail banking

conditions will be imposed, where

appropriate, in a subsequent decision.

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR

1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of

consummation with the Board to signify

that it has exercised the authority

granted and fully abandoned the line. If

consummation has not been effected by

UP’s filing of a notice of consummation

by June 4, 1999, and there are no legal

or regulatory barriers to consummation,

the authority to abandon will

automatically expire.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: May 28, 1998.
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By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14867 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

May 26, 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 July 6, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0137.

Form Number: IRS Form 2032.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Contract Coverage Under Title II

of the Social Security Act.

Description: American employers can

enter into an agreement to extend social

security coverage to U.S. citizens and

resident aliens abroad by foreign

affiliates.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 160.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—2 hrs., 9 min.

Learning about the law or the form—24

min.

Preparing and sending the form to the

IRS—27 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 480 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20224.

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. 98–14781 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

May 28, 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 July 6, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: New.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Simplified Tax and Wage

Reporting System (STAWRS): Tax and

Wage Reporting Survey.

Description: This is a generical

clearance for a level of customer interest

survey and focus group interviews to

reduce employer tax burden to be

conducted over the next year.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 20 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Other (one

time only).

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

335 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20224.

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. 98–14782 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

May 26, 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 19, 1998 to

be assured of consideration.

SPECIAL REQUEST: In order to conduct

the survey described below in June

1998, the Department of the Treasury is

requesting that the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) review

and approve this information collection

by June 10, 1998. To obtain a copy of

this study, please contact the Bureau of

the Public Debt Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.

Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD)

OMB Number: 1535–0122.

Project Number: BPD 98–1.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: 1998 Treasury Director

Customer Service Survey

Description: The survey will be used

to gather some general information

about Public Debt’s customers, their

interest in new services, and most

importantly, their level of satisfaction

with Treasury Direct. Public Debt hopes

to obtain the following objectives to

improve its customer service:

• Determine the satisfaction level

with the Treasury Direct program and

its customer service;

• Explore ways to meet the future

needs of its customers and chart its

future; and

• Complete a detailed profit of

current customers so Public Debt can:

• Identify existing and potential

market segments, and

• Define marketing strategies and

potential services Public Debt may want

to develop.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 7 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Other (onetime only).