33442 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 117 /Thursday, June 18, 1998 / Notices

1LSRI and SSC are commonly controlled by

Gregory B. Cundiff. See Gregory B. Cundiff—

Continuance in Control Exemption—Lone Star

Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching Company,

Finance Docket No. 32501 (ICC served May 27,

1994).

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–16319 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33604 (Sub–No.

1)]

Southern Switching Company—

Operation Exemption—Lone Star

Railroad, Inc.

Southern Switching Company (SSC),

a Class III rail carrier, has filed a notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to

operate over approximately 8.24 miles

of railroad leased by Lone Star Railroad,

Inc. (LSRI). The involved trackage is as

follows: all Abilene, TX yard tracks

south of the Abilene wye track and

south of the east-west main line,

including the A&S Industrial Lead from

milepost 0.0 to milepost 4.30, at

Abilene, Taylor County, TX.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or shortly after May

26, 1998.

This proceeding is related to STB

Finance Docket No. 33604, Lone Star

Railroad, Inc.—Acquisition

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company, wherein LSRI has

concurrently filed a notice of exemption

to acquire through lease the Abilene line

from Union Pacific Railroad Company.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. 33604 (Sub-No. 1), 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 Thomas F. McFarland, Jr.,

20 North Wacker Drive, Suite 1330,

Chicago, IL 60606–2902.

Decided: June 12, 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

June 10, 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.

Special Request: In order to conduct

the surveys described below at the

beginning July 1998, the Department of

the Treasury is requesting that the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) review and approve this

information collection by June 23, 1998.

To obtain a copy of this study, please

contact the Internal Revenue Service

Clearance Officer at the address listed

below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1432.

Project Number: M:SP:V 98–011–G.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: 1998 Second Quarter

Automated 941 TeleFile Customer

Survey.

Description: The 941 TeleFile

automated customer satisfaction survey

is part of the 1998 941 Quality

Measurement plan and is designed as

one means of evaluating the

effectiveness of the 941 TeleFile system.

This survey requests information about

satisfaction and whether the business

filer would be willing to use the

TeleFile system again.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,385.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 1 minute.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden: 23

hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., 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. 98–16226 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

June 10, 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 25, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1420.

Form Number: IRS Form 8849.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Claim for Refund of Excise

Taxes.

Description: Internal Revenue Code

(IRC) section 6402, 6404, and sections

301.6402–2, 301.6404–3 of the

regulations, allow for refunds of taxes

(except income taxes) or refund,

abatement, or credit of interest,

penalties, and additions to tax in the

event of errors or certain actions by IRS.

Form 8849 is used by taxpayers to claim

refunds of excise taxes.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Individuals or households, Notfor-profit institutions, Farms, Federal

Government, State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 125,292.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—35 hr., 9 min.

Learning about the law or the form—1

hr., 30 min.
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Preparing, copying, assembling, and

sending the form to the IRS—2 hr., 7

min.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly,

Weekly, Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 890,507 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1596.

Form Number: IRS Form 8857.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Request for Innocent Spouse

Relief.

Description: Section 6103(e) of the

Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers

to request, and IRS to grant, ‘‘innocent

spouse’’ relief when: taxpayer filed a

joint return with tax substantially

understated; taxpayer establishes no

knowledge of, or benefit from, the

understatement; and it would be

inequitable to hold the taxpayer liable.

GAO Report GAO/GGD–97–34

recommended IRS develop a form to

make relief easier for the public to

request.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

11,667.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent:

Learning about the law or the form—14

minutes

Preparing the form—16 minutes

Copying, assembling, and sending the

form to the IRS—20 minutes

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

9,684 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. 98–16227 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission to OMB for Review;

Comment Request

June 12, 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 20, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: New.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Late Paid Schedule C Health

Care Study.

Description: This is a survey for

quantitative research to identify

potential causes and remedies for late

payment of federal income taxes by

Form 1040 Schedule C filers in the

Health Care industry. The data

developed in this research will be used

to formulate treatments for late

payments by heal care sole proprietors.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,430.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 7 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

170 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–0160.

Form Number: IRS Form 3520-A.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Annual Information Return of

Foreign Trust With a U.S. Owner.

Description: Section 6048(b) requires

that foreign trusts with at least one U.S.

beneficiary must file an annual

information return on Form 3520-A. The

form is used to report the income and

deductions of the foreign trust and

provide statements to the U.S. owners

and beneficiaries. IRS uses Form 3520-

A to determine if the U.S. owner of the

trust has included the net income of the

trust in it’s gross income.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 500.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—36 hr., 21 min.

Learning about the law or the form—2

hr., 59 min.

Preparing and sending the form to the

IRS—3 hr., 42 min.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 21,515 hours.

OMB Number: 1545–1597.

Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue

Procedure 98–27.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Qualified Intermediaries (QI).

Description: Revenue Procedure 98–

27 describes application procedures for

becoming a qualified intermediary (QI)

and the requisite agreement that a QI

must execute with the IRS.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 88,504.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Estimated Time for a QI Account

Holder—30 minutes

Estimated Time for a QI—2,093 hours

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 301,393 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. 98–16228 Filed 6–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 12, 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.

SPECIAL REQUEST: In order to conduct

the focus group interviews described

below at the beginning July 1998, the

Department of the Treasury is

requesting that the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) review

and approve this information collection

by June 19, 1998. To obtain a copy of

this study, please contact the Internal

Revenue Service Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.