39118 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 139 /Tuesday, July 21, 1998 / Notices

1HSR seeks exemption from the offer of financial

assistance (OFA) subsidy provision of 49 U.S.C.

10904. This exemption request will be addressed in

the final decision. HSR also seeks exemption from

the public use provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10905.

However, because this is a discontinuance

proceeding and not an abandonment, trail use/rail

banking and public use conditions are not

applicable.

2HSR desires to terminate service because NSR

has terminated its lease with HSR effective May 31,

1998. NSR resumed providing all rail service on the

Rockport Line as of June 1, 1998.

Application No. Docket No. Applicant

Modifications of exemption

11899–M RSPA–97–2602 Carleton Technologies, Inc., Orchard Park, NY (See Footnote 3) ......................... 11899

11984–M RSPA–97–3173 Trans World Airlines, Inc., Kansas City, MO (See Footnote 4) .............................. 11984

11990–M RSPA–97–3098 Taylor-Wharton Coyne, Huntsville, AL (See Footnote 5) ....................................... 11990

12047–M RSPA–98–3617 True Drilling Company, Casper, WY (See Footnote 6) .......................................... 12047

12070–M RSPA–98–3886 Boeing North American, Inc., Downey, CA (See Footnote 7) ................................ 12070

12092–M RSPA–98–4001 Matheson Gas Products, East Rutherford, NJ (See Footnote 8) ........................... 12092

12095–M RSPA–98–4042 Railway Progress Institute, Inc., Alexandria, VA (See Footnote 9) ........................ 12095

(1) To reissue the exemption originally modified on an emergency basis to extend life limit of non-DOT specification pressure vessels used in

special service for the transportation of compressed gases.

(2) To authorize party-status and add Division 4.1 as an additional class of hazardous materials.

(3) To modify the exemption to authorize an altered design of the sealed high pressure gas cylinder system, equipped with twin pyrotechnic

cutters, Division 1.4D, charged with Nitrogen, Division 2.2, to be offered for shipment as a Division 2.2.

(4) To modify the exemption to provide for rail as an additional mode of transportation for the movement of motor-vehicle (piggy-back trailers)

when shipping oxygen generators.

(5) To modify the exemption to remove the Safety Device criteria under 7.a., 178.35(e) of the exemption.

(6) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to transport flammable liquids in packages that are not presently authorized.

(7) To reissue the exemption originally issued as a emergency basis to authorize the transportation of a Kill Vehicle (KV) Assembly containing

1.4G explosives.

(8) To reissue the exemption originally issued on an emergency basis to use an alternate test method for cylinders rather than the hydrostatic

test.

(9) To reissue an exemption originally issued on an emergency basis (as an extension) to authorized an alternative inspection and test program for tank cars.

This notice of receipt of applications

for modification of exemptions is

published in accordance with Part 107

of the Hazardous Materials

Transportations Act (49 U.S.C. 1806; 49

CFR 1.53(e)).

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 14,

1998.

J. Suzanne Hedgepeth,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials,

Exemptions and Approvals.

[FR Doc. 98–19359 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–554X]

Perry County Port Authority d/b/a

Hoosier Southern Railroad;

Discontinuance Exemption; in Spencer

County, IN

On July 1, 1998, Perry County Port

Authority d/b/a Hoosier Southern

Railroad (HSR) filed with the Surface

Transportation Board (Board) a petition

under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption

from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903–

10905 1 to discontinue service on a line

of railroad known as the Rockport Line

extending from milepost 0.0 at Rockport

Junction to milepost 16.2 at Rockport, a

distance of 16.2 miles in Spencer

County, IN. As part of the exemption,

HSR also seeks to discontinue

incidental trackage rights over

approximately 1.1 miles of Norfolk

Southern Railway Company’s (NSR)

main line extending from milepost

32.1–EB at Rockport Junction to

milepost 33.2–EB at Lincoln City, also

in Spencer County, IN.2 The lines

traverse U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes

47552, 47611 and 47635. The Rockport

Line includes the stations of Rockport,

Chrisney, Rock Hill and Rockport

Junction.

The interest of railroad employees

will be protected by the conditions set

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979).

By issuance of this notice, the Board

is instituting an exemption proceeding

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final

decision will be issued by October 19,

1998.

Unless an exemption is granted from

the OFA provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10904,

any OFA to subsidize continued rail

service under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will

be due no later than 10 days after

service of a decision granting the

petition for exemption. Each OFA must

be accompanied by a $1,000 filing fee.

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

This proceeding is exempt from

environmental reporting requirements

under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and from

historic reporting requirements under

1105.8(b).

All filings in response to this notice

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–554X

and must be sent to: (1) Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) John D. Heffner, Rea, Cross

& Auchincloss, Suite 570, 1707 L Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20036.

Persons seeking further information

concerning abandonment and

discontinuance procedures may contact

the Board’s Office of Public Services at

(202) 565–1592 or refer to the full

abandonment or discontinuance

regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.

Questions concerning environmental

issues may be directed to the Board’s

Section of Environmental Analysis

(SEA) at (202) 565–1545. [TDD for the

hearing impaired is available at (202)

565–1695.]

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

Decided: July 14, 1998.

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19402 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Privacy Act of 1974: Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service,

Treasury.
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ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a, the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, and

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Guidelines on the Conduct of

Matching Programs, notice is hereby

given of the conduct of an Internal

Revenue Service (IRS) program of

computer matches.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice will be

effective August 20, 1998, unless

comments dictate otherwise.

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may

be mailed to the Chief Inspector,

Internal Revenue Service, 1111

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Jacqueline Greening, Internal

Auditor, Quality Assurance and

Oversight Section, Office of Planning

and Management, Office of Assistant

Chief Inspector (Internal Auditor),

Internal Revenue Service, (202) 622–

5911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IRS

management is responsible for

discouraging the perpetration of

irregular or illegal acts and limiting any

exposure if an integrity breach occurs.

To assist in accomplishing this mission,

the Inspection Service has enhanced its

conventional audit and investigative

activities with a program to detect and

deter unauthorized access (UNAX) by

IRS employees to taxpayer information.

The Audit Trail Lead Analysis System

(ATLAS) is a system designed to detect

unauthorized access to taxpayer records.

It does so by identifying IRS employees

who have accessed taxpayer records

using the Integrated Data Retrieval

System (IDRS) in a manner that appears

to be inconsistent with standard IRS

practice.

One of the five IRS organizational

strategies is to ensure public confidence

in the integrity of the IRS by a

dedication to the highest ethical

standards. One of the ways that the

Inspection Service supports this

objective is to provide IRS management

an assessment of the organization’s

ethical environment through the UNAX

Program, which is part of the overall

Inspection Service Integrity Program.

Computer matching is the most

feasible method of performing

comprehensive analysis of employee,

taxpayer, and tax administration data

because of the large number of

employees (56,000 employees access

IDRS); the geographical dispersion of

IRS offices and employees (nationwide);

and the tremendous volume of

computerized data that is available for

analysis (100 million IDRS transactions

are generated each month).

This program will be conducted using

audit trails and IDRS records generated

from each Service Center. Four years of

audit trail records will be available to

search.

NAME OF SOURCE AGENCY: Internal

Revenue Service.

NAME OF RECIPIENT AGENCY: Internal

Revenue Service.

BEGINNING AND COMPLETION DATES: This

program of computer matches is

expected to commence on July 31, 1998,

but not earlier than the fortieth day after

copies of the Computer Matching

Agreement are provided to the Congress

and OMB unless comments dictate

otherwise. The program of computer

matches is expected to conclude at the

end of the eighteenth month after the

beginning date (January 31, 2000).

PURPOSE: The purpose of this program

of computer matches is to detect

unauthorized access to taxpayer records

by IRS employees. The system will

identify employees who have accessed

taxpayer records using the IDRS in a

manner that appears to be inconsistent

with standard IRS practice.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301, 26 U.S.C. 7213,

7213A, 7214, 7608, 7801, 7802, 7803, 18

U.S.C. 1030(a)(2)(B); and Reorganization

Plan No. 1 of 1952, pursuant to Section

7804(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986. The Computer Security Act of

1987 (Pub. L. 100–235). The Federal

Managers’ Financial Integrity Act

(FMFIA) (Pub. L. 97–255). Executive

Order 12674 of April 12, 1989, entitled,

‘‘Principles of Ethical Conduct for

Government Officers and Employees.’’

OMB Circular A–130, ‘‘Management of

Federal Information Resources,’’ dated

February 8, 1996. OMB Circular A–123,

‘‘Internal Control Systems,’’ dated

August 16, 1983.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED:

Current and former employees of the

IRS and contractors for the IRS.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS COVERED:

Included in this program of computer

matches is information related to

computer inquiries and entries to the

IDRS (Treasury/IRS 34.018) made by

IRS employees: employee identification

numbers and employee social security

numbers, command codes used,

taxpayer identification number

accessed, terminal from which access

occurred, date and time of access.

Information from the Individual Master

File (IMF) (Treasury/IRS 24.030), the

Business Master File (BMF) (Treasury/

IRS 24.046), and the Treasury Integrated

Management Information System

(TIMIS) (Treasury/DO .002) will be used

to obtain employee address and

spouse’s name.

Other information from these files not

uniquely pertaining to the IRS

employee(s) but that could possibly

establish a relationship between the IRS

employee(s) and the account(s) accessed

will be used to determine the actions or

the effect of actions of employee(s) or to

corroborate declarations or statements

by employee(s). From IDRS (Treasury/

IRS 34.018): Taxpayer identification

number and tax period. From IMF

(Treasury/IRS 24.030) and BMF

(Treasury/IRS 24.046): Taxpayer entity

information, including address, current

and prior name, and tax account status.

From TIMIS (Treasury/DO .002):

employee identifying and locating

information, including address, current

name and name of spouse.

Dated: July 15, 1998.

Shelia Y. McCann,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Administration).

[FR Doc. 98–19343 Filed 7–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0085]

Proposed Information Collection

Activity: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Veterans’ Appeals,

Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Board of Veterans’

Appeals (BVA), Department of Veterans

Affairs (VA), is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

1995, Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, including each proposed

extension of a currently approved

collection, and allow 60 days for public

comment in response to the notice. This

notice solicits comments on the

information required in processing

appeals from denial of VA benefits and

in regulation of representatives’ fees.

DATES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

collection of information should be

received on or before September 21,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to Sue

Hamlin, Board of Veterans’ Appeals

(01C), Department of Veterans Affairs,