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approval of an information collection

requirement must be renewed at least

once every three years.

The Federal Register Notice with a

60-day comment period soliciting

comments on this information

collection was published on March 9,

1998 [63 FR 11472].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before August 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the DOT information

collection requests submitted to OMB

may be obtained from Ms. Judith Street,

Federal Aviation Administration,

Corporate Information Division, ABC–

100, 800 Independence Ave., SW., (202)

267–9895, Washington, DC 20591.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Title: Fuel Venting and Exhaust

Emission Requirements for Turbine

Engine Powered Airplanes.

OMB Control Number: 2120–0508.

Form(s): N/A.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit.

Abstract: This is a labeling

requirement to put the date of

manufacture and compliance status on

the identification plate and is intended

to minimize the effort required to

determine whether a turbojet engine

may legally be installed and operate on

a aircraft in the United States as

required by 14 CFR part 45.

Estimated Burden: The estimated total

annual burden is 100 hours.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

DOT information collection request

should be forwarded, within 30 days of

publication, to the Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10102,

Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: FAA

Desk Officer. Written comments to OMB

are best assured of having their full

effect when OMB receives them within

30 days of publication. If you anticipate

submitting substantive comments, but

find that more than 10 days from the

date of publication are needed to

prepare them, please notify the OMB

official of your intent immediately.

Comments are invited on: Whether

the proposed collections of information

are necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Department, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

the accuracy of the Department’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

information collections; ways to

enhance the quality, utility and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27,

1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98–20465 Filed 7–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

In accordance with Part 211 of Title

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),

notice is hereby given that the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA) received

a request for a waiver of compliance

with certain requirements of its safety

standards. The individual petition is

described below, including the party

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions

involved, the nature of the relief being

requested, and the petitioner’s

arguments in favor of relief.

The Longhorn Railway Company

[Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–98–

2]

The Longhorn Railway Company

(LHRR) seeks a permanent waiver of

compliance with the Safety Glazing

Standards, 49 CFR 223.11(c), which

requires certified glazing in all

locomotive windows, except those

locomotives used in yard service. The

LHRR seeks this waiver for locomotive

number ECRX 8. The locomotive, a GP7

was built in 1965 and re-built in March

1997, and was never equipped with

FRA certified glazing. The locomotive

operator indicates that the locomotive

will be utilized between the Union

Pacific interchange at McNeil, Elgin,

and Giddings, Texas, and Burlington

Northern Santa Fe at Elgin, Texas,

through Central Texas from Giddings to

Liano approximately 162 miles.

The Longhorn Railway Company

[Waiver Petition Docket Number RSGM–98–

3]

The Longhorn Railway Company

(LHRR) seeks a permanent waiver of

compliance with the Safety Glazing

Standards, 49 CFR 223.11(c), which

requires certified glazing in all

locomotive windows, except those

locomotives used in yard service. The

LHRR seeks this waiver for locomotive

number ECRX 7603. The locomotive is

30 years old and was never equipped

with FRA certified glazing. The

locomotive operator indicates that the

locomotive will be utilized between the

Union Pacific interchange at McNeil,

Elgin, and Giddings, Texas, and

Burlington Northern Santa Fe at Elgin,

Texas, through Central Texas from

Giddings to Liano approximately 162

miles.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in these proceedings by

submitting written views, data, or

comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with these proceedings since

the facts do not appear to warrant a

hearing. If any interested party desires

an opportunity for oral comment, they

should notify FRA, in writing, before

the end of the comment period and

specify the basis for their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number RSGM–98–2)

and must be submitted in triplicate to

the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief

Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Communications received within

45 days of the date of this notice will

be considered by FRA before final

action is taken. Comments received after

that date will be considered as far as

practicable. All written communications

concerning these proceedings are

available for examination during regular

business hours (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) at

FRA’s temporary docket room located at

1120 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Room

7051, Washington, D.C. 20005.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on July 27,

1998.

Edward R. English,

Director, Office of Safety Assurance and

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 98–20504 Filed 7–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

Petition for Waiver of Compliance

In accordance with Part 211 of Title

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),

notice is hereby given that the Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA) received

a request for a waiver of compliance

with certain requirements of the Federal

safety laws and regulations. The

individual petition is described below,

including the party seeking relief, the

regulatory provisions involved, the

nature of the relief being requested, and
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the petitioner’s arguments in favor of

relief.

Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc.

[Waiver Petition Docket Number H–98–4]

The Paducah & Louisville Railway,

Inc. (PL) seeks a waiver of compliance

from 49 CFR 229.131, Railroad

Locomotive Safety Standards, Cabs and

Cab Equipment—Sanders. Section

229.131 states: ‘‘Except for MU

locomotives, each locomotive shall be

equipped with operable sanders that

deposit sand on each rail in front of the

first power operated wheel set in the

direction of movement.’’ PL would like

to disable sanding equipment on six

locomotives to test a new technology

adhesion device. The test period would

last for one year. The test locomotives

would be operated in unit coal train

service between Madisonville, (mile

post JK 149) and Louisville, Kentucky

(mile post J 1.9). The locomotives would

be monitored daily. Each of the test

locomotives would be equipped with

four Centrac Very High Positive Friction

(VHPF) traction enhancer devices. The

VHPF traction enhancer is a solid

friction modifier that provides

continuous treatment of the wheel/rail

interface through spring loaded devices.

Lake Terminal Railroad Company

[Waiver Petition Docket Number H–98–5]

The Lake Terminal Railroad Company

(LT) seeks a waiver of compliance from

49 CFR 229.131, Railroad Locomotive

Safety Standards, Cabs and Cab

Equipment—Sanders. Section 229.131

states: ‘‘Except for MU locomotives,

each locomotive shall be equipped with

operable sanders that deposit sand on

each rail in front of the first power

operated wheel set in the direction of

movement.’’ LT would like to disable

sanding equipment on six switching

locomotives to test a new technology

adhesion device. The test period would

last for one year. The test locomotives

would be operated in yard service and

the locomotives would be monitored

daily. Each of the test locomotives

would be equipped with four Centrac

Very High Positive Friction (VHPF)

traction enhancer devices. The VHPF

traction enhancer is a solid friction

modifier that provides continuous

treatment of the wheel/rail interface

through spring loaded devices.

Interested parties are invited to

participate in these proceedings by

submitting written views, data, or

comments. FRA does not anticipate

scheduling a public hearing in

connection with these proceedings since

the facts do not appear to warrant a

hearing. If any interested party desires

an opportunity for oral comment, they

should notify FRA, in writing, before

the end of the comment period and

specify the basis for their request.

All communications concerning these

proceedings should identify the

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver

Petition Docket Number H–98–4, H–98–

5) and must be submitted in triplicate to

the Docket Clerk, Office of Chief

Counsel, FRA, Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Communications received within

45 days of the date of this notice will

be considered by FRA before final

action is taken. Comments received after

that date will be considered as far as

practicable. All written communications

concerning these proceedings are

available for examination during regular

business hours (9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) at

FRA’s docket facility located at 1120

Vermont Avenue, N.W., Room 7051,

Washington, D.C. 20005.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on July 27,

1998.

Edward R. English,

Director, Office of Safety Assurance and

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 98–20503 Filed 7–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33636]

Bad Water Line—Trackage Rights

Exemption—The Burlington Northern

and Santa Fe Railroad Co.

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railroad Company (BNSF) has agreed to

grant overhead trackage rights to Bad

Water Line (BWL) between milepost

303.06 and milepost 306.0 a distance of

2.4 miles in the state of WY.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on July 16, 1998, the

effective date of the exemption.

The purpose of this transaction is to

permit BWL to move trains, locomotive,

cabooses and cars with its own officers,

agents, employees and contractors and

equipment in its account, over the joint

trackage between points on its existing

line and interchange with BNSF near

Shoshoni, WY.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33636, 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 Clifford

Root, 642 South Federal Blvd., Riverton,

WY 82501.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20389 Filed 7–30–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub–No. 564X)]

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in

Washington County, IL

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has

filed a notice of exemption under 49

CFR part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon a 2.9-mile

line of its railroad between milepost

OOH–445.7 at Okawville and milepost

OOH–448.6 at the end of the track at

Venedy, in Washington County, IL. The

line traverses United States Postal

Service Zip Codes 62214 and 62271.

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead

traffic moving over the line; (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