Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2001 / Notices 31975

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven Cohen at the National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of

Chief Counsel (NCC–30), 202–366–5263.

400 Seventh Street, SW, Room 5219,

Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

Title: Criminal Penalty Safe Harbor

Provision.

OMB Number: 2127—0609.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Section 5 of the

Transportation Recall Enhancement,

Accountability, and Documentation

(TREAD) Act (Pub. L. 106–414)

establishes 49 U.S.C. 30170, which

provides for criminal liability in

circumstances where a person had the

intention of misleading the Secretary of

Transportation (Secretary) regarding

safety-related defects in motor vehicles

or motor vehicle equipment that caused

death or serious bodily injury. It also

contains a ‘‘safe harbor’’ that allows a

person to avoid criminal penalties if

that person lacked knowledge at the

time of the violation that the violation

would result in an accident causing

death or serious bodily injury and if that

person corrects any improper reports or

failure to report to the Secretary within

a reasonable time.

Affected Public: Foreign

manufacturers of motor vehicles and

motor vehicle equipment located

outside of the United States, which are

importing these items into the United

States.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 18.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30

days, to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, 725–17th

Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503,

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Department,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; the accuracy of

the Departments estimate of the burden

of the proposed information collection;

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.

A comment to OMB is most effective if

OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2001.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34049]

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company—Trackage Rights

Exemption—The Kansas City Southern

Railway Company

The Kansas City Southern Railway

Company (KCS) has agreed to grant

limited overhead trackage rights to The

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe

Railway Company (BNSF) over KCS’s

rail line (1) between KCS milepost

220.28 in Tennison, TX, and KCS

milepost 201.89 in Wylie, TX, and (2)

between KCS Engineering Station HB

43+59′ in Wylie and KCS Engineering

Station 1097+80′ in Wylie, a total

distance of approximately 21.14 miles.

The transaction is scheduled to be

consummated on or after June 5, 2001,

the effective date of the exemption.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to allow BNSF to move Norfolk

Southern Railway Company haulage

trains over the subject trackage to and

from KCS’s Wylie Yard.

Any employees affected by the subject

transaction will be protected by the

labor conditions prescribed 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. 34049 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, one copy of each

pleading must be served on Michael E.

Roper, The Burlington Northern and

Santa Fe Railway Company, P.O. Box

961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161–0039.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: June 4, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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