51410 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 30, 2005 / Notices 

1AKMD is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinsly 

Railroad Company, a noncarrier holding company 

which also controls four other Class III rail carriers 

in Florida and Massachusetts. See Pinsly Railroad 

Company—Continuance in Control Exemption—

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company Inc., Finance 

Docket No. 32001 (ICC served Mar. 6, 1992). 

Passenger Travel Program Manager, 

BTS, RITA, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 

hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Ferry Database. 

Background: The Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA–

21) (Pub. L. 105–178), section 1207(c), 

directed the Secretary of Transportation 

to conduct a study of ferry 

transportation in the United States and 

its possessions. In 2000, the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) Office 

of Intermodal and Statewide Planning 

conducted a survey of approximately 

250 ferry operators to identify: (1) 

Existing ferry operations including the 

location and routes served; (2) source 

and amount, if any, of funds derived 

from Federal, State, or local 

governments supporting ferry 

construction or operations; (3) potential 

domestic ferry routes in the United 

States and its possessions and to 

develop information on those routes; 

and (4) potential for use of high speed 

ferry services and alternative-fueled 

ferry services. The Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act—A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–

LU; H.R. 3, Section 1801(e)) requires 

that the Secretary, acting through the 

BTS, shall establish and maintain a 

national ferry database containing 

current information regarding routes, 

vessels, passengers and vehicles carried, 

funding sources and such other 

information as the Secretary considers 

useful. 

The new data collection will rely on 

a written survey and telephone followup. An electronic version of the 

questionnaire will also be available to 

respondents on request. Data will be 

collected from the entire population of 

ferry operators (estimate 300 or less). 

Before the survey begins, the Passenger 

Vessel Association will mail letters to 

its respective members advising them of 

the purpose of the survey and 

encouraging their participation. The 

survey will request the respondents to 

provide information such as: (1) The 

points served; (2) the amount and 

source of Federal, State, and/or local 

funds used in the past 24 months; (3) 

the type of ownership; (4) the number 

of passengers and vehicles carried in the 

past 12 months; (5) any new routes 

expected to be added within the next 

five years; and (6) the highways that are 

connected by the ferries. 

Respondents: The target population 

for the survey will be all of the 

approximately 300 operators of existing 

ferry services in the United States. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The burden per respondent is 

estimated to be an average of 20 

minutes. This average is based on an 

estimate of 10 minutes to answer new 

questions and an additional 5–15 

minutes to review (and revise as 

needed) previously submitted data. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

total annual burden is estimated to be 

100 hours (that is 20 minutes per 

respondent for 300 respondents equals 

6,000 minutes or 100 hours). 

Frequency: This survey will be 

updated every other year. 

Public Comments Invited: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including, but not limited to: 

(1) The necessity and utility of the 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways to minimize 

the collection burden without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

Comments submitted in response to this 

notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Transportation Equity Act 

for the 21st Century, (Pub. L. 105–178), 

section 1207(c) and H.R. 3, The Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) 2005 and 49 CFR 1.46. 

Issued in Washington, DC on the 24th day 

of August, 2005. 

Mary Hutzler, 

Associate Director, Office of Statistical 

Programs, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–17212 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Sidley Austin 

Brown & Wood LLP on behalf Canadian 

Pacific Railway Company (WB471–9—

August 8, 2005) for permission to use 

certain data from the Board’s Carload 

Waybill Samples. A copy of the request 

may be obtained from the Office of 

Economics, Environmental Analysis, 

and Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration within 14 calendar days 

of the date of this notice. The rules for 

release of waybill data are codified at 49 

CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 565–

1541. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17225 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Michael Behe 

representing USRail.desktop (WB604–

3–7/8/05) for permission to use certain 

data from the Board’s 1984–1998 and 

2004 Carload Waybill Samples. A copy 

of this request may be obtained from the 

Office of Economics, Environmental 

Analysis, and Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration within 14 calendar days 

of the date of this notice. The rules for 

release of waybill data are codified at 49 

CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 565–

1541. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17237 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34714] 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc.—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad 

Company 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, 

Inc. (AKMD),1 a Class III rail carrier, has 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 30, 2005 / Notices 51411 

2AKMD indicates that it expects to execute an 

agreement shortly with UP to provide for AKMD’s 

lease of the Cypress Bend Line. 

1On August 18, 2005, NSR informed the Board 

that milepost SB–22.20 stated in its notice, should 

be milepost 22.00. 

2Because this is a discontinuance of service 

proceeding and not an abandonment, there is no 

need to provide an opportunity for trail use/rail 

banking or public use condition requests. Likewise, 

no environmental or historic documentation is 

required under 49 CFR 1105.6(c)(6) and 1105.8. 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41, et seq., to lease 

from Union Pacific Railroad Company 

(UP), and operate, UP’s: (1) Cypress 

Bend Industrial Lead, between milepost 

407.5 at McGehee, AR, and milepost 

399.7 at Cypress Bend, AR; and (2) 

Potlatch Spur, between milepost 0.0 

(milepost 399.7 on the Cypress Bend 

Industrial Lead), and approximately 

milepost 3.4 at the connection with the 

industrial trackage of Potlatch 

Corporation’s Cypress Bend Mill, near 

Arkansas City, AR (Cypress Bend Line), 

a total distance of approximately 11.2 

miles. 

AKMD will also lease the yard at the 

east end of the Potlatch Spur and, 

except for yard tracks 001 and 002, the 

remainder of McGehee Yard that it does 

not already lease. Further, AKMD will 

obtain restated incidental bridge 

trackage rights over UP’s rail line 

between milepost 406.5 at McGehee and 

milepost 415.26 at Dermott, AR, to 

allow the movement of through traffic 

between the Cypress Bend Line/ 

McGehee Yard and the Warren Line (a 

UP line between Dermott, AR, that 

AKMD leased in 2004), a distance of 

approximately 8.76 miles.2

AKMD certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier. Because 

AKMD’s projected annual revenues will 

exceed $5 million, AKMD has certified 

to the Board on June 9, 2005, that the 

required notice of the transaction was 

posted at the workplace of the 

employees on the affected line on June 

3, 2005, and was sent to the national 

offices of the labor unions representing 

employees on the line. See 49 CFR 

1150.42(e). 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on or shortly after August 

8, 2005. 

If the verified 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. 34714, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on William C. 

Sippel, 29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 

920, Chicago, IL 60606–2832. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 22, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17139 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub–No. 264X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Sumter County, SC 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments and Discontinuances of 

Service to discontinue service over a 

9.8-mile rail line between milepost SB–

12.20 at Foxville and milepost SB–22.00 

at Hasskamp, in Sumter County, SC.1

The line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Codes 29150, 29153 and 

29514. 

NSR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has 

moved over the line for at least 2 years 

and that overhead traffic, if there were 

any, could 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 

1105.12 (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 

discontinuance 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 

September 29, 2005,2 unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay and formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2), 

must be filed by September 9, 2005. 

Petitions to reopen must be filed by 

September 19, 2005, with: Surface 

Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to NSR’s 

representative: James R. Paschall, 

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company, Three Commercial 

Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 23, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–17136 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Public Meeting of the President’s 

Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform 

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises all 

interested persons of the location of the 

September 8, 2005, public meeting of 

the President’s Advisory Panel on 

Federal Tax Reform. This meeting was 

previously announced in 70 FR 49704 

(August 24, 2005). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, September 8, 2005, in 

Washington, DC, and will begin at 9 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Wardman Park Marriott Hotel, 2660 

Woodley Road, NW., Washington, DC 

20008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Panel staff at (202) 927–2TAX (927–

2829) (not a toll-free call) or e-mail 

info@taxreformpanel.gov (please do not 

send comments to this box). Additional 

information is available at http:// 

www.taxreformpanel.gov.