938 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 3 / Wednesday, January 5, 2005 / Notices 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Communications received within 

30 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 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at

http://dms.dot.gov.

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). The 

Statement may also be found at http://

dms.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC on December 27, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 05–121 Filed 1–4–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub–No. 227X)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Caribou 

County, ID 

On December 16, 2004, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board a petition 

under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption 

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

to abandon and discontinue service over 

UP’s Dry Valley Subdivision from 

milepost 23.90 to milepost 24.11, a 

distance of 0.21 miles, in Caribou 

County, ID. The line traverses U.S. 

Postal Service Zip Code 83230 and it 

includes no stations. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in UP’s possession will 

be made available promptly to those 

requesting it. 

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 issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

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

decision will be issued by April 5, 2005. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) 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 $1,200 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than January 25, 2005. Each 

trail use request must be accompanied 

by a $200 filing fee. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–33 

(Sub-No. 227X) and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) Mack H. Shumate, Jr., 

Senior General Attorney, 101 North 

Wacker Drive, Room 1920, Chicago, IL 

60606. Replies to the petition are due on 

or before January 25, 2005. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment 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) 565–1539. (Assistance for 

the hearing impaired is available 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.) 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 28, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 05–179 Filed 1–4–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 28, 2004. 

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 11000, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 4, 2005, 

to be assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–1628. 

Regulation Project Number: REG–

118620–97 Final. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Communications Excise Tax; 

Prepaid Telephone Cards. 

Description: Carriers must keep 

certain information documenting their 

sales of prepaid telephone cards to other 

carriers to avoid responsibility for 

collecting tax. The regulations provide 

rules for the application of the 

communications excise tax to prepaid 

telephone cards. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 104. 

Estimated Burden Hours Respondent/

Recordkeeper: 20 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 34 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Paul H. Finger, 

(202) 622–3634, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–172 Filed 1–4–05; 8:45 am] 

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