59392 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 12, 2005 / Notices 

period of time. Electronic records are 

stored for an indefinite period of time. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

Director of Finance and 

Administration, Saint Lawrence Seaway 

Development Corporation, P.O. Box 520, 

180 Andrews Street, Massena, N.Y. 

13662–0520. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals may inquire, in writing, to 

the System manager. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Same as ‘‘Notification procedure.’’

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Same as ‘‘Notification procedure.’’

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information contained in this system 

would come from Saint Lawrence 

Seaway Development Corporation 

records. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Dated: October 4, 2005. 

Steven Lott, 

Departmental Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–20399 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Draft Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement for US 411 

Connector, Bartow County, GA 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, the FHWA, in cooperation with 

the Georgia Department of 

Transportation (GDOT), have jointly 

prepared a Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DSEIS) for proposed transportation 

improvements in the US 411 Corridor. 

The project is within Bartow County. 

The DSEIS identifies various 

alternatives and the associated 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

alternatives. Interested citizens are 

invited to review the DSEIS and submit 

comments. Copies of the DSEIS may be 

obtained by telephoning or writing the 

contact person listed below under 

ADDRESSES. Public reading copies of the 

DSEIS are available at the locations 

listed under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: A 45-day public review period 

will begin on October 7, 2005 and 

conclude on November 21, 2005. 

Written comments on the alternatives 

and impacts to be considered must be 

received by GDOT by November 21, 

2005. A public hearing to receive 

comments on the DSEIS will be held in 

Cartersville, GA on October 24, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

DSEIS should be addressed to Mr. 

Harvey D. Keepler, State 

Environmental/Location Engineer, 

Georgia Department of Transportation, 

3993 Aviation Circle, Atlanta, GA 

30336–1593. Requests for a copy of the 

DSEIS may be addressed to Mr. Harvey 

D. Keepler at the address above. Please 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

for a listing of the available documents 

and formats in which they may be 

obtained. Copies of the Draft EIS are 

also available for public inspection and 

review. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request copies of the DSEIS or for 

additional information, contact: Mr. 

Harvey D. Keepler, State 

Environmental/Location Engineer, 

Georgia Department of Transportation, 

3993 Aviation Circle, Atlanta, GA 

30336–1593. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hearing 

Date and Location: Monday, October 24, 

2005: Cartersville Civic Center, 435 

West main Street, Cartersville, GA (4 

p.m.–7 p.m.) 

Copies of the DSEIS are available in 

hard copy format for public inspection 

at: 

Georgia Department of Transportation, 

Office of Environment/Location, 3993 

Aviation Circle, Atlanta, GA 30336–

1593. 

Georgia Department of Transportation 

District Six Office, 500 Joe Frank 

Harris Parkway, Cartersville, GA 

30120. 

Bartow County Commissioners Office, 

135 W Cherokee Ave, Suite 251, 

Cartersville, GA 30120. 

City of Cartersville, City Clerks Office, 

10 North Public Square, Cartersville, 

GA 30120. 

City of Rome, City Clerks Office, Rome 

City Hall, 601 Broad Street, Rome, GA 

30162. 

Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville 

Campus, Library, 5441 Highway 20, 

NE Cartersville, GA 30121. 

Bartow County Library, 429 W Main 

Street, Cartersville, GA 30120. 

Background 

This DSEIS provides a detailed 

evaluation of the US 411 Connector 

project. The project corridor lies within 

Bartown County, Georgia. This DSEIS 

includes an examination of the purpose 

and need, alternatives under 

consideration, travel demand, affected 

environment, environmental 

consequences, and mitigation measures 

as a result of the improvements under 

consideration. Five build alternatives, 

including the No-Action Alternative, are 

considered for improvements to the US 

411 Corridor. FHWA was the lead 

agency for the preparation of the Draft 

SEIS. 

The FHWA, the GDOT, and other 

local agencies invite interested 

individuals, organizations, and Federal, 

State, and local agencies to comment on 

the evaluated alternatives and 

associated social, economic, or 

environmental impacts related to the 

alternatives. 

Dated on: October 5, 2005. 

Robert M. Callan, 

Division Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration, Atlanta, Georgia. 

[FR Doc. 05–20385 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Request for Comments; 

Clearance of a New Information 

Collection: Work Schedules and Sleep 

Patterns of Railroad Dispatchers 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad 

Administration invites public comments 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval for a new information 

collection. The proposed collection 

involves the work schedules and sleep 

patterns of railroad dispatchers. FRA 

seeks to develop an understanding of 

the work schedule-related fatigue issues 

that affect railroad dispatchers. FRA 

will use the data obtained from the 

proposed collection (a survey) to 

identify whether or not this segment of 

the railroad workforce has a work and 

sleep schedule pattern that may 

compromise their ability to carry out 

their safety critical role in railroad 

operations in a suitable manner. FRA is 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 to publish this notice. The 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on August 4, 2005. 

DATES: Please submit comments on or 

before November 14, 2005. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 12, 2005 / Notices 59393 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and 

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont 

Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17, Washington, 

DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292), 

or Victor Angelo, Office of Support 

Systems, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1120 Vermont Ave., 

NW., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 

20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6470). 

(These telephone numbers are not tollfree.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Pub. L. No. 104–13, 2, 109 Stat. 

163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On August 4, 

2005, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on ICRs that the agency was seeking 

OMB approval. 70 FR 44971. FRA 

received two comments in response to 

this notice. Both commenters supported 

the proposed information collection. 

The first comment came from Mr. Leo 

McCann, President of the American 

Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA). 

ATDA is a rail labor organization that 

represents approximately 2,100 railroad 

workers who are charged with the task 

of safely and efficiently moving the 

nation’s freight and passenger service on 

a daily around-the-clock basis. In his 

remarks, Mr. McCann stated the 

following: 

ATDA is considered one of several ‘‘nonoperating crafts’’ whose members are subject 

to work schedule-related fatigue. Fatigue 

continues to be a factor for the non-operating 

crafts within the rail industry, especially in 

view of the working conditions, expanded 

territories, frequent changes in workweek 

and starting times, and erratic call schedules 

for our extra train dispatchers. Our members, 

like BRS and BMWE, are subject to a number 

of work schedule-related factors which can 

lead to fatigue induced accidents and 

incidents. As such, we support the study 

contemplated in the above-referenced notice 

to assist FRA and the rail industry in 

understanding the impact of work schedules, 

territory size, call schedules, working 

conditions, and other factors which may 

contribute to ATDA employee fatigue. 

The second comment came from Mr. 

Freddie Simpson, President of the 

Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way 

Employees (BMWE). The BMWE is a rail 

labor organization that represents 

40,000 railroad workers who build, 

maintain, repair, and inspect tracks, 

bridges, and related railroad 

infrastructure throughout the United 

States. In his letter, Mr. Simpson noted 

the following: 

Railroad Dispatchers play a critical role in 

the safety of rail operations. Fatigue has been 

a huge factor in the railroad industry, and 

recent railroad mergers and manpower 

reductions have exacerbated the problem. 

BMWE contends that the Work Schedules 

and Sleep Patterns of Railroad Dispatchers, 

OMB Control Number 2130–NEW, study will 

help FRA and the rail industry to develop an 

understanding of the work schedule-related 

fatigue issues that affect Railroad 

Dispatchers. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve these proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 

CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30 day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30 

day notice informs the regulated 

community to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

digest public comments before it 

renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should 

submit their respective comments to 

OMB within 30 days of publication to 

best ensure having their full effect. 5 

CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. 

The summaries below describe the 

nature of the information collection 

requirements (ICRs) and the expected 

burden. The proposed requirements are 

being submitted for clearance by OMB 

as required by the PRA. 

Title: Work Schedules and Sleep 

Patterns of Railroad Dispatchers. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–XXXX. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): FRA F 6180.122; FRA F 

6180.123. 

Abstract: In a continuing effort to 

improve rail safety and to reduce the 

number of injuries and fatalities to rail 

workers, FRA and the railroad industry 

have focused on the issue of fatigue, 

primarily among train and engine crew 

personnel. Because railroading is an 

around-the-clock, seven-days-a-week 

operation and because a wide array of 

workers are needed both to operate and 

to maintain the nation’s railroads, other 

crafts—besides train and engine crews—

can also be subject to fatigue. The nonoperating crafts, including track 

maintenance, signal system 

maintenance and telecommunications 

and railroad dispatchers, fall into this 

second category. FRA is proposing a 

study which will focus on railroad 

dispatchers, one of the non-operating 

railroad crafts. FRA seeks to develop an 

understanding of the work schedulerelated fatigue issues that affect railroad 

dispatchers. The proposed study has 

two primary purposes: (1) It aims to 

document and characterize the work/ 

rest schedules and sleep patterns of the 

railroad dispatchers; and (2) It intends 

to examine the relationship between 

these schedules and level of alertness/ 

fatigue for the individuals who work 

these schedules. The intent is to report 

results in the aggregate, not by 

individual or railroad. Subjective ratings 

from participants of their alertness/ 

sleepiness on both work and non-work 

days will be an integral part of this 

study. The data will be collected 

through the use of a daily diary or log 

completed by participants over a 

continuous two-week time period, as 

well as through a brief background 

questionnaire completed by each 

participant. Analysis of the diary data 

will allow FRA to assess whether or not 

there are any work-related fatigue issues 

for railroad dispatchers. The proposed 

study will provide a defensible and 

definitive estimate of the work/rest 

cycle parameters and fatigue in 

dispatchers that will inform possible 

future FRA regulatory policy and action. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 858. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

these information collections to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503; Attention: FRA 

Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: Whether the proposed 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of FRA, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of FRA’s estimates 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 collections of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; and 49 CFR 

1.48. 

59394 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 12, 2005 / Notices 

1CC&P states that a portion of the North Cedar 

Rapids Spur is immediately adjacent to the 

industrial facilities of Cedarapids, Inc. (Cedarapids). 

In 2002, Cedarapids initiated litigation in state 

court, which was later removed to federal court, 

with CC&P regarding use of and title to the adjacent 

portion of the North Cedar Rapids Spur right-ofway. See Cedarapids, Inc. v. Chicago, Central & 

Pac. R. Co., 265 F. Supp.2d 1005 (N.D. Iowa 2003). 

As part of a settlement of that litigation, the parties 

agreed that CC&P would abandon the North Cedar 

Rapids Spur and transfer the subject right-of-way to 

Cedarapids. The settlement is conditioned upon 

Board approval or exemption of the abandonment. 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,200. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

Dated in Washington, DC on October 5, 

2005. 

D.J. Stadtler, 

Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–20361 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–314 (Sub–No. 3X)] 

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad 

Company’Abandonment Exemption’in 

Linn County, IA 

Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad 

Company (CC&P) has filed a notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

0.79-mile line of railroad, the North 

Cedar Rapids Spur, extending from 

milepost 87.74 at 16th Street, NE., to 

milepost 88.53 near 20th Street NE., at 

the end of the track, in Cedar Rapids, 

Linn County, IA. The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Code 

52402. 

CC&P has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic 

formerly handled on the line can 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 or with 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the 2-year period;1 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 

abandonment 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 

November 11, 2005, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,2 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by October 21, 2005. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 1, 2005, with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to CC&P’s 

representative: Thomas J. Litwiler, 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606–

2832. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CC&P has filed an environmental/ 

historic report which addresses the 

effects, if any, of the abandonment on 

the environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by October 17, 2005. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 565–1539. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.] Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), CC&P shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

CC&P’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 12, 2006, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 5, 2005. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–20442 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

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 a public meeting of 

the President’s Advisory Panel on 

Federal Tax Reform. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Thursday, October 27, 2005. The 

meeting will be held via teleconference 

and will begin at 11 a.m. eastern 

daylight time. Interested parties will be 

able to listen to the meeting. Call-in 

information will be posted on the 

Panel’s Web site, http:// 

www.taxreformpanel.gov, at a later date. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: The October 27 meeting is 

the thirteenth meeting of the Advisory 

Panel. At this meeting, the Panel will 

continue to discuss issues associated 

with reform of the tax code. There is a 

possibility that this meeting will not 

take place as scheduled. Please check 

the Panel’s Web site for updated 

information. 

Comments: Interested parties are 

invited to call into the teleconference to 

listen to the meeting; however, no 

public comments will be heard at the 

meeting. Any written comments with 

respect to this meeting may be mailed 

to The President’s Advisory Panel on 

Federal Tax Reform, 1440 New York 

Avenue, NW., Suite 2100, Washington,