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data will be used to evaluate the degree 

to which funds are used for operating 

purposes that: 

(1) Subsidize existing paratransit 

service provided to meet the 

requirements of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA); 

(2) Provide services to persons with 

disabilities that exceed those required 

by the ADA; 

(3) Provide services to individuals 

with disabilities that exceed those 

required by the ADA to the detriment of 

other eligible projects; 

(4) Assist elderly individuals; 

(5) Assist persons with disabilities; 

(6) Serve a wider range of elderly 

individuals, individuals with lowincomes, and individuals with 

disabilities; 

(7) Improve services to elderly 

individuals and individuals with 

disabilities; 

(8) Expand the range of transportation 

alternatives available to elderly 

individuals and individuals with 

disabilities; and 

(9) Facilitate or discourage 

coordination with or integration of other 

funding sources. 

II. Guidelines for Preparing and 

Submitting Proposals 

FTA is conducting a national 

solicitation for proposals from states 

wishing to participate in the Elderly 

Individuals and Individuals with 

Disabilities Pilot Program. FTA will 

grant authority for three states, in 

addition to those named in SAFETEALU, to use not more than 33 percent of 

their annual Section 5310 

apportionment for operating expenses 

related to the program in FY 2006 

through FY 2009. States will be selected 

to participate on a competitive basis. 

Proposals should be submitted 

electronically to: 

cheryl.oliver@fta.dot.gov and 

marymartha.churchman@fta.dot.gov. 

Proposals must be received by FTA no 

later than December 14, 2005. The state 

agency designated by the Governor to 

administer the Section 5310 program 

will submit a proposal that includes: 

1. Applicant Information 

Basic identifying information, 

including: 

a. Agency 

b. Contact information for notification 

of project selection: Contact name, 

address, fax and phone number 

2. Project Information 

Every application must: 

a. Provide the proportion of funds that 

the state intends to use for operating 

expenses (not more than 33 percent) for 

each year of the authorization period 

(fiscal years 2006–2009); 

b. Document sources of funds likely to 

be used to match FTA funds used for 

operating purposes; 

c. Include a narrative portion (not 

more than 8 pages, double-spaced) that 

addresses the state’s achievements in 

advancing coordination of public 

transit-human services transportation, 

as described in paragraph F, Proposal 

Criteria, and how the state expects to 

further enhance coordinated 

transportation services as a result of 

using some of their Section 5310 funds 

for operating expenses. 

III. Proposal Review, Selection, and 

Notification 

FTA will evaluate proposals based on 

the degree to which a state has 

advanced coordination of public transithuman services transportation and the 

degree to which they believe using a 

portion of their Section 5310 funds for 

operating expenses will further enhance 

coordination efforts. 

FTA expects to announce states 

selected to participate in the pilot 

program in the Federal Register Notice 

of FTA Fiscal Year 2006 

Apportionments, Allocations, and 

Program Information, or in a subsequent 

notice. The seven states selected will be 

eligible to participate in the pilot 

program through FY 2009. 

Issued on: November 7, 2005. 

Jennifer L. Dorn, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposals, Submissions, 

and Approvals 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: 30-day notice that seven 

existing collections from Class I 

Railroads are under review by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), and 

request for comments: Class I Railroad 

Annual Report; Quarterly Report of 

Revenues, Expenses, and Income—

Railroads; Quarterly Condensed Balance 

Sheet—Railroads; Report of Railroad 

Employees, Service, and Compensation; 

Monthly Report of Number of 

Employees of Class I Railroads; Annual 

Report of Cars Loaded and Cars 

Terminated; and Quarterly Report of 

Freight Commodity Statistics. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (Board) gives notice that the 

Board has submitted to OMB a request 

for review and clearance of the seven 

existing collections listed above, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq. (PRA). For the most part, these 

collections continue current Board 

reporting requirements without 

revision. As described below, a minor 

revision has been made to Collection 

No.1, Class I Railroad Annual Report. 

OMB control numbers were obtained in 

the past, but have expired, for six of the 

seven information collections that are 

the subject of this request. The Board 

previously published a notice about 

these collections in the Federal Register 

on May 19, 2005 at 70 FR 28979. That 

notice allowed for a 60-day public 

review and comment period. No 

comments were received. 

The purpose of the current notice is 

to allow an additional 30 days for public 

comment to satisfy the requirements of 

the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3507(b). Comments 

are requested concerning each 

collection as to (1) whether the 

particular collection of information 

described below is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the Board, including whether the 

collection has practical utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate. Submitted comments will 

be considered by OMB prior to approval 

of the proposed collection. 

DATES: Written comments are due by 

December 15, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Surface Transportation 

Board, and should refer to the title of 

the specific collection(s) commented 

upon. These comments should be 

directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Surface 

Transportation Board Desk Officer, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s) contact Scott 

Decker, (202) 565–1531. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339.] 

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Subjects: In this notice the Board is 

requesting comments on the following 

information collections: 

Collection Number 1 

Title: Class I Railroad Annual Report. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0009. 

Form Number: R1. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with 

change, of a previously approved 

collection for which OMB control 

number has expired. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Revision: Schedule 755 of the Surface 

Transportation Board’s Class I Railroad 

Annual Report (ACAA–R1) is being 

modified to include reporting of TOFC/ 

COFC intermodal load factors. The new 

item is required to support the more 

accurate calculation of intermodal 

shipment costs. These cost estimates are 

used by the Surface Transportation 

Board when making determinations of 

market dominance in rail rate 

proceedings and when evaluating 

evidence submitted by parties in those 

proceedings. See 49 U.S.C. 10707. The 

collection of this information is 

authorized by section 11145 of the ICC 

Termination Act of 1995, Public Law 

104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995), and 

codified at 49 U.S.C. 11145. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 800 

hours, based on information provided 

by the railroad industry during the 

1990’s. This estimate includes time 

spent reviewing instructions; searching 

existing data sources; gathering and 

maintaining the data needed; 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information; and converting the data 

from the carrier’s individual accounting 

system to the Board’s Uniform System 

of Accounts (USOA), which ensures that 

the information will be presented in a 

consistent format across all reporting 

railroads, see 49 U.S.C. 11141–43, 

11161–64, 49 CFR 1200–1201. It is 

possible that the time required to 

produce this report is overstated, given 

the advances made in computerized 

data collection and processing systems. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,600 

hours annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: Annual reports are 

required to be filed by Class I railroads 

under 49 U.S.C. 11145. The reports 

show operating expenses and operating 

statistics of the carriers. Operating 

expenses include costs for right-of-way 

and structures, equipment, train and 

yard operations, and general and 

administrative expenses. Operating 

statistics include such items as carmiles, revenue ton-miles, and gross tonmiles. The reports are used by the 

Board, other Federal agencies, and 

industry groups to monitor and assess 

railroad industry growth, financial 

stability, traffic, and operations, and to 

identify industry changes that may 

affect national transportation policy. 

Information from this report is also 

entered into the Board’s Uniform Rail 

Costing System (URCS), which is a cost 

measurement methodology. URCS, 

which was developed by the Board 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11161, is used as 

a tool in rail rate proceedings, in 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 10707(d), to 

calculate the variable costs associated 

with providing a particular service. The 

Board also uses this information to more 

effectively carry out other of its 

regulatory responsibilities, including: 

Acting on railroad requests for authority 

to engage in Board-regulated financial 

transactions such as mergers, 

acquisitions of control, and 

consolidations, see 49 U.S.C. 11323–

11324; analyzing the information that 

the Board obtains through the annual 

railroad industry waybill sample, see 49 

CFR 1244; measuring off-branch costs in 

railroad abandonment proceedings, in 

accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n); 

developing rail cost adjustment factors, 

in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 10708; and 

conducting investigations and 

rulemakings. 

Information from certain schedules 

contained in these reports is compiled 

and published on the Board’s Web site, 

http://www.stb.dot.gov. Information in 

these reports is not available from any 

other source. 

Collection Number 2 

Title: Quarterly Report of Revenues, 

Expenses, and Income—Railroads (Form 

RE&I). 

OMB Control Number: 2140–ll 

(prior number under the Interstate 

Commerce Commission (ICC): 3120–

0027). 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection for which OMB 

control number has expired. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 168 hours 

annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: This collection is a 

report of railroad operating revenues, 

operating expenses and income items; it 

is a profit and loss statement, disclosing 

net railway operating income on a 

quarterly and year-to-date basis for the 

current and prior years. See 49 CFR 

1243.1. The Board uses the information 

in this report to ensure competitive, 

efficient, and safe transportation 

through general oversight programs that 

monitor and forecast the financial and 

operating condition of railroads, and 

through regulation of railroad rate and 

service issues and rail restructuring 

proposals, including railroad mergers, 

consolidations, acquisitions of control, 

and abandonments. Information from 

these reports is used by the Board, other 

Federal agencies, and industry groups to 

monitor and assess industry growth and 

operations, detect changes in carrier 

financial stability, and identify trends 

that may affect the national 

transportation system. Information from 

these reports is compiled by the Board 

and published on its Web site, http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. The information 

contained in these reports is not 

available from any other source. 

Collection Number 3 

Title: Quarterly Condensed Balance 

Sheet—Railroads (Form CBS). 

OMB Control Number: 2140–ll 

(prior number under ICC: 3120–0063). 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection for which OMB 

control number has expired. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 6 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 168 hours 

annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

shows the balance, quarterly and 

cumulative for the current and prior 

year, of the carrier’s assets and 

liabilities, gross capital expenditures, 

and revenue tons carried. See 49 CFR 

1243.2. The Board uses the information 

in this report to ensure competitive, 

efficient, and safe transportation 

through general oversight programs that 

monitor and forecast the financial and 

operating condition of railroads, and 

through specific regulation of railroad 

rate and service issues and rail 

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restructuring proposals, including 

railroad mergers, consolidations, 

acquisitions of control, and 

abandonments. Information from these 

reports is used by the Board, other 

Federal agencies, and industry groups to 

assess industry growth and operations, 

detect changes in carrier financial 

stability, and identify trends that may 

affect the national transportation 

system. Information from these reports 

is compiled by the Board and published 

on its Web site, http://www.stb.dot.gov. 

The information contained in these 

reports is not available from any other 

source. 

Collection Number 4 

OMB Control Number: 2140–ll 

(prior number under ICC: 3120–0074). 

Title: Report of Railroad Employees, 

Service and Compensation (Wage Forms 

A and B.) 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection for which OMB 

control number has expired. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

hours per quarterly report and 40 hours 

per annual summation, based on 

information provided by the railroad 

industry during the 1990’s. It is possible 

that the time required to collect this 

information is overstated given the 

advances made in computerized data 

collection and processing systems. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly, 

with an annual summation. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 1120 

hours annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

shows the number of employees, service 

hours, and compensation, by employee 

group (e.g., executive, professional, 

maintenance-of-way and equipment, 

and transportation), of the reporting 

railroads. See 49 CFR 1245. The 

information is used by the Board to 

forecast labor costs and measure the 

efficiency of the reporting railroads. The 

information is also used by the Board to 

evaluate proposed regulated 

transactions that may impact rail 

employees, including mergers and 

consolidations, acquisitions of control, 

purchases, and abandonments. Other 

Federal agencies and industry groups, 

including the Railroad Retirement 

Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and 

Association of American Railroads, use 

the information contained in the reports 

to monitor railroad operations. Certain 

information from these reports is 

compiled and published on the Board’s 

Web site, http://www.stb.dot.gov. The 

information contained in these reports 

is not available from any other source. 

Collection Number 5 

Title: Monthly Report of Number of 

Employees of Class I Railroads (Wage 

Form C). 

OMB Control Number: 2140–ll 

(prior number under ICC: 3120–0133). 

Form Number: STB Form 350. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection for which OMB 

control number has expired. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.25 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Monthly. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 105 hours 

annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

shows, for each reporting carrier, the 

average number of employees at midmonth in the six job classification 

groups that encompass all railroad 

employees. See 49 CFR 1246. The 

information is used by the Board to 

forecast labor costs and measure the 

efficiency of the reporting railroads. The 

information is also used by the Board to 

evaluate the impact on rail employees of 

proposed regulated transactions, 

including mergers and consolidations, 

acquisitions of control, purchases, and 

abandonments. Other Federal agencies 

and industry groups, including the 

Railroad Retirement Board, Bureau of 

Labor Statistics, and Association of 

American Railroads, use the information 

contained in these reports to monitor 

railroad operations. Certain information 

from these reports is compiled and 

published on the Board’s Web site, 

http://www.stb.dot.gov. The information 

contained in these reports is not 

available from any other source. 

Collection Number 6 

Title: Annual Report of Cars Loaded 

and Cars Terminated. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–ll. 

Form Number: Form STB–54. 

Type of Review: Existing collection in 

use without an OMB control number. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 28 hours 

annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: This collection 

reports the number of cars loaded and 

cars terminated on the reporting 

carrier’s line. See 49 CFR 1247. 

Information in this report is entered into 

the Board’s URCS, the uses of which are 

explained under Collection Number 1. 

This collection was authorized in 

Modification of Class I Reporting 

Regulations, STB Ex Parte No. 583 (STB 

served Jan. 5, 2001); 66 FR 1051–01 

(2001). There is no other source for the 

information contained in this report. 

Collection Number 7 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0001. 

Title: Quarterly Report of Freight 

Commodity Statistics (Form QCS). 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection for which OMB 

control number has expired. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 217 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly, 

with an annual summation. 

Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,076 

hours annually. 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’

Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens 

associated with this collection have 

been identified. 

Needs and Uses: This collection, 

which is based on information 

contained in waybills used by railroads 

in the ordinary course of business, 

reports car loadings and total revenues 

by commodity code for each commodity 

that moved on the railroad during the 

reporting period. See 49 CFR 1248. 

Information in this report is entered into 

the Board’s URCS, the uses of which are 

explained under Collection Number 1. 

There is no other source for the 

information contained in this report. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, a Federal agency conducting or 

sponsoring a collection of information 

must display a currently valid OMB 

control number. A collection of 

information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of 

the PRA requires, concurrent with an 

agency’s submitting a collection to OMB 

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for approval, a 30-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–22540 Filed 11–10–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Ex Parte No. 333] 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., November 16, 

2005. 

PLACE: The Board’s Hearing Room, 

Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423. 

STATUS: The Board will meet to discuss 

among themselves the following agenda 

items. Although the conference is open 

for public observation, no public 

participation is permitted. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: STB 

Finance Docket No. 34738, Paducah & 

Louisville Railway, Inc.—Acquisition—

CSX Transportation, Inc. 

Embraced Case: STB Finance Docket 

No. 34738 (Sub-No. 1), Evansville 

Western Railway, Inc.—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Paducah & 

Louisville Railway, Inc. 

Embraced Case: STB Finance Docket 

No. 34738 (Sub-No. 2), Four Rivers 

Transportation, Inc. and Paducah & 

Louisville Railway, Inc.—Continuance 

in Control Exemption—Evansville 

Western Railway, Inc. 

STB Finance Docket No. 28676 (SubNo. 5), Grand Trunk Western Railroad—

Control—Detroit, Toledo and Ironton 

Railroad Company and Detroit and 

Toledo Shore Line Railroad Company 

(Arbitration Review). 

STB Finance Docket No. 34747, 

Central Puget Sound Regional Transit 

Authority—Acquisition Exemption—

BNSF Railway Company. 

STB Finance Docket No. 34734, 

Northeast Interchange Railway, LLC—

Lease And Operation Exemption—Line 

in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. 

STB Finance Docket No. 34540, The 

Columbus & Ohio River Railroad 

Company—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Rail Lines of CSX 

Transportation, Inc. 

STB Ex Parte No. 552 (Sub-No. 9), 

Railroad Revenue Adequacy—2004 

Determination. 

STB Finance Docket No. 34337, 

Michael H. Meyer, Trustee in 

Bankruptcy for California Western 

Railroad, Inc. v. North Coast Railroad 

Authority, d/b/a Northwestern Pacific 

Railroad. 

STB Docket No. AB–862X, Twin State 

Railroad Company—Abandonment 

Exemption—in Caledonia and Essex 

Counties, VT. 

STB Docket No. AB–878, City of 

Peoria and the Village of Peoria Heights, 

IL—Adverse Discontinuance—Pioneer 

Industrial Railway Company. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

A. Dennis Watson, Office of 

Congressional and Public Services, 

Telephone: (202) 565–1596 FIRS: 1–

800–877–8339. 

Dated: November 9, 2005. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

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