Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 126 / Friday, June 28, 1996 / Notices 33795

1The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No.

104–88, 109 Stat. 803, which was enacted on

December 29, 1995, and took effect on January 1,

1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce

Commission and transferred certain functions to the

Surface Transportation Board (Board). This notice

relates to functions that are subject to the Board’s

jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10903.

2A Conrail line from milepost 28.50 at Urbana,

to milepost 78.3 at Bloomington, is the subject of

a pending petition for exemption in Norfolk and

Western Railway Company—Purchase and

Operate—Consolidated Rail Corporation—in

Urbana to Peoria, IL, STB Finance Docket No.

32957.

By letter filed June 19, 1996, the Champaign

County Administrative Services (County) filed a

comment expressing concern about the proposed

abandonment’s effects on planned industrial areas

on the east side of the City of Urbana and the

elevator at Fulls Siding.

While the County appears to oppose

abandonment, its position is not altogether clear.

Should it wish to seek specific relief from the

Board, it may file a petition for stay or for other

relief on or before the dates specified in this notice.

3Conrail indicates that its intends to consummate

abandonment on August 5, 1996, or on the date NW

acquires the line between milepost 28.50 and

milepost 78.3 and begins operations over it

pursuant to the exemption sought in STB Finance

Docket No. 32957, whichever is later.

4The 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 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.

5See Exempt. of Rail Abandonment—Offers of

Finan. Assist., 4 I.C.C.2d 164 (1987).

6The Board will accept late-filed trail use

requests so long as the abandonment has not been

consummated and the abandoning railroad is

willing to negotiate an agreement.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

cost and burden. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following

collection of information was published

on April 15, 1996 (61 FR 16528).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Fell, (202) 366–6205, Office of

Pipeline Safety, Research and Special

Programs Administration, Department

of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20590 and refer

to the OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Customer-Owned Service Lines.

OMB Control Number: 2137—New.

Abstract: An RSPA regulation (49 CFR

192.16) requires operators of gas service

lines who do not maintain buried

customer piping up to building walls or

certain other locations to notify their

customers of the need to maintain that

piping. Congress directed DOT to take

this action in view of service line

accidents. By advising customers of the

need to maintain their buried gas

piping, the notices may reduce the risk

of further accidents.

The regulation requires each operator

to notify each customer not later than

August 14, 1996, or 90 days after the

customer first receives gas at a

particular location, whichever is later.

However, operators of master meter

systems may continuously post a

general notice in a prominent location

frequented by customers. In addition,

each operator must make the following

records available for inspection by

RSPA or a State agency participating

under 49 U.S.C. 60105 or 60106: (1) a

copy of the notice currently in use; and

(2) evidence that notices have been sent

to customers within the previous 3

years.

Respondents: Gas transmission and

distribution operators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,590.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: Minimal.

Send comments to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725–

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503,

Attention RSPA Desk Officer.

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 21,

1996.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

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[STB Docket No. AB–167 (Sub-No. 1161X)]

Consolidated Rail Corporation—

Abandonment Exemption—in

Vermilion and Champaign Counties, IL

Consolidated Rail Corporation

(Conrail) has filed a notice of exemption

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt

Abandonments to abandon

approximately 24.50 miles of its line of

railroad known as the Pekin Secondary

Track from approximately milepost 4.00

to approximately milepost 28.50 in

Vermilion and Champaign Counties, IL.2

Conrail has certified that: (1) No local

traffic has moved over the line for at

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on

the line can be rerouted; (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

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

1105.7 (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.

This exemption is subject to the

condition that consummation of the

abandonment is contingent upon

issuance by the Board of an exemption

for the transaction that is the subject of

STB Finance Docket No. 32957 and

upon the exercise of that exemption by

acquisition and operation by Norfolk

and Western Railway Company (NW) of

the line that is the subject of that

proceeding.

As a further 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 July 28,

1996, unless stayed pending

reconsideration.3 Petitions to stay that

do not involve environmental issues,4

formal expressions of intent to file an

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),5 and

trail use/rail banking requests under 49

CFR 1152.29 6 must be filed by July 8,

1996. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by July 18, 1996,

with: Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Branch, Surface Transportation

Board, 1201 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20423.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: John J. Paylor, Associate

General Counsel, Consolidated Rail

Corporation, 2001 Market Street—16A,

Philadelphia, PA 19101–1416.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Conrail has filed an environmental

report which addresses the

abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources. The

Section of Environmental Analysis
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(SEA) will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by July 3, 1996.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 3219,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423) or by calling

Elaine Kaiser, Chief of SEA, at (202)

927–6248. 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.

Decided: June 21, 1996.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 20, 1996.

The Department of the 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 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

U.S. Customs Service (CUS)

OMB Number: 1515–0049.

Form Number: CF 7533.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Inward Cargo Manifest for

Vessels Under Five Net Tons, Ferry,

Train, Car, Vehicle, etc.

Description: Vessels under five tons

and any vehicle carrying merchandise

and arriving from contiguous country

must report their arrival in the United

States and produce a manifest on

Customs Form 7533 listing merchandise

being conveyed.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Individuals or households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

20,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

41,650 hours.

OMB Number: 1515–0052.

Form Number: CF 4609.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Petition for Remission or

Mitigation of Forfeiture and Penalty

Incurred.

Description: Customs needs the

information provided to form the basis

for granting or denying the

administrative relief requested. It will

be used to identify mitigating and

aggravating factors in the violation.

Respondents are persons whose

property is seized or who incur

monetary penalties through violation of

International Trade laws or regulations.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 28,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 8,834 hours.

OMB Number: 1515–0060.

Form Number: CF 1300.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Master’s Oath on Entry of Vessel

in Foreign Trade.

Description: This form is submitted by

Masters of vessels upon arriving into the

United States. Customs needs this

information to record information

pertaining to payment of tonnage fees

and to obligate the Master to the truth

of the manifest.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

12,000.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

21,991 hours.

Clearance Officer: J. Edgar Nichols,

(202) 927–1426, U.S. Customs Service,

Printing and Records Management

Branch, Room 6216, 1301 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20229.

OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf,

(202) 395–7340, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

June 21, 1996.

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 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Special Request: In order to conduct

the focus group interviews described

below in mid July 1996, the Department

of Treasury is requesting that the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

review and approve this information

collection by July 5, 1996. To obtain a

copy of this survey, please contact the

IRS Clearance Officer at the address

listed below.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–1432.

Project Number: M:SP:V 96–015–G.

Type of Review: Revision.

Title: Helena Customer Satisfaction

Survey.

Description: As a Treasury

Reinvention Laboratory, the Helena

District is striving to develop a new

management system which is

responsive to our customers’ values. By

measuring customer satisfaction with

existing services and clearly identifying

customer expectations, the Helena

District will have the tools for

developing a customer focused

improvement strategy to continually

monitor and improve the service it

delivers. To accomplish this, the Helena

District proposes to actively solicit

taxpayer opinions through the

utilization of a district-wide survey to

measure the level of customer

satisfaction.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,817.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 3 minutes.

Frequency of Response: Other.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

141 hours.

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear,

(202) 622–3869, Internal Revenue

Service, Room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.

OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf,

(202) 395–7340, Office of Management

and Budget, Room 10226, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

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