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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: 2140–0011. 

Form Number: Form STB–54. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

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 part 1247. 

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. 

Collection Number 7 

OMB Control Number: 2140–000. 

Title: Quarterly Report of Freight 

Commodity Statistics (Form QCS). 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

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 carload 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 

part 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. Under section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, Federal 

agencies are required, prior to 

submitting a collection to OMB for 

approval, to provide a 60-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. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–18531 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Proposed 

Collections; Comment Requests 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on revisions of two 

information collections that are 

proposed for approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The Office of 

International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning Treasury 

International Capital (TIC) Form BC, 

Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of 

Depository Institutions, Brokers, and 

Dealers on Foreigners; and Treasury 

International Capital (TIC) Form BL–1, 

Report of U.S. Dollar Liabilities of 

Depository Institutions, Brokers, and 

Dealers to Foreigners. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 14, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 5422, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, please 

also notify Mr. Wolkow by e-mail 

(comments2tic@do.treas.gov), FAX 

(202–622–2009) or telephone (202–622–

1276). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the proposed forms and 

instructions are available on the 

Treasury’s TIC Forms Web page, 

http://www.treas.gov/tic/forms.html. 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Mr. Wolkow. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles: 

Treasury International Capital Form BC, 

Report of U.S. Dollar Claims of 

Depository Institutions, Brokers, and 

Dealers on Foreigners; and Treasury 

Capital Form BL–1, Report of U.S. 

Dollar Liabilities of Depository 

Institutions, Brokers, and Dealers to 

Foreigners. 

OMB Control Numbers: 1505–0017 

and 1505–0019. 

Abstracts: Forms BC and BL–1 are 

part of the Treasury International 

Capital (TIC) reporting system, which is 

required by law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22 

U.S.C. 3103; E.O. 10033; 31 CFR 128) for 

the purpose of providing timely 

information on international portfolio 

capital movements. Form BC is a 

monthly report that covers own U.S. 

dollar claims of banks, other depository 

institutions, brokers and dealers vis-avis foreign residents. Form BL–1 is a 

monthly report that covers own U.S. 

dollar liabilities of banks, other 

depository institutions, brokers and 

dealers vis-a-vis foreign residents. This 

information is necessary for compiling 

the U.S. balance of payments accounts 

and the U.S. international investment 

position, and for formulating U.S. 

international financial and monetary 

policies. 

Current Actions: None. We expect to 

make some clarifications in the 

instructions. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Form BC (1505–0017). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

283. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: Ten hours per respondent 

per filing. This average time varies from 

18 hours for the approximately 30 major 


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reporters to 9 hours for the other 

reporters. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 33,800 hours, based on 12 

reporting periods per year. 

Form BL–1 (1505–0019). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

349. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: Seven and one-tenth (7.1) 

hours per respondent per filing. This 

average time varies from 13 hours for 

the approximately 30 major reporters to 

6.5 hours for the other reporters. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 29,560 hours, based on 12 

reporting periods per year. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit written 

comments concerning: (a) Whether 

Forms BC and BL–1 are necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the Office, including whether the 

information will have practical uses; (b) 

the accuracy of the above estimate of the 

burdens; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the reporting and/or 

recordkeeping burdens on respondents, 

including the use of information 

technologies to automate the collection 

of the data; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Systems. 

[FR Doc. E8–18537 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Proposed 

Collections; Comment Requests 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on revisions of an 

information collection that are proposed 

for approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The Office of 

International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning Treasury 

International Capital (TIC) Form BL–2, 

Report by Depository Institutions, 

Brokers and Dealers of Customers’ U.S. 

Dollar Liabilities to Foreigners. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 14, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 5422, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, please 

also notify Mr. Wolkow by e-mail 

(comments2tic@do.treas.gov), FAX 

(202–622–2009) or telephone (202–622–

1276). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the proposed forms and 

instructions are available on the 

Treasury’s TIC Forms Web page, 

http://www.treas.gov/tic/forms.html. 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Mr. Wolkow. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: Treasury International Capital 

Form BL–2, Report by Depository 

Institutions, Brokers and Dealers of 

Customers’ U.S. Dollar Liabilities to 

Foreigners. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0018. 

Abstract: Form BL–2 is part of the 

Treasury International Capital (TIC) 

reporting system, which is required by 

law (22 U.S.C. 286f; 22 U.S.C. 3103; 

E.O. 10033; 31 CFR 128) and is designed 

to collect timely information on 

international portfolio capital 

movements. Form BL–2 is a monthly 

report (with a semiannual supplement) 

filed by banks, other depository 

institutions, brokers and dealers that 

covers their U.S. customers’ dollar 

liabilities vis-a`-vis foreign residents. 

This information is necessary for 

compiling the U.S. balance of payments 

accounts and the U.S. international 

investment position, and for formulating 

U.S. international financial and 

monetary policies. 

Current Actions: None. We expect to 

make some clarifications in the 

instructions. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. Form BL–2 (1505–

0018). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

94. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: Seven and nine-tenths (7.9) 

hours per respondent per filing. This 

average time varies from 12 hours for 

the approximately 30 major reporters to 

6 hours for the other reporters. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,930 hours, based on twelve 

reporting periods per year. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. The 

public is invited to submit written 

comments concerning: (a) Whether 

Form BL–2 is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Office, including whether the 

information will have practical uses; (b) 

the accuracy of the above estimate of the 

burdens; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the reporting and/or 

recordkeeping burdens on respondents, 

including the use of information 

technologies to automate the collection 

of the data; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 

Dwight Wolkow, 

Administrator, International Portfolio 

Investment Data Systems. 

[FR Doc. E8–18538 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on revisions of an 

information collection that are proposed 

for approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget. The Office of 

International Affairs within the 

Department of the Treasury is soliciting 

comments concerning Treasury 

International Capital Form BQ–1, Report 

by Depository Institutions, Brokers and 

Dealers of Customers’ U.S. Dollar 

Claims on Foreigners. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 14, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dwight Wolkow, International 

Portfolio Investment Data Systems, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 5422, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. In view of 

possible delays in mail delivery, please 

also notify Mr. Wolkow by e-mail 

(comments2tic@do.treas.gov), FAX 

(202–622–2009) or telephone (202–622–

1276). 


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