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function, whereas demand response 

service is regular and continuing. Some 

demand response sponsored trips 

carried out as part of a Coordinated 

Human Services Transportation Plan 

may be exclusive, and may be for a 

group from a single origin to a single 

destination, but may occur on a 

frequently reoccurring basis, such as 

daily, weekly, biweekly, or monthly. 

Transit providers should report service 

data for these trips to the NTD as public 

transportation. Demand response 

service that is exclusive, from a single 

origin to a single destination, and that 

reoccurs on a less-frequent basis that 

once per month should be considered to 

be charter service. Transit providers 

should report these services to the 

charter registration Web site. 

Transit providers reporting to the 

NTD must specifically exclude from 

their reports on revenue service any 

service that meets the definition of 

‘‘charter service’’ under the charter rule, 

and thus, must be reported to the 

charter registration Web site. This 

exclusion includes charter service 

legally provided to a Qualified Human 

Services Organization (QHSO), as 

provided for by the charter rule. 

To implement this policy, FTA 

proposes to require transit providers 

reporting to the NTD to report their 

regular unlinked passenger trips and 

their sponsored unlinked passenger 

trips separately for demand response 

service. Reporters would not have to 

make this distinction for any other 

modes of service. Regular unlinked 

passenger trips would refer to those 

demand response trips that are arranged 

and paid for by individuals, even when 

those individuals pay the fare with userside subsidies, such as coupons or 

passes provided a QHSO. Regular 

unlinked passenger trips would include 

all demand response trips provided 

pursuant to the requirements of the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 

Sponsored unlinked passenger trips 

would include all trips where the transit 

provider is directly reimbursed in whole 

or in part by some third party that has 

helped arrange for the trips. This 

distinction would make reporting of 

these services for urbanized area transit 

agencies consistent with the reporting of 

these services for transit agencies in 

rural areas. Since this proposal is being 

announced late in the 2008 Report Year, 

FTA will grant a waiver from reporting 

separately regular and sponsored 

unlinked passenger trips for the 2008 

Report Year to any NTD Reporter that 

requests such a waiver. 

Issued in Washington, DC, this 1st day of 

August 2008. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–18388 Filed 8–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

60-Day Notice and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

(PRA), the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) gives notice of its intent to 

request from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) approval without 

change of the seven existing collections 

described below. 

Comments are requested concerning 

each collection as to (1) Whether the 

particular collection of information 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 included and/or summarized in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

DATES: Written comments are due on 

October 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Marilyn Levitt, Surface Transportation 

Board, Suite 1260, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

levittm@stb.dot.gov. Comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, and should refer to the 

title and control number of the specific 

collection(s) commented upon. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s) contact Scott 

Decker at (202) 245–0330 or 

deckers@stb.dot.gov. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339.] 

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: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: As long 

as 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 

likely that the estimated time 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: Up to 

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: 

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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 the ‘‘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: 2140–0013. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

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. Some of the 

information from these reports is 

compiled by the Board in our quarterly 

Selected Earnings Data Report, which is 

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 3 

Title: Quarterly Condensed Balance 

Sheet—Railroads (Form CBS). 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0014. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

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 

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. Revenue ton-miles, which are 

reported in these reports, are compiled 

and published by the Board in its 

quarterly Selected Earnings Data Report, 

which is 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 4 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0004. 

Title: Report of Railroad Employees, 

Service and Compensation (Wage Forms 

A and B). 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Class I railroads. 

Number of Respondents: Fewer than 

10. 

Estimated Time per Response: As long 

as 30 hours per quarterly report and 40 

hours per annual summation, based on 

information provided by the railroad 

industry during the 1990’s. Again, it is 

likely 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: Up to 

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 part 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: 2140–0007. 

Form Number: STB Form 350. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

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 part 1246. The 


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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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