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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. 

3Effective July 18, 2008, the filing fee for an OFA 

increased to $1,500. See Regulations Governing 

Fees for Services Performed in Connection with 

Licensing and Related Services—2008 update, STB 

Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 15) (STB served June 18, 

2008). 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on October 

25, 2008, 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 

6, 2008. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by October 15, 

2008, with: Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to IANW’s 

representative: John F. Larkin, 

President, Iowa Northwestern Railroad, 

4814 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE 68132. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

IANW has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

addressing the effects, if any, of the 

abandonment on the environment and 

historic resources. SEA will issue an 

environmental assessment (EA) by 

September 30, 2008. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to SEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202) 

245–0305. [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), IANW 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 IANW’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by September 25, 2009, 

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: September 19, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 18, 2008. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. 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 11000, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. 

Dates: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 27, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

OMB Number: 1545–1779. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice 2002–27—IRA Required 

Minimum Distribution Reporting. 

Forms: n/a. 

Description: This notice provides 

guidance with respect to the reporting 

requirements, that is, data that 

custodians and trustees of IRAs must 

furnish IRA owners in those instances 

where there must be a minimum 

distribution from an individual 

retirement arrangement. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,170,000 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1772. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: User Fee for Employee Plan 

Determination Letter Request. 

Form: 8717. 

Description: The Omnibus 

Reconciliation Act of 1990 requires 

payment of a ‘‘user fee’’ with each 

application for a determination letter. 

Because of this requirement, the Form 

8717 was created to provide filers the 

means to make payment and indicate 

the type of request. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profit institutions, farms. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

438,000 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0177. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Casualties and Thefts. 

Form: 4684. 

Description: Form 4684 is used by 

taxpayers to compute their gain or loss 

from casualties or thefts, and to 

summarize such gains and losses. The 

data is used to verify that the correct 

gain or loss has been computed. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

466,932 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1385. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: GL–238–88 (Final) Preparer 

Penalties—Manual Signature 

Requirement. 

Description: The reporting 

requirements affect returns preparers of 

fiduciary returns. They will be required 

to submit a list of the names and 

identifying numbers of all fiduciary 

returns which are being filed with a 

facsimile signature of the returns 

preparer. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 25,825 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1930. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: REG–159243–03 (Final) 

Residence and Source Rules Involving 

U.S. Possessions and Other Conforming 

Changes. 

Description: The regulations provide 

rules for determining whether an 

individual is a bona fide resident of a 

U.S. possession and whether income is 

derived from sources in a possession or 

effectively connected with the conduct 

of a trade or business in a possession. 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

300,000 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1031. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Internet Computation Under the 

Look-Back Method for Completed LongTerm Contracts. 

Form: 8697. 

Description: Taxpayers required to 

account for all or part of any long-term 

contract entered into after February 28, 

1986, under the percentage of 

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completion method must use Form 8697 

to compute and report interest due or to 

be refunded under IRC section 460(b)(3). 

The IRS uses Form 8697 to determine if 

the interest has been figured correctly. 

Taxpayers may compute interest using 

the actual method (Part I) or the 

Simplified Marginal Impact Method 

(Part II). 

Respondents: Businesses and other 

for-profit institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 40,557 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0014. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Application for Registration For 

Certain Excise Tax Activities. 

Form: 637. 

Description: Form 637 is used to 

apply for excise tax registration. The 

registration applies to a person required 

to be registered under IRC section 4101 

for purposes of the federal excise tax on 

taxable fuel imposed by IRC 4041 and 

4081; and to certain manufacturers or 

sellers and purchasers that must register 

under IRC 4222 to be exempt from the 

excise tax on taxable articles. The data 

is used to determine if the applicant 

qualifies for exemption. Taxable fuel 

producers are required by IRC 4101 to 

register with the Service before 

incurring any tax liability. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 27,020 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1795. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: REG–165868–01 (Final) Ten or 

More Employer Plan Compliance 

Information. 

Description: Allows the Internal 

Revenue Service and participating 

employers to verify that a ten-or-more 

employer welfare benefit plan complies 

with the requirements of section 

419A(f)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

Respondents are administrators of ten-or 

more employer plans. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 2,500 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1648. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics— 

2005 Grant Application Package and 

Guidelines. 

Form: 3319. 

Description: Publication 3319 outlines 

requirements of the IRS Low-Income 

Taxpayer Clinics (LITC) program and 

provides instructions on how to apply 

for a LITC grant award. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,000 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0235. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Monthly Tax Return for Wagers. 

Form: 730. 

Description: Form 730 is used to 

identify taxable wagers and collect the 

tax monthly. The information is used to 

determine if persons accepting wagers 

are correctly reporting the amount of 

wagers and paying the required tax. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

384,291 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0110. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Dividends and Distributions. 

Form: 1099–DIV. 

Description: The form is used by the 

Service to insure that dividends are 

properly reported as required by Code 

section 6042 and that liquidation 

distributions are correctly reported as 

required by Code section 6043, and to 

determine whether payees are correctly 

reporting their income. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

34,695,867 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1940. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: RP–2005–26 Revenue Procedure 

Regarding Extended Period of 

Limitations for Listed Transaction 

Situations. 

Description: This revenue procedure 

provides procedures that taxpayers and 

material advisors may use to disclose a 

listed transaction that the taxpayer 

previously failed to disclose. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 430 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1786. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Rev. Procs. 2002–39, 2006–45 

(Previous 2002–37), and 2006–46 

(Previous 2002–38) Changes in Periods 

of Accounting. 

Description: The collection of 

information in these three (3) revenue 

procedures is necessary for the 

Commissioner to determine whether a 

taxpayer may properly obtain approval 

to adopt, change, or retain an annual 

accounting period. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 700 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1939. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Notice 2005–32 Notification 

requirement for transfer of partnership 

interest in Electing Investment 

partnership (EIP). 

Description: If a partnership interest 

in an EIP is transferred in a sale or 

exchange or upon the death of a partner, 

the transferor must notify the transferee 

and the EIP in writing. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

552,100 hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1784. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Rev. Proc. 2002–32 Waiver of 

60-month Bar on Reconsolidation after 

Disaffiliation; Rev. Proc. 2006–21— 

Modifications to Rev. Proc. 2002–32. 

Description: Pursuant to Sec. 

1504(a)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue 

Code, this procedure grants certain 

taxpayers a waiver of the general rule of 

Sec. 1504(a)(3)(A) barring a corporation 

from filing a consolidated return with a 

group of which it had ceased to be a 

member for 60 months following the 

year of disaffiliation. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 100 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0049. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Form 990–BL, Information and 

Initial Excise Tax Return for Black Lung 

Benefit Trusts and Certain Related 

Persons, and Form 6069, Return of 

Excise Tax on Excess Contributions to 

Black Lung Disease 

Forms: 6069, 990–BL and Schedule A. 

Description: IRS uses Form 990–BL to 

monitor activities of black lung benefit 

trusts, and to collect excise taxes on 

these trusts and certain related persons 

if they engage in proscribed activities. 

The tax is figured on Schedule A and 

attached to Form 990–BL. Form 6069 is 

used by coal mine operators to figure 

the maximum deduction to a black lung 

benefit trust. If excess contributions are 

made, IRS uses the form to figure and 

collect the tax on excess contributions. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 563 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–1126. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: INTL–121–90, INTL–292–90, 

and INTL–361–89, (Final) Treaty-Based 

Return Positions. 

Description: Regulation section 

301.6114–1 sets forth the reporting 

requirement under Sec. 6114. Persons or 

entities subject to this reporting 

requirement must make the required 

disclosure on a statement attached to 

their return, in the manner set forth, or 

be subject to a penalty. Regulation 

section 301.7701(b)–7(a)(4)(iv)(C) sets 

forth the reporting requirement for dual 

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resident S corporation shareholders who 

claim treaty benefits as nonresidents of 

the United States. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 6,015 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1545–0795. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Exemption From Withholding 

on Compensation for Independent (and 

Certain Dependent) Personal Services of 

a Nonresident Alien Individual. 

Form: 8233. 

Description: Compensation paid to a 

nonresident alien (NRA) individual for 

independent personal services (selfemployment) is generally subject to 

30% withholding or graduated rates. 

However, compensation may be exempt 

from withholding because of a U.S. tax 

treaty or personal exemption amount. 

Form 8233 is used to request exemption 

from withholding. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

1,320,000 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Glenn P. Kirkland, 

(202) 622–3428, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt, 

(202) 395–7316, Office of Management 

and Budget, Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Robert Dahl, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–22482 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Annual Thrift Satisfaction Survey 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection request (ICR) described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS 

is soliciting public comments on the 

proposal. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before October 27, 2008. A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, can be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OTS, U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 

725—17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 395–6974; and Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, by fax to (202) 906–6518, or by 

e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906– 

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906– 

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to obtain a copy 

of the submission to OMB, please 

contact Ira L. Mills at, 

ira.mills@ots.treas.gov (202) 906–6531, 

or facsimile number (202) 906–6518, 

Regulations and Litigation Division, 

Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Annual Thrift 

Satisfaction Survey. 

OMB Number: 1550–0087. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description: The survey is needed to 

help OTS evaluate the effectiveness of 

the services it provides to thrifts. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 200. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: 

Annually. 

Estimated Total Burden: 50 hours. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

Dated: September 19, 2008. 

Deborah Dakin, 

Senior Deputy Chief Counsel, Regulations and 

Legislation Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Electronic Operations 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection request (ICR) described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS 

is soliciting public comments on the 

proposal. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before October 27, 2008. A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, can be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OTS, U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 725– 

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 395–6974; and Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, by fax to (202) 906–6518, or by 

e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906– 

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906– 

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to obtain a copy 

of the submission to OMB, please 

contact Ira L. Mills at, 

ira.mills@ots.treas.gov (202) 906–6531, 

or facsimile number (202) 906–6518, 

Regulations and Litigation Division, 

Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

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