7634 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 27 / Friday, February 8, 2008 / Notices 

1 ICE and UP are parties to an agreement dated 

November 19, 1974, as amended, by which ICE’s 

predecessor in interest, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. 

Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, granted to UP’s 

predecessor in interest, Chicago, Rock Island and 

Pacific Railroad Company, overhead trackage rights 

over the line. 

Eligibility Center, (404) 235–1340 (this 

is not a toll free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Veterans Affairs has 

statutory authorization under 38 U.S.C. 

5317, 38 U.S.C. section 5106, 26 U.S.C. 

section 6103(l)(7)(D)(viii) and 5 U.S.C. 

section 552a to establish matching 

agreements and request and use income 

information from other agencies for 

purposes of verification of income for 

determining eligibility for benefits. 38 

U.S.C. 1710(a)(2)(G), 1720(a)(3), and 

1710(b) identify those veterans whose 

basic eligibility for medical care benefits 

is dependent upon their financial status. 

Eligibility for nonservice-connected and 

zero percent noncompensable serviceconnected veterans is determined based 

on the veteran’s inability to defray the 

expenses for necessary care as defined 

in 38 U.S.C. 1722. This determination 

can affect their responsibility to 

participate in the cost of their care 

through copayments and their 

assignment to an enrollment priority 

group. 

The goal of this match is to obtain 

SSA earned income information data 

needed for the income verification 

process. The VA records involved in the 

match are ‘‘Health Eligibility Center 

(HEC) Records’’ (89VA19). The SSA 

records are from the Earnings Recording 

and Self-Employment Income System, 

SSA/OEEAS 09–60–0059 and Master 

Files of Social Security Number Holders 

and SSN Applications, SSA/OEEAS, 

60–0058 (referred to as ‘‘the 

Numident’’). A copy of this notice has 

been sent to both Houses of Congress 

and OMB. 

This matching agreement expires 

August 18, 2009. This match will not 

continue past the legislative authorized 

date to obtain this information. 

Dated: January 25, 2008. 

Gordon H. Mansfield, 

Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E8–2316 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 27843 (Sub-No. 

1)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption 

(Modification)—Iowa, Chicago & 

Eastern Railroad Corp. 

Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad 

Corp. (ICE) has agreed to modify an 

existing overhead trackage rights 

agreement which permits Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) to operate over 

ICE’s rail line extending between 

milepost 192.83 at Emmetsburg, IA, and 

milepost 236.52 at Hartley, IA, a 

distance of 43.69 miles (the line).1

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on February 22, 2008, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

The purpose of this transaction is to 

modify (pursuant to an agreement dated 

May 22, 2007) the terms of the existing 

trackage rights agreement by granting 

UP the right to set out and pick up 

traffic at the VeraSun Hartley, LLC 

(VeraSun) facility at Hartley, IA, for so 

long as this facility is operated by 

VeraSun, its successors or assigns. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee affected by the trackage rights 

will be protected by the conditions 

imposed in Norfolk and Western Ry. 

Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 

605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino 

Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and Operate, 360 

I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false 

or misleading information, the 

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to 

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The 

filing of a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed by February 15, 2008 (at least 7 

days before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Public Law 

110–161, section 193, 121 Stat. 1844 

(2007), nothing in this decision 

authorizes the following activities at any 

solid waste rail transfer facility: 

Collecting, storing or transferring solid 

waste outside of its original shipping 

container; or separating or processing 

solid waste (including baling, crushing, 

compacting and shredding). The term 

‘‘solid waste’’ is defined in section 1004 

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42 

U.S.C. 6903. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 27843 (Sub-No. 1), must be 

filed with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. In addition, one copy 

of each pleading must be served on 

Gabriel S. Meyer, Assistant General 

Attorney, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 

1580, Omaha, NE., 68179. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 4, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–2342 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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