Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 7, 2008 / Notices 58709 

Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

BTS 2008–0002, at the beginning of 

your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this rule, a copy 

of the notice of proposed rulemaking, 

and copies of the comments may be 

downloaded at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by searching 

docket RITA 2008–0002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Street, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–4387. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0004. 

Title: Submission of Audit Reports— 

Part 248. 

Form No.: None. 

Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 77. 

Number of Responses: 77. 

Total Annual Burden: 20 hours. 

Needs and Uses: BTS collects 

independent audited financial reports 

from U.S. certificated air carriers. 

Carriers not having an annual audit 

must file a statement that no such audit 

has been performed. In lieu of the audit 

report, BTS will accept the annual 

report submitted to the stockholders. 

The audited reports are needed by the 

Department of Transportation as (1) A 

means to monitor an air carrier’s 

continuing fitness to operate, (2) 

reference material used by analysts in 

examining foreign route cases, (3) 

reference material used by analysts in 

examining proposed mergers, 

acquisitions and consolidations, (4) a 

means whereby BTS sends a copy of the 

report to the International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of a 

United States treaty obligation, and (5) 

corroboration of a carrier’s Form 41 

filings. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 1, 

2008. 

M. Clay Moritz, Jr., 

Acting Assistant Director, Airline 

Information, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E8–23731 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–FE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

[Docket: RITA 2008–0002 BTS Paperwork 

Reduction Notice] 

Agency Information Collection; Bureau 

of Transportation Statistics; Activity 

Under OMB Review; Reporting 

Required for International Civil 

Aviation Organization (ICAO) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics invites the 

general public, industry and other 

governmental parties to comment on the 

continuing need and usefulness of BTS 

collecting supplemental data for the 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO). Comments are 

requested concerning whether (1) the 

supplemental reports are needed by BTS 

to fulfill the United States treaty 

obligation of furnishing financial and 

traffic reports to ICAO; (2) BTS 

accurately estimated the reporting 

burden; (3) there are other ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collected; and (4) 

there are ways to minimize reporting 

burden, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

RITA 2008–0002 by any of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

BTS 2008–0002, at the beginning of 

your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

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58710 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 7, 2008 / Notices 

1The 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. 

2Effective 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). 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this rule, a copy 

of the notice of proposed rulemaking, 

and copies of the comments may be 

downloaded at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by searching 

docket RITA 2008–0002. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue Street, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001, (202) 366–4387. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0039. 

Title: Reporting Required for 

International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO). 

Form No.: BTS Form EF. 

Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 40. 

Number of Responses: 40. 

Total Annual Burden: 26 hours. 

Needs and Uses: As a party to the 

Convention on International Civil 

Aviation (Treaty), the United States is 

obligated to provide ICAO with 

financial and statistical data on 

operations of U.S. carriers. Over 99% of 

the data filled with ICAO is extracted 

from the air carriers’ Form 41 

submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the 

means by which BTS supplies the 

remaining 1% of the air carrier data to 

ICAO. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires 

a statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 1, 

2008. 

M. Clay Moritz, Jr., 

Acting Assistant Director, Airline 

Information, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics. 

[FR Doc. E8–23793 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–FE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–491 (Sub-No. 2X)] 

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ 

Pennsylvania Lines, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Clearfield, Jefferson, and Indiana 

Counties, PA 

R.J. Corman Railroad Company/ 

Pennsylvania Lines, Inc. (RJCP), has 

filed a notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 7-mile 

segment of a line of railroad known as 

the Hillman Branch, extending from 

milepost 0 near McGees to the end of 

the line at milepost 7 near Hillman, in 

Clearfield, Jefferson, and Indiana 

Counties, PA. The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Codes 15757, 

15742, and 15767. 

RJCP has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic that has to 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 

Surface Transportation Board (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 report), 49 CFR 1105.8 

(historic report), 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. 

As a 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 

November 6, 2008, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by October 17, 2008. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by October 27, 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 RJCP’s 

representative: Michael J. Barron, Jr., 

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker 

Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606– 

2832. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

RJCP has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report, 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. SEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

October 10, 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), RJCP 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 

RJCP’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by October 7, 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 30, 2008. 

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