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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 Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

the 2-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental 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—Abandonment 

Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 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 20, 2010, 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 November 1, 2010. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 10, 2010, with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to UP’s 

representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr., 

Senior General Attorney, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company, 101 N. Wacker 

Drive, #1920, Chicago, IL 60606–1718. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

UP has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

October 26, 2010. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, 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), UP 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 

UP’s filing of a notice of consummation 

by October 21, 2011, 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: October 18, 2010. 

By the Board. 

Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26543 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 703X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Chesterfield and Darlington Counties, 

SC 

On October 1, 2010, CSX 

Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board a 

petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for 

exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a 2.71-mile 

line of railroad on its Southern Region, 

Florence Division, Hamlet Subdivision, 

between milepost SJ 304.75, at 

Tabernacle Road, and milepost SJ 

307.46, at Bobo Newsome Highway, in 

Chesterfield and Darlington Counties, 

S.C. (the line). The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Codes 29101 

and 29550 and includes stations at 

Darlco, FSAC 71202366, OPSL 2638, 

milepost SJ 306, and Robinson, FSAC 

71202370, OPSL 2640, milepost SJ 307. 

In addition to an exemption from the 

prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

10903, CSXT seeks an exemption from 

49 U.S.C. 10904 (offer of financial 

assistance procedures). In support, 

CSXT states that, following 

abandonment of the line, CSXT intends 

to reclassify the line as spur track and 

sell or lease it to Progress Energy 

Carolinas, Inc. (PEC), the sole shipper 

on the line, which will then use the line 

for expanded intra-plant operations. 

This request will be addressed in the 

final decision. In order to facilitate the 

reclassification of the line as spur track 

and the subsequent sale or lease of the 

line to PEC, CSXT has requested that the 

Board condition the abandonment upon 

CSXT and PEC entering an agreement 

providing for the sale or lease of the line 

from CSXT to PEC within 30 days after 

CSXT has consummated the 

abandonment and reclassified the line 

as spur track. This request will also be 

addressed in the final decision. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in CSXT’s possession 

concerning this matter will be made 

available promptly to those requesting 

it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, In Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by January 19, 

2011. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than November 10, 2010. 

Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 

703X), and must be sent to: (1) Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2) 

Louis E. Gitomer, Law Offices of Louis 

E. Gitomer, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 

301, Towson, MD 21204. Replies to 

CSXT’s petition are due on or before 

November 10, 2010. 

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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-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. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment or 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by OEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

OEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Decided: October 18, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26544 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 290X)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Pulaski 

County, AR 

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F– 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

line of railroad known as the North 

Little Rock Junction Bridge Line, 

extending from milepost 343.65 to the 

end of the line at milepost 343.97, a 

distance of .32 miles, in North Little 

Rock, in Pulaski County, Ark. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 72118. 

UP has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic 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 

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(c) (environmental 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 Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, In Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 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 20, 2010, 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 November 1, 2010. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by November 10, 2010, with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to UP’s 

representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr., 

Senior General Attorney, 101 North 

Wacker Drive, #1920, Chicago, IL 60606. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

UP has filed a combined 

environmental and historic report 

which addresses the effects, if any, of 

the abandonment on the environment 

and historic resources. OEA will issue 

an environmental assessment (EA) by 

October 26, 2010. Interested persons 

may obtain a copy of the EA by writing 

to OEA (Room 1100, Surface 

Transportation Board, Washington, DC 

20423–0001) or by calling OEA, 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), UP 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 

UP’s filing of a notice of consummation 

by October 21, 2011, 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: October 12, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26239 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; Omnibus 

Household Survey Program 

AGENCY: Research & Innovative 

Technology Administration (RITA), 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c) (2) (A) 

of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below is being forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval for an extension of 

a currently approved information 

collection related to the use of and 

satisfaction with the nation’s 

transportation system. The ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its expected burden. The 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 


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