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that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2009–0046. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

As described by the applicant the 

intended service of the vessel KROEZIN 

is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Vessel Chartering 

Operations’’. 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Pacific Coast of 

the United States including: California, 

Oregon, and Washington’’. 

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 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: May 5, 2009. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–11144 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Ex Parte No. 646 (Sub-No. 2)] 

Simplified Standards for Rail Rate 

Cases—Taxes in Revenue Shortfall 

Allocation Method 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: By a decision served on May 

11, 2009, the Board adopted the 

evidence filed by the Association of 

American Railroads (AAR) calculating 

railroad-specific average state tax rates 

to be included in the Revenue Shortfall 

Allocation Method (RSAM) benchmarks 

for 2002 through 2007 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy J. Strafford, (202) 245–0356. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

decision served on May 11, 2009, 

adopted the evidence filed by the AAR 

calculating railroad-specific average 

state tax rates to be included in the 

RSAM benchmarks for 2002 through 

2007. The railroad-specific average state 

tax rates are set forth in the table below. 

AVERAGE STATE TAX RATES

[In percent] 

Railroad 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 

BNSF ........................................................................................................ 5.487 5.471 5.238 5.196 5.183 5.650 

CNGT ....................................................................................................... 6.512 6.582 6.738 6.703 6.701 6.684 

CSXT ........................................................................................................ 5.960 6.362 6.312 6.101 5.941 5.702 

KCS .......................................................................................................... 5.791 5.805 5.839 4.728 5.992 6.494 

NS ............................................................................................................ 6.213 6.583 6.589 6.376 6.194 5.986 

SOO ......................................................................................................... 7.890 8.346 7.828 7.635 7.591 7.501 

UP ............................................................................................................ 5.443 5.405 5.406 5.393 6.275 6.163 

Additional information is contained 

in the Board’s decision. A copy of the 

Board’s decision is available for 

inspection or copying at the Board’s 

Public Docket Room, Room 131, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001, and is posted on the Board’s Web 

site, http://www.stb.dot.gov. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Decided: May 8, 2009. 

By the Board, Acting Chairman Mulvey, 

and Vice Chairman Nottingham. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–11254 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 6, 2009. 

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 

publication date 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 June 15, 2009 to 

be assured of consideration. 

Bureau of Public Debt (BPD) 

OMB Number: 1535–0126. 

Type of Review: Revision. 


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Title: Application for Issue of United 

States Mortgage Guaranty Insurance 

Company Tax and Loss Bonds. 

Forms: PDF 3871. 

Description: Submitted by companies 

engaged in the business of writing 

mortgage guaranty insurance for 

purpose of purchasing ‘‘Tax and Loss’’ 

bonds. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1535–0032. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Application for disposition of 

Retirement Plan/Individual Retirement 

Bonds Without Admin. of Deceased 

Owners Estate. 

Forms: PDF 3565. 

Description: Used by heirs of 

deceased owners of Retirement Plan/ 

Indiv. Retirement Bonds to request 

disposition. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 17 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1535–0012. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Request by Fiduciary for 

Reissue of United States Savings Bonds. 

Forms: PDF 1455. 

Description: Used by fiduciary to 

request distribution of U.S. Savings 

Bonds to the person(s) entitled. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 8,850 

hours. 

OMB Number: 1535–0102. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Supporting Statement of 

Ownership for Overdue United States 

Bearer Securities. 

Forms: PDF 1071. 

Description: Used to establish 

ownership and support a request for 

payment. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 250 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Judi Owens (304) 

480–8150, Bureau of the Public Debt, 

200 Third Street, Parkersburg, West 

Virginia 26106. 

OMB Reviewer: Shagufta Ahmed (202) 

395–7873, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive 

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. 

Celina Elphage, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–11208 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 4136. 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

4136, Credit for Federal Tax Paid on 

Fuels. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before July 13, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Carolyn N. Brown 

at Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622– 

6688, or through the Internet at 

(Carolyn.N.Brown@irs.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Credit for Federal Tax Paid on 

Fuels. 

OMB Number: 1545–0162. 

Form Number: 4136. 

Abstract: Internal Revenue Code 

section 34 allows a credit for Federal 

excise tax for certain fuel uses. Form 

4136 is used to figure the amount of 

income tax credit. The data is used by 

IRS to verify the validity of the claim for 

the type of nontaxable or exempt use. 

Current Actions: Form 4136 was 

revised due to Legislation or Chief 

Counsel Guidance, which was required 

by Public Law 110–289. This revision 

also resulted in an addition of 1 code 

reference and 14 line items, increasing 

burden hours to 4,618,145. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

2,441,858. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hr.,53 

min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 4,618,145. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: May 1, 2009. 

R. Joseph Durbala, 

IRS Reports Clearance Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–11215 Filed 5–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 982 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 


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