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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 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.

2Each offer of financial assistance must be

accompanied by the filing fee, which currently is

set at $1,000. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

consummation by December 21, 2002,

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 website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 14, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31505 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub–No. 220X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Wise

County, VA

Norfolk Southern Railway Company

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart

F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a

3.03-mile line of railroad between

milepost A–0.0, at Arno Jct., and

milepost A–3.03, at Derby, in Wise

County, VA (line). The line traverses

United States Postal Service Zip Code

24293.

Applicant has certified that: (1) No

local or overhead traffic has moved over

the line for at least 2 years; (2) any

overhead traffic, if there is any, can be

rerouted over other lines; (3) no formal

complaint filed by a user of rail service

on the line (or by a state or local

government agency acting on behalf of

such user) regarding cessation of service

over the line either is pending with the

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or

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 reports), 49 CFR 1105.8

(historic reports), 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 January 22, 2002, 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 December 31,

2001. Petitions to reopen or requests for

public use conditions under 49 CFR

1152.28 must be filed by January 10,

2002, with the Surface Transportation

Board, Office of the Secretary, Case

Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20423–0001.

A copy of any petition filed with the

Board should be sent to applicant’s

representative: James R. Paschall, Esq.,

Norfolk Southern Corporation, Three

Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. If

the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio.

Applicant has filed a separate

environmental report which addresses

the abandonment’s effects, if any, on the

environment and historic resources.

SEA will issue an environmental

assessment (EA) by December 28, 2001.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 500,

Surface Transportation Board,

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by

calling SEA, at (202) 565–1552.

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), NSR 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

NSR’s filing of a notice of

consummation by December 21, 2002,

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 website at

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 14, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31506 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4915–00–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of D.C. Pensions; Proposed

Collection: Comment Request

ACTION: Notice and Request for

Comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing efforts

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 Office of D. C.

Pensions within the Department of the

Treasury is soliciting comments

concerning the D. C. Pension Plans

Customer Satisfaction Survey.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before February 19, 2002

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESS: Direct all written comments to

the Department of the Treasury, Office

of D. C. Pensions, Kristi H. Greenslade,

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room

6131 Metropolitan Square, Washington,

DC 20220, (202) 622–0800.

FOR FURTHER INFROMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form and instructions

should be directed to Office of D. C.

Pensions, Kristi H. Greenslade, 1500

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 6131

Metropolitan Square, Washington, DC

20220, (202) 622–0800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: D. C. Pension Plans Customer

Satisfaction Survey.

Abstract: Under the National Capital

Revitalization and Self-Government

Improvement Act of 1997, Title XI of the

Balanced Budget Act of 1997 [Pub. L.

105–33], as amended, (the Act), the U.S.

Department of the Treasury assumed

certain responsibilities for some of the

District of Columbia’s pension plans,

including administration of fund assets

and distribution of pension benefits.

Treasury is responsible for paying the

benefits earned through June 30, 1997,

under the Police Officers and

Firefighters’ Retirement Plan and the

Teachers’ Retirement Plan. The District

of Columbia is responsible for paying

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benefits earned after June 30, 1997,

through its replacement plans. Treasury

is also responsible for paying all

benefits earned under the Judges’

Retirement Plan.

The Office of D. C. Pensions seeks to

collect information from pension

benefits recipients in order to establish

a customer service baseline and for use

in developing a customer service plan.

The survey also will be used to gauge

improvements in customer service. This

is a new program for Treasury. The

Office of D. C. Pensions plans to

develop a comprehensive customer

service strategy and this survey is part

of that effort.

Current Actions: This is a new

collection. The information being

collected will be used to determine the

level of satisfaction with current service

delivery, identify areas for improvement

and provide overall information for

developing a comprehensive customer

service plan for the Office of D. C.

Pensions programs.

Type of Review: New.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,157.

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 539 hours.

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 of 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 cost of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Mary Beth Shaw,

Director, Office of D. C. Pensions, Department

of the Treasury.

[FR Doc. 01–31419 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service

Expansion of General Program Test:

Quota Preprocessing

AGENCY: Customs Service, Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: General notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the quota preprocessing program test,

which provides for the electronic

processing of certain quota-class apparel

merchandise prior to arrival of the

carrier, will be expanded to the

following additional ports: Atlanta;

Boston seaport; Logan Airport, Boston;

Buffalo-Niagara Falls; ChamplainRouses Point; Chicago; Columbus;

Memphis; Miami; Miami International

Airport; Newport/Portland, Oregon (area

port of Portland); Puget Sound (the ports

of Seattle; and Seattle/Tacoma

International Airport); San Francisco

seaport; and San Francisco International

Airport.

The program test is currently being

conducted at ports located in New York/

Newark and Los Angeles. The test is

being expanded to the additional ports

so that Customs can evaluate the

program’s effectiveness on a much

larger scale and determine whether the

program should be established

nationwide on a permanent basis

through appropriate amendments to the

Customs Regulations. Public comments

concerning any aspect of the program

test as well as applications to participate

in the test are requested.

DATES: The expansion of the test to

include the additional ports is effective

on January 1, 2002. The program test is

currently scheduled to run until

December 31, 2002. Applications to

participate in the test and comments

concerning the test will continue to be

accepted throughout the testing period.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding this notice or any aspect of the

program test should be addressed to

Stephen Silvestri, Quota Branch, U.S.

Customs Service, 1300 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Room 5.3–D, Washington,

DC 20229, or may be sent via e-mail to

Stephen.Silvestri@customs.treas.gov. An

application to participate in the program

test must be sent to the program

coordinator for each port where the

applicant intends to submit quota

entries for preprocessing. The list of

ports and corresponding program

coordinators are as follows:

(1) Port of Atlanta: Spaulding Wyche,

4641 International Parkway, Suite 600,

Atlanta, GA 30354;

(2) Boston seaport and/or Logan

Airport: Harry Spirytus, 10 Causeway

St., Boston, MA 02222;

(3) Port of Buffalo-Niagara Falls: Jim

Neubert, 111 West Huron St., Buffalo,

NY 14202;

(4) Port of Champlain-Rouses Point:

Brenda Harrigan, 198 West Service Rd.,

Champlain, NY 12919;

(5) Port of Chicago: Bonita Hooks,

2571 Busse Rd., Elk Grove, IL 60007;

(6) Port of Columbus: Thomas

Barnhart, 7400 Alum Creek Drive,

Columbus, OH 43217;

(7) Port of Los Angeles: Nancy

Petagna, 300 S. Ferry St., Terminal

Island, CA 90731;

(8) Los Angeles International Airport:

Tony Piscitelli, 11099 S. La Cienaga

Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045;

(9) Port of Memphis: Terry Wright,

3150 Tchulahoma, Suite 1, Memphis,

TN 38118;

(10) Port of Miami; and/or Miami

International Airport: Constance Price,

P.O. Box 025280, Miami, FL 33102;

(11) Ports of New York/Newark: John

Lava, 1210 Corbin Street, Elizabeth, NJ

07201;

(12) JFK Airport: Barry Goldberg, JFK

Building 77, Jamaica, NY 11430;

(13) Port of Newport/Portland, Oregon

(area port of Portland): Megan Fishel,

P.O. Box 55580, Portland, OR 97238;

(14) Port of Puget Sound (ports of

Seattle; and Seattle-Tacoma

International Airport): Sharon Delawyer,

1000 Second Ave., Suite 2000, Seattle,

WA 98104;

(15) San Francisco seaport; and/or

San Francisco International Airport:

Diana Santiago, 555 Battery St., San

Francisco, CA 94111; and/or

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Silvestri, Quota Branch, (202–

927–5397).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On July 24, 1998, Customs published

a general notice in the Federal Register

(63 FR 39929) announcing the limited

testing, pursuant to the provisions of

§ 101.9(a), Customs Regulations (19 CFR

101.9(a)), of a new operational

procedure regarding the electronic

processing of quota-class apparel

merchandise. The test was to be

conducted at the ports located in New

York/Newark and Los Angeles.

Quota preprocessing permits certain

quota entries (merchandise classifiable

in chapter 61 or 62 of the Harmonized

Tariff Schedule of the United States

(HTSUS)) to be filed, reviewed for

admissibility, and to have their quota

priority and status determined by

Customs prior to arrival of the carrier,

similar to the method of preliminary

review by which non-quota entries are