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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 199 / Friday, October 14, 2011 / Notices

on Transportes Olympic’s possible
affiliations.
OOIDA also alleged that Transportes
Olympic’s scores are artificially low
because law enforcement did not cite
them as out-of-service for certain out-ofservice violations.
Advocates noted that Transportes
Olympic received commercial zone
authority in 2009, but SMS shows no
information on this company. As a
result, Transportes Olympic’s SMS
scores indicate ‘‘insufficient data’’ or
‘‘not public.’’
FMCSA Response

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Issues Outside of the Scope of the PASA
Notice
Commenters raised issues regarding
the pilot program’s design and
implementation and the review of
additional driver’s license information
that are outside of the scope of the
PASA notices. In addition, these issues
were already considered in publishing
the Agency’s July 8, 2011, Federal
Register notice announcing the pilot
program and the Agency’s
Environmental Assessment published
on October 3, 2011 [76 FR 61138]. As a
result, they will not be addressed in this
notice.

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Federal Railroad Administration

Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop
35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493–6132). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)

[Docket No. FRA 2011–001–N–14]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In its application and during the
PASA, Transportes Olympic
acknowledged its affiliation with two
U.S. carriers. The safety records of these
two carriers include a large number of
English language proficiency violations,
which provide the basis for the
deficiency in the Driver Fitness BASIC.
In the pilot program, however, FMCSA
is testing participating drivers for
English language proficiency during the
PASA and is only approving drivers
with adequate English language
proficiency for participation.
Accordingly, these violations are not
relevant to the approval of Transportes
Olympic’s application for provisional
operating authority under the pilot
program.
Transportes Olympic received its
commercial zone authority in 2009, but
has not been operating under that
authority in the United States. As a
result, there is no information in
FMCSA’s system on this company.
During the PASA, however, the
company provided information on its
safety management processes that was
validated by the FMCSA auditor.
As a result, FMCSA continues to find
that Transportes Olympics meets the
requirements of the pilot program.
Therefore, FMCSA will issue long-haul
operating authority to this carrier.

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Issued on: October 11, 2011.
Anne S. Ferro,
Administrator.

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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking
renewal of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. Before submitting these
information collection requirements for
clearance by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting
public comment on specific aspects of
the activities identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than December 13, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Office of Safety, Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., S.E., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to
acknowledge receipt of their respective
comments must include a self-addressed
stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments
on OMB control number 2130–0506.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via e-mail to
Mr. Brogan at [email protected], or
to Ms. Toone at [email protected].
Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number in any correspondence
submitted. FRA will summarize
comments received in response to this
notice in a subsequent notice and
include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
SUMMARY:

Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, § 2, 109 Stat.
163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days notice to the public for
comment on information collection
activities before seeking approval for
reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically,
FRA invites interested respondents to
comment on the following summary of
proposed information collection
activities regarding (i) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (iii) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)(I)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(I)–(iv). FRA believes that
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information mandated
by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of the
currently approved ICR that FRA will
submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:

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Title: Identification of Cars Moved in
Accordance with Order 13528.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0506.
Abstract: This collection of
information identifies a freight car being
moved within the scope of Order 13528
(now codified under 49 CFR 232.3).
Otherwise, an exception will be taken,
and the car will be set out of the train
and not delivered. The information that
must be recorded is specified at 49 CFR
232.3(d)(3), which requires that a car be
properly identified by a card attached to

each side of the car and signed stating
that such movement is being made
under the authority of the order.
§ 232.3(d)(3) does not require retaining
cards or tags. When a car bearing a tag
for movement under this provision
arrives at its destination, the tags are
simply removed. This requirement/
record comes into play only when a
railroad finds it necessary to move
equipment as specified above. FRA
estimates that approximately 400 cars
per year are moved under this Order. As

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stipulated above, equipment must be
tagged on both sides. FRA estimates that
it takes approximately five (5) minutes
to record the necessary information on
each tag and attach the tags to the
equipment. There is no retention
requirement relative to the tags at
destination. Total annual burden for this
requirement is 67 hours.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: 754 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

232.3—Identification of Cars Moved in Accordance with Order 13528..

754 Railroads ..............

800 tags .......................

5 minutes .....................

Total Responses: 800.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 67
hours.
Cost to Respondents: Printing of 800
tags at approximately $.05 each.
Total Cost to Respondents $40.00.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6,
2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35555]

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Midwest Rail d/b/a Toledo, Lake Erie
and Western Railway—Lease and
Operation Exemption—Toledo, Lake
Erie and Western Railway and
Museum, Inc.
Midwest Rail d/b/a Toledo, Lake Erie
and Western Railway (Toledo), a
noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
lease from Toledo, Lake Erie and
Western Railway and Museum, Inc. (the
Museum), and to operate, a 10-mile rail
line extending between a point of
connection with Norfolk Southern

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Railway’s (NSR) trackage at milepost 15
in Waterville, Ohio, and the end of the
line at milepost 25 in Grand Rapids,
Ohio (the Line).
In the notice, Toledo states that the
Line was originally constructed by the
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad
and was subsequently acquired by the
New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
as part of its Cloverleaf Division. NSR’s
predecessor, the Norfolk & Western
Railway, subsequently acquired the
Line, abandoned it, and sold the track
to the Museum. Currently, only
excursion passenger rail service is being
provided on the Line by the Museum.
As a result of this transaction, and
pursuant to an agreement with the
Museum, Toledo will provide common
carrier rail service over the Line,
connecting with and interchanging
traffic with NSR, and also will provide
excursion passenger service. Toledo
states that the Museum is currently
preparing a lease and operating
agreement for the parties to sign and
that the agreement should be executed
in the very near future, before the notice
becomes effective.1
According to Toledo, there are no
agreements applicable to the Line
imposing any interchange
commitments. Toledo notes that the
Line does not physically connect with
1 Once Toledo enters into the agreement, it
should submit the agreement into the record in this
proceeding in order to provide sufficient
information and documentation for the Board to
determine whether the owner-lessor can exert
undue control over the lessee-carrier’s operations.
See Anthony Macrie—Continuance in Control
Exemption—N.J. Seashore Lines, Inc., FD 35296,
slip op. at 3 (STB served Aug. 31, 2010); N. Shore
R.R.—Acquis. & Operation Exemption—PPL
Susquehanna, LLC, FD 35377, slip op. at 3 (STB
served Apr. 26, 2011).

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any rail lines other than that owned by
NSR.
The earliest the transaction can be
consummated is October 30, 2011, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the exemption was filed).
Toledo certifies that its projected
annual revenues as a result of this
transaction will not exceed $5 million
annually and will not result in it
becoming a Class I or Class II rail
carrier.
If the verified 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 no later than October 21, 2011 (at
least 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35555, 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 John D. Heffner, John
D. Heffner, PLLC, 1750 K Street, NW.,
Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at http://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: October 11, 2011.
By the Board.
Joseph H. Dettmar,
Acting Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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