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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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22,
2012.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, Research and Innovative
Technology Administration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review:
Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248

[email protected], Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590–0001.

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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.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket: RITA 2008–0002]

Research and Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 for and usefulness of
BTS requiring U.S. large certificated air
carriers to submit two true and complete
copies of its annual audit that is made
by an independent public accountant. If
a carrier does not have an annual audit,
the carrier must file a statement that no
audit has been performed. Comments
are requested concerning whether (1)
the audit reports are needed by BTS and
DOT; (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 April 30, 2012.
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
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9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202–366–3640.
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
You may access comments received
for this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching
docket RITA 2008–0002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[email protected], Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590–0001.
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: 72.
Number of Responses: 72.
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)

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reference material used by analysts in
examining foreign route cases (3)
reference material used by analyst 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 February 22,
2012.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35591]

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Georgia Department of
Transportation—Acquisition
Exemption—CSX Transportation, Inc.
Georgia Department of Transportation
(GDOT) 1 has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to
acquire from CSX Transportation, Inc.
(CSXT), a line of railroad known as the
West End Segment of the L&N Belt
between milepost 469.15 and milepost
472.27, a distance of 3.12 miles, in the
City of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. On
February 17, 2012, GDOT filed a
supplement to its verified notice of
exemption.
GDOT states that CSXT transferred
the subject line to GDOT in a quitclaim
deed dated December 7, 2001 and that
GDOT acquired the line to preserve it
for future transportation uses. GDOT
now seeks Board authorization for the
transaction GDOT consummated 10
1 GDOT is department of the State of Georgia
organized under Title 32, Chapter 2, of the Official
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years ago without having sought the
requisite regulatory authority at the
time. GDOT states that its failure to
submit any notice, petition for
exemption, or application for
acquisition at the time of transaction
was an oversight on the part of the
parties to the transaction.
GDOT certifies that its annual
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not result in GDOT’s becoming a
Class I or Class II rail carrier.
The exemption will become effective
on March 18, 2012 (30 days after the
verified notice was filed).2
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. Petitions to stay must be
filed no later than March 9, 2012 (at
least seven days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35591, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, a copy of each pleading must
be served on Charles A. Spitulnik,
Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, 1001
Connecticut Avenue NW., Suite 800,
Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: February 24, 2012.
By the Board.
Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35596]

JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern Railroad
Company of New Jersey—Operation
Exemption—Rail Line in Salem County,
N.J.
JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern Railroad
Company of New Jersey (JP Rail), a Class
III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to
operate approximately 18.6 miles of rail
line known as the Salem Branch Line
2 GDOT’s verified notice of exemption is deemed
to have been filed on February 17, 2012, the date
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(the Line), which is owned by Salem
County, N.J. (Salem), as follows: (1)
Between the connection with
Consolidated Rail Corporation at
approximately milepost 11.0 in
Swedesboro, N.J., and approximately
milepost 28.4 at Salem, and (2) the Glass
House Spur, between mileposts 0.0 and
1.2 in Salem.1
JP Rail certifies that its projected
annual revenues as a result of this
transaction will not exceed those that
would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier
and further certifies that its projected
annual revenues will not exceed $5
million.
The earliest this transaction may be
consummated is March 14, 2012, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the exemption was filed).
If the 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 March 7, 2012 (at
least 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35596, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
1 JP Rail acquired authority to operate the Line in
1995. See JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a Southern R.R. Co. of
N.J.—Notice of Exemption—Operation of Salem
Branch Rail Line in Salem County, N.J., FD 32700
(ICC served Oct. 10, 1995). JP Rail states that in July
2003 it entered into a 10-year contract with Salem
for the continued operation of the Line, and that it
assigned its rights and obligations under that
contract to Class III rail carrier U.S. Rail
Corporation (U.S. Rail) with Salem’s consent in
October 2009. See U.S. Rail Corp. of N.J. —Lease
Exemption—County of Salem, N.J., FD 35310 (STB
served Nov. 27, 2009) and U.S. Rail Corp.—
Operation Exemption—U.S. Rail Corp. of N.J., FD
35317 (STB served Nov. 27, 2009). According to JP
Rail, Salem terminated its contractual relationship
with U.S. Rail on January 10, 2012, and reassigned
the contract to JP Rail on February 1, 2012.
In the verified notice, JP Rail requests that rail
service be permitted to resume as soon as possible
because there are shippers on the Line that require
rail service. On February 21, 2012, JP Rail filed a
petition for waiver of the 30-day period before an
exemption can become effective, 49 CFR 1150.42(b),
and requested that the notice of exemption be
permitted to become effective within 10 days of its
February 13, 2012 filing date.
While JP Rail may have assigned its rights and
obligations under the 2003 contract to U.S. Rail, the
record does not show that JP Rail has ever sought
Board authority to discontinue operations over the
Line. Similarly, U.S. Rail has not sought Board
authority to discontinue operations over the Line.
Thus, with two rail carriers currently authorized to
provide rail service on the Line, there is no need
to rule on JP Rail’s waiver petition. This notice of
exemption is being issued and published to clarify
the status of the parties with respect to the Line and
to remove any doubt about JP Rail’s authority to
operate the Line in the future.

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