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meet other regulatory requirements,
should first discuss the proposed
approach with the appropriate state or
Federal regulatory agencies to determine
its acceptability under regulatory
requirements.
PHMSA will issue more direction
regarding how operators will be
required to bring into compliance gas
and hazardous liquid pipelines without
verifiable records for the entire mileage
of the pipeline. Further details will also
be provided on the manner in which
PHMSA intends to require operators to
reestablish MAOP as discussed in
Section 23(a) of the Act.
Finally, PHMSA notes that on
September 26, 2011, NTSB issued
Recommendation P–11–14: Eliminating
Grandfather Clause. Section
192.619(a)(3) allows gas transmission
operators to establish MAOP of pipe
installed before July 1, 1970, by use of
records noting the highest actual
operating pressure to which the segment
was subjected during the five years
preceding July 1, 1970. NTSB
Recommendation P–11–14 requests that
PHMSA delete § 192.619(a)(3), also
known as the ‘‘grandfather clause,’’ and
require gas transmission pipeline
operators to reestablish MAOP using
hydrostatic pressure testing. PHMSA
reminds operators that this
recommendation will be acted upon
following the collection of data,
including information from the 2013
Gas Transmission and Gathering
Pipeline Systems Annual Report, which
will allow PHMSA to determine the
impact of the requested change on the
public and industry in conformance
with our statutory obligations.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2012.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012–10866 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration

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[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Reporting
Required for International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. 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 the
following collection of information was
published on February 29, 2012 (77 FR
12364). No comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34, RITA, BTS, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001, Telephone Number
(202) 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–
3383 or Email [email protected].
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
RITA/BTS Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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. air carriers. Over 99%
of the data filed 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), 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
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information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department
concerning consumer protection.
Comments should address whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 1, 2012.
Pat Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–10909 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review;
Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248
Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. 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 the
following collection of information was
published on February 29, 2012 (77 FR
12365). No comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 6, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34, RITA, BTS, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
SUMMARY:

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DC 20590–0001, Telephone Number
(202) 366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–
3383 or Email [email protected].
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
RITA/BTS Desk Officer.
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: 76.
Number of Responses: 76.
Total Annual Burden: 19 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)
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), 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.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department
concerning consumer protection.
Comments should address whether the
information will have practical utility;
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estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 1, 2012.
Pat Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–10910 Filed 5–4–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1072X]

Iowa River Railroad, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in Marshall
and Hardin Counties, IA
On April 17, 2012, Iowa River
Railroad, Inc. (IRR) filed with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) a
petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for
exemption from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to
abandon an approximately 34.35-mile
line of railroad between milepost 209.00
and milepost 243.35 at or near
Marshalltown, in Marshall and Hardin
Counties, Iowa (the Line). The Line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 50005, 50158, 50627, 50258,
and 50259, and includes the stations of
Marshalltown (milepost 243.35), Bethel,
Minerva Junction, Albion (milepost
236.9), Liscomb (milepost 232.6), Union
(milepost 225.9), Eldora (milepost
216.58), and Steamboat Rock (milepost
212.30).1
IRR states that it does not have
information in its possession to
conclude that the Line contains
federally granted rights-of-way. Any
documentation in IRR’s possession 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 issuance of this notice, the Board
is instituting an exemption proceeding
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final
1 IRR states that four shippers have used IRR’s
services over the Line during the past four years:
United Suppliers, Inc., Prairie Land Cooperative,
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decision will be issued by August 3,
2012.
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 May 29, 2012. 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 1072X and
must be sent to: (1) Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2) T.
Scott Bannister, 111-SW 56th Street, Des
Moines, IA 50312. Replies to the
petition are due on or before May 29,
2012.
Persons seeking further information
concerning abandonment procedures
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 pt.
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 presentation.
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 generally will be within 30 days
of its service.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: May 1, 2012.

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