60-Day Federal Register Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2012–0106]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before February 4, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Hokana, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–0760; or email
[email protected]. Copies of this

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title of Collection: Jones Act Vessel
Availability Determinations.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0545.
Form Numbers: MA–1074 and 1075.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: This collection of
information will be used to gather
information regarding the availability,
location, and specifications of U.S.-flag
vessels for the purpose of making vessel
availability determinations. Need and
use of the Information: The information
is needed in order for the Maritime
Administrator to make a timely and
informed decision on the availability of
coastwise qualified vessels in support of
a request from the Department of
Homeland Security prior to the final
decision on granting a waiver request
under 46 U.S.C. 501(b). The information
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there are coastwise qualified vessels
available for a certain requirement.
Description of Respondents:
Respondents include but are not limited
to coastwise qualified vessel owners,
operators, charterers, brokers and
representatives.
Annual Responses: 255 responses.
Annual Burden: 383 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov. Specifically
address whether this information
collection is necessary for proper
performance of the functions of the
agency and will have practical utility,
accuracy of the burden estimates, ways
to minimize this burden, and ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version

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of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at http://
www.regulations.gov.
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) or you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.

Scoping comments may also be filed
electronically on the Board’s Web site,
http://www.stb.dot.gov, by clicking on
the ‘‘E–FILING’’ link.
Please refer to Docket No. FD 30186
in all correspondence, including efilings, addressed to the Board. Scoping
comments are now due by January 11,
2013. For more information about the
Board’s environmental review process
and this EIS, please call OEA’s toll-free
number for the project at 1–866–622–
4355 or visit the Board-sponsored
project Web site at
www.tonguerivereis.com.
By the Board, Victoria Rutson, Director,
Office of Environmental Analysis.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator,
Dated: November 28, 2012.
Julie Agarwal,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board

Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 56–F

[Docket No. FD 30186]

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Tongue River Railroad Company,
Inc.—Rail Construction and
Operation—in Custer, Powder River
and Rosebud Counties, MT; Extension
of Comment Period for the Draft Scope
of Study
The Surface Transportation Board’s
Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA)
issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), a Draft Scope of Study,
and a notice of scoping meetings in the
above-captioned proceeding on October
22, 2012 and published it in the Federal
Register on the same day. In the NOI,
OEA invited public comments on the
Draft Scope of Study, potential
alternative routes for the proposed rail
line, and environmental issues and
concerns by December 6, 2012. In
response to a number of requests for an
extension of the comment period, OEA
is issuing this Notice to advise the
public and all interested parties that the
comment period will be extended until
January 11, 2013.
OEA will issue a Final Scope of Study
for the EIS after the close of the scoping
comment period. Any comments
previously submitted on the NOI and
Draft Scope of Study need not be
resubmitted.
Scoping comments submitted by mail
should be addressed to: Ken Blodgett,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001, Attention: Environmental filing,
Docket No. FD 30186.

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Internal Revenue Service

Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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
56–F, Notice Concerning Fiduciary
Relationship of Financial Institution.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before February 4, 2013
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Yvette Lawrence, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of notice should be directed to
Martha R. Brinson, at (202) 622–3869, or
at Internal Revenue Service, room 6129,
1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
internet, at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notice Concerning Fiduciary
Relationship of Financial Institution.
OMB Number: 1545–2159.
SUMMARY:

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Notice Number: Form 56–F.
Abstract: The filing of Form 56–F by
a fiduciary (FDIC or other federal agency
acting as a receiver or conservator of a
failed financial institution (bank or
thrift)) gives the IRS the necessary
information to submit send letters,
notices, and notices of tax liability to
the federal fiduciary now in charge of
the financial institution rather than
sending the notice, etc. to the
institution’s last known address.
Current Actions: Extension of
currently approved collection. There are
no changes being made to the notice at
this time.
Type of Review: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
106.
Estimated Average Time per
Respondent: 9 hrs., 23 mins.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 997 hrs.
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.

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