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miles of rail line between milepost
114.00 and milepost 112.90 in
Kaukauna, Outagamie County, Wis. The
line traverses United States Postal
Service Zip Code 54130.
WCL has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least two years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the line that would have to 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 entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 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 Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 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 April 19,
2013, 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 April 1,
2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by April 9, 2013,
with the Surface Transportation Board,
395 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to WCL’s
representative: Thomas J. Healey, 17641
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. 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.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).

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If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
WCL has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
March 25, 2013. Interested persons may
obtain a copy of the EA by writing to
OEA (Room 1100, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202)
245–0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339. 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), WCL 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
WCL’s filing of a notice of
consummation by March 20, 2014, 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 Web site at
‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: March 15, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
30-Day Notice and Request for
Comments
AGENCY:

Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.
30-day notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3519 (PRA),
the Surface Transportation Board
(Board) gives notice that it is requesting

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from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval of the
information collection—System
Diagram Maps—further described
below. The Board previously published
a notice about this collection in the
Federal Register on January 17, 2013, at
78 FR 3968. That notice allowed for a
60-day public review and comment
period. No comments were received.
Comments may now be submitted to
OMB concerning (1) whether the
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Board, including whether the collection
has practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the Board’s burden estimates; (3) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
when appropriate. Comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: System Diagram Maps (or, in the
case of Class III carriers, the alternative
narrative description of rail system).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0003.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Common carrier freight
railroads that are either new or reporting
changes in the status of one or more of
their rail lines.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time Per Response: 7.1
hours, based on average time reported in
informal survey of respondents.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7.1
hours.
Total Annualized Non-Hourly Cost:
$1,305, on average.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR
1152.10–1152.13, all railroads subject to
the Board’s jurisdiction are required to
keep current system diagram maps on
file with the Board, although a Class III
carrier (a carrier with assets of not more
than $34,656,908 in 2011 dollars) may
submit the same information in
narrative form. The information sought
in this collection identifies all lines in
a particular railroad’s system,
categorized to indicate the likelihood
that service on a particular line will be
abandoned and/or whether service on a
line is currently provided under the
financial assistance provisions of 49
U.S.C. 10904. Carriers are obligated to
amend and update these maps (or
narratives) as the line designations
change. 49 CFR 1152.13(b). The Board

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uses this information to facilitate
informed decision making, and this
information, which is available to the
public from the carrier by request,
§ 1152.12(c)(3), may serve as notice to
the shipping public of the carrier’s
intent to abandon or retain a line.
Deadline: Persons wishing to
comment on this information collection
should submit comments by April 19,
2013.
Written comments should
be directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Kimberly
Nelson, Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer, by fax at (202) 395–5167;
by mail at OMB, Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20500; or
by email at

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[email protected].
When submitting comments, refer to the
OMB number and title of the
information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marilyn Levitt at (202) 245–0269 or
[email protected]. The regulations
governing this collection may be viewed
at http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?
c=ecfr&rgn=div6&view=text&
node=49:8.1.1.2.67.2&idno=49. A copy
of the regulations pertaining to this
information collection may be obtained
by contacting Christine Glaab, STB
Librarian at (202) 245–0406 or
[email protected].
Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB

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control number. Collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: March 15, 2013.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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