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maintain that FGLK will continue to be
the sole provider of railroad services
and will have the rights necessary to
operate those services. The Agencies
state that they are not leasing or
acquiring any of the common carrier
obligations with respect to the rail lines.
The Agencies further state that they will
be precluded from interfering materially
with FGLK’s common carrier obligation.
The Agencies certify that they would
not operate over the rail lines and that
the transaction will not result in the
creation of a Class I or Class II carrier.
The Agencies further state that FGLK is
a Class III carrier.
The Agencies state that the parties
intend to consummate the transaction
no sooner than April 14, 2016, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the verified notice was filed), and
only after the Board has ruled on the
motion to dismiss.
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 April 7, 2016 (at least
seven days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and ten copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
36011, 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 Eric M. Hocky, Clark Hill
PLC, 2005 Market Street, Suite 1000,
Philadelphia, PA 19103.
According to the Agencies, this action
is categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c).
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.

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Decided: March 28, 2016.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2016–0002–N–9]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the renewal
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
abstracted below are being forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describe the nature of the
information collections and their
expected burden. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on December 29, 2015.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 2, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Safety,
Safety Regulatory Analysis Division,
RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC
20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6292), or
Ms. Kimberly Toone, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Administration, 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 tollfree.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, sec. 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 issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On December
29, 2015, FRA published a 60-day notice
in the Federal Register soliciting
comment on ICRs that the agency is
seeking OMB approval. See 80 FR
81423. FRA received no comments in
response to this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
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information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30 day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requests (ICRs) and their expected
burdens. The renewal requests are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: System for Telephonic
Notification of Unsafe Conditions at
Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade
Crossings.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0591.
Abstract: The collection of
information is set forth under 49 CFR
part 234. The rule is intended
specifically to help implement Section
205 of the Rail Safety Improvement Act
of 2008 (RSIA), Public Law 110–432,
Division A, which was enacted on
October 16, 2008. Generally, the rule is
intended to increase safety at highwayrail and pathway grade crossings.
Section 205 of the RSIA mandates that
the Secretary of Transportation require
certain railroad carriers to take a series
of specified actions related to setting up
and using systems by which the public
is able to notify the railroad by toll-free
telephone number of safety problems at
its highway-rail and pathway grade
crossings. Such systems are commonly
known as Emergency Notification
Systems (ENS) or ENS programs. 49 CFR
part 234 implements section 2015 of the
RSIA. The information collected is used
by FRA to ensure that railroad carriers
establish and maintain a toll-free
telephone service to report emergencies
at all public, private, and pedestrian
grade crossings for rights-of-way over
which they dispatch trains.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Estimated Responses:
331,072.

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Total Annual Estimated Burden:
31,705 hours.
Title: Control of Alcohol and Drug
Use in Railroad Operations: Addition of
Post-Accident Toxicological Testing for
Non-Controlled Substances.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0598.
Abstract: Since 1985, as part of its
accident investigation program, FRA has
conducted post-accident alcohol and
drug tests on railroad employees who
have been involved in serious train
accidents (50 FR 31508, Aug. 2, 1985).
If an accident meets FRA’s criteria for
post-accident testing (see 49 CFR
219.201), FRA conducts tests for alcohol
and for certain drugs classified as
controlled substances under the
Controlled Substances Act (CSA), title II
of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse
Prevention Substances Act of 1970
(CSA, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). Controlled
substances are drugs or chemicals that
are prohibited or strictly regulated
because of their potential for abuse or
addiction. The Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA), which is primarily
responsible for enforcing the CSA,
oversees the classification of controlled
substances into five schedules.
Schedule I contains illicit drugs, such as
marijuana and heroin, which have no
legitimate medical use under Federal
law. Currently, FRA routinely conducts
post-accident tests for the following
drugs: Marijuana, cocaine,
phencyclidine (PCP), and certain
opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates,
and benzodiazepines. Controlled
substances are drugs or chemicals that
are prohibited or strictly regulated
because of their potential for abuse or
addiction.
FRA research indicates that
prescription and OTC drug use has
become prevalent among railroad
employees. For this reason, FRA has
added certain non-controlled substances
to its routine post-accident testing
program, which currently routinely tests
only for alcohol and controlled
substances. At this time, FRA is adding
two types of non-controlled substances,
tramadol (a synthetic opioid) and
sedating antihistamines. Publication of
the PATT Final Rule, however, in no
way limits FRA’s post-accident testing
to the identified substances or in any
way restricts FRA’s ability to make
routine amendments to its standard
post-accident testing panel without
prior notice. Furthermore, in addition to
its standard post-accident testing panel,
FRA always has the ability to test for
‘‘other impairing substances specified
by FRA as necessary to the particular
accident investigation.’’ See 49 CFR
219.211(a). This flexibility is essential,
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accident tests for any substance (e.g.,
carbon monoxide) that its preliminary
investigation shows may have played a
role in an accident.
FRA uses the additional information
collected for research and accident
investigation purposes. The addition of
non-controlled substances to the postaccident testing panel helps inform FRA
about a broader range of potentially
impairing prescription and OTC drugs
that may be currently contributing to the
cause or severity of train accidents/
incidents. Research generated by these
data will inform future agency policy
decisions regarding these noncontrolled substances.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Estimated Responses:
32.
Total Annual Estimated Burden: 5
hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA
Desk Officer. Comments may also be
sent via email to OMB at the following
address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collections of information are necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimates of the burden of
the proposed information collections;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collections of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,
2016.
Corey Hill,
Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Community Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant
Program—Availability of Application
for Federal Financial Assistance
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This document provides
notice of the availability of the
application package for the 2017
Community Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant
Program.
DATES: Application instructions are
available electronically from the IRS on
May 1, 2016 by visiting: IRS.gov (key
word search— ‘‘VITA Grant’’).
Application packages are available on
May 1, 2016 by visiting Grants.gov and
searching with the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
21.009. The deadline for submitting an
application to the IRS through
Grants.gov for the Community VITA
Matching Grant Program is May 31,
2016. All applications must be
submitted through Grants.gov.
ADDRESSES: Internal Revenue Service,
Grant Program Office, 401 West
Peachtree St. NW., Suite 1645, Stop
420–D, Atlanta, GA 30308.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Grant Program Office via their email
address at Grant.Program.Office@
irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority
for the Community Volunteer Income
Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant
Program is contained in the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
Public Law 114–113.
SUMMARY:

Dated: March 9, 2016.
Mikki Betker,
Chief, Grant Program Office, IRS, Stakeholder
Partnerships, Education & Communication.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

SUMMARY:

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