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DAKOTA, dated 09/23/2019, is hereby
amended to re-establish the incident
period for this disaster as beginning 05/
21/2019 and continuing through 06/07/
2019.
All other information in the original
declaration remains unchanged.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 59008)
Cynthia Pitts,
Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2019–25855 Filed 11–27–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8026–013–P

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Description of Collection

30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval: Class I
Railroad Annual Report

Title: Class I Railroad Annual Report.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0009.
Form Number: R–1.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: No
more than 250 hours per response. This
estimate includes time spent reviewing
instructions; searching existing data
sources; gathering and maintaining the
data needed; completing and reviewing
the collection of information; and
converting the data from the carrier’s
individual accounting system to the
Board’s Uniform System of Accounts,
which ensures that the information will
be presented in a consistent format
across all reporting railroads. In prior
years, the estimate was higher, but many
of these functions have become
automated and more routine through the
respondents’ software programming.
Thus, the time per response has been
reduced, with additional technological
efficiencies anticipated in the future.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Total Annual Hour Burden: No more
than 1,750 hours annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: 1 The respondent carriers are
required by statute to submit a copy of
the annual report, signed under oath.
See 49 U.S.C. 11145. A hard copy of the
report is mailed to the agency at an
estimated cost of $4.00 per respondent,
resulting in a total annual non-burdenhour cost of $28.00 for all seven
respondents. No other non-hour costs
for operation, maintenance, or purchase
of services associated with this
collection have been identified, as: (a)
This collection will not impose start-up
costs on respondents; and (b) an

Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

Surface Transportation Board.
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the collection of Class I Railroad Annual
Reports, described below. The Board
previously published a notice about this
collection in the Federal Register on
September 12, 2019. That notice
allowed for a 60-day public review and
comment period. No comments were
received.

AGENCY:

SUMMARY:

Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
December 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board: Class I Railroad Annual Report.’’
These comments should be directed to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus,
Surface Transportation Board Desk
Officer: by email at oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov; by fax at (202) 395–1743;
or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Please also direct comments to Chris
Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
[email protected]. For further information
regarding this collection, contact Pedro
Ramirez at (202) 245–0333 or
[email protected]. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339.
DATES:

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Comments
are requested concerning: (1) The
accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) 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; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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1 In this notice, the Board is adding the ‘‘non-hour
burden’’ costs that were inadvertently left out of the
60-day notice related to this collection in the total
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additional copy of the report in Excel
format is submitted to the agency
electronically.
Needs and Uses: Annual reports are
required to be filed by Class I railroads
under 49 U.S.C. 11145. The reports
show operating expenses and operating
statistics of the carriers. Operating
expenses include costs for right-of-way
and structures, equipment, train and
yard operations, and general and
administrative expenses. Operating
statistics include such items as carmiles, revenue-ton-miles, and gross tonmiles. These reports are used by the
Board, other Federal agencies, and
industry groups to monitor and assess
railroad industry growth, financial
stability, traffic, and operations, and to
identify industry changes that may
affect national transportation policy.
Information from these reports is also
entered into the Uniform Railroad
Costing System (URCS), which is the
Board’s general-purpose costing
methodology. URCS, which was
developed by the Board pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 11161, is used as a tool in rail
rate proceedings (in accordance with 49
U.S.C. 10707(d)) to calculate the
variable costs associated with providing
a particular service. The Board also uses
information from this collection to more
effectively carry out other regulatory
responsibilities, including: Acting on
railroad requests for authority to engage
in Board-regulated financial
transactions such as mergers,
acquisitions of control, and
consolidations, see 49 U.S.C. 11323–24;
analyzing the information that the Board
obtains through the annual railroad
industry waybill sample, see 49 CFR
1244; measuring off-branch costs in
railroad abandonment proceedings, in
accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n);
developing the ‘‘rail cost adjustment
factors,’’ in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
10708; and conducting investigations
and rulemakings.
Under the PRA, a federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A 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.

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Dated: November 25, 2019.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019–25879 Filed 11–27–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36363]

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CSX Transportation, Inc.—Corporate
Family Merger Exemption—The Home
Avenue Rail-Road Company
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), a
Class I carrier, and The Home Avenue
Rail-Road Company (HARR)
(collectively, the Parties) have filed a
verified notice of exemption for an
intra-corporate family transaction under
49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). CSXT directly
controls and operates HARR. HARR
owns approximately 2.9 miles of
railroad and 3.99 miles of yard
switching track in the State of Ohio.
Under the proposed transaction, HARR
will be merged into CSXT with CSXT as
the surviving corporate entity.1
The Parties state that the purpose of
the transaction is to simplify the
corporate structure and reduce overhead
costs. According to the Parties, the
transaction will reduce corporate
overhead and duplication by
eliminating one corporation, while
retaining the same assets to serve
customers, and will allow CSXT to
obtain various savings.
Unless stayed, the exemption will be
effective on December 15, 2019 (30 days
after the verified notice was filed). The
Parties state that they intend to
consummate the proposed transaction
on or after that date.
The Parties state that the transaction
will not result in adverse changes in
service levels, significant operational
changes, or a change in the competitive
balance with carriers outside the
corporate family. Therefore, the
transaction is exempt from the prior
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.
11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board
may not use its exemption authority to
relieve a rail carrier of its statutory
obligation to protect the interests of its
employees. As a condition to the use of
this exemption, any employees
adversely affected by this transaction
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in New York Dock Railway—
Control—Brooklyn Eastern District
Terminal, 360 I.C.C. 60 (1979).
1 An executed copy of the agreement and plan of
merger was filed on November 15, 2019, to replace
the draft agreement attached to the verified notice
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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 for stay must
be filed no later than December 6, 2019
(at least seven days before the
exemption becomes effective).
All pleadings, referring to Docket No.
FD 36363, must be filed with the
Surface Transportation Board either via
e-filing or in writing addressed to 395 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001.
In addition, one copy of each pleading
must be served on Louis E. Gitomer,
Esq., Law Offices of Louis E. Gitomer,
LLC, 600 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301,
Towson, MD 21204.
According to the Parties, this action is
categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c).
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: November 25, 2019.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director,
Office of Proceedings.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2019–25869 Filed 11–27–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Tennessee Valley Authority.
30-Day notice of submission of
information collection approval and
request for comments.

the Senior Privacy Program Manager:
Christopher A. Marsalis, Tennessee
Valley Authority, 400 W Summit Hill
Dr. (WT 5D), Knoxville, Tennessee
37902–1401; telephone (865) 632–2467
(this is not a toll-free number) or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Employment Application.
OMB Approval Number: 3316–0063.
Frequency of Use: On Occasion.
Type of Affected Public: Individuals.
Small Businesses or Organizations
Affected: No.
Federal Budget Functional Category
Code: 999.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,683.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,298.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Response: .85.
Need for and Use of Information:
Applications for employment are
needed to collect information on
qualifications, suitability for
employment, and eligibility for
veteran’s preference. The information is
used to make comparative appraisals
and to assist in selections. The affected
public consists of individuals who
apply for TVA employment.
Andrea S. Brackett,
Director, TVA Cybersecurity.
[FR Doc. 2019–25823 Filed 11–27–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8120–08–P

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The information collection
described below will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) at, oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov, for review, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
soliciting public comments on this
proposed collection.
DATES: Comments should be sent to the
TVA Senior Privacy Program Manager,
and the OMB Office of Information &
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk
Officer for Tennessee Valley Authority,
Washington, DC 20503, or email: oira_
[email protected], no later than
December 30, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information,
including copies of the information
collection proposed and supporting
documentation, should be directed to
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Product Exclusions: China’s
Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual
Property, and Innovation
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice of product exclusions.
AGENCY:

In September 2018, the U.S.
Trade Representative imposed
additional duties on goods of China
with an annual trade value of
approximately $200 billion as part of
the action in the Section 301
investigation of China’s acts, policies,
and practices related to technology
transfer, intellectual property, and
innovation. The U.S. Trade
Representative initiated a product
exclusion process in June 2019, and
interested persons have submitted
requests for the exclusion of specific

SUMMARY:

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