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Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001 and to
[email protected]. For further information
regarding this collection, contact
Michael Higgins, Deputy Director,
Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs (OPAGAC), and
Compliance, at (202) 245–0284 or
[email protected]. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice replaces a notice prematurely
published on May 29, 2020 (85 FR
32437). 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. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Report of Fuel Cost,
Consumption, and Surcharge Revenue.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0014.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I [large] railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: One
hour.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 28.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None
identified. Filings are submitted
electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
10702, the Board has the authority to
address the reasonableness of a rail
carrier’s practices. This information
collection permits the Board to monitor
the current fuel surcharge practices of
the Class I carriers. Failure to collect
this information would impede the
Board’s ability to fulfill its statutory
responsibilities. The Board has
authority to collect information about
rail costs and revenues under 49 U.S.C.
11144 and 11145.
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

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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: June 12, 2020.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2020–13102 Filed 6–18–20; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Statutory Licensing Authority
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice; withdrawal and request
for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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
approval for the information collection
required from those seeking statutory
licensing authority, as described below.
The Board previously published a
notice about this collection in the
Federal Register on April 17, 2020. That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. No
comments were received.
DATES: The document published on May
29, 2020 (85 FR 32436) is withdrawn as
of June 19, 2020. Comments on this
information collection should be
submitted by July 20, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board: Statutory Licensing Authority.’’
Written comments for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. This information
collection can be accessed by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. As an alternative,
written comments may 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@
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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 and to
[email protected]. For further information
regarding this collection, contact
Michael Higgins, Deputy Director,
Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs (OPAGAC), and
Compliance, at (202) 245–0284 or
[email protected]. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice replaces a notice prematurely
published on May 29, 2020 (85 FR
32436). 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. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Statutory Licensing Authority.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0023.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Rail carriers and noncarriers seeking statutory licensing or
consolidation authority, an exemption
from filing an application for such
authority, or interchange commitments.
Number of Respondents: 80.
Estimated Time per Response:

ESTIMATED HOURS PER RESPONSE

Type of filing

Applications ..........................
Petitions * ..............................
Notices * ................................
Interchange commitments ....

Frequency: On occasion.

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Number of
hours
per response
under 49
U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26
524
58
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AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF
RESPONSES FOR FY 2017–2019

Type of filing

Average
number
of filings per
year under
49 U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26

Applications ..........................
Petitions * ..............................
Notices * ................................

3
12
103

Total Burden Hours (annually
AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF RESPONSES FOR FY 2017–2019— including all respondents): 4,257 (sum
of estimated hours per response ×
Continued
Average
number
of filings per
year under
49 U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26

Type of filing

Interchange commitments ....

number of responses for each type of
filing).

4

TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Hours per
response

Type of filing

Annual number
of filings

Total annual
burden hours

Applications ................................................................................................................................
Petitions * ...................................................................................................................................
Notices * .....................................................................................................................................
Interchange commitments .........................................................................................................

524
58
19
8

3
12
103
4

1,572
696
1,957
32

Total annual burden hours .................................................................................................

........................

..........................

4,257

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* Under section 10502, petitions for exemption and notices of exemption are permitted in lieu of an application.

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost:
Because Board collections are submitted
electronically to the Board, there is no
cost for filing with the Board. However,
for some filings, respondents are
sometimes required to send consultation
letters to various other governmental
agencies. Copies of these letters are part
of an environmental and historic report
that must be filed with this collection
(unless waived by the Board). Because
some of these other agencies may
require hard copy letters, there may be
some limited mailing costs, which staff
estimates in total to be approximately
$1,750.
Needs and Uses: As mandated by
Congress, persons seeking to construct,
acquire or operate a line of railroad and
railroads seeking to abandon or to
discontinue operations over a line of
railroad or, in the case of two or more
railroads, to consolidate their interests
through merger or a common-control
arrangement are required to file an
application for prior approval and
authority with the Board. See 49 U.S.C.
10901–03, 11323–26. Under 49 U.S.C.
10502, persons may seek an exemption
from many of the application
requirements of sections 10901–03 and
11323–26 by filing with the Board a
petition for exemption or notice of
exemption in lieu of an application. The
collection by the Board of these
applications, petitions, and notices
(including collection of disclosures of
rail interchange commitments under 49
CFR 1121.3(d), 1150.33(h), 1150.43(h),
and 1180.4(g)(4)) enables the Board to
meet its statutory duty to regulate the
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which the requests for authority involve
agreements with interchange
commitments that may limit the future
interchange of traffic with third parties,
certain information must be disclosed to
the Board about those commitments. 49
CFR 1121.3(d), 1150.33(h), 1150.43(h),
1180.4(g)(4). The collection of this
information facilitates the case-specific
review of interchange commitments and
enables the Board’s monitoring of their
usage generally.
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,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: June 12, 2020.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2020–13103 Filed 6–18–20; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. FD 36410]

Northeast Texas Connector, LLC—
Operating Exemption—Northeast
Texas Rural Rail Transportation
District
Northeast Texas Connector, LLC
(NETC), a noncarrier, has filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR
1150.31 to operate a rail line owned by
the Northeast Texas Rural Rail
Transportation District (NETEX) located
between milepost 555.0 in Greenville,
Tex., and milepost 489.41 in Winfield,
Tex., a distance of approximately 65.59
route miles (the Line).1
NETC states that the proposed
transaction does not involve any
provision or agreement that would limit
future interchange with a third-party
connecting carrier. NETC certifies that
its projected annual revenues as a result
of this transaction will not result in the
creation of a Class II or Class I rail
carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
NETC has also filed a petition for
waiver of 49 CFR 1150.32(b), which
states that a notice of exemption will be
effective 30 days after the notice is filed.
NETC asks the Board to waive that
provision and allow this notice to
become effective after 23 days so that
NETC can assume operations by June
1 On February 14, 2020, another carrier, The
Blacklands Railroad (BLR), was granted an
exemption to discontinue its operations on the Line
and an adjacent 10.41-mile segment of track owned
by Union Pacific Railroad Company. Blacklands
R.R.—Discontinuance of Serv. Exemption—in Hunt,
Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, & Titus Ctys., Tex., AB
1108 (Sub-No. 1X) (STB served Feb. 14, 2020).

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