Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 216

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 216 / Wednesday, November 8, 2006 / Notices
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as
Amended by Public Law 104–13;
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
Tennessee Valley Authority.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:

The proposed information
collection described below will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended). The Tennessee Valley
Authority is soliciting public comments
on this proposed collection as provided
by 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). Requests for
information, including copies of the
information collection proposed and
supporting documentation, should be
directed to the Agency Clearance
Officer: Alice D. Witt, Tennessee Valley
Authority, 1101 Market Street (EB 5B),
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402–2801;
(423) 751–6832 (SC: 000V7DC).
Comments should be sent to the Agency
Clearance Officer no later than January
8, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Type of Request: Extension.
Title of Information Collection:
Section 26a Permit Application.
Frequency of Use: On occasion.
Type of Affected Public: Individuals
or households, state or local
governments, farms, businesses, or other
for-profit Federal agencies or
employees, non-profit institutions,
small businesses or organizations.
Small Businesses or Organizations
Affected: Yes.
Federal Budget Functional Category
Code: 452.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 6000.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Response: 1.5.
Need For and Use of Information:
TVA Land Management activities and
Section 26a of the Tennessee Valley
Authority Act of 1933, as amended,
require TVA to collect information
relevant to projects that will impact
TVA land and land rights and review
and approve plans for the construction,
operation, and maintenance of any dam,
appurtenant works, or other obstruction
affecting navigation, flood control, or
public lands or reservations across,
along, or in the Tennessee River or any
of its tributaries. The information
collected is used to assess the impact of
the proposed project on TVA land or

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land rights and statutory TVA programs
and determine if the project can be
approved. Rules for implementation of
TVA’s Section 26a responsibilities are
published in 18 CFR part 1304.
Terry G. Tyler,
General Manager, Architecture, Planning &
Compliance, Information Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–6 (Sub-No. 453X)]

BNSF Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in King
County, WA
BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has
filed a notice of exemption under 49
CFR Part 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments to abandon
approximately 0.65 miles of rail line,
extending between milepost 10.60 and
milepost 11.25, near Wilburton, in King
County, WA. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 98005.
BNSF has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic on the
line will be rerouted; (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 or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the 2-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7
(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic reports), 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 R. Co.—
Abandonment-Goshen, 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
December 8, 2006, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental

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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 November 20, 2006. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by November 28, 2006, with the
Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to BNSF’s
representative: Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Sidney Strickland and Associates,
PLLC, 3050 K Street, NW., Suite 101,
Washington, DC 20007.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
BNSF has filed a combined
environmental and historic report
which addresses the effects, if any, of
the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. SEA will issue
an environmental assessment (EA) by
November 13, 2006. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
to SEA (Room 500, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling SEA, at (202)
565–1539. [Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 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), BNSF 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
BNSF’s filing of a notice of
consummation by November 8, 2007,
and there are no legal or regulatory
barriers to consummation, the authority
to abandon will automatically expire.
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Section of
Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the
exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service 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 was increased to $1,300 effective on
April 19, 2006. See Regulations Governing Fees for
Services Performed in Connection with Licensing
and Related Services—2006 Update, STB Ex Parte
No. 542 (Sub-No. 13) (STB served Mar. 20, 2006).

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